The House GOP Is Looking for Crimes in All the Wrong Places

By Carl Davidson

LeftLinks Weekly, Jan. 5, 2024

'Emolument' is not likely a word we’ll hear at the dinner table or a lunch counter. Yet it's at the top of page one in most news media this week.

What does it mean? Simply put, it's a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. It's archaic and long out of fashion. But it does appear in our Constitution…