There should be another major political axiom for anybody especially those in politics. The one most people remembers is “it’s the cover-up that gets you.” I suggest another should be “Don’t kick the fireant’s hill when you will get bit.”

Today we learned that the Ukraine corruption scandal doesn’t involve Joe Biden’s son but now involves former Governor Rick Perry, a Trump contributor, and many of their rich friends. Now the media is going to dig into every single thing he has been involved with during the last three years. It reminds me of Gary Hart, Democratic presidential contender, who was asked if rumors of infidelity were true. Hart said no and they could follow him if they wanted. They did and got pictures of him with a woman sitting on his lap aboard a cabin cruiser named “Monkey Business.” He had kicked the anthill.

The emoluments clause prohibits a President from using his office to make money. This President makes money from having people stay in his hotels and golf courses. After being elected, his Mar-A-Lago property sold out of memberships at a price several times higher than advertised the previous year. It was barely profitable before. His Scotland course is losing money so he stays there every chance he gets along with his security, staffers, and press. He had Pence and staff stayed there last month instead of at the conference hotel. In August he had a military detachment that was in Europe for a NATO meeting stay there for a few days on the government tab. He’s more likely to meet with a business leader or foreign government person if they stay in his Washington D.C. Hotel. Many of those foreign “friends” have bought entire floors to curry favor. That’s what concerned the founding fathers.

Either emoluments or coercion of foreign governments for political reasons are enough to put Pence in the Oval Office if twenty Republicans will follow their oath of office!