The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) won't probe whether President Trump’s business dealings violate a constitutional provision limiting the a president's income to their official salary.

OGE Director Walter Shaub told Sen. Patty Murray Patricia (Patty) Lynn MurraySenate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Trump health officials grilled over reports of politics in COVID-19 response CDC director pushes back on Caputo claim of 'resistance unit' at agency MORE (D-Wash.) in a Monday letter that his office lacks jurisdiction over the issue.

“The emoluments issues are presently under judicial review, and, within the executive branch, are under the sole purview of the Department of Justice,” he wrote, Politico reported on Tuesday.

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“OGE has no authority to investigate or order corrective action on the part of the President. Ultimately, under the Constitution, the authority to oversee the President rests with Congress.”

Murray was reportedly requesting that the OGE examine if benefits Trump gets from federal government dealings with his private businesses runs afoul of the Constitution’s domestic emoluments clause.

Shaub in March told other congressional members that OGE has no authority to probe Trump over conflict of interest issues or violations of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause.

The Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause prohibits U.S. officials like Trump from accepting payments from overseas governments.

Shaub was appointed by former President Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaObama warns of a 'decade of unfair, partisan gerrymandering' in call to look at down-ballot races Quinnipiac polls show Trump leading Biden in Texas, deadlocked race in Ohio Poll: Trump opens up 6-point lead over Biden in Iowa MORE to a five-year term that ends in early 2018 and has emerged as a vocal critic of Trump’s administration.