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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING! Trump's Spending on INAUGURATION Under Investigation by Federal Prosecutors
Being reported on MSNBC RIGHT NOW.
Wow, talk about raining and pouring!
This is ANOTHER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
It came out of evidence collected from Cohens office.
KCDebbie
(664 posts)FINALLY!
When it rains on an Orange POS, it pours!
empedocles
(15,751 posts)hurdle over the giant, horrible SCOTUS McConnell case [have to prove a difficult (bribes are not usually drawn up in a written contract)clear quid pro quo to convict a pol]. However, Cohen/Gates/etc. can testify to an explicit oral contract.
malaise
(268,998 posts)Days after the inauguration
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-controversial-inaugural-fund-faces-new-scrutiny
Raster
(20,998 posts)...you know, the *largest* *greatest* *bestest* inauguration in history!
malaise
(268,998 posts)including the coup and the installation of the most corrupt and incompetent administration in American history...PERIOD!
Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)Rachel has done several segments on the mystery behind the inaugural spending.
Takket
(21,568 posts)OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)What's the best deal he can get?
shanny
(6,709 posts)Since he's, like, the Greatest Deal Maker Evah, it seems appropriate to ask. Case in point: Ds offered him 25 billion for his fucking wall last spring, in return for a DACA fix; he refused and now he can't even get 5B. Loser!
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)Do to security concerns. But I could see him having forfeit assets (if he has any). And pay a massive fine, forgo his presidential pension. Basically live out the rest of his life on next to nothing.
shanny
(6,709 posts)"rule of law" should apply to everybody. Big part of the trouble we are in is that it doesn't apply to the rich (pseudo rich) and powerful. However, I would settle for him out of office, and stripped--along with his toxic family--of all assets. Parked on the curb with the rest of the trash.*
*that would probably be even worse for him, destitute and his "reputation" in ruins. Jail would just feed the martyr scenario.
NJCher
(35,670 posts)to "protect" them. Why not extend this protection to Trump?
magicarpet
(14,150 posts)Just a few notches below what Orange Turd is generally accustomed to, he will get used to it eventually.
Bye bye Mara lago where living is always large.
shanny
(6,709 posts)that is a very interesting question for this very unique situation!
Andy823
(11,495 posts)Things just keep getting better by the day, not for trump though!
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)getagrip_already
(14,750 posts)That vast amounts of money were misappropriated. Too much was spent on too little. And no paper trails to follow... very flagrant.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)There are questions about money laundering, how the money was spent, and, why there were so many Russian oligarchs coming to his inauguration?
Mars and Minerva
(369 posts)It would be great if Nazi Barbie get's burned.
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)to Access Hollywood's producer to keep the other tapes under wraps?
BigmanPigman
(51,592 posts)during his time in the W House he took money from people with agendas in the private prisons system, drug/pharmaceutical companies, etc to name a few.
He will be going to jail for financial crimes before and after POTUS status. The tax returns from him and his organizations will nail him whether or not he is impeached. He will be paying big fines, huge lawyer fees and possibly bankruptcy (again) and hopefully jail after he is out of office. Add the political crimes with Putin, his campaign, etc and he is nailed no matter how you look at it. If he didn't win (electoral college, not popular) none of this would be happening. Mueller has had his tax returns from the beginning. Massive fraud, cover-up, Russian sanctions, campaign finance, criminal conspiracies, ......
llmart
(15,539 posts)Isn't that where a lot of his so-called money came from - the licensing of his name? Well, that name is going to be worth ZERO now after all is said and done.
I hope that entire family is reduced to nothing but fighting lawsuits and criminal charges for the rest of their ugly lives.
BigmanPigman
(51,592 posts)His criminal family will have to declare bankruptcy. He lives for fame and money. His ego will take a hit when his new fame will be from being the most corrupt and criminal POTUS this country has ever had. Real justice would be nothing less than life in jail and all assets seized and massive fines and bills for the Dump family. Their name should be synonymous for the worst of the worst of anything/everything.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,346 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,592 posts)People use the name Benedict Arnold as a synonym for "traitor". "I stepped in some tRump" would be flattering compared to other synonyms that surely will be forthcoming the deeper the Bull-tRump gets.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I wonder if Sean Spicer will be invited to testify somewhere?
CabalPowered
(12,690 posts)It's your turn!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,176 posts)the Trump Organization is starting to look like a criminal organization. Made my little ears perk up, you bet!
And even now that there's definitely blood in the water, the damned fool keeps tossing in more chum.
volstork
(5,401 posts)Really? It's been that way for the past 40 years to anyone with a pair of eyeballs.
Vinca
(50,271 posts)was greeted with a brand new, previously unreported scandal. You can't leave the tube for a second these days. LOL.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Gothmog
(145,242 posts)Hassler
(3,377 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)mind-boggling.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Yeah...this is just sickening. Russia has infiltrated our government. I never thought I'd live to see such a thing happen. I didn't think it was possible.
Quixote1818
(28,936 posts)By Trump. Seriously, they probably had their hands in the cookie jar for just about everything.