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berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:44 PM Dec 2018

BREAKING! 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 Cohen’s office.

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BREAKING! Trump's Spending on INAUGURATION Under Investigation by Federal Prosecutors (Original Post) berni_mccoy Dec 2018 OP
So, we're gonna find out what happened to that $93 million KCDebbie Dec 2018 #1
Appears that Mueller may be able to get enough evidence to empedocles Dec 2018 #30
Rachel Maddow raised this issue malaise Dec 2018 #2
YES! Rachel has bird-dogged this issue from the very start... Raster Dec 2018 #9
When the dust settles, this will be the biggest political scandal in American history malaise Dec 2018 #18
Yes! I was just going to post this. Mrs. Overall Dec 2018 #10
Geez I had forgotten about this... Takket Dec 2018 #12
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2018 #38
There's in excess of $50m missing, plus that $25m payment to Melanie's friend. OnDoutside Dec 2018 #3
Pressure being applied little by little Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #4
I have a better question: what is the worst deal he can get? shanny Dec 2018 #19
I don't believe we would ever put an ex-president in prison Buckeyeblue Dec 2018 #20
I don't really care if he goes to jail, although I should-- shanny Dec 2018 #23
they think nothing of throwing inmates into solitary confinement NJCher Dec 2018 #24
Soup kitchen and breadline cuisine ain't all that bad. magicarpet Dec 2018 #31
hmmm. will he still get SS protection in prison? shanny Dec 2018 #40
well now NJCher Dec 2018 #41
I love it Andy823 Dec 2018 #5
One guy wondered aloud about why there were so many Russian oligarchs there. n/t cynatnite Dec 2018 #6
It's always been obvious... getagrip_already Dec 2018 #7
They are so BLEEPED, to quote Nicolle Wallace! Ilsa Dec 2018 #8
I like that it was run by a friend of Melania's.... Mars and Minerva Dec 2018 #11
Hush money payment exboyfil Dec 2018 #13
He has been a criminal financial his whole life, now it is coming out. BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #14
Not to mention the Trump name. llmart Dec 2018 #25
The family brand will officially be "Dump". BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #28
'Ah, dammit. Who stepped in the trump? Check your shoes!' Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #36
Exactly! BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #37
K&R Scurrilous Dec 2018 #15
Thought we forgot about that, did you? gratuitous Dec 2018 #16
Pence CabalPowered Dec 2018 #17
On Nicolle's show, the comment was made (by a former FBI agent) that Buns_of_Fire Dec 2018 #21
STARTING to?!?! volstork Dec 2018 #27
My husband stepped outside for 5 minutes and when he came back in he Vinca Dec 2018 #22
New scandal every single day (nt) matt819 Dec 2018 #26
Pay to Play Gothmog Dec 2018 #29
New investigations are breaking faster than you can say Tronald's Dump. Hassler Dec 2018 #32
Just unending criminality... DeminPennswoods Dec 2018 #33
I seem to recall someone reporting that Russians paid Trump for them to attend inauguration. Honeycombe8 Dec 2018 #34
It's possible nothing money related has been lawfully handled Quixote1818 Dec 2018 #35
Whoopsadaisy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 #39
 

KCDebbie

(664 posts)
1. So, we're gonna find out what happened to that $93 million
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:47 PM
Dec 2018

FINALLY!

When it rains on an Orange POS, it pours!

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
30. Appears that Mueller may be able to get enough evidence to
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:48 PM
Dec 2018

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.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
9. YES! Rachel has bird-dogged this issue from the very start...
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:53 PM
Dec 2018

...you know, the *largest* *greatest* *bestest* inauguration in history!

malaise

(268,998 posts)
18. When the dust settles, this will be the biggest political scandal in American history
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 06:13 PM
Dec 2018

including the coup and the installation of the most corrupt and incompetent administration in American history...PERIOD!

Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
10. Yes! I was just going to post this.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:53 PM
Dec 2018

Rachel has done several segments on the mystery behind the inaugural spending.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
19. I have a better question: what is the worst deal he can get?
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 06:16 PM
Dec 2018

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)
20. I don't believe we would ever put an ex-president in prison
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 06:33 PM
Dec 2018

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)
23. I don't really care if he goes to jail, although I should--
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 06:49 PM
Dec 2018

"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)
24. they think nothing of throwing inmates into solitary confinement
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:18 PM
Dec 2018

to "protect" them. Why not extend this protection to Trump?

magicarpet

(14,150 posts)
31. Soup kitchen and breadline cuisine ain't all that bad.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:50 PM
Dec 2018

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.

getagrip_already

(14,750 posts)
7. It's always been obvious...
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:51 PM
Dec 2018

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)
8. They are so BLEEPED, to quote Nicolle Wallace!
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:51 PM
Dec 2018

There are questions about money laundering, how the money was spent, and, why there were so many Russian oligarchs coming to his inauguration?

BigmanPigman

(51,592 posts)
14. He has been a criminal financial his whole life, now it is coming out.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 05:57 PM
Dec 2018

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)
25. Not to mention the Trump name.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:22 PM
Dec 2018

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)
28. The family brand will officially be "Dump".
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:38 PM
Dec 2018

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.

BigmanPigman

(51,592 posts)
37. Exactly!
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 09:31 PM
Dec 2018

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.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,176 posts)
21. On Nicolle's show, the comment was made (by a former FBI agent) that
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 06:39 PM
Dec 2018

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.

Vinca

(50,271 posts)
22. My husband stepped outside for 5 minutes and when he came back in he
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 06:43 PM
Dec 2018

was greeted with a brand new, previously unreported scandal. You can't leave the tube for a second these days. LOL.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
34. I seem to recall someone reporting that Russians paid Trump for them to attend inauguration.
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:16 PM
Dec 2018

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)
35. It's possible nothing money related has been lawfully handled
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 08:33 PM
Dec 2018

By Trump. Seriously, they probably had their hands in the cookie jar for just about everything.

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