Cont: The Trump Presidency X: 10-10 'til we do it again

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SezMe said:
You can be sure that the Times' legal beagles went over that piece letter by letter so that when they write "instances of outright fraud" you can take that claim to the bank.

Is there a time limit for prosecution of such financial crimes? Can the President be taken to court for crimes he committed before becoming President while he holds that position?
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And that is the question that may determine the future of the United States. Legal scholars are split on whether or not a sitting president may be charged with a crime in any form other than a presidential impeachment. Brett Kavanaugh has gone on record as saying that the current laws prohibit such indictments. Many speculate that it is this one position that put Kavanaugh at the very top of President Trump’s list of nominees.
 
Speaking of financial matters has there been any updates on the investigations/prosecutions in regards to his "charitable" foundation?
 
Darat said:
Speaking of financial matters has there been any updates on the investigations/prosecutions in regards to his "charitable" foundation?
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It's proceeding.

The New York Attorney General's Office is urging a state court not to dismiss its lawsuit against President Trump's charitable foundation, saying the foundation has repeatedly violated state and federal laws.

Attorney General Barbara Underwood said the Donald J. Trump Foundation "was a shell corporation that functioned as a checkbook from which the business entity known as the Trump Organization made payments."

Underwood sued the foundation in June, saying it repeatedly solicited money from donors and then used it for campaign-related purposes, violating federal election law. The money was also used to benefit Trump' business interests, by settling legal claims against it, for example, Underwood said.
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Stacko said:
Good grief. Electing a racist conspiracy theorist was a really bad idea.
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I assume he's just copying it from somewhere (ETA: Was Soros mentioned on Tucker Carlson's White Power Hour?) - it's the fourth time that I can immediately remember that he pushed outright anti-Semitic nonsense, after "Good people on both sides", a campaign ad that also featured Soros, and the "Clinton over a pile of money and a Star of David" tweet.

Dunno if he's the real deal or just too stupid to know better, and it doesn't really make a difference.
 
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Darat said:
Speaking of financial matters has there been any updates on the investigations/prosecutions in regards to his "charitable" foundation?
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If the lawsuit succeeds, Trump might be banned from working with any nonprofit organization for 10 years from when he leaves office.

Oh no!
such hardship!
 
Breaking News....

Breaking News....

Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.


Even Better Breaking News....

The award is shared by a black man and a woman for their work on ending sexual violence as a tool of war. I'm sure Donnie will have them over to the Rose Garden for tea so he can tell them "I should have won".

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/05/europe/nobel-peace-prize-intl/index.html
 
newyorkguy said:
It is complicated. How about the Obama voters who voted for Trump in 2016?

How do you explain someone voting for Barack Obama and then voting for Donald Trump? In numbers high enough, that if they had voted for Clinton, she would have won easily? I think there are a lot of answers, it's not one reason.
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What percentage simply aren't connected to politics much, and thus don't really count as members of either party aside from whatever they checked when they registered? The types who said "Well, he said he'd only deport the bad ones/he'd get us all healthcare quickly that was good and affordable and it'd be easy. Plus, Hillary's emails proved that she was totally corrupt!"

And what percentage of them thought that Obama would "prove that America was past race" and got angry when he actually started discussing it? "I thought he'd show the blacks that everyone else is over race, but then he said that his son would look like Trayvon and I was so angry!"
 
Foolmewunz said:
Breaking News....

Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.


Even Better Breaking News....

The award is shared by a black man and a woman for their work on ending sexual violence as a tool of war. I'm sure Donnie will have them over to the Rose Garden for tea so he can tell them "I should have won".

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/05/europe/nobel-peace-prize-intl/index.html
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Finally someone with the courage to stand up and say, "soldiers might pillage, but they should not rape". Truly the aspirational spirit the Nobel Peace Prize was established to celebrate.

But to me it would make more sense to give the prize to someone whose efforts have produced a measurable reduction in war-related rapes in Africa. Or wherever they're focusing their efforts.
 
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Foolmewunz said:
Breaking News....

Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.


Even Better Breaking News....

The award is shared by a black man and a woman for their work on ending sexual violence as a tool of war. I'm sure Donnie will have them over to the Rose Garden for tea so he can tell them "I should have won".

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/05/europe/nobel-peace-prize-intl/index.html
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I'm sure there's a $12 donation or similar thing he can turn into a me too on the subject.
 
Trump Retweets

"@RealJamesWoods
Whether you love or hate him, Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency was a once-in-a-century miracle. He was literally the Man Without a Party, yet beat 16 primary competitors and an opponent whose victory was her “manifest destiny.” It was a political feat unequaled in history."
 
Mumbles said:
...Dunno if he's the real deal or just too stupid to know better, and it doesn't really make a difference.
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Plus, it’s not an either-or situation here.

The whole thing is just gaslighting and projection anyway; Trump has a history of paying people to cheer for him, starting with his announcement and continuing at his rallies.
 
Fast Eddie B said:
While in office.

Nothing prevents a virtual avalanche of charges after leaving office.
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Yes.

I suspect President Trump will win his next election, but I do have an irrational fear that attorneys general and district attorneys will be standing in line with indictments in October 2020, and if the president loses the popular vote and the electoral vote he will start screaming about voter fraud and invalid elections and say that he should stay in office until it can all be sorted out.
 
sts60 said:
Plus, it’s not an either-or situation here.

The whole thing is just gaslighting and projection anyway; Trump has a history of paying people to cheer for him, starting with his announcement and continuing at his rallies.
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He’s not the first politician to constantly accuse others of things he has been doing.
 
Foolmewunz said:
Breaking News....

Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.


Even Better Breaking News....

The award is shared by a black man and a woman for their work on ending sexual violence as a tool of war. I'm sure Donnie will have them over to the Rose Garden for tea so he can tell them "I should have won".
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The worst thing is, it has a high probability of occuring.
 
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