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(11,748 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)There has been a lot of corruption for a long time, its just getting worst, and the irony is that they don't care anymore, they do it in front of everyone.
paleotn
(18,799 posts)You can't make this shit up. I dare you to even try! When I first heard....Pam Bondi?! Are you f'ing kidding me?!
Adam Schiff's closing argument was like a scene from A Few Good Men. Today's fiasco is like the student court scene in Animal House.
panader0
(25,816 posts)from 'No Country For Old Men'
Funniest scene in the whole movie. ....guess the TV was broke.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)lest we all be gone.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,581 posts)............
Aussie105
(6,011 posts)You make trouble for someone, they pay you, you shut up?
If it works for a fast food chain . . . . hey, your coffee is hot and burned my mouth! Why wasn't I warned? I'm suing you!' . . . then surely it works in politics?
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,157 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,327 posts)that doc is required watching for everyone in this country
NutmegYankee
(16,283 posts)Google "Mcdonalds Coffee burn photos". After seeing extensive third degree burns and skins grafts you might realize your comment reflects very badly on you.
PatSeg
(49,562 posts)You summed that up beautifully. As I watched her on TV, all I could think about was a $25,000 check and the aborted Trump University investigation.
Orrex
(63,759 posts)He hits the bullseye nine times out of ten, at least.
PandoraAwakened
(905 posts)she would have gotten $250,000. Silly, silly girl...
Seriously though, the hypocrisy of this POS is unbelievable.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,696 posts)But the Official Trump Payoff Schedule only allocates $25,000, and we know how Comrade President always follows the rules.
OregonBlue
(7,837 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,157 posts)Demovictory9
(33,253 posts)uponit7771
(91,182 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Because he'd taken charitable donations and used them to fund his 2016 campaign. He was ordered by a New York court to pay $2 million to various charities for fraudulently stealing money he'd collected for them. Trump finally paid up in December, a story that has totally disappeared from the media.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I don't know how it was resolved, but Trump wanted to treat the court-ordered payments for his fraudulent behavior as tax-deductible charitable contributions. So, you know, asshole.