Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:04 PM

Agency overseeing Trump's D.C. hotel lease failed to examine ethical, constitutional conflicts

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Agency overseeing Trump's D.C. hotel lease failed to examine ethical, constitutional conflicts (Original post)	FelineOverlord	Dec 2021	OP
I had assumed they knowingly behaved corruptly...	RockRaven	Dec 2021	#1
Intimidated is more like it.	OAITW r.2.0	Dec 2021	#2
Gee, ya think?	Wounded Bear	Dec 2021	#3
"Everybody knows . . ."	gratuitous	Dec 2021	#4
Remember Emily Murphy?	FelineOverlord	Dec 2021	#5
Ummmm......	Nevilledog	Dec 2021	#6
Shocked. Shocked, I tell you.	TomSlick	Dec 2021	#7
Elected officials should be barred from entering into contracts with the government	pecosbob	Dec 2021	#8
There seems to be some deep corruption in the GSA.	kentuck	Dec 2021	#9

Response to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:09 PM

RockRaven (12,336 posts)

1. I had assumed they knowingly behaved corruptly...

It turns out they DID, just not in the manner I had assumed.

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Response to RockRaven (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:14 PM

OAITW r.2.0 (18,440 posts)

2. Intimidated is more like it.

Bet they got the message early - don't fuck with the pResident and his real estate plans.

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Response to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:16 PM

Wounded Bear (55,351 posts)

3. Gee, ya think?

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Response to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:16 PM

gratuitous (80,480 posts)

4. "Everybody knows . . ."

The Emoluments Clause is pretty straightforward and everybody knows what it means. That is, everybody knows what it means until someone as corrupt as the former guy comes along, and violates it nine ways from Sunday. Then, suddenly, we're all caught up in his self-justifying lies, and nobody knows what the Emoluments Clause means. We get caught up in semantics and meaningless shades of meaning, and the agency tasked with reviewing the nakedly corrupt deal completely loses its way, can't figure out what's ethical or constitutional, and figures it's more expedient to just let the former guy break the law.

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Response to FelineOverlord (Original post)

Wed Dec 15, 2021, 11:28 PM

FelineOverlord (3,078 posts)