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Miles Archer

(24,838 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 03:53 PM Jun 8

No! NO! TAKE IT BACK! "'Jaw-dropping' corruption could see Trump's UFC fight scrapped at last-minute: law expert"

Raw Story link, as well as the Substack link for the full Joyce Vance article.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ufc-2677012449/

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-2c9

"The amount of corruption alleged in this lawsuit is jaw dropping, even for Trump," she wrote on BlueSky.

For one thing, she noted, the plaintiffs point out that Trump “giving White and his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House and Lincoln Memorial to stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access” — all while he purchased up to $50,000 in stock in the UFC's parent company, and the UFC itself promotes a cryptocurrency firm sponsoring the event and advertising itself with White House iconography.

And as all this is going on, the plaintiffs — a Vietnam vet and a senior citizen activist — said, this whole project defaces the nation's capital. “The Claw, which is constructed primarily out of steel, is 92 feet tall, 154 feet wide, and weighs 600 tons ... The Claw thus dwarfs the adjacent White House. It is visible from the National Mall to the south," the lawsuit reads.

To do this, the suit continued, the White House and UFC are violating National Park Service regulations, ignoring congressional approval, and environmental permitting.

The complainants are asking a judge to stop the event from taking place.

"A ruling and perhaps an appeal or two could materialize quickly given

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No! NO! TAKE IT BACK! "'Jaw-dropping' corruption could see Trump's UFC fight scrapped at last-minute: law expert" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jun 8 OP
And today we've also got the $12,000 commemorative coins! Vinca Jun 8 #1
It would be a relief to T to have the fight scrapped! Hope22 Jun 8 #2
If he was remotely intelligent, sure. Karasu Jun 8 #6
That ship sailed at birth. SergeStorms Jun 8 #16
Don't forget his smart uncle. Swede Jun 8 #22
MIT, wasn't it? SergeStorms Jun 9 #24
Kick dalton99a Jun 8 #3
Why wasn't this done before the WH was deluged with all the crappy nonsense that now exists. Ridiculous. SheilaAnn Jun 8 #4
my thoughts as well. mopinko Jun 8 #12
I think he could care less about a court order. He would hold it anyway. kairos12 Jun 8 #5
I'd love to see Federal Marshalls Tussling with Secret Service and the National Defense Police over ... marble falls Jun 9 #26
It's supposed to be sticky and rainy GenThePerservering Jun 8 #7
Let it pour on the assembled MAGAts. oasis Jun 8 #8
Don't forget the lightning! BonnieJW Jun 9 #36
🎼Let it be, let it be , let it be, let it be There will oasis Jun 9 #38
I posted something around last week or so...they reportedly have a BIG "gnat problem" at the location Miles Archer Jun 8 #14
Indeed BonnieJW Jun 9 #37
Why don't they MoseShrute Jun 8 #9
MAGAs tailgating on the White House lawn. sop Jun 9 #31
That's where they put the porta potties Lifeafter70 Jun 9 #34
A never-ending series of jaw-dropping desecrations of the office of the president and theft Martin68 Jun 8 #10
Donvict malaise Jun 8 #11
The... Claw! Shipwack Jun 9 #25
Love it malaise Jun 9 #33
This all just makes me sick Mossfern Jun 8 #13
Do the plaintiffs have standing? progressoid Jun 8 #15
Almost certainly not. tritsofme Jun 8 #18
All citizens got standing in this. marble falls Jun 9 #27
It's fun to imagine a world in which Trump ever faces any actual conseqeuences at all Orrex Jun 8 #17
These plaintiffs make an incredibly weak case for standing, it will be dismissed. tritsofme Jun 8 #19
While I'd love to see it scrapped... DET Jun 8 #20
Sad, just sad... joho260 Jun 9 #23
Haul all the debris from it and the rest of the show and dump it on Merde Lardo 1st tee. marble falls Jun 9 #29
Hillary Clinton had a great take A HERETIC I AM Jun 8 #21
The rapist thinks he's untouchable now Blue Owl Jun 9 #28
In another time what would it be worth to rent the whole Klarkashton Jun 9 #30
let it happen Maninacan Jun 9 #32
Plus F45 is fundraising on Nat Park Land. nt in2herbs Jun 9 #35

Hope22

(4,959 posts)
2. It would be a relief to T to have the fight scrapped!
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:27 PM
Jun 8

He is going to suffer worse humiliation if the event runs a# planned.

SergeStorms

(21,052 posts)
16. That ship sailed at birth.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:24 PM
Jun 8

Even though he had the highest GPAs in history from the Wharton School at Penn, and Fordham University.

SergeStorms

(21,052 posts)
24. MIT, wasn't it?
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 11:30 AM
Jun 9

The smartest man in the world, I think he was. He taught Einstein and Oppenheimer all they knew.

SheilaAnn

(10,824 posts)
4. Why wasn't this done before the WH was deluged with all the crappy nonsense that now exists. Ridiculous.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:32 PM
Jun 8

marble falls

(73,483 posts)
26. I'd love to see Federal Marshalls Tussling with Secret Service and the National Defense Police over ...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:45 PM
Jun 9

... service of a cease and desist order. I'd pay for that ticket.

GenThePerservering

(4,086 posts)
7. It's supposed to be sticky and rainy
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 05:19 PM
Jun 8

I'd like it if the rain just stopped that morning, so everything is wet and the bugs come out in droves. Or, it'll just keep raining. I'm doubtful of 85,000 assembling in that other area.

Miles Archer

(24,838 posts)
14. I posted something around last week or so...they reportedly have a BIG "gnat problem" at the location
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:06 PM
Jun 8

So yeah. And if it IS rainy, Trump will be TERRIFIED of getting his comb-over wet.

BonnieJW

(3,155 posts)
37. Indeed
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 03:36 PM
Jun 9

All of us in Northern Virginia have a terrible gnat problem in the summer. Unless there is a wind greater than 20 mph, it's pretty miserable

Martin68

(28,296 posts)
10. A never-ending series of jaw-dropping desecrations of the office of the president and theft
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 05:39 PM
Jun 8

from tax-paying citizens.

progressoid

(53,565 posts)
15. Do the plaintiffs have standing?
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:14 PM
Jun 8

I would love to see this go forward but I suspect it will get tossed.

Orrex

(67,539 posts)
17. It's fun to imagine a world in which Trump ever faces any actual conseqeuences at all
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:31 PM
Jun 8

Instead of the world we live in.

DET

(2,671 posts)
20. While I'd love to see it scrapped...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 07:02 PM
Jun 8

It’s probably going to be a huge failure anyway. And the public needs to see the massive desecration of the White House and the beautiful south lawn. When they light up ‘the claw’ and the carnival is in full swing, it might wake some people up to how far we’ve fallen.

joho260

(58 posts)
23. Sad, just sad...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:47 AM
Jun 9

I, for one, would rather watch a re-run of Columbo than his stupid cage match. I hope the TV ratings are horrible. I'm not sure how much of this crap is being funded by the govt. and how much by the bribers but I know that ultimately it will be the taxpayers who will get soaked.

Klarkashton

(5,508 posts)
30. In another time what would it be worth to rent the whole
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:49 PM
Jun 9

South Lawn of the a White House to stage a promotion for your business? What would would it cost to do that?

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