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DaisyTom

(57 posts)
Sun Sep 20, 2020, 03:39 PM Sep 2020

the Anthony Kennedy retirement was dirty, and Ivanka was involved [View all]

Book reveals Trump effort to get Kennedy to step aside for Kavanaugh


Family coordinated charm offensive to convince ageing supreme court justice to retire.

"The Trump family carried out a “coordinated White House charm offensive” to persuade Anthony Kennedy, a swing vote on the supreme court, to retire and clear the way for Brett Kavanaugh, according to a forthcoming book."


"In Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump and an Epic Trail of Destruction, David Enrich, the finance editor of the New York Times, describes how the German bank became the last major financial institution willing to lend to Donald Trump’s repeatedly defaulting business empire."


"Long before Trump ran for the White House, Justice Kennedy’s son, Justin, worked as an investment banker at Deutsche. Enrich describes how he developed a relationship with Trump, his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, helping to finance real-estate deals no other bank would touch because of Trump’s record of failing to pay his debts to lenders, contractors and business partners."

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"Dark Towers describes how Ivanka Trump befriended the judge, sitting next to him at an inaugural lunch, regaling him with accounts of her close friendship with his son, then visiting the elder Kennedy at the supreme court, bringing her five year-old daughter to hear a case about arbitration agreements."


https://www.investigateivanka.com/post/book-reveals-trump-effort-to-persuade-justice-kennedy-to-step-aside-for-kavanaugh

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/04/trump-family-anthony-kennedy-brett-kavanaugh-dark-towers?CMP=share_btn_tw

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Kick dalton99a Sep 2020 #1
Now I need a Rolaids. I wonder if he got a quick peek down her blouse? Baked Potato Sep 2020 #2
Finally,some one is Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #3
Geez moose65 Sep 2020 #4
K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #5
So, not only is Kavanaugh a sexual predator, GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #6
What did Trump say to Kennedy that shocked him More_Cowbell Sep 2020 #7
Need lip readers bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #12
I am guessing there was much more to it than "charm offensive" Skittles Sep 2020 #8
+agree. nt iluvtennis Sep 2020 #10
Deutsche Bank, Justin, Kennedy all dirty. Sneederbunk Sep 2020 #9
We never did find out why Judge Kennedy was so taken back when walking down Historic NY Sep 2020 #11
I remember reading about this. BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #13
Kennedy may have been on the up and up TexasBushwhacker Sep 2020 #19
I'm suggesting: SayItLoud Sep 2020 #14
Quelle surprise. volstork Sep 2020 #15
I wonder if Justin Kennedy had fun w/Ivanka as Jared watched? Botany Sep 2020 #16
Sorry....but I was thinking ewagner Sep 2020 #18
Poolboying SCOTUS stylee Celerity Sep 2020 #21
Fuck this place Traildogbob Sep 2020 #17
Not disagreeing with any of your post except I don't think God ever "approved" of any of this, ever. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #20
Wanna believe you. Traildogbob Sep 2020 #22
I'm actually a militant agnostic. "I don't know and you don't either" so it's all good! Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #25
I don't believe she is capable of charm Generic Brad Sep 2020 #23
K&R Blue Owl Sep 2020 #24
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