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pat_k

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17. "there is no settlement of record"

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #15)

Thu May 21, 2026, 04:37 PM

16 hrs ago

Time for more journalists to do their damn jobs and make it clear there is no settlement. It's a corrupt plan to appropriate tax dollars without seeking congressional approval.

More theft in plain sight.

Like all the other criminal impoundments and expenditures they perpetrate by fiat, they know that even the trumpublicans in Congress would be unlikely to go along with acts so broadly condemned by the public.

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Stop calling it an f-ing "settlement" [View all] pat_k 18 hrs ago OP

Ari Melber called it a "Thug" Fund. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #1

At least WAPO had the decency to put it in quotes. pat_k 17 hrs ago #7

Weisman called it theft. GoodRaisin 17 hrs ago #10

And so it is. Attempted theft. However you look at it. pat_k 8 hrs ago #25

If Trump robbed a bank at gunpoint, everyone would just call it a "settlement." Irish_Dem 18 hrs ago #2

The next president better check that he hasn't made off with fort knox gold a la Marcos. pat_k 17 hrs ago #8

100% certain trump has already made off with some gold Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #9

Given his obsession with gold, you're probably right. pat_k 11 hrs ago #24

He keeps talking about checking to make sure none of it has been stolen. Irish_Dem 2 hrs ago #26

or shot someone on Fifth Avenue MadameButterfly 15 hrs ago #18

Part of his presidential duties. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #20

Essentially it's an extortion payout...nt Wounded Bear 18 hrs ago #3

It's not even that because there was no threat. pat_k 18 hrs ago #4

Understand it was a setup. Start a bogus "threat" of a lawsuit and then settle out of court... Wounded Bear 18 hrs ago #5

Yep. Add the con about hey, the IRS cannot audit me for that crime AND Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #6

Well said! The judge herself noted clearly that there was NO "settlement." spooky3 16 hrs ago #11

Al least The Prospect makes this clear... pat_k 16 hrs ago #14

"Cop beaters" slush fund.......Sheldon Whitehouse Bengus81 16 hrs ago #12

One or two cops were killed. MLWR 16 hrs ago #13

Officer Brian Sicknick's death the following night was clearly a direct result pat_k 15 hrs ago #19

Cop killers reward money. BattleRow 15 hrs ago #22

"Anti Law Enforcement Slush Fund" RB77 15 hrs ago #23

Judge is taking the position that the lawsuit does not include any settlement LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #15

"there is no settlement of record" pat_k 16 hrs ago #17

SETTLEMENT MY ASS! BBbats 16 hrs ago #16

Amen. SergeStorms 15 hrs ago #21