House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt

[Journeyman]

2. Reminds me of Richard Wright, in "Black Boy," when he was looking for a job . . .

The tall, dour white woman looked at him said,

"Now, boy, I want to ask you one question and I want you to tell me the truth," she said.

"Yes, ma'am," I said, all attention.

"Do you steal?" she asked me seriously.

I burst into a laugh, then checked myself.

"What's so damn funny about that?" she asked.

"Lady, if I was a thief, I'd never tell anybody."


Later, as he walked home, Wright reflected on the moment, "pondered on what could possibly have been in the woman's mind to have made her ask me point-blank if I stole. . . . Only an idiot would have answered: "Yes, ma'am. I steal."

Maybe Raskin is hoping Trump is so senile he'll admit to accepting bribe money, as he no doubt sees it as a badge of honor, to have made so much money for doing so little, and none of it at a cost to himself.