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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,504 posts) Fri Feb 8, 2019, 09:05 PM Feb 2019

Damn! Trump's inaugural was paying @realDonaldTrump's Hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space.

Damn! Trump's inaugural was paying @realDonaldTrump's Hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space.

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Damn! Trump's inaugural was paying @realDonaldTrump's Hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2019 OP

If this is confirmed they need to be in a lot of trouble just for this alone. They were warned to UniteFightBack Feb 2019 #1

His campaign was self-dealing from day 1 and it was painfully obvious marylandblue Feb 2019 #2

The self-dealing is Dorian Gray Feb 2019 #3

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)

1. If this is confirmed they need to be in a lot of trouble just for this alone. They were warned to

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2019, 09:07 PM

Feb 2019

NOT to fucking do this...and yet they do it anyway?

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

2. His campaign was self-dealing from day 1 and it was painfully obvious

Reply to UniteFightBack (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 8, 2019, 10:13 PM

Feb 2019

Current law is that you can self deal if you charge market rate. Too much wiggle room in that.

I think that needs to change to you can't self deal at all. You shouldn't be able to rent space from an entity that you own. If you use your own space, you have to treat it as a contribution.

Dorian Gray

(13,496 posts)

3. The self-dealing is

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2019, 10:14 PM

Feb 2019

so basic and so in our face that it should be enough to cast him out of there. Forget all the other shenanigans.

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