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Yep, This Happened (Original Post) kpete Jan 2020 OP
Only in America, Trump's America. dem4decades Jan 2020 #1
This has happened before, I am not defending trump, but this is not new Perseus Jan 2020 #2
Exactly.... paleotn Jan 2020 #3
And "I dare you to even try" is Tommy Lee Jones' line panader0 Jan 2020 #4
Bingo. paleotn Jan 2020 #5
We had better change this, warmfeet Jan 2020 #6
The normalization of absurdity. n/t KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #7
But isn't that how Politiks is meant to work? Aussie105 Jan 2020 #8
you may want to research that coffee case before referencing it again Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #13
Or perhaps watch the "Hot Coffee" documentary n/t VWolf Jan 2020 #21
thank you for saving me the time! ProfessorPlum Jan 2020 #23
I recommend you delete this post. NutmegYankee Jan 2020 #27
Thank you John Fugelsang PatSeg Jan 2020 #9
Fugelsang gets better and better Orrex Jan 2020 #10
And you know if Pam had been a man, PandoraAwakened Jan 2020 #11
I would've held out for at least $130,000. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2020 #17
It always amazes me how cheaply these crooks are bought. OregonBlue Jan 2020 #24
This script was rejected by Monty Python's Flying Circus as being too ridiculous. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #12
hard to keep up with the nonstop corruption of trump Demovictory9 Jan 2020 #14
K&R uponit7771 Jan 2020 #15
Also, Trump paid $2 million JUST LAST MONTH gratuitous Jan 2020 #16
Did he pay in December for the 2019 tax break? CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #18
That was part of the two month hold up for his paying gratuitous Jan 2020 #19
I wouldn't expect it any other way. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #20
Do you think MSM could get this out there? I guess not. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #22
He's gonna break that twitter machine! 2naSalit Jan 2020 #25
Bonus: The donation to Bondi came from Trump's now outlawed charity. Marcuse Jan 2020 #26
 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
2. This has happened before, I am not defending trump, but this is not new
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:38 PM
Jan 2020

There has been a lot of corruption for a long time, its just getting worst, and the irony is that they don't care anymore, they do it in front of everyone.

paleotn

(17,939 posts)
3. Exactly....
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:43 PM
Jan 2020

You can't make this shit up. I dare you to even try! When I first heard....Pam Bondi?! Are you f'ing kidding me?!

Adam Schiff's closing argument was like a scene from A Few Good Men. Today's fiasco is like the student court scene in Animal House.

Aussie105

(5,420 posts)
8. But isn't that how Politiks is meant to work?
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 10:11 PM
Jan 2020

You make trouble for someone, they pay you, you shut up?

If it works for a fast food chain . . . . hey, your coffee is hot and burned my mouth! Why wasn't I warned? I'm suing you!' . . . then surely it works in politics?

NutmegYankee

(16,201 posts)
27. I recommend you delete this post.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 07:30 PM
Jan 2020

Google "Mcdonalds Coffee burn photos". After seeing extensive third degree burns and skins grafts you might realize your comment reflects very badly on you.

PatSeg

(47,560 posts)
9. Thank you John Fugelsang
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 10:13 PM
Jan 2020

You summed that up beautifully. As I watched her on TV, all I could think about was a $25,000 check and the aborted Trump University investigation.

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
11. And you know if Pam had been a man,
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 12:09 AM
Jan 2020

she would have gotten $250,000. Silly, silly girl...

Seriously though, the hypocrisy of this POS is unbelievable.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,188 posts)
17. I would've held out for at least $130,000.
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 10:35 AM
Jan 2020

But the Official Trump Payoff Schedule only allocates $25,000, and we know how Comrade President always follows the rules.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. Also, Trump paid $2 million JUST LAST MONTH
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 09:37 AM
Jan 2020

Because he'd taken charitable donations and used them to fund his 2016 campaign. He was ordered by a New York court to pay $2 million to various charities for fraudulently stealing money he'd collected for them. Trump finally paid up in December, a story that has totally disappeared from the media.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
19. That was part of the two month hold up for his paying
Tue Jan 28, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jan 2020

I don't know how it was resolved, but Trump wanted to treat the court-ordered payments for his fraudulent behavior as tax-deductible charitable contributions. So, you know, asshole.

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