Loans of over $1 Billion to Trump by SCOTUS justice Kennedy's son, but nothing to see here...

[Soph0571]

“Say hello to your boy,” Mr. Trump said. “Special guy.”

Mr. Trump was apparently referring to Justice Kennedy’s son, Justin. The younger Mr. Kennedy spent more than a decade at Deutsche Bank, eventually rising to become the bank’s global head of real estate capital markets, and he worked closely with Mr. Trump when he was a real estate developer, according to two people with knowledge of his role.

During Mr. Kennedy’s tenure, Deutsche Bank became Mr. Trump’s most important lender, dispensing well over $1 billion in loans to him for the renovation and construction of skyscrapers in New York and Chicago at a time other mainstream banks were wary of doing business with him because of his troubled business history.

[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/6/28/1776541/-Loans-of-over-1-Billion-to-Trump-by-SCOTUS-justice-Kennedy-s-son-but-nothing-to-see-here|

Rotten to the core the shoddy lot of them

[empedocles]

1. This is staggering.

Senator Warner's comment that things could get 'wild', ah, comes to mind. Warner is a fairly cautious guy.

[yardwork]

16. Maybe this is why Kennedy is retiring.

[empedocles]

2. Have to wonder about the ongoing 'status'

of these 'loans'. Mueller has got to have the tools to dig out much information about them. Trump is the biggest gangster, well, since Putin? Mindboggling.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. ComSec Ross owns big piece of Bank of Cyprus; appointed Deutsche Bank exec CEO. . . . nt

[empedocles]

23. Good

thank you

[exboyfil]

3. You have to wonder what would happen if someone like

Oprah demagogued the crap out of this stuff while leading a campaign that would get microphones in her face (kind of like our current resident in the White House but with facts that are actually fire behind the smoke).

I picked Oprah as someone with a powerful voice tied to more liberal causes. You could insert another name if you wish. It scares the crap out of me that I am thinking this way, but appealing to individual's intellect hasn't seemed to work.

[empedocles]

8. Hope that somehow this massive trump/deutsche/a. kennedy issue

gets some of the attention it needs. Hope for Oprah, or something. As even on DU, great attention is paid as Bernie, trump et al, weigh inm endlessly on . . . aspects of 'the Red Hen'.

[exboyfil]

10. The problem with Bernie is that he

has an important position as a representative of our government. I don't want him acting like Trump, and, in the long run, Democrats will not stand for such a demagogue, and he would lose his effectiveness and "brand". We kind of need an outsider who may never actually seek political office, but who gets his/her face in front of the microphones and moves on from one accusation to the next without the burden of actually having solid proof. It sure as hell worked for the GOP.

[SharonClark]

12. Shorthand/drunk/sleepy...on meds, et al?

[Cha]

4. JHC.. the most Corrupt Gov Ever.. thanks to the Fraud.. Right here in

the USA, and we're hanging on trying to make it through this Fascist Nightmare wanting it to be OVER.

this question was asked.. now we know..

Link to tweet

[Soph0571]

5. Indeed - Family and Party and Fuck the country

[Cha]

6. OMG.. too bad that's so

perfect. What a legacy. I can only hope along with millions of others that he gets blowback a thousand fold for his treachery. He knows we were attacked by Russia and there's an enemy of the state occupying the wh.

Wow.. somebody really knew how to make a graphic for Kennedy.

Thanks Soph

[exboyfil]

11. They should show him walking towards his boy

who is gleefully sitting on mounds of cash with Trump's quote on the side.

[democratisphere]

7. redumbliCON corruption even in the SCOTUS.

Our Democracy has been totally corrupted by drumpf et al.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Why has no MSM picked up on this

[empedocles]

13. Friday morning Wash Post, aarrggghh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Headline - 5 Killed. Big story on republicons hammering at Rosenstein. Only mention of Justice Kennedy, was column on how in his 30 court years, was his 'unifying theme' of 'dignity'.

[watoos]

20. Why has no M$M picked up on this?

because they are "all" complicit. It is the main reason that Democrats have been behind the 8 ball for decades. Getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine was a big enabler.

Just look at Canada's ban on Fox News, can you imagine that happening here?

[BlueJac]

14. K&R

[Achilleaze]

15. The STINK of republican mendacity

is bigly

[Corgigal]

17. We should have know this information,

when Trump was just running for president. No one does oppositional research anymore?
To me, this tidbit feels like a punch in the gut.

[dalton99a]

18. Another fantastic coincidence

[dlk]

19. There Are Unprecedented Levels of Corruption Running Throughout the Republican Party

We are just scratching the surface. Everything they have accomplished for a very long time is tainted.

[empedocles]

24. Such blatant corruption is amazing in this Information Age, but

not unprecedented. The Robber Barons have been, and still are amazingly corrupt - as were the original Robber Barons in this country, the slave owners.

[empedocles]

25. Lot of corruption

I've cliched about here a number of times about the 'plot thickens'.

Or as my old econ prof liked to say on these corruption issues . . . 'the plot sickens'.

[Raster]

30. And this is why the certain members of the Republican Party are fighting tooth and nail...

...seemingly to protect tRump*, when in all actuality, they are fighting to protect themselves. I FIRMLY BELIEVE that if all the cards were laid on the table and the absolute truth came out, we would find that THE GOP IS AWASH in dirty Russian money. I believe the GOP has sold its soul for power and privilege. I believe that some of the major donors of the GOP are also in on the "fraternization" with the enemy... case in point: Robert Mercer, the American billionaire money bagman for Cambridge Analytica...

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/16/15657512/cambridge-analytica-facebook-alexander-nix-christopher-wylie

I also believe that full-on TREASON is not out of the realm of possibility. I believe that certain members of the GOP were aware of the Russian influences on our election and WILLINGLY LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. That's right, looking at you Comrades McConnell and Ryan.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

33. Couldn't agree more.

The gop congress took Russian money knowingly under the rubric of the NRA.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Deutsche Bank just failed US Fed stress test. Only big bank in US to do so. . . . nt

[Phoenix61]

26. In my happy place

This is the sting that Meuller set in play to bring Twitler down. There are tapes of Twilter threatening Kennedy that he and Jared will blackball his son by lying about the loans. Now I'm going to go feed the unicorns then take my pet dragon out for a ride.

[Aristus]

27. But Hillary's e-mails!...

Those idiots are never going to admit how fucking stupid they were to focus on such a nothing of a reason to vote against HRC. I hope they're happy...

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

34. Don't ya dare forget

how she orchestrated Benghazi....Trey Gowdy needs to be slapped around like a punk on the street.

[onecent]

28. I HOPE MUELLER SEE'S THIS TIDBIT ABOUT ALL THE MONEY DRUMPF IS TAKING IN,

[R B Garr]

29. Holy crap! You can't make this stuff up. Russian mafia in the White House,

fueled by money from a Supreme Court Justice's son. The layers of all this are staggering. No wonder Mueller needs all this time.

[onecent]

31. K&R

[Snotcicles]

32. Kennedy would have had to recuse himself in a case against Trump. That would have caused

a four four split jury. That is why the hurried exit. That seat should remain vacant until after the midterm elections and the newcomers are seated.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

35. No question.

The scrambling around about court packing will be our undoing. We wait for the election of a supreme court justice during an election year. Period, end of story.To discuss anything else gets their person to hearings and that just can't be.
Nice warm weekend to march with everyone who cares about it. We can do this thing.

[Raster]

37. I believe you are correct... I think tRump* AND his GOP ACCOMPLICES...

...know full-well that once Mueller & Co. begin their big reveal, more than just tRump* will be implicated. I think the entire 2016 election cycle could well be tainted, and in more ways then we know today.

[smirkymonkey]

36. The level of corruption in this administration is staggering.

I can't believe how low we have sunk in only 524 days.

[rumble]

38. Kennedy was getting blackmailed. The son knew too much about the Russian money laundering.

Elizabeth Warren warned us.