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global1

(25,331 posts)
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:23 PM May 14

I Wonder What This Tr**p Band Of Criminals Got Away With That We Don't Know About?......

After listening to much of the testimony in this Tr**p trial - it makes one wonder what other crimes these people got away with that we haven't yet discovered?

What other crimes were covered up? Who else did they pay off? What additional fraudulent activities did they get away with?

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I Wonder What This Tr**p Band Of Criminals Got Away With That We Don't Know About?...... (Original Post) global1 May 14 OP
My very same thought. And considering that tRUMP had Barr shut down stuff, just what else did Barr and others SWBTATTReg May 14 #1
Jeffrey Epstein. Still being covered up. BComplex May 14 #27
I do not believe either side wants anything at all to do with Epstein or the videos he obviously had as a life insurance LiberalArkie May 14 #35
This loyalty stuff was illegal Johnny2X2X May 14 #2
I bet Putin knows atreides1 May 14 #3
Definitely WiVoter May 14 #21
He may get away with selling America's secrets to our enemies.... spanone May 14 #4
Well there was his inauguration funds that never got looked in to underpants May 14 #5
Yep, from the get go. Instant corruption -- actually pre-instant -- KPN May 14 #36
Post 10 too underpants May 14 #38
I'd bet Saudi Arabia was involved in something. Funtatlaguy May 14 #6
One of his first trips was to Saudi? Irish_Dem May 14 #9
"Orb Day" is next Tuesday underpants May 14 #13
That was the weirdest damn thing. Irish_Dem May 14 #14
Quite a few somethings is my guess. Joinfortmill May 14 #29
Exactly my thought. They were on a crime spree. Irish_Dem May 14 #7
Tweet thread by Seth Abramson last week bucolic_frolic May 14 #8
He never wore condoms. Irish_Dem May 14 #11
Love Child Lottery bucolic_frolic May 14 #15
I wonder if Trump pays child support for his illegitimate children? Irish_Dem May 14 #17
Where'd Trump's Record Inauguration Spending Go? 'It's Inexplicable' underpants May 14 #10
The Trump grift started right out of the gate. Irish_Dem May 14 #12
$26M to do what? Arrange for Lee Greenwood to be the only performer? underpants May 14 #18
It was all free money and the Trumps helped themselves to it. Irish_Dem May 14 #19
Due to statute of limitations we know of many Johonny May 14 #16
What we know about is a drop in the bucket. Irish_Dem May 14 #20
Link to traitortrump's many uncharged crimes, expired and not... Hermit-The-Prog May 14 #24
How about treason? Trump aid the Russians to get installed triron May 14 #22
Trump's connection to the mob was well known prior to the 2016 election but all we heard was the .... Botany May 14 #23
Fraud is their business model jayschool2013 May 14 #25
Largest criminal organization in history is too big to fail Ponietz May 14 #26
Trump has been criming for decades. Guy is a scumbag. I hope someday we can erase him from our Presidential list. Joinfortmill May 14 #28
Well, look at Kushners DoBW May 14 #30
definitely fraud and conspiracy, at a minimum JoseBalow May 14 #31
Wait until the election nears. They will have a scandal made up about Biden like they did with HRC. twodogsbarking May 14 #32
Has anyone checked the gold at Fort Knox? louslobbs May 14 #33
k+r ProudProgressiveNow May 14 #34
They got away with stealing the 2016 election.... Sogo May 14 #37
He has been transferring intelligence ThoughtCriminal May 14 #39
This ! hydrolastic May 14 #40
Jared's 2 Billion KentuckyWoman May 15 #41

SWBTATTReg

(22,388 posts)
1. My very same thought. And considering that tRUMP had Barr shut down stuff, just what else did Barr and others
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:31 PM
May 14

stop in its tracks?

BComplex

(8,125 posts)
27. Jeffrey Epstein. Still being covered up.
Tue May 14, 2024, 01:45 PM
May 14

And whatever he had on the republicans (that Russia gave him) so that he could keep them in line.

LiberalArkie

(15,751 posts)
35. I do not believe either side wants anything at all to do with Epstein or the videos he obviously had as a life insurance
Tue May 14, 2024, 03:01 PM
May 14

policy.

Johnny2X2X

(19,420 posts)
2. This loyalty stuff was illegal
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:33 PM
May 14

Trump was basically committing subornation of perjury, for which Cohen went to prison for.

The White House was being run like a mafia family. Sickening. Our entire system of government had spent 240 years keeping this type of corruption out of the White Huse and here it was out in the open with Trump.

atreides1

(16,139 posts)
3. I bet Putin knows
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:34 PM
May 14

The Russians have always been better than the West at digging up dirt on almost anyone!!!

underpants

(183,273 posts)
5. Well there was his inauguration funds that never got looked in to
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:35 PM
May 14

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's businesses and inaugural committee have reached a deal to pay Washington, D.C., $750,000 to resolve a lawsuit that alleged the committee overpaid for events at his hotel and enriched the former president's family in the process, according to the District of Columbia's attorney general.

Racine has said the committee misused nonprofit funds and coordinated with the hotel's management and members of the Trump family to arrange the events. He said one of the event's planners raised concerns about pricing with Trump, the president's daughter Ivanka Trump and Rick Gates, a top campaign official at the time.

Gates, a former Trump campaign aide who cooperated in the special counsel's Russia investigation, personally managed discussions with the hotel about using the space, including ballrooms and meeting rooms, the attorney general's office has said. In one instance, Gates contacted Ivanka Trump and told her that he was "a bit worried about the optics" of the committee paying such a high fee, Racine said.

Prosecutors say the committee could have hosted inaugural events at other venues either for free or for reduced costs but didn't consider those options.


https://www.npr.org/2022/05/03/1096123493/trump-inauguration-dc-hotel-lawsuit-settlement

underpants

(183,273 posts)
38. Post 10 too
Tue May 14, 2024, 03:43 PM
May 14

The committee’s tax filing showed that $26 million of the spending went to an event planning firm started in December by a friend of the First Lady.

Irish_Dem

(49,124 posts)
14. That was the weirdest damn thing.
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:43 PM
May 14

I don't know what was going on.

But it was said that Trump had to keep being entertained in a dramatic way
or he got bored and caused trouble.

Irish_Dem

(49,124 posts)
7. Exactly my thought. They were on a crime spree.
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:37 PM
May 14

What else did they do?

How much money did Trump steal from the US that we don't know about?

bucolic_frolic

(43,729 posts)
8. Tweet thread by Seth Abramson last week
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:37 PM
May 14

intimated that more than 100 women were paid off over the years. He surely had some reason for attaching such a number to it.

Irish_Dem

(49,124 posts)
17. I wonder if Trump pays child support for his illegitimate children?
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:58 PM
May 14

Or if he threatens the mothers to make them back down.

underpants

(183,273 posts)
10. Where'd Trump's Record Inauguration Spending Go? 'It's Inexplicable'
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:38 PM
May 14

Last month, the committee that ran President Donald Trump’s inaugural festivities released basic details about its revenues and spending. Trump raised $107 million, almost twice the previous record, and spent $104 million. The committee’s tax filing showed that $26 million of the spending went to an event planning firm started in December by a friend of the First Lady.

We found one more thing that set this inauguration apart: Some of the donations are almost impossible to trace. As the Center for Responsive Politics reports, two “dark money” groups, which do not disclose their donors, gave $1 million each. Trump’s inaugural committee appears to have been the first to accept significant donations from dark money groups.


There are also, of course, many donors we do know about. Like other presidents, Trump raised millions from corporate contributions and wealthy individuals. The securities and investment industry contributed the most, nearly $15 million. Other top industries included real estate, casinos, oil and gas, and mining — each of which later benefited from various presidential initiatives and policies. The existence of a contribution, of course, doesn’t mean that’s the reason for a policy change.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/trumpinc/episodes/trump-inc-podcast-whered-trumps-record-inauguration-spending-go-its-inexplicable

underpants

(183,273 posts)
18. $26M to do what? Arrange for Lee Greenwood to be the only performer?
Tue May 14, 2024, 01:00 PM
May 14

I don’t know who else may have performed.

See post#5 too. He held an event at his hotel and massively overpay himself.

Johonny

(21,054 posts)
16. Due to statute of limitations we know of many
Tue May 14, 2024, 12:56 PM
May 14

We know he got away with a lot more business fraud in the civil trial. He never received criminal charges from those obvious crimes as well. He also got away with campaign finance violations. He also got away with 10 counts of obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation. He also nearly got away with the current trials charges as the actual limitation passed but I believe there is an exemption due to covid shutdowns. This will likely be appealed if when he's found guilty, I think.

triron

(22,055 posts)
22. How about treason? Trump aid the Russians to get installed
Tue May 14, 2024, 01:25 PM
May 14

As POTUS. And the argument that the US and Russia weren't in a declared war is absurd.

Botany

(70,742 posts)
23. Trump's connection to the mob was well known prior to the 2016 election but all we heard was the ....
Tue May 14, 2024, 01:27 PM
May 14

…. Russian produced and backed HRC and her emails.



Trump’s mentor and mafia lawyer Roy Cohn.

jayschool2013

(2,325 posts)
25. Fraud is their business model
Tue May 14, 2024, 01:40 PM
May 14

I often wonder if the Lard of Mierda Loco or the Trump Org has ever engaged in an above-board business deal of any kind.

I seriously doubt it.

Joinfortmill

(14,621 posts)
28. Trump has been criming for decades. Guy is a scumbag. I hope someday we can erase him from our Presidential list.
Tue May 14, 2024, 01:47 PM
May 14

JoseBalow

(2,827 posts)
31. definitely fraud and conspiracy, at a minimum
Tue May 14, 2024, 02:31 PM
May 14

I can honestly say that NOTHING would surprise me at this point. Hit squads, embezzlement, prostitution ring, you name it. The republican party is a criminal organization in the midst of an open crime spree, and drumpf & company are at the head of the criminal racket.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,082 posts)
39. He has been transferring intelligence
Tue May 14, 2024, 06:28 PM
May 14

to Russia and other foreign governments in exchange for business deals, financial assistance, and political help.

He has been blackmailing a number of GOP Representatives and Senators with evidence of bribes, sex tapes, and other goodies obtained from Putin and others.

Oh, and the pee tape: probably real.

hydrolastic

(494 posts)
40. This !
Tue May 14, 2024, 11:21 PM
May 14

It just seems so clear to me, the entire pattern. Someone checked out the top secret material. Trump has the system break down so its not returned, then he takes it from the White House. Do you think that the White House doesn't know what he took ? What about acomplicies ? Then he lets it leak that he has top secret documents. Just a brazen criminal the whole way.

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