The Donald Trump thread

[Heisenberg]

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...inquiry-latest

A judge in New York orders President Donald Trump to pay $2 million for misusing his charitable foundation, the AP reports.

In December 2018, a second New York judge signed off on a deal to shut down Trump’s personal charity after a lawsuit exposed a “shocking pattern of illegality”.

Trump had used the charity to pay off legal settlements within his business and even to buy a painting of himself to hang in one of his golf clubs.

From a press release from the New York attorney general:

"The award is part of Attorney General James’ lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors — Mr. Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump...

"Chiefly, Mr. Trump admits to personally misusing funds at the Trump Foundation, and agrees to restrictions on future charitable service and ongoing reporting to the Office of the Attorney General in the event he creates a new charity. The settlements also include mandatory training requirements for Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump. Finally, the settlements name the charities that will receive the remaining assets of the Trump Foundation as part of its dissolution.

“The Trump Foundation has shut down, funds that were illegally misused are being restored, the president will be subject to ongoing supervision by my office, and the Trump children had to undergo compulsory training to ensure this type of illegal activity never takes place again,” said Attorney General James.

“The court’s decision, together with the settlements we negotiated, are a major victory in our efforts to protect charitable assets and hold accountable those who would abuse charities for personal gain. My office will continue to fight for accountability because no one is above the law — not a businessman, not a candidate for office, and not even the President of the United States.”

Is this more of that 'deep state' I keep hearing about?

[lardy]

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Looks like our resident Trump sycophant will have to up his game. Sessions putting him to shame.

JEFF SESSIONS in senate campaign video:

“Did I write a tell-all book? No.

Did I go on CNN and attack the president? Nope!

Have I said a cross word about our president? Not one time.” https://t.co/lKNDOUTtc3

— Ben Mayer (@bendmayer) November 8, 2019

[lardy]

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“You can shoot me, but you’ll have to kill us all.”

[pause for applause]

Earpiece guy: “No one’s ****ing clapping, you ridiculous monolith of dogshit. ****ing say something.”

“Something.”pic.twitter.com/NzFvBuqCFm

— ��️*�� Max ��️*�� (@SpillerOfTea) November 11, 2019

Out of context, but still

[lardy]

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Impeachment not going well for trump. Not just in the hearings, but outside the effects are being seen.

First governor elections since the impeachment inquiry began ��

• Kentucky (Trump+30): Dem+0.4

• Mississippi (Trump+18): GOP+6

• Louisiana (Trump+20): Dem+3

President Trump rallied for the Republican in all three states and put impeachment front and center.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 17, 2019

[jon1959]

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The base is shrinking.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/70-americans-trumps-actions-tied-ukraine-wrong-poll/story?id=67088534

[Heathblue]

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The base is shrinking.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/70-a...ry?id=67088534

I listened to a random podcast last night, the host I thought got it about right.

If he (the legal team) indicts Evergreen he'll walk 2020,
if he doesn't, his base will disappear far quicker than a hostile MSM article.
It's a zero sum game for him, if he doesn't drain the alleged swamp and loses in 2020,
they will Goal him and his family for a very long time.
from the outside looking in, 2020 will be an interesting year across the pond (if this year wasn't interesting enough)
at the moment it seems to be a race with impeachment versus IG report and FISA declass

[lardy]

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Interesting article from Gary Kasparov.

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-truth-in-front-of-our-noses-20191117-ztrkifsw4vbinmd3byexvvts6q-story.html

"So, once more for the record: Trump withheld U.S. aid to Ukraine in order to extort Ukraine’s president into helping smear Joe Biden, Trump’s political rival. That’s it. Game over. Everything else — how it served Vladimir Putin’s interests in undermining Ukraine and deflecting Russian guilt for hacking the 2016 U.S. election — no matter how damning it may be, is just treasonous icing on the impeachable cake."

[RonnieBird]

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Great announcement from the President today about the West Bank.
He's a great friend of Israel, democracy and the Jewish people worldwide . He'll certainly be the elected again

[Wales-Bales]

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Interesting article from Gary Kasparov.

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-truth-in-front-of-our-noses-20191117-ztrkifsw4vbinmd3byexvvts6q-story.html

"So, once more for the record: Trump withheld U.S. aid to Ukraine in order to extort Ukraine’s president into helping smear Joe Biden, Trump’s political rival. That’s it. Game ov beer. Everything else — how it served Vladimir Putin’s interests in undermining Ukraine and deflecting Russian guilt for hacking the 2016 U.S. election — no matter how damning it may be, is just treasonous icing on the impeachable cake."

What does Bill Browser say about this?

[lardy]

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Sondland is no longer batting for trump. Who's going to be next?

BREAKING: @CNN has obtained Amb. Sondland's opening statement.

He points his finger directly at the President.

"At the express direction of the President of the United States... "

"I followed the directions of the President...."

"Based on the President’s direction..."

— John Berman (@JohnBerman) November 20, 2019

[Wales-Bales]

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Sondland is no longer batting for trump. Who's going to be next?

Wow, the president of the United States is telling people what to do. How dare he!

[Mrs Steve R]

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Wow, the president of the United States is telling people what to do. How dare he!

Just to let you know, your messages are full, wouldn't want you to miss any love letters from Lardy.

[Wales-Bales]

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This is going to take some explaining, are there any Trump Russia Conclusion experts in the house?

We can confirm:

The @carterwpage email to Kevin Clinesmith was sent on April 6, 2017 at 7:43:51 AM EDT.

[For reference - the 3rd FISA renewal was signed in April 2017]

cc @KerriKupecDOJ https://t.co/So8OR9ILBO pic.twitter.com/3rAbkXBSs0

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) November 25, 2019

[Wales-Bales]

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BREAKING: ICIG Michael Atkinson, who modified whistle-blower forms & allowed hearsay CIA leaker, was chief legal counsel for DOJ-NSD over #KevinClinesmith & #SallyMoyer who may have FALSIFIED @FBI DOCUMENTS to Obtain ILLEGAL #FISA WARRANTS Against @realDonaldTrump campaign! pic.twitter.com/ym6mqF0gxz

— John Basham (@JohnBasham) November 22, 2019

[Wales-Bales]

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Hey lardy, are you there? We may need your help!