Show threadNonilex15h ago

Democratic Senator #ElizabethWarren said it was "troubling that Chinese companies are hiring Trump-connected lobbyists to influence independent decisions about American #NationalSecurity," calling for answers on who made the decisions & what CFIUS's risk assessments of the deal found.

#Trump #law #China #FARA #emoluments #SelfDealing #corruption

Show threadNonilex15h ago

At the end of January, the watchdog rejected the filing by Minnesota-based startup FastWave for reasons unrelated to #NationalSecurity, effectively siding with the Chinese firm, according to a document seen by Reuters.

FastWave, which had been granted calls with CFIUS staffers rather than senior officials that month, has been brought to the brink of bankruptcy, the company told CFIUS.

#Trump #law #NationalSecurity #China #FARA #emoluments #SelfDealing #corruption

Show threadNonilex15h ago

The lobbying firm, Checkmate, helped a lawyer for China's Grand Pharmaceutical Group clinch a meeting with the head of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U#S in early January, according to two people familiar with the matter. During the meeting, ‌the lawyer argued that the case was a commercial disagreement with no #NationalSecurity implications, one of the people said.

#Trump #law #China #FARA #emoluments #SelfDealing #corruption

Show threadNonilex15h ago

The case involved a #US startup that was seeking to have the Chinese firm removed as one of its investors. The watchdog rejected the US firm's request for a #NationalSecurity review of the Chinese firm's investment, according to a document seen by Reuters, handing a rare win to a Chinese company in ​Washington. The decision has not previously been reported.

#Trump #law #China #FARA #emoluments #SelfDealing #corruption

Nonilex15h ago

Exclusive: Chinese business hired lobbying firm with ties to #DonJr, then scored a win in Washington

A lobbying firm led by one of Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddies helped a Chinese company make its case to a #US #NationalSecurity watchdog, public filings show.

#Trump #law #China #FARA #emoluments #SelfDealing #corruption
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-firm-hired-lobbyists-with-ties-don-jr-then-scored-win-washington-2026-04-09/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Show threadMichael Fenichel2d ago

3/3

#TrumpVirus #truth #Madness #King #clown #WarCrimes #TrumpEpsteinFiles #crown #coverup #lunatics #nepotism #emoluments #incompetency #GQP #disinformation #denial #media #denial
#ExecutiveDisorders #megalomania

"Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" - Freud

Michael Fenichel5d ago

A well-referenced & clear synopsis of #TrumpVirus Season 2 - #Project2025 /6

vs. #democracy #civilization #justice #WeThePeople #respect #law

> Is Trump *Trying* to Lose the Midterms?

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/is-trump-trying-to-lose-the-midterms-inflation-iran-war-prices-hormuz-tariffs?

> "Between rising prices and gilded ballrooms, Trump has practically giftwrapped oppo ads for Democrats".

Hoping he "wins" the race to self-destruct, without taking more of the world with him.

#evil #GQP #autocracy #nepotism #WarCrimes #TrumpEpsteinFiles #emoluments #megalomania

Is Trump *Trying* to Lose the Midterms?

Between rising prices and gilded ballrooms, Trump has practically giftwrapped oppo ads for Democrats.

The Bulwark
Michael FenichelMar 25

Meanwhile, from the #TrumpVirus Mega - #Corruption Department...

Monetizing the "Board of Peace"
(AKA "emoluments and criminal enterprise)

https://x.com/RepRaskin/status/2036860497299898747?s=20

> Donald Trump got the Director of the US Patent and Trade Office to apply for trademarks for the Board of Peace—something it does for no other entity and which is not allowed under federal law.

#Truth #WarCriminal #emoluments #Crime #TrumpEpsteinFiles #Epstein #Jan6 #treason #psychopathology

Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) on X

Donald Trump got the Director of the US Patent and Trade Office to apply for trademarks for the Board of Peace—something it does for no other entity and which is not allowed under federal law. Then he waived the fee for registration. Now he’ll decide whether to grant the

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Michael FenichelMar 17

Not even going to try to guess the rea$oning here.

(Not enough distraction, beyond #war, from the #TrumpEpsteinFiles?)

#TrumpVirus running wild (er) still… #AmericaLast

Along with #democracy #decency #law #civility #treaties #respect

A #crime family dedicated to greed, plundering, #destruction & #evil - with an added bonus of #BrainSpurs / stupidity / insanity ....

#Epstein #coverup #justice #reality #madman #CrimeFamily #corruption #emoluments #psychopathology

Show threadTrump & Epstein: Biz partners.Mar 15

@HakeemG
"Corrupt" is not the same as sharing the same positions on the issues.

But when it comes to "corruption", one need look no further than the graft & grift of #MafiaDon to see there's "corrupt" and there's CORRUPT. #Emoluments