So Trump (president) has settled with Trump (citizen) for a $ 1.7 billion slush fund he can dole out to his friends and supporters plus a permanent get out of jail (and audits) free card from the IRS.
One of those two must be a very good negotiator. The other one, not so much,.
I don't know what, short of impeachment and removal, any of us can do to stop it.
I know I'm reaching here, but maybe someone with standing (who?) could file suit to have the courts intervene, maybe under the theory that this is an end-run around Congress's power of the purse, and that this kind of settlement paying taxpayer money out of the Judgment Fund to the president's allies is best seen as an unconstitutional bypass of congressional appropriations?
This is apparently the DOJ memo from acting AG (and former Trump personal attorney) Todd Blanche establishing the Anti-Weaponization Fund and directing that it be drawn from the Judgment Fund.
@mattblaze @DaveMWilburn Apple got 30% on App Store purchases. Is he greedier than AAPL?
Right, so that'd be the lower bound.
If you have to ask, you are not paying back enough. 🫠
@mattblaze @DaveMWilburn what? You mean they keep 40%??
That seems ge aroused of Trump.
@mattblaze @DaveMWilburn 120%
This is Trump. Do you think he does anything without making a profit?
@mattblaze @DaveMWilburn
In past international economic work we used to use ~50% as the cost of corruption/grift for any projects to be completed in so-called "banana republics."
Welcome to the crowd??
I'm curious if there will be anything left to distribute once Trump has claimed his share.
@mattblaze I think it was in Federalist 70 that Hamilton wrote “this being established, why shouldn’t the Executive wet his beak?”
@mattblaze @DaveMWilburn @inthehands
Here’s hoping someone (like Epstine) keeps receipts which can be used later to track them all down for future tax-evasion at least
Should be enough to throw them all back in hypothetical prison if our country ever gets the guts to jail rich people as much as its thrilled to jail the poor
I have been following you for a long time. Just want to say:
Thank you for everything you do.
@mattblaze this pushes an unfathomable level of corruption even further.
And an agreement not to pursue him nor his family for any tax fraud ever? How can one more clearly tell his country they've been committing fraud and intend to keep it up
Stupid question: How is any of this legal?
@HamonWry @mattblaze
It is legal under the doctrines of "Quia sic dico" and "what you gonna do about it", under the overarching principle of "might makes right".
Assisted of course by the US Supreme Court case Trump v US (2024)
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