The Latest in Grifting from Don the Con

[mundus]

Doubles rates at Doral right before the RNC meeting.

 

[studog]

Doubles rates at Doral right before the RNC meeting.

emoluments clause down the drain and along with that the whole Constitution

 

[Mr Doof]

Party faithful lining the pockets of their leader via lodging mark-ups...is it cheaper/easier than donating to their own party, say, by writing out a check?

 

[mundus]

Party faithful lining the pockets of their leader via lodging mark-ups...is it cheaper/easier than donating to their own party, say, by writing out a check?

Yes and don't forget about the SS and rest of his staff.

 

[Lance Mannion]

Yes and don't forget about the SS and rest of his staff.

No doubt they'll all go on a Hamster hunt with their AR-15's on full auto. Probably shoot a few Kittens too.....meanies.

 

[lagunaboy]

 

[everysurfer]

I hope and pray that the next administration's ( the Sanders administration?) justice department files lawsuits to claw back every emolument Donnie took, leaving him penniless.

 

[$kully]

Part of me is actually okay with him ripping off his own people. They deserve it. It's the rest of the country I have a problem with.

 

[mundus]

None of Cult 45 want to defend this one?

 

[Lance Mannion]

None of Cult 45 want to defend this one?

You dingbats cry wolf with regularity and wonder why it is that nobody but yourselves take you seriously.

 

[afoaf]

You dingbats cry wolf with regularity and wonder why it is that nobody but yourselves take you seriously.

I think it's crazy that he's able to get away with sh!t like this

 

[Autoprax]

To frame this as business as usual is dubious.

 

[afoaf]

Well, on Tuesday, the Commerce Department announced that it would refuse to obey a congressional demand for the release of a 2018 investigation into national security risks around imports of autos and auto parts, citing a presidential claim that it would “interfere with the president’s ability to protect confidential executive branch communications and could interfere with ongoing negotiations.” (Republican Sen. Pat Toomey “blasted the decision.”) Just last week, without any explanation, the Trump administration abruptly canceled four classified briefings related to the Iran crisis, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused a House request that he speak at a public hearing on the assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. This, after there remain profound questions about whether the killing of Soleimani without congressional approval was itself unlawful. Earlier this month, Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s treasury secretary, tried to block disclosure of how much taxpayer money has been spent on Secret Service protection for presidential travel for Trump and his adult children until after the 2020 election. Last week, the FBI failed to comply with U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton’s order to turn over, by Jan. 17, summaries from interviews with Jared Kushner in Robert Mueller’s investigation to CNN and BuzzFeed. The FBI missed the deadline, then claimed this week that a member of the intelligence community “needs to ensure the material has been properly redacted.” It’s not clear when the summaries will be turned over.


Also this week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection deported an Iranian student on a valid visa who was returning to Boston for school. Despite the fact that a federal judge had issued an emergency stay ruling his removal be stayed for two days pending a hearing in his case, CBP ignored this order and sent him home Monday night. Politico is reporting that a CBP officer is now alleging that their staff in the Seattle field office was told to target Iranian-born travelers for such questioning as of early January. On Thursday, a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals excoriated the Board of Immigration of Appeals for overt defiance of an earlier court order, reminding the BIA that “The Board seemed to think that we had issued an advisory opinion, and that faced with a conflict between our views and those of the Attorney General it should follow the latter.” It perhaps bears mention that William Barr and Pat Cipollone—both of whom have participated in the acts at issue in the impeachment—are involved in defending Trump’s conduct in these proceedings. Also this week, D.C.’s Attorney General Karl Racine charged the Trump inaugural committee and the Trump Organization with using $1 million of charitable funds to enrich the Trump family during the inauguration. If you’re interested in more, CREW has more and more. This list isn’t by any means comprehensive, by the way. It’s more a tasting menu. None of this is normal, none of it OK, all of it is sliding by, as oversight moves away from government to journalists and private watchdogs, and as defiance of the law becomes the new normal.

A Partial List of Ways Trump Has Kept on Being Lawless During His Impeachment Trial

Impeachment was partially undertaken to deter future misconduct. That hasn't worked out.

slate.com

 

[mundus]

Trump is above the law and his rubes love it.

 

[Lance Mannion]

I think it's crazy that he's able to get away with sh!t like this

"You dingbats cry wolf with regularity and wonder why it is that nobody but yourselves take you seriously."
- Baron Lancelot Mannion

 

[afoaf]

crying wolf implies a false alarm