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A woman donates $1 million to Trump’s MAGA Inc.

Weeks later, her son — convicted of federal tax crimes and ordered to repay more than $4 million — receives a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.

Even more striking: the pardon request itself reportedly highlighted the family’s political donations.

This is not necessarily corruption in the criminal sense.
But it perfectly illustrates the growing perception of a “pay for access” system surrounding Trump’s political world — where money, influence and presidential power appear increasingly intertwined.

#Trump #MAGA #USPolitics #PoliticalCorruption #CampaignFinance #Pardons #RuleOfLaw #DarkMoney #PayForAccess #AmericanPolitics

It seems expensive gifts to Supreme Court are becoming popular again.

Waitin for it!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/10/31/senate-democrats-plan-to-supoena-gop-megadonors-over-reported-undisclosed-gifts-to-supreme-court-justices/
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #CleanSCOTUS #Corruption #Bribery #DarkMoney #MoneyLaundering #TaxEvasion #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateFederalistSociety #InvestigateOpusDei #TermLimits #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUS_OIG #SCOTUSInspectorGeneral #SeparationOfPowers #SeparationOfChurchAndState

SCOTUS justices without corporate interests could easily feel relieved from conflicts of interest.

Time to institute a code of conduct for the Supreme Court.

"Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito together own shares in 19 companies that could see combined tax relief of more than $30 billion if the court issues a broad ruling in the Moore v. United States tax case and strikes down a one-time corporate tax imposed in 2017."

https://www.levernews.com/justices-have-financial-interest-in-major-tax-case/
#RuleOfLaw #CleanSCOTUS #Corruption #Bribery #DarkMoney #ConflictsOfInterest #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateFederalistSociety #InvestigateTheSix #CodeOfConduct #SCOTUSInspectorGeneral #TermLimits #ExpandSCOTUS

Most Americans want the Supreme Court majority to be sanctioned for corruption & misdemeanors.
The Founders would agree with them.

An ethics reform with a strict Code of Conduct also applicable to SCOTUS justices is overdue.
As much as term limits.
Because lifetime tenure has proven to not be guaranteeing judicial independence.
Especially when single, shady $billions-juggling figures like Leonard Leo, Federalist-Society-mate of the SCOTUS-majority-six are allowed to push 5 of the 6 majority-justices onto the SCOTUS bench.

"...
Sen. Lindsey Graham gave a long incoherent speech about court packing (though this bill ads no justices) and Sens. John Kennedy and John Cornyn—slavish fans of one Donald Trump—condemned Senate Democrats for a “long campaign of intimidation and harassment” toward right-wing Supreme Court justices. Their argument was that speaking about court ethics reforms will inevitably lead those with unstable minds to attack justices. John Cornyn sought to add an amendment to the ethics bill that would allow federal judges to carry firearms to protect themselves. (Presumably so they can shoot the ethics violations.) Graham won the day with his declaration that “I don’t begrudge them this travel! I wish I could go to some of these places!” And Kennedy wanted an amendment to condemn racist insults directed at Clarence Thomas—but nobody else. To hear Senate Republicans tell it, this is about, as Kennedy says, “Dobbs, and Bruen, and Elonis …” But what they don’t understand is that each of those freedom-seizing decisions is ineluctably connected to the fact that over the course of several decades the Supreme Court was sold to the highest bidder.
..."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/07/supreme-court-ethics-reform-support-from-americans.html
#RuleOfLaw #CleanSCOTUS #SCOTUSEthicsReform #CodeOfConduct #TermLimits #SCOTUSInspectorGeneral #InvestigateLeonardLeo #InvestigateFederalistSociety #InvestigateTheSix #DarkMoney

"Kampf um die Erde: Wie das rechtsextreme Netzwerk (nicht nur) die #Klimadebatte beherrscht"

www.pressenza.com/de/2022/11/kampf-um-die-erde-wie-das-rechtsextreme-netzwerk-nicht-nur-die-klimadebatte-beherrscht/

#COP19 #Brennstoffindustrie #USA #DarkMoney #NoNazis #Libertarismus #CapitalismIsADeathCult