#emolumentsclause — Public Fediverse posts
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You, @anatosaurus.bsky.social, wrote about Trump: "A person who helped orchestrate an armed attempted coup in which people were killed was allowed to run for president."
It is wrong for a person who helped orchestrate an armed attempted coup in which people were killed, and who violated the Constitution's anti-corruption #EmolumentsClause, and who broke the laws cited by Bob Mueller in the #MuellerReport, to go unpunished, but Attorney General Merrick Garland ignored all of this.
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You, @anatosaurus.bsky.social, wrote about Trump: "A person who helped orchestrate an armed attempted coup in which people were killed was allowed to run for president."
It is wrong for a person who helped orchestrate an armed attempted coup in which people were killed, and who violated the Constitution's anti-corruption #EmolumentsClause, and who broke the laws cited by Bob Mueller in the #MuellerReport, to go unpunished, but Attorney General Merrick Garland ignored all of this.
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Rep. Jaime Raskin, speaking to a graduating class, said: "Every part of the Constitution sits on paper until a lawyer comes forward to make it real."
One part of the Constitution is the anti-corruption #EmolumentsClause.
Attorney General Merrick Garland let Donald Trump get away with many corrupt acts during his first four years as president. After Trump left office in 2021, Garland should have indicted Trump. Because Trump went unpunished, Trump increased the dollar value of his corrupt acts. -
Rep. Jaime Raskin, speaking to a graduating class, said: "Every part of the Constitution sits on paper until a lawyer comes forward to make it real."
One part of the Constitution is the anti-corruption #EmolumentsClause.
Attorney General Merrick Garland let Donald Trump get away with many corrupt acts during his first four years as president. After Trump left office in 2021, Garland should have indicted Trump. Because Trump went unpunished, Trump increased the dollar value of his corrupt acts. -
1-2. it’s foreign influence money flowing straight to the president. The Emoluments Clause exists for a reason. Americans deserve a leader, not a global real estate mogul cashing in from the Oval Office. 🇺🇸 #TrumpWatch #EthicsMatter #EmolumentsClause #Corruption
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You, @MsMissy, wrote: "Evidently this isn't impeachable" after you read about more corrupt behavior by Trump.
Congress, led by Speaker Pelosi, impeached him twice but never about his corrupt behavior that violated the Constitution's #EmolumentsClause. When his presidency ended, Attorney General Merrick Garland never prosecuted Trump for his corrupt activities. This encouraged Trump to behave much more corruptly in 2025.
But if Democrats win a majority in the House this year they can impeach him. -
You, @MsMissy, wrote: "Evidently this isn't impeachable" after you read about more corrupt behavior by Trump.
Congress, led by Speaker Pelosi, impeached him twice but never about his corrupt behavior that violated the Constitution's #EmolumentsClause. When his presidency ended, Attorney General Merrick Garland never prosecuted Trump for his corrupt activities. This encouraged Trump to behave much more corruptly in 2025.
But if Democrats win a majority in the House this year they can impeach him. -
Ron Filipkowski: "The Trump Organization’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million.
In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.A massive percentage came from foreigners.
It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.
But few even care."
#corruption #greed #EmolumentsClause #politics #Trump #WorstPresidentEver -
Ron Filipkowski: "The Trump Organization’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million.
In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.A massive percentage came from foreigners.
It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.
But few even care."
#corruption #greed #EmolumentsClause #politics #Trump #WorstPresidentEver -
Filmmaker #CharlesCurran used #AI to recut the trailer for the #Amazon #EmolumentsClause violation on film; "#Melania."
The reaction from #DonaldTrump is expected to be "#QuietPiggy." https://www.newsbreak.com/reality-tea-1552139/4403705520510-melania-trump-replaced-by-miss-piggy-in-ai-generated-trailer-watch
#Resist hilariously the #kakistocracy in #USpol.
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Filmmaker #CharlesCurran used #AI to recut the trailer for the #Amazon #EmolumentsClause violation on film; "#Melania."
The reaction from #DonaldTrump is expected to be "#QuietPiggy." https://www.newsbreak.com/reality-tea-1552139/4403705520510-melania-trump-replaced-by-miss-piggy-in-ai-generated-trailer-watch
#Resist hilariously the #kakistocracy in #USpol.
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"If Trump’s first term was marked by a level of graft and self-dealing that would have embarrassed a Tammany stalwart, then his second term seems to be an explicit effort to outpace his previous record and set a new high-water mark for political corruption in the United States":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/opinion/rolex-gold-trump-corruption.html
"By any and every measure, Donald Trump is the most corrupt person to ever sit in the Oval Office."
#ethics #politics #EmolumentsClause copy: @renewedresistance -
"If Trump’s first term was marked by a level of graft and self-dealing that would have embarrassed a Tammany stalwart, then his second term seems to be an explicit effort to outpace his previous record and set a new high-water mark for political corruption in the United States":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/opinion/rolex-gold-trump-corruption.html
"By any and every measure, Donald Trump is the most corrupt person to ever sit in the Oval Office."
#ethics #politics #EmolumentsClause copy: @renewedresistance -
Doing business with the Trump Administration: According to Axios, visitors from Switzerland gave Pres. Trump a gold bar worth more than $130,000. And the Trump Administration reduced the tariff rate on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%.
#Trump #TheBestPresidentMoneyCanBuy #corruption #EmolumentsClause #WhatEmolumentsClause? -
Doing business with the Trump Administration: According to Axios, visitors from Switzerland gave Pres. Trump a gold bar worth more than $130,000. And the Trump Administration reduced the tariff rate on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%.
#Trump #TheBestPresidentMoneyCanBuy #corruption #EmolumentsClause #WhatEmolumentsClause? -
"The Department of Justice will not indict a sitting president during his term as president."
After Trump left the presidency, Attorney General Merrick Garland still refused to indict Trump for corruption. That was an invitation for Trump to behave even more corruptly after his re-election, in the ways that are described here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/opinion/world-liberty-financial-crypto-trump.html
#ethics #politics copy: @renewedresistance #EmolumentsClause. -
"The Department of Justice will not indict a sitting president during his term as president."
After Trump left the presidency, Attorney General Merrick Garland still refused to indict Trump for corruption. That was an invitation for Trump to behave even more corruptly after his re-election, in the ways that are described here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/opinion/world-liberty-financial-crypto-trump.html
#ethics #politics copy: @renewedresistance #EmolumentsClause. -
@Lazarou no one ever even asked #Trump this time around if he was going to divest or separate business interest in any of his holdings. #emolumentsclause
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@Lazarou no one ever even asked #Trump this time around if he was going to divest or separate business interest in any of his holdings. #emolumentsclause
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"What did Merrick Garland do for four years?"
Merrick Garland refused to prosecute Donald Trump for his #January6th coup attempt, and for crimes documented in the #MuellerReport, and for his violations of the #EmolumentsClause. Garland delayed prosecuting Trump for other crimes long enough for Trump to escape justice.
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"What did Merrick Garland do for four years?"
Merrick Garland refused to prosecute Donald Trump for his #January6th coup attempt, and for crimes documented in the #MuellerReport, and for his violations of the #EmolumentsClause. Garland delayed prosecuting Trump for other crimes long enough for Trump to escape justice.
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They made #JimmyCarter sell his family peanut farm. So gross. "Crime Family Adds #CellPhone Plan to Grift List" Roadside assistance only valid if you can prove you beat a faggot or a trannie that day...
Gov't employees weren't allowed to rent the D.C. #PostOffice, but millions of international #bribes were washed through there, in his #hotel. Maybe #Ivanka wants to hawk Goya again, never mind the #EmolumentsClause...
#patent #collector #CrimeFamily #Trump #grift #Jared https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/16/trump-mobile-phone/6491750087262/ -
Jon Stewart torches Trump for accepting a $400M jet from Qatar’s royals: “He’s like the reverse Oprah — instead of giving away jets, he gets them… from Gulf monarchs.” #TrumpWatch #Corruption #QatarGate #EmolumentsClause #DailyShow www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/b...
Jon Stewart mocks Trump’s plan... -
i'm having trouble understanding why Senator Chris Murphy, who in many ways is the very embodiment of what it means to be a dude from #Connecticut, is the only member of Congress who seems to sufficiently both understand and relentlessly harp on the Trump family's crypto corruption but he's doing a great job and I'm here for it (even if he doesn't go into the fact that Trump is collaborating with Chinese organized crime companies and personalities like #Binance and Justin Sun)
Why is this kind of simple explanation of corruption so hard for the rest of the #Democrats?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR_q9llV-70
#ChrisMurphy #uspol #uspolitics #corruption #trump #TrumpCoin #Qatar #memecoin #WorldLibertyFinancial #WLFI #ZachWitkoff #USD1 #Senate #emoluments #emolumentsclause #stablecoin #UAE #Dubai
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i'm having trouble understanding why Senator Chris Murphy, who in many ways is the very embodiment of what it means to be a dude from #Connecticut, is the only member of Congress who seems to sufficiently both understand and relentlessly harp on the Trump family's crypto corruption but he's doing a great job and I'm here for it (even if he doesn't go into the fact that Trump is collaborating with Chinese organized crime companies and personalities like #Binance and Justin Sun)
Why is this kind of simple explanation of corruption so hard for the rest of the #Democrats?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR_q9llV-70
#ChrisMurphy #uspol #uspolitics #corruption #trump #TrumpCoin #Qatar #memecoin #WorldLibertyFinancial #WLFI #ZachWitkoff #USD1 #Senate #emoluments #emolumentsclause #stablecoin #UAE #Dubai
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I'm old enough to remember that the great #corruption of the 90s that got Republicans all riled up was Bill Clinton selling nights in the Lincoln bedroom. Did #FloridaMan complain about that too at the time? #EmolumentsClause
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I'm old enough to remember that the great #corruption of the 90s that got Republicans all riled up was Bill Clinton selling nights in the Lincoln bedroom. Did #FloridaMan complain about that too at the time? #EmolumentsClause
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Trump calls critics of his $400M Qatar jet gift “world class losers”—but even MAGA allies are alarmed. Democrats warn it’s “wildly illegal” & a national security risk. A foreign monarchy just bought influence over a former president. #Corruption #EmolumentsClause www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump responds to Qatar... -
Let's take a deep, cleansing breath and call this #LuxuryJet from #Qatar exactly what it is:
"Baksheesh (from Persian: بخشش bakhshesh[1]) ... and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia. "
These are Arabians
They know exactly who #Trump is
They know exactly what they are doing
They know exactly what they're going to get -- for starters
Trump does not
Trump gets played for the fool he is -- once again
Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baksheesh
#AirForceOne #Law #Corruption #EmolumentsClause #USConstitution #Boeing747
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Let's take a deep, cleansing breath and call this #LuxuryJet from #Qatar exactly what it is:
"Baksheesh (from Persian: بخشش bakhshesh[1]) ... and certain forms of political corruption and bribery in the Middle East and South Asia. "
These are Arabians
They know exactly who #Trump is
They know exactly what they are doing
They know exactly what they're going to get -- for starters
Trump does not
Trump gets played for the fool he is -- once again
Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baksheesh
#AirForceOne #Law #Corruption #EmolumentsClause #USConstitution #Boeing747
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#Trump is now talking about the new $400 million plane that #Qatar is just gifting him.
He starts off by complaining that the #ExecutiveOrder he signed for a new plane in January hasn’t resulted in anything.
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#Trump is now talking about the new $400 million plane that #Qatar is just gifting him.
He starts off by complaining that the #ExecutiveOrder he signed for a new plane in January hasn’t resulted in anything.
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The aggressive effort by #Trump & his partners to promote the dinner has also drawn scrutiny from former #securities regulators, who assert that Trump may be violating federal securities laws. However, he would almost certainly not be targeted for investigation, now that his admin has curtailed #crypto enforcement efforts at both the #SEC & the #DOJ.
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The aggressive effort by #Trump & his partners to promote the dinner has also drawn scrutiny from former #securities regulators, who assert that Trump may be violating federal securities laws. However, he would almost certainly not be targeted for investigation, now that his admin has curtailed #crypto enforcement efforts at both the #SEC & the #DOJ.
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#Trading records examined by NYT show that a flurry of purchases of the $TRUMP token started the day before the coin’s backers disclosed the contest. Information had leaked about the upcoming promotion, allowing certain parties to make early bets that the market price was about to jump, the records suggest.
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#Trading records examined by NYT show that a flurry of purchases of the $TRUMP token started the day before the coin’s backers disclosed the contest. Information had leaked about the upcoming promotion, allowing certain parties to make early bets that the market price was about to jump, the records suggest.
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…But the blitz of profit-seeking by #Trump & his family is also provoking a backlash.
Last week, it helped derail a major piece of #crypto legislation pending in #Congress, as the sale prompted objections from crypto industry executives & lawmakers, including *some* #Republicans.
“It does give me pause because it complicates our work here,” Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) said…. “The optics are challenging.” [just the optics?]
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The contest has pushed up the #memecoin’s trading price, adding billions of dollars, at least on paper, to the value of a $TRUMP stash controlled by the #Trump family & its business partners. And in a matter of weeks, the Trumps & their partners have reeled in more than $1.3 million in fees, taking a cut every time the coins changed hands, according to Chainalysis, a #crypto data firm.
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Since the announcement, #crypto investors around the world have raced to expand their holdings of $TRUMP — a digital currency called a #memecoin, which is typically treated more as a novelty investment than an actual currency.
Certain buyers, in interviews & statements, have said they bought the coins or entered the dinner contest with the intention of securing an action by #Trump to affect United States #policy.
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The sale of face-to-face access to #Trump using the Trump family’s own #cryptocurrency has done more than benefit him financially, though it has certainly done that.
…The auction, which ends Monday, has set off a spectacle that has drawn bipartisan criticism, triggered a suspicious trading pattern, & left a sitting US president wide open to attempts to corruptly #influence him.
#law #EmolumentsClause #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/auction-to-dine-with-trump-creates-foreign-influence-opportunity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=50D22944-10C4-445E-B5EB-92C22D4B43A0