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More on #Trump #SelfDealing
Laura Rozen reposted:
Josh Marshall -- @joshtpm
"In effect, this means Trump and his family never have to pay taxes again. Quite literally. Curious how this agreement would stand up in court since it was an agreement Trump signed with himself"
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Josh Gerstein -- @joshgerstein
"FLASH: DOJ expands settlement in Trump-IRS leak suit to cover audits of all tax returns filed by Trump, family members, companies and trusts. Waiver of IRS' claims contained in addendum signed by AAG Blanche that was not in agreement released Monday"
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"since it was an agreement Trump signed with himself""
#DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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A Timeline of Trump’s Intel Trades
Here’s a timeline that plots Trump’s Intel trades against Intel’s stock price. I’ve included a few major policy changes and announcements.
It’s a rough sketch that tries to put the Intel trades in context. Maybe others will find it useful.
Trump boasted in January of this year that he had made “tens of billions of dollars for the American people” in the four months after he converted Intel’s Biden CHIPS Act grant to an equity stake. Shares of Intel jumped from the mid-forties to the mid-fifties on this claim, hitting a 52-week high.
Trump’s 278-T disclosures show that he waited things out for a couple of months, as shares settled back into the mid-forties. He started buying shares in early March and continued buying throughout the month.
The president’s disclosure shows him buying Intel stock on six separate occasions. The transactions were relatively small, some around $15,000 others in the 15-50K range, and all below 100,000, according to the disclosure. Fortune notes that “several” of these trades were “unsolicited” (meaning they were not made on the recommendation of a broker). By my count, four of the six trades made in March were unsolicited.
Here’s another look* at Trump’s March Intel trades listed by date and organized into a table. Trades marked “unsolicited” are so described in the president’s disclosure form; those not so described are left blank.
The trades are relatively small, three in the 15-50K range, only one in the 50-100K range. Let’s not get hung up on that. The dollar amount of the bet is not really the issue, at least as far as presidential ethics and Article II Section 4 misdemeanors go. And, pace Vance, Trump’s wealth does not mean that the rules don’t apply.
It’s also worth noting that the four trades marked unsolicited are bigger bets than the two trades of 17 and 23 March. The first move, on 2 March, looks pretty confident, the kind of move one might make on reliable information. It was repeated in two steps the following week.
March was a good month to buy. Shares took off at the very start of April on news that the company bought out Apollo Global’s stake in an Irish fab. As the chart shows, shares jumped about 9 percent on the day of the announcement (April 1). It was a breakaway event.
Intel’s press release names some of the many players involved in this transaction.
Among them, Skadden Arps, the law firm that advised Intel in the US government’s acquisition of the equity stake. Under public pressure from Trump, Skadden had previously agreed, in March of 2025, to provide “$100 million in pro bono legal services to causes the president supports.” A shareholder lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery calls out the obvious conflict of interest.
Apollo came away from the deal with a 27 percent return on its initial investment: $3 billion in less than two years. The deal happened quickly (but it didn’t happen overnight), and it’s unclear exactly who was involved in or privy to the buyback negotiations. Certain people had to be. For example, the CEO of Apollo Global: Marc Rowan, billionaire Wharton alumnus, big republican donor, and a member of Trump’s Board of Peace. After the 2024 election, Trump considered appointing Rowan Secretary of the Treasury.
Strong earnings announced on April 23 further boosted the stock. A week later, on April 30, Trump posted that “Intel stock continues to rise.” That’s true: since April, the stock has climbed steadily, reaching a record high of 129.44.
The news that sent Intel to that record high, tripling Trump’s stake, was the May 8 announcement of the Intel-Apple deal. The deal was in the works for a year or so. Now there are reports that Trump “brokered,” or claims to have brokered, that deal. It would come as no surprise if he were taking credit for Howard Lutnick’s work. Either way, it’s not a good look.
None of this is.
*I added this table and the three paragraphs discussing it on 23 May 2026. I created it in connection with another post I am drafting then realized it belonged here, not there.
#APO #ApolloGlobalManagement #APPL #corruption #extortion #fiduciaryDuty #governance #insiderTrading #INTC #Intel #PaisnerVTan #personalistRule #selfDealing -
"Trump is a real estate guy who sees the United States government as a bigger version of the company he spent his life running, and he is using it to serve the same values and goals on a global stage."
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-is-a-just-real-estate-guy-who?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#trump #donold #donaldvonshitsinpants #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #tariffs #economy #uspol #uspolitics #history #news #selfdealing #foreignpolicy #realestate #europe #middleeast #war #eliteprivilege #taxation #greenland #gaza #canada #putin #xijinpeng -
"Trump is a real estate guy who sees the United States government as a bigger version of the company he spent his life running, and he is using it to serve the same values and goals on a global stage."
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-is-a-just-real-estate-guy-who?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#trump #donold #donaldvonshitsinpants #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #tariffs #economy #uspol #uspolitics #history #news #selfdealing #foreignpolicy #realestate #europe #middleeast #war #eliteprivilege #taxation #greenland #gaza #canada #putin #xijinpeng -
"Trump is a real estate guy who sees the United States government as a bigger version of the company he spent his life running, and he is using it to serve the same values and goals on a global stage."
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-is-a-just-real-estate-guy-who?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#trump #donold #donaldvonshitsinpants #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #tariffs #economy #uspol #uspolitics #history #news #selfdealing #foreignpolicy #realestate #europe #middleeast #war #eliteprivilege #taxation #greenland #gaza #canada #putin #xijinpeng -
#MoveAlong, #NothingToSeeHere, Folks
US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/pentagon-ai-xai-emil-michael?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
#MoveAlong, #NothingToSeeHere, Folks
US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/pentagon-ai-xai-emil-michael?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
#MoveAlong, #NothingToSeeHere, Folks
US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/pentagon-ai-xai-emil-michael?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
#MoveAlong, #NothingToSeeHere, Folks
US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/pentagon-ai-xai-emil-michael?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
#MoveAlong, #NothingToSeeHere, Folks
US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/pentagon-ai-xai-emil-michael?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other -
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Ridiculous. There are no “questions” it’s straight up #SelfDealing
#Kushner role in bid for #WarnerBros raises #ethical “questions”, experts say
#JaredKushner's financing role in #Paramount's $108 billion bid for #WarnerBrosDiscovery injects #Trump family interests into one of the biggest media battles in years, raising “concerns” over whether the president's influence could tip the scales.
#law #emoluments #kleptocracy
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/kushner-role-bid-warner-bros-raises-ethical-questions-experts-say-2025-12-08/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
[NYTimes]: Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments. By Cecilia KangTripp MickleRyan MacDavid Yaffe-Bellany and Theodore Schleifer, Nov. 30, 2025
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Here's a link to the 60 Minutes episode mentioned above, and a summary of its content.
"Trump pardon of crypto billionaire sparks concerns over his use of the pardon power"
#USpol #USpolitics #Trump #Binance #Crypto #Pardons #SelfDealing #60Minutes
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[Financial Times]: Donald Trump discloses $57mn earnings from crypto venture. By George Steer in Montclair, New Jersey
Ethics filing shows hundreds of sources of income for the US president, including property and books
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"The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying"
How many of you have heard of Simon Cameron? You know, they guy who said "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."
What makes anyone think he will stay bought? Rented, maybe...
#honesty #corruption #SelfDealing #ConflictOfInterest #credibility #GOP
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My, my - a whiff of special dealing in the air? In #47's administration? How can this be?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-space-employees-musk?CMP=share_btn_url
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A clear-eyed & important interview: Anne Applebaum, (Starts at abou 13:00 - 31:00) Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast
The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum examines how our authoritarian rise is actually happening faster than usual.
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fast-politics-with-molly-jong-fast/id1645614328?i=1000703823277
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It’s hard for me to understand the massive amount of public sector #CORRUPTION that Americans think is acceptable.
Why do so many people consider #bribery, #fraud, #selfdealing, #graft, and other #corrupt actions by the regime and its supporters to be okay? Is it just widespread #cynicism or something else?
Why are people not outraged anymore about the #dishonesty of public servants?
#fascism #authoritarianism #publiccorruption #autocracy #kleptocracy
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[Wired]: The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned. By Zoë Schiffer, April 11, 2025
https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/
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💥💥Trump Plans Executive Order to Make Bribery Great Again💥💥 "Donald Trump has a twisted plan to make bribery legal—and line his own pockets." #CORRUPTION #Graft #ConflictsOfInterest #SelfDealing newrepublic.com/post/191363/... via @newrepublic.com
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In addition to Europe spending more in support of Ukraine, much of the support from the USA stays in the USA.
It is paid to American manufacturers in the weapons industry. It results in American jobs.
Even money that Europe provides, is used to purchase American weapon systems.
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The recipients thereof who sit on the SCOTUS should have recused themselves. #SelfDealing
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[The New Yorker] Even Before His Trial, the N.R.A.’s Wayne LaPierre Was a Fraud
The pro-gun group’s former leader used the organization’s funds to enrich himself and those close to him. But the deception went much deeper.
By Mike Spieshttps://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/wayne-lapierre-nra-trial-verdict-self-dealing
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“Dozens of #audit triggers litter #Trump’s tax rtns, acc/to #Congress’s top non-partisan tax attys: #questionable private jet expenses, large #unsubstantiated charitable deductions & #dubious payments to TFG’s children, among others.
“Yet none of them have been seriously audited….”@bloombergbusiness
#Kleptocracy #Corruption #SelfDealing #GOP
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-21/jet-costs-sketchy-deductions-among-red-flags-in-trump-taxes -
CW: Republican liars caught lying
WHAT?! Right-wing #truthers are. . . lying, tax-evading cheats? Say it ain't so!
https://www.propublica.org/article/true-the-vote-donations-irs-engelbrecht-phillips