busa·United States | News & Politicsbybtaf45 Federal investigators suspected that Egypt may have bribed Trump with $10 million in cashhttps://www.salon.com/2024/08/02/investigators-suspected-that-egypt-may-have-bribed-with-10-million-in-cash/Open linkView original on lemmy.world237Comments17Reply
ffine_sandy_bottom discuss.tchncs.de1Hide 1 replyOf course he took a $10m bribe. Usually presidents make deals over trade agreements worth many billions. Not trump. $10m and he's anyones girl.51Reply
Transporter Room 3 replystartrek.websitePoliticians are cheap whores, and can be bought for the cost of a mid-range mountain bike. It's pathetic how little some have been bribed lobbied for.10Reply
ppsud replyaussie.zoneHis whole life is part of his official acts in his brief stint as president, and so he's immune2Reply
wwarbond replylemmy.worldSorry, campaigning is official presidential business and therefore immune from criminal liability. /s8Reply
kittenzrulz123 lemmy.blahaj.zoneDamn, he really sold himself out for 10m. Isnt he supposedly a billionaire?6Reply
BBirbatron slrpnk.netEgyptian here curious as to how the fuck our government casually gave away 10 billion dollars. They're load shedding (cutting off power) for hours every day because "the state can't afford it" Edit: oh, it's 10 million. Still, that's 55 million Egyptian pounds5Reply
ssome_guy lemmy.sdf.org The investigation was closed under former Attorney General William Barr, a Trump loyalist who reportedly questioned whether there was sufficient evidence to continue the probe, which has not been renewed under Attorney General Merrick Garland Such naked corruption.5Reply
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Of course he took a $10m bribe.
Usually presidents make deals over trade agreements worth many billions.
Not trump. $10m and he's anyones girl.
Politicians are cheap whores, and can be bought for the cost of a mid-range mountain bike. It's pathetic how little some have been
bribedlobbied for.Lock him up
Now can we charge him with treason?
According to SCOTUS he's immune.
Not if he did that before he became president.
Oh they'll figure a way
His whole life is part of his official acts in his brief stint as president, and so he's immune
That seems depressingly low.
It would genuinely we weird if they hadn't
guys is this tax fraud?
If he didn't report it it is
Sorry, campaigning is official presidential business and therefore immune from criminal liability. /s
Damn, he really sold himself out for 10m. Isnt he supposedly a billionaire?
Egyptian here curious as to how the fuck our government casually gave away 10 billion dollars.
They're load shedding (cutting off power) for hours every day because "the state can't afford it"
Edit: oh, it's 10 million. Still, that's 55 million Egyptian pounds
Such naked corruption.
I can't imagine that's enough to turn trump. He's turned by default though.