No shit Sherlock .
A basic security check for even low level government clearance would flag this as a risk.
Shit, you can lose clearance for having too much money (i.e., lottery winnings). "Assumed" clearance for certain government roles really should be challenged
As you recall, some of his family were flagged as security risks, but the president gets the final say so they got clearances anyway. I'm sure it was true for Trump himself.
Trump is a walking, talking, living, breathing national security threat and constitutional crisis.
walking, talking, living, breathing
Debatable lmao
Unfortunately legally alive enough to hold office.
I'll have a party the day this changes.
You act like they're not going to Weekend at Bernie's him.
Dude I never thought I'd see people actually dancing in the street but the day it was declared he lost the election? I had to drop off some recycling and go to the grocery store and everyone was dancing the entire time, we were so relieved. That day you speak of, we might be fuckin in the street instead.
Worst “businessman” of all time.
Everybody is leveraged over this pos.
He’s a real life “Wimpy” who owes everyone and has nothing.
Wimpy knew how to spell “hamburger”
You may not have been actively patiently waiting for the time to drop this gem, but you nailed the timing of it.
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"Is he somebody who is going to be making policy and being differential to people who have put up money?" Weissmann asked.
I think that should be deferential
I wonder if intelligence is paying attention
Intelligence didn’t care when it was Russia, why would they care when it’s this bondsman (insurance company or whatever)?
The intelligence agencies were literally the ones in government who cared the most about Russia wtf are you talking about? Almost every piece of media coverage you saw of Trump and Russia was originally from intelligence reports.
Okay so they reported it but did nothing to stop it? That’s my point I guess.
It's the guy they report to, and no one above him. Not much recourse.
Intelligence didn’t care when it was Russia
The national bureaucracies are all their own little fiefs, and Comey's FBI thought he could hold Hillary's feet to the fire once she got into office by making her first hundred days a scandal plagued mess.
It isn't that these folks don't care. Its that they're running their own like intrigues and power grabs, in an effort to get a bigger slice of the budget pie and more control over DHS. Trump and Biden are just pieces on a board, and announcing "Trump Scandal!" is only beneficial if the agency heads think they can squeeze something out of the Biden admin in exchange.
Because at the end of the day, every bureaucrat since Allen Dulles knows how power ultimately flows through Washington D.C. Presidents get a seat at the table, but if they overplay their hands... well... ask a Kennedy (or a Nixon) what happens next.
Good point and that’s poor phrasing on my part. I should’ve said “intelligence was seemingly ineffective when it was Russia”
But yeah I guess I want to wish/hope that someone will do something I just don’t think it’s the intelligence community anymore 😞
I want to wish/hope that someone will do something
A lot of someones are doing a lot of somethings. Trump isn't entering some kind of vacuum uncontested. He's the point of the spear by which a group of theological fascists are carving their way into the higher ranks of government.
There are large parts of the DC intelligence and law enforcement communities that are big Trump-heads. And there's a sizable chunk of the media establishment (The Epoch Times, the Washington Times, OAN, the Clear Channel networks) that are openly advocating for his return. Evangelicals LOVE Trump, and they have enormous outsized sway in national politics thanks to their superior organization and fundraising abilities.
Liberals have sequestered themselves from these venues, so they're not seeing the mood inside Houston Second Baptist Church or the Florida Chamber of Commerce or the LAPD. But there's a real pro-Trump movement in this country that's regained its footing after Jan 6th. They're out fighting for his reelection far harder than the DC liberals are fighting against it.
Who intelligences the intelligencers?
"MAY"?!
Grow up. HE is beholden to people. He literally owes them money. He's also owned by Putin outright (probably from bribes relating to Trump Tower in moscow, as well as a few loan deals facilitated by Dueches bank... ,)
Isn’t that what a bond is? They fronted the money with the assumption that he will pay it back if his appeals fail. Maybe I’m missing something but this headline seems obvious.
They don't expect him to pay it back. No reasonable person would expect that. They expect him to do something for them in return should he win the presidency again, for which they will forgive the debt.
Yes, but why would an insurance company think they would get money back from Donald Trump?
Quid pro quo.
Having Trump owe you a favor is a pretty powerful bargaining chip.
Next up, he needs a $500 million dollar bond...
putin. It’s putin pulling the strings.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Trump, the likely GOP nominee in the 2024 presidential race, was ordered in January to pay $83.3 million to Carroll, a former Elle columnist, for damaging her reputation after she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
He later added: "There is a simple way of looking at this, is that he has $450 million reasons to be differential if somebody else is putting up the money or co-signing...That issue of who is actually behind this is something that people who are voting should know."
The former president owes further payments in New York after a civil fraud trial judgment was imposed by Judge Arthur Engoron.
Trump was recently fined roughly $355 million, plus interest, in his New York civil fraud case, which accused him, his two adult sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, The Trump Organization and two firm executives of fraudulently overvaluing assets to secure more favorable bank loans and taxation deals.
Meanwhile, Chubb chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg has history with Trump, having been appointed in 2018 to his Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations during his presidency.
The Washington Post recently reported it is "not clear from court records what collateral Trump presented to obtain the bond from Chubb."
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