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Cyrano

(15,035 posts)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 03:46 PM Dec 2018

If Mueller froze Trump's assets, the orange prick would kill himself

None of us know for sure what Mueller has on Trump. But it's a fairly good guess that Trump's financial dealings include money laundering for the Russians, as well as real estate dealings that could be outright criminal.

We've heard a million times that a sitting president can't be indicted. But we haven't heard that his business assets cannot be frozen. And that includes Trump's "billions" (or more likely millions since his being a "billionaire" is questionable, if not an outright lie).

Imagine Trump without access to his ill gotten gains. He'd go totally bugshit. He'd try to cause an uprising among his followers, who would fold after the first tear gas canister is thrown at them.

And after a few hundred tweets, he'd still be without his assets.

My guess is he wouldn't have the balls to slit his wrists, so he'd probably beg one of his flunkies to do it for him.

I'm not a financial maven, so perhaps some here will inform me if I'm mistaken about the freezing of a president's assets.

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If Mueller froze Trump's assets, the orange prick would kill himself (Original Post) Cyrano Dec 2018 OP
It'd be worth the try. Jim__ Dec 2018 #1
A worthy endeavor SHRED Dec 2018 #2
I don't want him to die TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #3
"I want him to rot in prison." I agree 100% yonder Dec 2018 #5
Hmmmm empedocles Dec 2018 #4
Rachel Maddow's Podcast Bag Man TheOther95Percent Dec 2018 #6
With apologies to Douglas Addams Leith Dec 2018 #7

TexasBushwhacker

(20,185 posts)
3. I don't want him to die
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 03:56 PM
Dec 2018

I want him to rot in prison.

In any case, I'm sure he has plenty of liquid assets that Mueller can't get to, and I'm sure Vlad will always float him some cash.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. Hmmmm
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:04 PM
Dec 2018

Money laundering. If anything could get through Presidential immunity/impunity - seems like money laundering would be a good bet.

TheOther95Percent

(1,035 posts)
6. Rachel Maddow's Podcast Bag Man
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:45 PM
Dec 2018

The podcast is about Spiro Agnew, but it goes to the heart of the argument that a sitting president or vice president cannot be indicted. In Agnew's case, the USAG threatened to indict him unless Agnew agreed to resign. After consultation with legal scholars on the topic, Agnew blinked. There is no consensus that a sitting president or vice president cannot be indicted.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
7. With apologies to Douglas Addams
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 04:53 PM
Dec 2018

He would fall to pieces so fast that the whole country would get hit by the shrapnel.

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