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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is showing all that he is an avid supporter of white collar crime.
Probably because he is such an accomplished white collar criminal himself.
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Trump is showing all that he is an avid supporter of white collar crime. (Original Post)
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walkingman
(10,380 posts)1. Birds of a feather - no surprise. Probably more to come.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. They are his fellow mobsters and criminals.
Also sticking needles in the eyes of prosecutors, judges and any sense of justice and decency.
moondust
(21,226 posts)3. Bernie Madoff pending.
So many brothers in crime, so little time.
I've suspected all along that this is one of the main reasons Dump got "elected": support of the supergreedy criminal class of which he is a lifetime member.
Initech
(107,576 posts)7. George Carlin was right - it's a big club and we're not in it.
Of course now Trump is making the members of the Big Club easier to identify.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. As I understand it, he can only pardon federal criminals. And federal law mostly involves "white
color" crime. But, I doubt if trump would care about someone stealing to eat or even to get drugs. Thems are poor folks.
GoCubsGo
(34,685 posts)5. He's also setting up the Flynn pardon:
Link to tweet
The Logan Act applies only to to private citizens who correspond with foreign governments. SENATOR Murphy is an agent of the US government, whether Trump and his flying monkey cult like it or not. It doesn't apply to him. It DOES apply to Michael Flynn.
CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)6. This is a Tarantino movie.
The crime boss is Mr. Orange.
lame54
(39,230 posts)8. He's getting the band back together
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)9. He also wants to knock the outrage of fuBarr off the tv.