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milestogo

(22,645 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 03:58 PM Feb 2020

Trump 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) milestogo Feb 2020 OP
Birds of a feather - no surprise. Probably more to come. walkingman Feb 2020 #1
They are his fellow mobsters and criminals. democratisphere Feb 2020 #2
Bernie Madoff pending. moondust Feb 2020 #3
George Carlin was right - it's a big club and we're not in it. Initech Feb 2020 #7
As I understand it, he can only pardon federal criminals. And federal law mostly involves "white Hoyt Feb 2020 #4
He's also setting up the Flynn pardon: GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #5
This is a Tarantino movie. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #6
He's getting the band back together lame54 Feb 2020 #8
He also wants to knock the outrage of fuBarr off the tv. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #9

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
2. They are his fellow mobsters and criminals.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:07 PM
Feb 2020

Also sticking needles in the eyes of prosecutors, judges and any sense of justice and decency.

moondust

(21,226 posts)
3. Bernie Madoff pending.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:16 PM
Feb 2020

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.
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 06:11 PM
Feb 2020

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
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:19 PM
Feb 2020

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:
Tue Feb 18, 2020, 04:27 PM
Feb 2020



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.
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