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Thu Feb 9, 2017, 02:15 PM Feb 2017

Never Has It Been Easier to Get Secret Cash to a President

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/sure-fire-way-funnel-dark-money-donald-trump-book-his-hotels

On a recent Tuesday evening, a donor, lobbyist, or foreign diplomat hoping to make inroads with Fuckface Von Pussygrabber and his retinue of family members and allies needed only to show up to the lobby bar of the Cheeto International Hotel in Washington. Seated together on couches near the bar were Cheeto Jr., the pussygrabbert's oldest son and now the co-head of the Cheeto Organization; Brad Parscale, the digital guru for the Dumpster's presidential campaign who is now running an outside group created to bolster the Vulgar Yam and his agenda; and Nick Ayers, a political consultant and former aide to Vice President Mike Putz who is also working for Shitler's new outside group. With security guards stationed nearby, the men held court, posed for photos with guests, and then headed to the White House to attend the announcement ceremony for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsucks.

No president in American history has entered office as conflict-ridden as the Pussygrabber. It's almost impossible to keep track of all the ways someone seeking to influence him and his administration could do so without a trace. A donation made through a shell corporation to the Tangerine Gabshite Walloper's inaugural committee. An undisclosed donation to America First Policies, the new outside group run by Ayers, Parscale, and other ex-Twitler aides. A monthly retainer to Avenue Strategies, the consulting firm launched by former Cheeto aides Corey Lewandowski and Barry Bennett and conveniently located one block from the White House.

But there is a simpler and more direct way to put money in the pocket of the new pussygrabber and his family: spend money at a Dumpster hotel or resort. Lots of money. In many ways, the president's properties—which he refuses to divest or separate himself from in any serious way—serve as ideal conduits for directly influencing and even bribing the Vulgar Yam administration.

Steven Schooner, a professor of government procurement law at George Washington University and an expert on federal contracting, says an individual, corporation, or foreign government could pay for rooms at Donny Dipshit's hotels, spend lavishly at hotel restaurants, and drop sizeable sums on ballrooms and other event spaces to direct money to the Von Clownstick family in the hopes of acquiring influence. "It's a win-win," Schooner says. "If you use the space, you're entertaining people on the pussygrabber's property, and if you don't, you've basically just funneled the money to the pussygrabber and the pussygrabber's family."
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