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The sad thing is that if he hadn’t drawn the spotlight on the org by getting elected and refusing to divest himself, he would likely still be getting away with it.
Makes you wonder how many people are quietly getting away with it now.
Anyone who has a B in their net worth.
What if my net worth is Broke?
TIL
Quite a lot. David Cay Johnston has a couple of good books on the subject:
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich–and Cheat Everybody Else
Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)
The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use “Plain English” to Rob You Blind
I would happily take that timeline over the current one
I wouldn’t say that is sad, well for him it might be. But there are so many people who get away with this shit, if only this one could have gone down with less of a fight.
What’s the chances he gets this overturned on appeal? He mean he had bad council. He could use that and get a new trial?
Regardless, he’ll drag it out till well after he has died of old age. The american legal system literally cannot touch anyone with money or power… see Matt Gatez for many many examples.
Even if they do get a settlement, I doubt trump will ever have to pay most of it, just like we dont see Alex Jones paying any of the billion dollars he owes people either. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/alex-jones-bankruptcy.html
That would be more able to work if he was a poor person. Instead he’s (allegedly) insanely rich, and actively chose poor council
That would be such a beautiful sight.
