It's because she had no power to do so, and therefore no power to nix Trump's organization of a $1,8 billion slush fund for his Cult followers. Here's the explanation.
The Department of Justice agreed Monday to settle a $10 billion lawsuit brought by the president against the IRS, by establishing a $1.776 billion fund to provide what the department says will be “a systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare” under former President Joe Biden.
In other words, the Justice Department has created a slush fund for Trump officials to dole out billions to his political allies and supporters who were prosecuted during the last administration, which could very well include those who were convicted for their actions on Jan. 6. It’s not enough that Trump pardoned his supporters, who stormed the Capitol and tried to stop the certification of the 2020 election. Now he’s ensuring that they get paid — with taxpayer dollars.
Trump officials orchestrated the creation of the fund after the president formally withdrew his lawsuit, thereby preventing the federal judge in the case, Kathleen M. Williams, from approving a settlement agreement. So instead, what we have is a deal between Donald Trump, the president, and Donald Trump, a former private citizen, to create a roughly $1.8 billion fund that will be distributed with no oversight beyond that of officials appointed by Trump.
It’s difficult to imagine a more egregious violation of the public trust, but then again, in Trump’s second term, this kind of corruption is as common as a day that ends in “y.”
Note the irony in the fact that all recent presidents other than Trump have routinely made their personal income tax returns available for public inspection in the course of their presidential campaigns, given that the voting public has a very understandable interest in each presidential candidate's investments and the the potential conflicts of interest they necessarily raise. Had Trump adhered to even this tradition of transparency, whether voluntarily or in response to Congressional or public pressure, he would have had no basis whatsoever to file his bogus lawsuit.
The news report from which the above excerpt was taken also included separate details concerning another aspect of Cheeto Hitler's mind numbing corruption: his day trading in the stock market. Viz.:
Just this week, we found out that in the first quarter of the year, Trump made more than 3,700 financial trades, worth tens of millions of dollars. That averages out to 59 trades a day and nine trades per hour.
The conflicts of interest and personal corruption are simply astonishing. Many of the companies do business with the federal government. In fact, Trump allegedly bought stock in Amazon and Microsoft months before the Pentagon announced agreements with both companies.
Earlier this year, Trump bought a sizable amount of Nvidia stock right before the artificial intelligence chipmaker received permission to export its advanced H200 AI processors to China. Not surprisingly, Nvidia’s stock shot up, earning Trump a tidy profit.
Trump also bought a significant share of Intel, the chipmaker the Trump administration took a 10% stake in last year. The company’s stock is up 178% since the beginning of the year. According to Popular Information, an independent newsletter that reviewed the disclosures, Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million in Dell stock, and then nine days later, in a speech in Georgia, told people to “go out and buy a Dell computer.”
Thank God we have a Congress that is controlled by folks who take very seriously the oversight of Executive Branch officials. No unethical conduct escapes the notice of the ever vigilant James Gomer. Or the uber smart and talented Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson ("I don't know anything about that.").
Here's a link to the full report. (Surprise! It's not from Faux News.): https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-stock-trades-corruption-slush-fund
The Department of Justice agreed Monday to settle a $10 billion lawsuit brought by the president against the IRS, by establishing a $1.776 billion fund to provide what the department says will be “a systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare” under former President Joe Biden.
In other words, the Justice Department has created a slush fund for Trump officials to dole out billions to his political allies and supporters who were prosecuted during the last administration, which could very well include those who were convicted for their actions on Jan. 6. It’s not enough that Trump pardoned his supporters, who stormed the Capitol and tried to stop the certification of the 2020 election. Now he’s ensuring that they get paid — with taxpayer dollars.
Trump officials orchestrated the creation of the fund after the president formally withdrew his lawsuit, thereby preventing the federal judge in the case, Kathleen M. Williams, from approving a settlement agreement. So instead, what we have is a deal between Donald Trump, the president, and Donald Trump, a former private citizen, to create a roughly $1.8 billion fund that will be distributed with no oversight beyond that of officials appointed by Trump.
It’s difficult to imagine a more egregious violation of the public trust, but then again, in Trump’s second term, this kind of corruption is as common as a day that ends in “y.”
Note the irony in the fact that all recent presidents other than Trump have routinely made their personal income tax returns available for public inspection in the course of their presidential campaigns, given that the voting public has a very understandable interest in each presidential candidate's investments and the the potential conflicts of interest they necessarily raise. Had Trump adhered to even this tradition of transparency, whether voluntarily or in response to Congressional or public pressure, he would have had no basis whatsoever to file his bogus lawsuit.
The news report from which the above excerpt was taken also included separate details concerning another aspect of Cheeto Hitler's mind numbing corruption: his day trading in the stock market. Viz.:
Just this week, we found out that in the first quarter of the year, Trump made more than 3,700 financial trades, worth tens of millions of dollars. That averages out to 59 trades a day and nine trades per hour.
The conflicts of interest and personal corruption are simply astonishing. Many of the companies do business with the federal government. In fact, Trump allegedly bought stock in Amazon and Microsoft months before the Pentagon announced agreements with both companies.
Earlier this year, Trump bought a sizable amount of Nvidia stock right before the artificial intelligence chipmaker received permission to export its advanced H200 AI processors to China. Not surprisingly, Nvidia’s stock shot up, earning Trump a tidy profit.
Trump also bought a significant share of Intel, the chipmaker the Trump administration took a 10% stake in last year. The company’s stock is up 178% since the beginning of the year. According to Popular Information, an independent newsletter that reviewed the disclosures, Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million in Dell stock, and then nine days later, in a speech in Georgia, told people to “go out and buy a Dell computer.”
Thank God we have a Congress that is controlled by folks who take very seriously the oversight of Executive Branch officials. No unethical conduct escapes the notice of the ever vigilant James Gomer. Or the uber smart and talented Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson ("I don't know anything about that.").
Here's a link to the full report. (Surprise! It's not from Faux News.): https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-stock-trades-corruption-slush-fund
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