Isn’t this a step further and actually extortion because the implied threat that Trump would shut down your company’s licensing, deny mergers and so on - ThreadSky

jsweetli.bsky.social • 85 days ago

Isn’t this a step further and actually extortion because the implied threat that Trump would shut down your company’s licensing, deny mergers and so on

Reposted from Mike Masnick

Remember last month when everyone realized that Trump's legal "settlements" with Meta and X showed a clear roadmap how a President can "legally" accept bribes by suing companies for frivolous reasons and then "settling" for millions? Anyway.

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Comments

jonsekelsky.bsky.social•85 days ago

Found the fraud, waste and abuse.

emmyjay.bsky.social•85 days ago

It shows no one’s too big to avoid getting a shakedown from Trump

canadianbacon66.bsky.social•85 days ago

We all know what’s in his wallet

jsweetli.bsky.social•85 days ago

I talked to someone who was in federal prison with Pharmabro Martin Shkreli who explained that Shkreli had to be brought to a smaller special population unit with prisoners like the ex-cop who was Jeffrey Epstein's later cellmate. The reason? All the scary prisoners in general population kept/

jsweetli.bsky.social•85 days ago

"offering" Shkreli paid physical protection because they knew he had money, was unlikeable and small...Only problem was Shkreli couldn't really say no, so for his own protection from this ongoing soft extortion racket he had to be moved.

jsweetli.bsky.social•85 days ago

This is not an exact analogy, but similar to mafia tactic of forcing neighborhood businesses to pay mobsters for "protection." Trump is the country's mob boss.