by the standard laid out here, famously corrupt fictional character clay davis was not engaged in corruption
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ryan cooper
not to add to the dogpile, but the reality here is often the opposite. tacit corruption can easily be worse because it's more deniable and a lot more lucrative
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Why is NYT doing this?
These are the blatantly lying morons that we are dealing with
(Sorry, I had to, it was right there, please don’t kill me)
"And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
So what did Trump do for Qatar in exchange for this? We are a nation of laws. If he didn’t do anything then accepting this jet is bribery by the NEW SCOTUS def.
You couldn't so much as accept a cheap bottle of wine from someone.
It would get raffled off instead.
Yearly CYA training on why we couldn't.
It didn't matter if there was no corruption, just the possibility that there could appear to be corruption.
Eric Lipton’s opinion, not so much.
Orange Julius is angling to accept a bribe plain & simple.
This has made a grand distraction.
So what else was the MSM ignoring today?
Donaldo delenda est
If he takes that jet, the Constitution is finished.
I’m a contractor and I’ve had it. Heck, I can’t even accept dinner at an exclusive restaurant from a vendor. That could be seen as a bribe.
Sheeeeeit. He rose out of the mean streets of Baltimore to the halls of Annapolis
https://bsky.app/profile/dreadpiratezed.bsky.social/post/3kf7ulbciib2j
Jesse Winchester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXnT8ExnnsM
https://www.newsweek.com/new-trump-golf-course-55-billion-beachside-project-announced-qatar-2066482
Every place I have ever worked has had an official policy to avoid even the potential appearance of conflict of interest.
He as a journalist was telling the internet they were wrong because corruption requires quid pro quo....
"Words matter"
And the sob doesn't know words... Confidently incorrect.
How that guy has a job still is shocking.
https://www.culawreview.org/journal/judicial-favoritism-how-the-roberts-court-shields-white-collar-criminals
Thankfully i didn’t have to scroll long
https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/the-absolutely-staggering-corruption
Corruption is also using public office for enrichment of your private self, and this has s absolutely it good lord!
Nuance and expertise is a good thing!
There is an expectation of something in return. Qatar isn’t running a charity and Trump isn’t disadvantaged.
Is the question here simply the difference between bribery as a specific form of corruption and corruption as a general concept?
As well as Huey Long and George Wallace.
"if I should ever need you..."
Eric "but did he agree.. on tape!?"
But in what circumstance would Qatar NOT want something in return? In what universe would this NOT be quid pro quo? The Qatari government is just so enamored of the job he's doing? Please.
But the contested concept of corruption and the Supreme Court’s (narrow, blinkered) definition of bribery are not identical
Treating them as identical is not the path to “of record” reporting
Re bribes I ride w John T Noonan Jr