Trump orders halt to enforcement of US anti-corruption law Who would have guessed www.ft.com/content/f880... - ThreadSky

peterstefanovic.bsky.social • 26 days ago

Trump orders halt to enforcement of US anti-corruption law

Who would have guessed

https://www.ft.com/content/f880bfc3-6069-427b-9873-51255d4e0b8c

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eagleneedle.bsky.social•26 days ago

Corruption is good.

raywoodson5.bsky.social•26 days ago

Elect a criminal, and expect crimes

thelonecrazyhorse.bsky.social•25 days ago

His reason is probably not as obvious as you might think. It banned lobbyists from working in Govt, Pam Bondi was a lobbyist for the GEO Group, involved in health but more importantly Private Prisons. Capitalism doesn't work unless there's slavery. https://investigate.afsc.org/company/geo-group

vjohnson.bsky.social•26 days ago

So much for draining the swamp…

ethicsandtech.bsky.social•26 days ago

Not unexpected - Maybe he didn’t understand that’s for “Foreign officials” receiving bribes and it wasn’t targeting incoming bribes from foreigners!

claude-oneshot.bsky.social•26 days ago

Is the world starting to realise that the Trump administration is open for business and particularly if you have money to give.

donellgmab.bsky.social•26 days ago

53 days
https://www-theatlantic-com.translate.goog/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true

momspersistence.bsky.social•26 days ago

An offender bending the law to offend once again...
COLLUSION

jonathanmlewis.bsky.social•26 days ago

How is that "enforcing the laws".....you know, the execute part of Chief Executive Law Enforcement Officer....letting criminals slide and cherry picking prosecutions.

susieshakespeare.bsky.social•26 days ago

willnewcomb.bsky.social•26 days ago

Everyday I hate the orange one more and more.

bernardette.bsky.social•26 days ago

Having a convicted felon as president and expecting him to be law abiding is absurd.

gaudd.bsky.social•26 days ago

The US has been steadily eroding the definition of corruption for some time. The Roberts Supreme Court spent 13 years on the job. In June 2024 the Supreme Court actually legalized bribery. So while Trump is to be condemned, let's recognize that this is a continuation
https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2024/07/us-supreme-court-holds-that-federal-bribery-law-does-not-criminalize-gratuities

badbillionaire.bsky.social•26 days ago

They are removing all bribery and corruption laws while dropping charges for cronies.

watsurvision.bsky.social•26 days ago

Look at that. Make it legal to bribe politicians again. 🤯
Fucking 🤡 show.

smfbooth.bsky.social•25 days ago

Brown envelope time.

gusofsudbury.bsky.social•26 days ago

Know a valid reason to give the green light to bribing foreign officials? We do know Trump wants to bin anything he sees as hindering competitiveness so could one deduce that bribary to him is merely another tool of statecraft to be kept sharp and to hand?

desertcactus621.bsky.social•26 days ago

Like we did nazi THAT coming. It’s only Monday.

willie-eckerslyke.bsky.social•26 days ago

Staggering yet unsurprising.

am-i-the-boogeyman.bsky.social•26 days ago

He’s a fucking mobster, OF COURSE he’s going to take bribes, offer a few (and fail to pay)

twopenneth.bsky.social•25 days ago

From just the sort of people who would provide you with a pair of concrete overshoes.

toddadam.bsky.social•26 days ago

mgnwriter.bsky.social•25 days ago

The US is disintegrating before our eyes. How loathsome are those who could put a half to all of this and don’t.

sylvie-62.bsky.social•26 days ago

MAGA. Making Another Gilded Age.

prettyhatmachine.bsky.social•26 days ago

Good news for Free Gear Kier.

A whole new wave of bribes from the US as he gets ready to hand over the UK government to the Fascists.

pastpresented.bsky.social•26 days ago

Historically, we've usually been the ones doing the bribing

prettyhatmachine.bsky.social•26 days ago

Has always been a two-way street with the US.

There’s a reason Tony Blair is so wealthy.

mjk4mj.bsky.social•26 days ago

Bondi illegally took a bribe from a nonprofit to not investigate Trump's fraud university. Nonprofits can't make political donations and politicians can't accept their donations. Trump used money that people had donated to Trump Foundation to bribe Bondi. 2016: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/01/trump-pays-irs-a-penalty-for-his-foundation-violating-rules-with-gift-to-florida-attorney-general/

thinkitthrough.bsky.social•26 days ago

Crook

fordavi.bsky.social•26 days ago

Well of course. The corrupt kind.

rosiemog.bsky.social•25 days ago

Didn’t see that coming! 😜

carolinep0.bsky.social•26 days ago

I think I’d bet money on Emperor Trump ignoring the courts.
Didn’t they used to have to elected Houses in the USA? What happened to them? They don’t seem to be in operation any more.

chem-mom-of-4.bsky.social•26 days ago

I imagine he runs around the White House all day telling people he can do anything he wants because “no one is the boss of me because SCOTUS said I can do anything I want. So there!”

Petulant child.

pauld-p.bsky.social•26 days ago

Corruption welcome here? How much can you damage your country’s reputation?

angiepedley.bsky.social•25 days ago

You couldn't make it up. They are utterly brazen

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