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muellershewrote.bsky.social • 76 days ago

Bribe. It will go unpunished.

The Trump campaign paid a law firm employing RFK Jr. $100,000 in the weeks after Jr. endorsed Trump.

The campaign made *no* other payments to that firm during the 2023-24 election cycle.

No parties involved responded to NBC News' requests for comment. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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venomspyder.bsky.social•76 days ago

Must be nice to be a rich white person in America 🇺🇸

tyzuki.bsky.social•76 days ago

Wow, the grift that keeps on grifting.

ruprecht-monkeeboy.bsky.social•76 days ago

AKA Quid Pro Quo.

docrodi.bsky.social•76 days ago

This is the most bought and paid for administration in history and it hasn’t even started yet.

nuggetsfan1.bsky.social•76 days ago

Corruption at its finest.

spikespeigel.bsky.social•76 days ago

What else is new?

hairfuror1901.bsky.social•76 days ago

Jr.'s eedjit sleaze is one thing, but his cheapness on the open market puts it over the top.

moneyisspeech.bsky.social•76 days ago

Trump is defined by grift and corruption.

It’s his only speed and direction.

It’s why the evangelical religious charlatans love and adore him.

They recognize a fellow demon.

goldenrulegirl.bsky.social•76 days ago

No justice.

lisanv.bsky.social•76 days ago

Correction: his dumb MAGAt donors paid the $100,000

allpotatoes.bsky.social•76 days ago

And media will forget all about it next week.

bryanjersey-14.bsky.social•76 days ago

It’s the new “normal”. 😔

justjaneen.bsky.social•76 days ago

EVERYTHING involving #TraitorTrump goes unpunished...it is just disgusting

johnrage.bsky.social•76 days ago

It is clear there is no justice in this country. The rich and powerful can do what they want. Be like me. Avoid the American legal system as much as possible. It’s corrupt.

toddicus.bsky.social•76 days ago

Consequences: none

rachelfunkydiva.bsky.social•75 days ago

I hate that he's just fucking allowed to blatantly crime.
He's purposely appointing the most incompetent people to his cabinet to do as much destruction as possible. He's a child with a train set, and his trains are always on a collision course. He's being given nuke codes again.

sfshinigami.bsky.social•76 days ago

You can buy so many bears with that.

wutthewut.bsky.social•76 days ago

Everything he does will be unchecked and unpunished. He IS above the laws. 🤬

sohowboutdemmets.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wtf are we meant to do when we can plainly see the system is broken

womanwhorules.bsky.social•75 days ago

They do it in front of us so it appears there is nothing wrong here!!

tepidlatte.bsky.social•75 days ago

Exactly. Sneakily steal a jacket and you'll get caught. Brazenly push an entire clothes rack out the door and down the street and everyone'll think you work there.

robert-t-scannell.bsky.social•76 days ago

MAGA is mob incorporated

princefan-1.bsky.social•76 days ago

I’ll bet they didnt

travisa.bsky.social•76 days ago

I'm more surprised they paid ANYthing, honestly.

melissafl11.bsky.social•76 days ago

He is above the law.

epinnoia.bsky.social•76 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/epinnoia.bsky.social/post/3lctfhx7n6k2x

chiefmlt.bsky.social•76 days ago

Everything this administration has done, or will do in the future will go unpunished. It’s the reality we live in.

sburr741600.bsky.social•76 days ago

When you’re above the law… 🤷🏻‍♂️

doubletee80.bsky.social•76 days ago

As with everything else he does.

vstewart2465.bsky.social•76 days ago

@aoc.bsky.social

kriskozy.bsky.social•76 days ago

The only way he can get anyone to love him is to pay them. He's a pathetic man who's never experienced real love. It's all transactions.

joanne2000.bsky.social•76 days ago

Law doesn’t apply to billionaires, and people with political power. That’s the real America.

preciouslarue.bsky.social•76 days ago

I'm stunned that it's only $100K.

jcm444.bsky.social•76 days ago

If I'd done the same I'd be in the slammer.

dulcettone.bsky.social•76 days ago

$100K? Heroin is apparently pretty cheap these days

xtrahope1515.bsky.social•76 days ago

More corrupt reason adding to Trump's list why Kamala lost.

Kamala will always be My President & same with Hillary.

Trump cheated & the douche loser knows it. It was recorded.

johanjohnson.bsky.social•76 days ago

These people know exactly how to gamble the system, that's how they've been brought up.

They are parasites, that's what their wealth is based on.

These are the real people who are sucking government/state/America dry.

And the people let them.

And now they have unrestricted access to everything.

inkenheimer.bsky.social•76 days ago

All told, $100K feels a bit on the cheap side. I mean, to snag a Kennedy.

dharma-girl.bsky.social•76 days ago

Well, not a very high quality Kennedy...

444sooz.bsky.social•76 days ago

It's all a money game who are you going to pay off and who's going to pay off your bills

glendabau.bsky.social•76 days ago

Definitely.

olecurmudgeon.bsky.social•75 days ago

He is never punished for any of his law breaking.

kspi.bsky.social•76 days ago

Rfk Jr is cut from the same cloth as Trump

brianwenhold.bsky.social•75 days ago

Thought we already legalized bribery. “In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 666 only criminalizes bribes received in exchange for official acts”

brianwenhold.bsky.social•75 days ago

Although would not RFJs appointment to a cabinet position constitute an official act?

logicallyspeaking.bsky.social•75 days ago

Yup, Snyder v. US call these payments a "tip" as long as they can't be proven to be agreed upon before the desired act was made. No taxes on tips amirite? 😒

brianwenhold.bsky.social•75 days ago

logicallyspeaking.bsky.social•75 days ago

Now politicians can play "just the tip" with people besides their interns while managing to simultaneously fuck us all

bluewitchlady.bsky.social•75 days ago

They are truly scum!

msmaureen.bsky.social•76 days ago

Seems he came cheap.

egandale.bsky.social•76 days ago

That’s how Kavanaugh and the lying woman got on SCOTUS.

whatsit2you.bsky.social•76 days ago

That's it, $100,000? Doesn't that seem really...low? Even Stormy did better than that.

srkvt.bsky.social•76 days ago

They were all about saving donors' money.

smileyjared.bsky.social•76 days ago

Offering him a position to drop out was ALSO a bribe.

shortmiblue.bsky.social•76 days ago

All the mf does is crime.

angelabove799.bsky.social•76 days ago

This is no different than Elon getting away with paying voters millions of dollars for their votes.

huh-nope.bsky.social•76 days ago

Road Kill Bob is cheap. That's even less than Stormy got for equitable services.

xenawarriorchicken.bsky.social•76 days ago

Teflon Don.

We’re fucked.

pnwwestcoast.bsky.social•76 days ago

I do wonder if Trump and Kennedy Jr. have a written deal about a cabinet position for Kennedy Jr. -- and if Trump didn't nominate him, Trump would have to pay Kennedy Jr. a sizable sum.

f1erken.bsky.social•76 days ago

That explains the contempt with menu items RFK was literally forced to eat

lakeeriesunsets.bsky.social•76 days ago

Say goodbye to every check & balance that we have relied on for so long.

realelsie1.bsky.social•76 days ago

Bribery.

coloradotransplant.bsky.social•76 days ago

IOKIYAR

realelsie1.bsky.social•76 days ago

coloradotransplant.bsky.social•76 days ago

Stands for “it’s okay if you’re a Republican”

realelsie1.bsky.social•76 days ago

Right?? Greedy old pig party

sayrsha24.bsky.social•76 days ago

No surprise. The bottomless pit of crime. And he won the popular vote in all the swing states? Yeah, no. I will never believe that. He cheated. Has a history of election interference & needed a get out of jail free card. Thoughts from Canada.

eastvillagetwt.bsky.social•76 days ago

They will make something up…

angiesuniverse.bsky.social•76 days ago

macdude.bsky.social•76 days ago

All you need is one level of indirection on a bribe these days. Totally transparent.

Wait till they they get block chain intertwined.

leefromvt.bsky.social•76 days ago

Wow, he sold out cheap.

politicalamericans.bsky.social•76 days ago

https://politicalamericans.com/rfk-jr-blames-kennedy-family-curse-on-lifelike-leprechauns/

ccb4fo4.bsky.social•76 days ago

They are called “tips” now

dbuls1.bsky.social•76 days ago

It is not corruption or the appearance of corruption.

curiousgeorge14.bsky.social•76 days ago

Really? Then what legal services did the law firm employing RFK Jr. provide to the tRUmp campaign? I doubt there were any.

If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. This stinks of corruption.

dbuls1.bsky.social•76 days ago

Not according to the learned Justice Kennedy.

curiousgeorge14.bsky.social•76 days ago

Sorry - to what Supreme Court case are you referring?

dbuls1.bsky.social•75 days ago

Citizens united. It opened the financial floodgates in politics.

curiousgeorge14.bsky.social•75 days ago

Wait - this was a PAC sending $ to a law firm, not to the candidate. And we know it was the tRUmp campaign. So not a Citizens United "dark money" contribution.

But you're right, that decision had such a negative effect on politics & we continue to see all the bad results.

unitedwiistand.bsky.social•76 days ago

Distraction.

Stopping wasting time.

We know they are dirty.

brunoamato.bsky.social•76 days ago

Yes, I'm pretty sure when someone who incites an insurrection goes unpunished, that bribes aren't even considered. Besides, presidents and dictators are held to no laws per the Supreme Court.

neverthumper.bsky.social•76 days ago

He's bought and paid for.

fraziberry.bsky.social•76 days ago

Corruption is off the charts

nj-jess.bsky.social•76 days ago

Blatant - everything is so blatant.

minaforest.bsky.social•75 days ago

💙

They'll be pretty fecking open about their crime-ing from here on out...

Thanks SCOTUS, you f**kwits.

naroop.bsky.social•76 days ago

So many criminals in one space

ggw-35.bsky.social•67 days ago

The media will not investigate. There was a blurb that he approached the Harris Campaign first with a deal. Of course tRump took the deal.

russelltim151.bsky.social•76 days ago

Excuse me, corrupt SCOTUS rulings Snyder v U.S. politicians can accept gratuities [Tips]. Trump v U.S. the U.S. president has Devine Right of Kings.

jencarole.bsky.social•76 days ago

Man that was cheap. Should have asked for much more.

He’s even a bad criminal.

sikomore.bsky.social•76 days ago

Justice was weak, now the new outlaw's law.

zenmonkey47.bsky.social•76 days ago

Ugh, throw it on the pile, I guess.

vinkohl.bsky.social•76 days ago

They do it all out in the open now. They learned from the first crime spree that there were no consequences.

jasonemry.bsky.social•76 days ago

doing insane crimes out in the open somehow makes them seem less insane and criminal. I guess people just assume no one would do something that depraved publicly

twitterrefugee63.bsky.social•76 days ago

When crimes cease to be prosecuted they cease to be crimes.

sailormichael.bsky.social•76 days ago

They do so much corruption, it's hard to keep up

noseymamacita.bsky.social•76 days ago

Isn’t that illegal

kafearless.bsky.social•76 days ago

Jr’s a cheap bribe.

treefrogjohn.bsky.social•76 days ago

The nation is drowning in a putrid sea of corruption. This is everything the founders dreaded.

stealthgirl21.bsky.social•76 days ago

gilroygirl18.bsky.social•76 days ago

Among many that have already happened & many that will come 🤬🤬🤬

justbreathe0507.bsky.social•76 days ago

kannekijker.bsky.social•76 days ago

I want to like this except for the "unpunished" part. :(

hubertelski.bsky.social•74 days ago

Criminal. Damn, the US is becoming a basket-case. Even Netanyahu was in court today.

snibol.bsky.social•76 days ago

It should be looked at

yermomsez.bsky.social•76 days ago

jrriver.bsky.social•76 days ago

Merrick Garland is useless.

kriskingphoto.bsky.social•76 days ago

Corruption never ends with these people. Grift, cheat, lie, steal, rape. The main proponents of this group of criminals.

guernseygirl.bsky.social•76 days ago

Everything is always a bribe when it comes to Trump

notatrumpcard.bsky.social•76 days ago

At this point I'm actually hoping hell is real, b/c everything I was taught abt social contracts and the law doesn't apply to him for whatever reason... and it's the only comforting thought I have 😤

juliep-12.bsky.social•76 days ago

Like every thing else he’s done. 😞

john-down-under.bsky.social•76 days ago

Was well worth it for Trump. Disaster for USA.

thebeve.bsky.social•76 days ago

not a bribe, a "tip". Just ask SCOTUS.

crystalri.bsky.social•76 days ago

#JFK = the new #StormyDaniels. This country truly has become a banana republic.

kaschew.bsky.social•76 days ago

100%. On both the bribe and the going unpunished.

blueresisterinca.bsky.social•76 days ago

Bribery, rape and child molestation is what Republicans support today. Yet they bitch about “the leftist”. Give me a fucking break.

detoxponcho.bsky.social•76 days ago

As always and forever with this bunch. This emoji 🖕🏼 will never be out of the #1 spot on my most used list for the next 4 years.

felixlechat80.bsky.social•76 days ago

Just another day ending in “Y” for Trump, I guess.

waxwing64.bsky.social•76 days ago

It’s all just one big grift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djbQJaMVMTo

cathyob1.bsky.social•68 days ago

When you're Trump, they let you do anything.

xxcronusxx.bsky.social•76 days ago

Unfortunately, with the absolute impotent leaders in our party... probably so.

progresstrap.bsky.social•76 days ago

$100,000 doesn’t seem like much money to get RFK, Jr. endorsement. Maybe a down payment . Or RFK, Jr. is a bad negotiator

sosp.bsky.social•76 days ago

Apparently everything goes unpunished 🤷‍♀️

snarky-op.bsky.social•76 days ago

Quid pro quo.
Bribe.

bricchetti.bsky.social•76 days ago

The Democrats gave up.
They just let everything happen.

lainekate.bsky.social•76 days ago

REPUBLICAN PARTY IS A CRIME SYNDICATE.

pastorjason666.bsky.social•76 days ago

And there will never be any consequences!

johnspikowski.com•76 days ago

Elections are now a financial Superbowl.

truckle4evr.bsky.social•76 days ago

Does anything that trump does get punished?

urbanista01.bsky.social•76 days ago

And well overpriced! Terrible deal! Clown.

taterkaze.bsky.social•76 days ago

Bribery evolved into a legal transaction.

eligit.bsky.social•76 days ago

America has allowed him to do exponentially worse.
SCOTUS gave him immunity for anything and everything.
Now America experiences a criminal king.
Safely above the law.

preciouslarue.bsky.social•76 days ago

Not immunity for anything. Let's not get carried away.

jasonemry.bsky.social•76 days ago

the language was so broad, it’s safer to assume literally anything is possible with trump. the media moves slow and does not take him to account at all.

eligit.bsky.social•76 days ago

After the election tampering and other crimes were unceremoniously tossed it’s logical to assume that Trump can do whatever he wants without fear of legal consequences.
As long as he is in office I don’t see him being prosecuted for anything.

eligit.bsky.social•76 days ago

I’m pretty sure scotus said no sitting president can be prosecuted for anything.
After he’s out of power (unless he dies in office 2, 3, 5 years from now) they can find another excuse I’m sure.

black--cat.bsky.social•76 days ago

Correct, that's what the majority voted for. It's okay for trump to break the law.

artisanb-2013.bsky.social•76 days ago

$100k

These guys sell themselves cheap.

kathrynschroeder.bsky.social•76 days ago

Has everyone but me taken the class, "Money Laundering 101"?

man-in-gray.bsky.social•76 days ago

I thought his standard bribe was $130k.

skipberger.bsky.social•76 days ago

Just tell me I’m in a twilight zone. I can handle it.

mistersnowman.bsky.social•75 days ago

Smh!

dolphinlover.bsky.social•76 days ago

Like farrr too many dreadful things. 🤨

ahpook33.bsky.social•76 days ago

Remember when mainstream media used to treat stories about corruption like actual news stories? I miss that era.

daveingeorgia.bsky.social•76 days ago

Remember when he openly bribed the Florida AG during the 2016 campaign. Nothing.

supergrl.bsky.social•76 days ago

Wow he paid a legal bill!!! That's a first.

oldcoastie54.bsky.social•76 days ago

Seems like should be taxable income. 🤔

wendychaulk60.bsky.social•76 days ago

Of course it will go unpunished. Trump et al are the mafia.

mogigo.bsky.social•76 days ago

Biblically evil men

katzst.bsky.social•76 days ago

His entire administration and ALL degeneracy debauchery will go unpunished.

sophie667.bsky.social•76 days ago

It seems like the 2024 script has shifted from politics to a thriller.

veneroso.bsky.social•76 days ago

But the supreme court says it's not a bribe if it's a tip!

dystopianamerica.bsky.social•74 days ago

When will we admit that the rule of law is a farce?
Trump knows no one will hold him accountable & we continue to act surprised at his brazen criminality.

A Republican mafia now controls the USA & we are no different than a mafia state like Russia or China.