What sort of distractions will they stage to cover this up? Maybe let Trump’s border czar Tom Homan appear on Bill Maher’s talk show, fire a famous TV comedian, some Epstein…, or even kill a MAGA loyalist to blame it on some leftist tranny lover?!?
On 20 September 2024, cameras recorded the Heritage Foundation’s contributor to Project 2025, Tom Homan, getting a $50,000 in bills bribe in Texas from FBI undercover agents posing as business executives.
Homan promised that he would help the FBI agents win government contracts in the coming second Trump administration.
In recent weeks, team Trump closed the investigation (whatever happened to the “drain the swamp” campaign stunt?).
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche explained why this investigation was closed:
.This matter originated under the previous administration and was subjected to a full review by FBI agents and Justice Department prosecutors. They found no credible evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.
Some legal experts say that Tom Homan getting bribed “didn’t clearly fit under a standard bribery charge”, because at the time he wasn’t a public official.
Other legal experts insist that it IS a crime, because he was seeking money to improperly influence federal contracts, and ultimately it doesn’t matter whether he was a public official at the time, or if he delivered on his promise or not.
According to Alex Nowrasteh of the right wing Koch-funded Cato Institute:
https://archive.is/y6wQeThe FBI recorded Trump’s border czar accepting a $50,000 bribe. Then the Trump administration buried it to protect their guy. If true, Tom Homan should be in prison with those who covered it up. Pretty minor corruption for Trump’s 2nd term though.
In another clear distraction move 'All Talk, No Action' TACO Donald is posting that his Attorney General Pam Bondi must immediately go after his ‘political enemies’ (that are probably really his buddies), former FBI Director James Comey, Congressman Adam Schiff, and New York State Attorney General Letitia James: https://archive.is/EH3x6
And to finish this post, some right wingers are complaining that Trump is really a RINO communist (you could even call this merging of business with government ‘fascist’…).
The US government now owns a 10% stake in Intel.
George Mason University Law professor Ilya Somin calls the Intel deal:
.…an example of the dangerous similarities between right-wing nationalist and left-wing socialist economic policies. Both favor extensive government control, direction, and — as in this case — even ownership of industry.
viewtopic.php?p=81876#p81876Firestarter wrote:Every computer since 2008 with an Intel or AMD processor has a built-in back door. It can access everything on your computer, without you knowing. It can even open a remote connection on the network interface (which really makes it a backdoor).
The federal government has also gotten a 15% share in Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices sales of chips to China. Is this some sort of ‘export tax’ or is ‘extortion’ a better name for it?!?
The Cato Institute’s Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon called the deal “crony capitalism” and warn that Trump is abusing his executive power “to bring private companies to the negotiating table to serve the president’s political prerogatives.”
The Trump administration also bypassed procurement and contracting rules in favour of MP Materials, which operates the US’ only rare-earth mine in California. The US Department of Defense is “coincidentally” MP’s largest shareholder with a 15% stake.
The US government has also taken a “golden share” in US Steel when it was sold to Nippon Steel.
National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett says the administration is looking at taking stakes in more companies as steps towards establishing a “sovereign wealth fund”: https://archive.is/NsruG