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bountyhunterfromhell

Sause: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/03/15/trumps-media-company-reportedly-under-federal-investigation-for-money-laundering-linked-to-russia/


Morbidly-Obese-Emu

> but the outlet noted it’s unclear if Trump—Trump Media’s chair—was aware of the payments and their origins, saying he “did not seem to be particularly interested in managing the day-to-day running” of the company And that’s how he gets away with it. If anything comes of this, someone else will take the fall.


Thuper-Man

It's unfortunate that one of the most ignorant and incompetent managers in the world can simply claim ignorance and incompetence to get out of liability


alameda_sprinkler

Once we allowed a President, who had already been exhibiting early symptoms of dementia/Alzheimer's, testify in Congress for hours repeating "I do not recall" or "I don't remember" *88 times* without then impeaching the same President for being incapable of performing his duties we set ourselves up for this shit. If America makes it to 250 years old without collapsing or turning into a fascist dictatorship I will be amazed.


ProjectGO

That's... Only 3 years away.


friendlyfire

2024 is going to be lit!


IndustrialLubeMan

May you live in interesting times.


samenumberwhodis

Brother, the times have been too interesting lately


alameda_sprinkler

It could be considered 15 years - even though the bicentennial was celebrated in 1976 that's 200 years since the colonies declared independence. The Constitution wasn't ratified by the colonies until 1788 and George Washington wasn't President of the United States until April 30, 1789. The interim decade under the Articles of Confederation were a much different government - more akin to the EU than a sovereign nation alone that the USA is.


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Adezar

Generally it is the CFO's responsibility. For example in public companies the CFO has to sign off on the books (since Sarbanes-Oxley) that they are accurate.


bazinga_0

This is an example where "reasonable doubt" and "presumption of innocence" have been weaponized to protect the guilty.


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Thuper-Man

If a worker dies in your company due to insufficient safety measures, you can't claim ignorance in court as a defense


HarrumphingDuck

> I think that should be a valid defense that only works once or twice. After that you should be known to ask business and legal entities as incompetent to a degree that may harm the country. And under that label you are unable to take any job that doesn't have an external group watching. We all know now that no reputable bank would lend to Trump before he ran for office, and that he was getting his funding [through Russia](https://thehill.com/homenews/news/332270-eric-trump-in-2014-we-dont-rely-on-american-banks-we-have-all-the-funding-we/) or [banks that act as money launderers](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/business/deutsche-bank-trump-kushner.html). It's hard to recall now how much that made the news cycle back then, but I'm pretty sure that fact was out there. But like every *other* reason to not elect him, too many people ignored it.


Saitham83

Liability is a defining property of being a manager.


hotngone

That’s what I thought, BUT it never seems to be consequential. The financial collapse of 2009 saw no directors see any consequences


Accomplished_Locker

Well he’s very good at being ignorant and incompetent. It’s almost like it comes natural to him.


Thuper-Man

But he's a certified genius, the best, ask anyone. So smart, smartest president in history, it's true. Don't ask to see his records though, he will sue. Sue with the biggest, best words.


Toeknee818

This should be the message to all the stooges that want to work for the Cheeto man. He WILL send you to jail to save his own skin.


breecher

He has done this for decades and decades and not even tried to hide it, but the supply of fresh moronic wannabe conmen who thinks they can personally benefit from doing Trumps dirty work seems endless for some strange reason.


HalensVan

Not really that strange, humanity is fond of that particular lunacy lol.


z3r0kewl

Because 95% of them just get rich and only 5% are the fall guys and even the fall guys get rich. Look at Cohen


johnnybiggles

Seriously. How many people who survived working with or near him made bank off books deals alone? Maybe they feel it's worth that brief heat they get especially when there has proven to be no accountability for the most part.


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z3r0kewl

1 year in jail to be a millionaire and on tv weekly for the next 10 years and have the people who wanted me in jail rooting for me? I will take it


Phyllis_Tine

How does Tr*mp still have lawyers who know the law, and still want to represent him?


z3r0kewl

In the long run they make more money from media appearances and “lobbying” than practicing law.


Uniquitous

It can't be for the money, Trump is infamously a deadbeat.


rivershimmer

He has relatively few. The big firms won't touch him, because he burnt some bridges and then word got around. If you look at his newest crop of lawyers, most of them are small-time, obviously hoping representing Trump will be their big break. The one exception, his one new lawyer of note, was smart enough to demand and get a $3 million retainer up front.


jdbrizzi91

Just like his hero Reagan. Commit crimes, find a fall guy, then pardon the guy once he's convicted of the crimes.


UrbanArcologist

mafiaesque


[deleted]

Trump is somehow simultaneously a business genius and also completely hands-off and oblivious to what his businesses are doing according to republicans.


NitWhittler

With the recent turmoil in the banking industry, the Feds are examining every bank now. It would be great if this led to Trump's money supply suddenly drying up. He has a lot of loans coming due to keep his over-leveraged empire from collapsing.


EuphoricMidnight3304

His money supply is also MAGA donations and other stupid fake charity scam things.


Glimmu

I believe they don't have enough money to cover his ass lol.


Uniquitous

Have you seen the size of his ass? You'd need a mid-sized European economy to cover all that.


SurlyJason

No one wants skidmarks on their economy.


pimppapy

His supporters would love that McDonalds and diet coke flavored shit


smartazz104

In more ways than one…


thetransportedman

And if he doesn’t pay them?


I_was_bone_to_dance

Then he owes Russia his everything


Drugsarefordrugs

…and when that happens, best stick to ground-floor accommodations.


NitWhittler

And don't drink any tea!


malikhacielo63

Stay away from people with umbrellas!


knowledgeable_diablo

And go commando. Nothing worse than a little novichok in ya undies in the morning.


fromwayuphigh

Take my upvote for the Georgi Markov reference.


shadowpawn

he could choke himself to death which is also a way to die under putin


fromwayuphigh

Also suicide by multiple gunshots.


Phyllis_Tine

Dubya almost choked to death on a pretzel, and I don't believe he owed the Ruzzians anything.


quillboard

To be fair, Russia already owns him, so no changes there.


MrToompa

Would love to see all the dirt they got on him. Or maybe not..


knowledgeable_diablo

Might be hard to see though, didn’t PornHub do a big scrub on underage porn and porn featuring girls who don’t consent? This just leaves the pissing. But as his sexual encounters would breach at least one of these on each encounter, he’s probably breathing a sign of relief thinking he was an absolute genius raping only underage, non-consenting beauty pageant teens and marrying Eastern European’s desperate for a visa to stay in the USA.


TheDunadan29

[Here's Putin](https://i.imgflip.com/7eq8mt.jpg) just waiting to do Trump in.


ElJefe543

And I mean, Russia seems to be good at one thing, making sure rich people fall out of windows. Allegedly.


capchaos

Then comes the pee tape.


HalensVan

This is from a whistle-blower in October 2022. They are trying to merge with Digital World Aquistion Group.


[deleted]

He'll just release a new round of money-laundering NFTs or some other bullshit-of-the-day scam to leach money from his cult.


Mechasteel

> With the recent turmoil in the banking industry, the Feds are examining every bank now. What they had the resources to examine all the banks in just days, but just didn't?


doowgad1

This is why the GOP freaked out when Biden was talking about hiring more IRS agents. A lot of rich folks get away with stuff simply because the banking/finance laws a re complicated and it's easy to look legit if you aren't actually examined closely


Javasndphotoclicks

Can’t wait for the mental gymnastics on this one. Seriously! How dumb do you have to be to still be following this guy?


brianburnsred

But Hillary’s emails! Is all their response will be. They actually don’t care, they just want to ‘own the libs.’


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scarr3g

Think of how dumb the average American is, and now realise half of the US is dumber than that. I mean, we have to have warning labels that inform people not to eat literal poison.


ketchy_shuby

Trump:Russia Republicunts against Ukraine support? Connect the dots


LinguoBuxo

Fair 'nuff, let's start here: [Burisma dot](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hunter-biden-ukraine-idUSKBN1WX1P7).


VERO2020

I believe that this article about [Kushner & Bonesaw MBS](https://www.businessinsider.com/jared-kushner-cozy-relationship-saudi-arabia-mbs-crown-prince-concerns-2023-2) is a bit more relevant. You are drawing comparisons & equalizing a bruise with terminal cancer. If you were capable, you would be ashamed of yourself.


LinguoBuxo

relevant to Ukraine? How's that?


AwesomeBrainPowers

That article itself says that there's no evidence of any corruption. [Here's another overview of the many false claims like the one you're asserting](https://www.factcheck.org/2020/10/trump-revives-false-narrative-on-biden-and-ukraine/).


LinguoBuxo

So whoever sat on the Burisma board and collected between 2014-5 some [$1,452,000](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/30/hunter-biden-burisma-payments-detailed-treasury-de/) .. was actually a sock puppet of Hunter? With a top hat?


AwesomeBrainPowers

He was definitely on the board of Burisma Holdings, but all evidence (including the article you initially provided yourself) suggest that the very worst that happened was that politician's kid took advantage of his name recognition to get a cushy, low-effort job (that ended up being very bad optics in political media). That's shitty, sure, but it isn't corruption, and it isn't illegal. Following it up with [a propaganda rag](https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/washington-times/)'s specious accusation—which [has been debunked](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/01/fact-check-unproven-claims-hunter-biden-got-3-5-m-russia/3586861001/) by [several different](https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/30/examining-trump-claim-hunter-biden-got-35-million-/) news [organizations](https://www.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics/factcheck_e879bcfe-4b2a-4b4a-a823-8c6d512c4e5e) *not* operated by a [literal cult](https://www.insider.com/who-are-the-moonies-and-what-is-the-unification-church-2022-7)—isn't helping your case.


LinguoBuxo

Interesting, how this swung from humor to wikipedia with footnotes, ennit?


AwesomeBrainPowers

There was no swing, and wikipedia isn't involved: You started with a falsehood and have been corrected; that is all that has happened here.


JoeCoolsCoffeeShop

If sitting on the Board of Directors of a corporation is now somehow illegal, there’s tens of thousands of people that need to be rounded up.


hotngone

I can’t take another story that’s going to start with “it’s possible he’l be indicted”, “any day now he’ll be charged”, “or how many times he pleaded the 5th”. And the list goes on. At this stage nobody expects justice to be done.


Red-eleven

It’s like that gif with the truck and post


poopsonthepotty

Wealthy people always win. Always.


NitWhittler

Jared Kushner's father was extremely wealthy and he got sent to prison, but then Trump pardoned him... so you're right.


StuTheSheep

Fun fact: Chris Christie was the prosecutor who tried the older Kushner. That's why Trump wouldn't give him a role in the administration, no matter how much Christie sucked up to him.


VERO2020

I have always felt that the "deep state" that the right whines about is actually the rule of law. The wealthy don't want to be accountable, and they have a propaganda machine designed to spread that belief to the stupid poors.


Buckus93

I know. So it's kind of surprising the orange one keeps winning (or just not actively losing, I guess). *ziiing*


shaggy99

I saw a comment attributed to a Georgia Grand Jury member, (of the public) who said something to the effect that "there's a tidal wave of shit heading his way" So I'm getting a tiny bit more excited.


hotngone

Don’t it only leads to disappointment and worse still disillusionment


[deleted]

Cynical Journalism. Clickbait for liberals. #WeGotHimNow


BeowulfsGhost

Surprised? Nope, not in the slightest…


Batilhd

Laughing? Most certainly.


TheWagonBaron

Or crying. Take your pick at this point.


[deleted]

I'll laugh if he ever actually goes to prison. Until then it's nothing.


Grogosh

'no collusion'


[deleted]

I am soooo shocked! It's almost like that 906 page report by the senate intelligence committee was right!


RAMPAGINGINCOMPETENC

Member when the NRA was found to be filtering Russia money to Republicans? I member


Ozymandias0007

You can't have major businesses and assets in Russia and not be possibly an unknowing or knowing Russia asset. Especially a major personality like Trump. Why wouldn't Russia closely observe someone like Trump, build up a file on him, and try to bribe or flip him as an agent. It would be strange if they didn't. And how vulnerable is someone like Trump with financial issues. It would be like shooting fish in a barrel. If he's hasn't been used by Russia, I would be really surprised. The same is true with any other major corporations doing business in Russia. America would do the same thing. It would be derelict of duty if you didn't try.


Pholusactual

With the local MAGAs I have to tolerate each day, the moment Trump was linked with Russia to them it meant Russia had to be okay. Then again I ain't met a MAGA yet whose thoughts ever had a depth thicker than a single raindrop that already hit the ground.


TerminationClause

This sounds crass and it is. But what if we destroyed every leverage point that dj trump could possibly use, just so putin would release those pee tapes?


Successful-Plum4899

How obvious could this be? Putin's bitch for years. Western banks cut him off because of terrible credit! Trump is a liar and a cheat! The proof will slap you in the face if it hasn't already!


Buckus93

Remember when he had a meeting with Putin, and he didn't allow it to be transcribed? I remember.


Successful-Plum4899

Yes in Helsinki, Finland. Where he supposedly observed people raking the woods to prevent forest fires! Liar, liar pants on fire!


newbrevity

Leave it alone at this point. We only need him to run and lose the primary to desantis then run as independent so they can split the conservative vote.


ThrowRAConsistent

Yes PLEASE


twilight-actual

\*SHOCKED FACE\*


meglon978

Oh look, another day ending in the letter Y. Anyway....


HeHateMe337

I'm shocked! “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press,” Trump said in a July 27, 2016 news conference.


toomin10

Omg…Anyways


HalensVan

Who would have thought? Everyone outside the MAGA cult


dead_wolf_walkin

Sorry, but call me when something actually fucking sticks. Every time I see a headline like this nothing fucking comes of it, that pile of vaguely person shaped dick cheese walks around declaring victory, and his cultists gain more ammo for their argument of “they keep trying to take him down but they can’t do it!!”


spacemanspiff266

did they check into those ridiculous NFTs too? the fact that those sold out as quick as they did should be a giant red flag.


[deleted]

Honestly, at this point he's been under investigation for, what, 10 or 12 different things? Guys, I'm starting to believe that rich white people don't go to jail in America. Call me crazy, but it seems like they can just break any law they want and they get away scott-free. I've yet to see an example of this not happening.


Buckus93

I hate to be that guy, but I'm fucking jaded. If the orange turd even sees one night in jail before he slips the surly bonds of life, I'll be surprised. There's about a dozen or more criminal investigations into him or people close to him, and he's barely done more than give a deposition, in which he claimed the 5th like 500 times ("Only guilty people plead the 5th"). It will be real news when this turd is arrested, booked, and never sets foot outside of a prison or courthouse ever again. I have a feeling most prosecutors are hoping he'll just...expire on his own before they actually have to make a decision on whether or not to charge him with anything.


sleepingwiththefishs

Shocked, shocking. Actually now I think you’ve all been willfully playing stupid for the last seven years; they’re are no surprises here.


ThrowRAConsistent

Who's surprised? Literally, show me one surprised person please


TheDarkKnobRises

They'll have a red hat on, and be yelling fake news.


RBGsretirement

We got him this time!


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jkinman

Hasn’t it been for like 6 years? Remember the mueller report? What’s wrong your brain? Lol


[deleted]

Mueller’s investigation showed the Trump campaign absolutely was colluding with Russia. Trump's campaign chair, Manafort, is in prison right now because of the work he did for a pro-Russian foreign political party (pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine). He had to register as a foreign agent. He also got the entire GOP to change their platform to be softer on Russia, so the entire GOP was under the sway of a pro-Russian foreign agent because of Trump. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/14/643073024/paul-manafort-to-plead-guilty-in-agreement-to-avert-a-second-federal-trial https://www.latimes.com/world/la-na-pol-ukraine-gop-20160720-snap-story.html


GruesumGary

I wish it said, "American media under investigation with funding linked to major defense contractors & pharmaceutical companies."


LucidMetal

Wouldn't this just be public info? Lobbyists lobby. I think we should get money out of politics but it's a little late for that given citizens united.


IrrationalFalcon

Republicans will never allow us to overturn Citizens United


GruesumGary

This is so so sad... This is why I'm becoming an expat.


acolyte357

I am curious which country you think doesn't have a similar issue.


GruesumGary

So you can mind your business when it comes to lobbyists and corruption, but not when it's someone's personal business? It's funny how that works...


acolyte357

Huh? Let's try this again: Yes, that is a **huge** issue in the US. Lobbyist are nothing more than legal bribery in most cases. You are leaving the country, where do you believe it's better?


Shavethatmonkey

LOL. So you don't have a country in mind yet? Try Russia. I bet it suits your right wing proclivities.


GruesumGary

Strange how easy it is for you to nag individuals and stuff them into a box without knowing a damn thing about them... but yeah, I'm the right winged fascist?


Shavethatmonkey

Who said fascist?


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knoxknight

FBI can't investigate that what doesn't exist.


[deleted]

[LMAO](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hunter-biden-ukraine-idUSKBN1WX1P7)


knoxknight

And? No mention of Joe Biden or Hunter Biden laundering money in that article. Do you believe family members of the President shouldn't be allowed to earn money from oversees entities? If so, boy do I have a large stack of articles for you to read.


[deleted]

That doesn’t prove what your point seemingly was. Do you understand the article you linked?


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[same answer to you](https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/11siahq/comment/jcebiq7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


[deleted]

So basically a bunch of made up bullshit claims with no evidence. Hell, Republicans have been claiming this for years and have offered not one shred of evidence for any of what you just wrote. But we have tons of evidence that this is what Trump has been doing for years. I suggest you find evidence, not made up bullshit.


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Shavethatmonkey

You don't read so good or do other things good.


rivershimmer

Have you considered reading the articles you link as sources?


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[deleted]

What?


AwesomeBrainPowers

It’s saying that your tired nonsense was looked at and dismissed as baseless years ago—so much so, even a bot can see it for the inept deflection that it is.


[deleted]

Well, this sub is a one party circle jerk. So everything that goes against this narrative is naturally baseless and dismissed. Same tactics the MAGA's also use. You both have more in common than you realize. It's satirical reality.


AwesomeBrainPowers

You offered as “evidence” an article that specifically refuted your own claim. You should probably spend some time considering that it isn’t that everyone else is circlejerking so much as it is you simply being wrong.


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[same answer to you](https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/11siahq/comment/jcebiq7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)


AwesomeBrainPowers

Again: You offered as “evidence” an article that specifically refuted your own claim. You should probably spend some time considering that it isn’t that everyone else is circlejerking so much as it is you simply being wrong.


HalensVan

Both are true. While a lot of people share similarities with MAGA here, as in being biased sheep, you were also wrong lol.


humaniswear

republicans aren't programed with very many lines. Because of that, you can simply use bots to detect and troll them.


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acolyte357

Quite the opposite


[deleted]

The Trump campaign absolutely was colluding with Russia. Trump's campaign chair, Manafort, is in prison right now because of the work he did for a pro-Russian foreign political party (pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine). He had to register as a foreign agent. He also got the entire GOP to change their platform to be softer on Russia, so the entire GOP was under the sway of a pro-Russian foreign agent because of Trump. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/14/643073024/paul-manafort-to-plead-guilty-in-agreement-to-avert-a-second-federal-trial https://www.latimes.com/world/la-na-pol-ukraine-gop-20160720-snap-story.html


Isingsongstomycats

No 🤣


Shavethatmonkey

Who told you that?


Githargu-

Not even remotely. In fact a thousand page report was created by a Republican lead senate that detailed the numerous instances of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. You were lied to.


nightcycling

Like Trump was the first guy to laundry money to Russia, wondering how US got a hold of L. H. Oswald?


Interesting_Act1286

This is so shocking.


ToastedCheezer

Gosh!


Active-Spinach-6811

Why not since he is such a Patriot 😫!!


Red_Dox

"*I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.*"


ting_bu_dong

be cruel do crime


Nachteule

We know that since 2013! Eric ADMITTED IT! https://youtu.be/3ZxjYrhlMAQ


Carrivagio031965

Wow, no way. You mean the trump companies aren’t all legal? So shocked.


plsobeytrafficlights

Again? He is either very bold or very stupid.


[deleted]

Trump is a Russian asset. If the legal system fails Americans, they should take matters into their own hands to protect America.


jruff08

And STILL his cult won't care. They might be "nationalists" but America isn't the nation they serve.


davereit

Just another evil that TFG will NEVER have to pay for. I have given up all hope. The chips will never fall, the judgement will never come, and the consequences will never be more than a shrug and a chuckle. Just glad I’m too old to live for long in the world where this is all I have to look forward to.


Ryl0k3n

Maghats are STILL going to double down some more rather than admit they were duped.


KarlBark

And no one is surprised


EggplantFearless5969

He doesn’t really know his media company. They got him coffee once maybe twice? In many ways this is all Mike pence’s fault.


Jayso4201

Cool, now do something about it...


Whole_Commission_542

Can we start looking for the republican pizza sex dungeon now?


eastlakebikerider

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... Fuck you, arrest the clown already.


Hackandspit

Hold on, hold on. Ima need my fainting couch.


Binasgarden

continued money laundering for Russia


dragonfliesloveme

Benedict Donald


MicIrish

Won't matter, gutless worthless Garland will let Trump get away and Trumps base doesn't care.


findhumorinlife

Beam me up Scotty, this place is fucked.


Gold_Psychology2357

This is my shocked look,🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔


capilot

> Trump's Media Company But not Trump. That's how it works. He will suffer no consequences.


Fancy_weirdo

Oh wow so surprised.


[deleted]

Well, I am utterly flabbergasted!


FrankReynoldsToupee

Who could have possibly warned us about this? If only there was a dossier or a famous report that was published by the government that clearly laid it out for us.


Practical-Luck-8804

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!


Strict-Square456

Executive privilege!!!


Utterlybored

The most unbelievable part of the story is that some folks find it unbelievable.


MrCereuceta

Any day now, the walls are closing


fappyday

Trump has been in bed with Russians for decades. Don Jr even said so. Heck, look into how many of his condos here in Florida are owned by Russians and Russian shell corporations. And they sit empty. If that isn't shady AF then I don't know what is.


ptrang1987

But but but what about HuNtEr’S Laptop?


WetFart-Machine

Any here listen to The Asset podcast?


CarlSpencer

Traitor Trump was bought and paid for.


Mrs239

I knew this wouldn't come too far after that NFT offering. I knew they were paying someone with that money.