Discussion: Under Pressure From Tax Probe, Trump’s Older Sister Steps Down From Judgeship

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Why the hell should the investigation end because she step down, they broke the law. Arrest them.

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This indubitably strengthens Congressman Neal’s case to see Trump’s tax returns as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. The day of reckoning is coming, just as it came for Assange today.

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Between this and the Assange arrest I think I know why Agent Orange has been so unhinged lately.

Gonna need more popcorn.

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“Indictment Friday’s” are back! And are even coming a day early! Trump wants us to think it’s over by preemptively claiming victory as he did yesterday in strong terms. But it isn’t.

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This family is corrupt to the core.

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“Inculcates?” “Inoculates” is the word you want.

Come on, people. Learn English.

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:crossed_fingers:

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They all learned it from daddy.

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The entire Trump family is a criminal enterprise. Donnie, you’re fired!

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Trump has so many vulnerabilities that they cannot be listed in one post.

  • But he has learned how to combine use (just being president satisfies most people).

  • He has learned how to maximize the bully pulpit (most people derive security simply hearing “the president” say anything, so long as it’s not (to them) catastrophic

  • Finally, Trump is a born marketer and grifter

Those skills and advantages of Trump must not spill over to affect how we feel about the state of things. From what I see on this thread so far we have been able to resist the Trump grift. Many other threads even on this site, from time to time, get hooked by the Trump gift of gab.

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Is RICO in the future for these fraudsters?

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FIFY

it’s an inter-generational grift.

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The entire Trump family is a corrosive virus of corruption and deceit.

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I think that’s the closest to a genuine smile I’ve ever seen on him.

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She was a senior judge, which is not inactive. Senior judges are semi-retired, but for many of them the difference between full, active service and senior status is hard to notice. I’ve been before many senior judges, some of them were among the best I’ve appeared before.

Judge Barry was quite well respected. It’s unfortunate that her legacy was tarnished by the family’s schemes. (I don’t practice in the Second Circuit, and I never appeared before her.)

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The unanswered question, however, is whether she was aware of, or an active participant in, tax fraud. If the answer to either question is “yes,” I don’t give a fig for her legacy.

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There is speculation as to whether she is flipping against Trump and the family. At her age, it would make sense for her to flip on the family and stay out of jail. There is no great sense of family values in the Trump family. They’re joined by the common criminal enterprise not by love or morality. . There is no question that she was fully aware and participated in the 5 decade long tax evasion scheme of the Trump family.

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The inquiry into judicial misconduct has to end, because the only possible punishment would be removal from the bench. And she’s no longer on the bench. So, a waste of time.

But investigation of the alleged underlying tax fraud can and should continue, just not as part of a judicial misconduct proceeding.

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LOCK her UP! LOCK them ALL UP! Eradicate the Trump Crime Family from public office.

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