Originally published at: When The Allegations Beat You - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Matt Gaetz consciously decoupled from Donald Trump earlier on Thursday when he took himself out of consideration for attorney general. It came after four senators reportedly said that they would not vote to confirm him, all prompted by the miasma of a particularly degenerate sex scandal involving Gaetz and, allegedly, a minor. It is fitting…
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Frist?
This is the work van driven by a guy doing tile work in our house today.
Ms. Brutus just about lost her shit when she saw him drive up.
Funny thing, the guy is Russian and has only been in the US for 7 years or so.
I understand citizens cannot own firearms in Russia, so I guess he feels right at home here in the US.
Thankfully, this yutz is done with our project tomorrow and I’ve instructed our general contractor to not let this guy near my house again.
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Matt Gaetz consciously decoupled from Donald Trump
What a day. First he withdraws, then he decouples. The visuals are stunning.
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Just add a 2 so it will be the 22nd amendment. This is the one that his hero can only serve 2 terms. We should all be thankful for this amendment…
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But wait…there will be more.
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The anti-Daubert circus…and yet, it will work…
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Trump already nominated Florida AG Pam Bondi to be Attorney General.
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From cnn…
Known as the PRESS Act, the Protect Reporters From Exploitative State Spying Act would prevent the government from forcing journalists to reveal their sources and limit the seizure of their data without their knowledge.
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First Amendment…
“Congress shall make no law… or abridiging the freedom of speech or of the press…”
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Seems clear to me. trump is seeking to trample the Constitution in shit covered golf shoes. trump is looking to kill this bill both sides in Congress want.
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The overarching theme is revenge at home, retreat abroad, and looting, looting, looting day and night. Trump is moving quickly.
We must be equally quick and agile to counter him. We need to make good trouble.
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So, the next AG contestant is Pam Bondi!
Remember her? Didn’t she drop a Trump investigation after he paid her off?
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You know who I’m most disappointed in? Majorly Traitor Greene. I really wanted her to up-end every other dirty Republican’s settlement offers and non-disclosed agreements, like she threatened to do.
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Buh-bye Gaetz.
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Her threats will be remembered by vulnerable colleagues.
I’d watch my back, Marge.
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Pam Bondi! I marvel at Trump’s deep bench of assholes!
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Someone at least as sleazy as Gaetz.
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I hoped you were joking. But no. More conflicts of interest? Wasn’t she the one who didn’t investigate TFG for Trump University? Or am I mixing up my scandals?
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At least it’s not Ken Paxton? He’s going to really be on the rampage in Texas – must be super PO’d that all his sucking up and filing of MAGA lawsuits far and wide has gotten him bupkis.
ETA – a timeline of the Bondi coverup scandal
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In 2013, Bondi also received criticism following a campaign donation from Donald Trump.[27] Prior to the donation, Bondi had received at least 22 fraud complaints regarding Trump University. A spokesperson for Bondi announced that her office was considering joining a lawsuit initiated by Eric Schneiderman, the Attorney General of New York, regarding tax fraud potential charges against Trump.[28][29] Four days later, however, a political action committee established by Bondi to support her re-election, And Justice for All, received a $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, after which Bondi declined to join the lawsuit against Trump University. Both Bondi and Trump defended the propriety of the nonprofit foundation’s political donation.[30][31]
In 2016, after Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service regarding the 2013 Trump donation, the Trump Foundation stated that the donation had been made in error. It said that the Foundation had intended for the donation to go not to Bondi’s PAC, but instead to an unrelated Kansas non-profit called Justice for All.[32][33] However, in June 2016, as Bondi was facing renewed criticism over the Trump donation and her decision not to join the lawsuit, her spokesman said that Bondi had solicited the donation directly from Trump several weeks before her office announced it was considering joining the lawsuit against him.[29][34] On March 14, 2016, Bondi endorsed Trump in the 2016 Florida Republican presidential primary, saying she has been friends with Trump for many years.[35][36] In June 2016, a spokesperson for Governor Rick Scott stated that the state’s ethics commission is looking into the matter, though nothing further came from the investigation.[37]In September 2016, the IRS determined that the donation to Bondi’s PAC violated laws against political contributions from nonprofit organizations, and ordered Trump to pay a fine for the contribution. Trump also was required to reimburse the foundation for the sum that had been donated to Bondi.[38] Neither Bondi nor her PAC were fined or criminally charged. In November 2019, Trump was ordered by a New York state court to close down the foundation and pay $2 million in damages for misusing it, including the illegal donation to Bondi.[39]
In 2021, The Daily Beast reported that it obtained records relating to Trump’s illegal donation to Bondi, which show that Trump’s organization knew that the money was being given to a PAC in Florida rather than a Kansas non-profit. The records include an email in August 2013 from Bondi’s campaign finance director Deborah Ramsey Aleksander to Trump’s executive assistant, Rhona Graff, identifying the PAC as an Electioneering Communications Organization and thanking Graff for meeting with her, for the promised $25,000 donation, and “for always being so responsive and wonderful to work with”. A spokesperson for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called these documents “a smoking gun” that destroys the story that Trump and Bondi had concocted to excuse the donation.[40]
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