The Official Trump Administration Grift, Graft and Corruption Thread

[Coyote]

Given that there are so many instances and example and I anticipate many more over the next four years, I think it it might be good to track them in one thread. Whether it is conflicts of interest, pay for play, corruption, influence peddling, pardoning or dropping charges on those accused or convicted of corruption, profiting from the office…put it all here. With the whole-sale dismantling or neutering of many watchdog agencies/boards/councils set up to provide an independent system of checks and balances and protect whistle-blowers, this has become so blatent and unapologetic, it seems as if the administration is thumbing their nose at us and daring anyone to speak up. If they do, they will almost certainly become a target.

I’ll start with something pretty mild compared to what has gone on so far (such as the case with Eric Adams).

Tom Homan, Trump’s “Border Czar” has financial ties to a large private prison corporation which will benefit from contracts to incarcerate deportees.

Ethics Watchdog Raises Flags Around Border Czar's Ties to Private Detention Giant

"This news raises even more questions, and the corruption concerns are too large to ignore," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat

www.latintimes.com

Ethics experts and immigrant rights advocates are raising concerns over newly disclosed financial ties between Tom Homan, Trump's "border czar," and GEO Group, a major private prison company poised to benefit from the administration's push to expand immigrant detention.

According to a federal ethics disclosure obtained by The Washington Post, Homan received more than $5,000 in consulting fees from GEO Care, a division of GEO Group, in the two years prior to joining the Trump administration in January.

 

[Rawley]

Given that there are so many instances and example and I anticipate many more over the next four years, I think it it might be good to track them in one thread. Whether it is conflicts of interest, pay for play, corruption, influence peddling, pardoning or dropping charges on those accused or convicted of corruption, profiting from the office…put it all here. With the whole-sale dismantling or neutering of many watchdog agencies/boards/councils set up to provide an independent system of checks and balances and protect whistle-blowers, this has become so blatent and unapologetic, it seems as if the administration is thumbing their nose at us and daring anyone to speak up. If they do, they will almost certainly become a target.

I’ll start with something pretty mild compared to what has gone on so far (such as the case with Eric Adams).

Tom Homan, Trump’s “Border Czar” has financial ties to a large private prison corporation which will benefit from contracts to incarcerate deportees.

Ethics Watchdog Raises Flags Around Border Czar's Ties to Private Detention Giant

"This news raises even more questions, and the corruption concerns are too large to ignore," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat

www.latintimes.com

Ethics experts and immigrant rights advocates are raising concerns over newly disclosed financial ties between Tom Homan, Trump's "border czar," and GEO Group, a major private prison company poised to benefit from the administration's push to expand immigrant detention.

According to a federal ethics disclosure obtained by The Washington Post, Homan received more than $5,000 in consulting fees from GEO Care, a division of GEO Group, in the two years prior to joining the Trump administration in January.

OK, I'll bite - what's the Grift, Graft or Corruption?

 

[Zincwarrior]

I feel like his constant tariff flip flops might just be a tactic to pump and dump the market.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Thread title should read Myths, Narratives, and Hallucinations of the demented LEFT.

 

[Oddball]

After the previous four years of coverup, denial, and LOOK A SQUIRREL! of the in-you-face grift, graft, and corruption of Pedo Peter.

 

[toobfreak]

The Official Trump Administration Grift, Graft and Corruption Thread​

Wow, this is sure to be a very short thread!

Tom Homan ~~~ has financial ties to a large private prison corporation which will benefit from contracts to incarcerate deportees.

Now there's a shocker--- a border czar who takes border protection so serious that he is involved in incarceration as a matter of daily concern.

According to a federal ethics disclosure obtained by The Washington Post,

Well, WaPo is so biased, that discounts the story already.

Homan received more than $5,000 in consulting fees from GEO Care

$5K? That is chump change to a democrat. Nancy spends that much on a single grocery run. Democrats usually deal in fees in the $100Ks to millions. Tom needs to start charging more.

 

[Edgetho]

OK, I'll bite - what's the Grift, Graft or Corruption?

Yeah, because Trump needs the money so bad. So does Elon. He's so broke he, he, he -- Well, he just is.



And dumb, too. Hundreds of Billions spent by the goobermint, Elon shows up and with a few paperclips, a leftover rocket and the will to do it -- Headed for Mars. His car is mostly there

While dimocrap sorority girls are bitching about the same shit they were bitching about 60 years ago, Men are actually solving the world's problems

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Wow, talk about blind derision.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Given that there are so many instances and example and I anticipate many more over the next four years, I think it it might be good to track them in one thread. Whether it is conflicts of interest, pay for play, corruption, influence peddling, pardoning or dropping charges on those accused or convicted of corruption, profiting from the office…put it all here. With the whole-sale dismantling or neutering of many watchdog agencies/boards/councils set up to provide an independent system of checks and balances and protect whistle-blowers, this has become so blatent and unapologetic, it seems as if the administration is thumbing their nose at us and daring anyone to speak up. If they do, they will almost certainly become a target.

I’ll start with something pretty mild compared to what has gone on so far (such as the case with Eric Adams).

Tom Homan, Trump’s “Border Czar” has financial ties to a large private prison corporation which will benefit from contracts to incarcerate deportees.

Ethics Watchdog Raises Flags Around Border Czar's Ties to Private Detention Giant

"This news raises even more questions, and the corruption concerns are too large to ignore," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat

www.latintimes.com

Ethics experts and immigrant rights advocates are raising concerns over newly disclosed financial ties between Tom Homan, Trump's "border czar," and GEO Group, a major private prison company poised to benefit from the administration's push to expand immigrant detention.

According to a federal ethics disclosure obtained by The Washington Post, Homan received more than $5,000 in consulting fees from GEO Care, a division of GEO Group, in the two years prior to joining the Trump administration in January.

Hahahahahahahahahaha.
A Poopeypants cult member lecturing us on grift, graft and corruption.....
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[toobfreak]

OK, I'll bite - what's the Grift, Graft or Corruption?

Must be time for another deflection thread to get away from the fact that Biden's DOE just blew 96 billion dollars, more than twice what they spent over 15 years, just in the 74 days after losing the election before Trump took office. And Biden gave it away to companies without even a business plan nor product.

So of course it must be grift, graft and corruption now if anyone in Trump's cabinet has any connections whatsoever with what they are doing or makes in any way, so much as a nickel, directly or indirectly, in doing it.

 

[Coyote]

Eric Adams. This one is so blatent you would think it is a joke but it isn’t.

Eric Adams’ administration had been under investigation multiple times during the two years of his term in office. This resulted in a criminal brought against him by the US Attorney for the Southern District of NY. Specifically: conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals and accepting a bribe. That was September 2024. His constituents were not happy, his fellow Democrats weren’t happy and there were widespread calls for his resignation and then…

In walks the Trump administration with its quasi-legal deportation priority and Adams gets invited to Maralago for an audience with the king. He emerges with promises to support Trump’s immigration agenda and everything gets dropped.

Well…sorta…kinda…

The thing is…the indictment is left hanging, to be resurrected at a future (unspecified) date.

There is no other way to describe this beyond blatant corruption. They aren’t even trying to hide it.

The judge was pissed and said the obvious in his ruling.

Judge Dale Ho dismissed the case permanently -- depriving the government of the right to revive the charges at a later date.

The Department of Justice had been accused of requesting dismissal in exchange for Adams agreeing to enforce Trump's immigration crackdown -- with a view to potentially holding the prospect of reinstating charges over the mayor's head if he did not follow through.

"Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the Indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions," Ho wrote.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff convicted of fraud and bribery

Scott Jenkins was found guilty of accepting over $75,000 in exchange for appointing auxiliary deputy sheriffs

www.theguardian.com

This is my favourite one today. Bribery is no longer a crime in trumpworld. Its a benefit.

 

[Coyote]

Must be time for another deflection thread to get away from the fact that Biden's DOE just blew 96 billion dollars, more than twice what they spent over 15 years, just in the 74 days after losing the election before Trump took office. And Biden gave it away to companies without even a business plan nor product.

So of course it must be grift, graft and corruption now if anyone in Trump's cabinet has any connections whatsoever with what they are doing or makes in any way, so much as a nickel, directly or indirectly, in doing it.

Biden is gone, there have been and still are, numerous Biden threads. This is about the CURRENT Administration.

 

[toobfreak]

Biden is gone,

Biden has been gone for years
.

This is about the CURRENT Administration.

What I need is a list of all the illegal things Trump is doing that no democrat has never done first, done far bigger, and done far more often.

 

[Coyote]

Trump pardons former Virginia sheriff convicted of fraud and bribery

Scott Jenkins was found guilty of accepting over $75,000 in exchange for appointing auxiliary deputy sheriffs

www.theguardian.com

This is my favourite one today. Bribery is no longer a crime in trumpworld. It’s a benefit.

Yup…note, he also pardoned Blagojevich…although I’ve got to give Blago points for sheer chutzpah.

Biden has been gone for years
.

What I need is a list of all the illegal things Trump is doing that no democrat has never done first, done far bigger, and done far more often.

start a thread then

 

[Edgetho]

Ever notice who the most distrustful people are? Every time?

Criminals. Criminals think with criminal minds, they trust no one.

 

[Coyote]

Yeah, because Trump needs the money so bad. So does Elon. He's so broke he, he, he -- Well, he just is.



And dumb, too. Hundreds of Billions spent by the goobermint, Elon shows up and with a few paperclips, a leftover rocket and the will to do it -- Headed for Mars. His car is mostly there

While dimocrap sorority girls are bitching about the same shit they were bitching about 60 years ago, Men are actually solving the world's problems

Just as a side note, I frequently hear excuses made that Trump/Musk can’t possibly be corrupt because they are so wealthy they don’t “need” money.

Yet “need” is highly subjective. For some people, collecting and amassing wealth is an end in itself. In those cases, particularly where wealth represents power, there is no amount great enough to sate them.

 

[Edgetho]

Biden has been gone for years
.

What I need is a list of all the illegal things Trump is doing that no democrat has never done first, done far bigger, and done far more often.

Nah, none of the Informal Logic Fallacy nonsense. Don't need it. Just muddy up the conversation.

the dimocrap scum party is a criminal organization. Period. Top to bottom, inside and out -- Criminals. To try to rationalize their scumbaggery, they use logic fallacies....... "You did it, too!" or my favorite, "Everybody else does it!"

The dimocrap party is done. They're over, yesterday's breakfast. They are in their Death Throes and we just need to stand by and laugh at them trying to catch their breath. I won't help them. I will enjoy every minute of their pain.

 

[Coyote]

Ever notice who the most distrustful people are? Every time?

Criminals. Criminals think with criminal minds, they trust no one.

Is that why Trump trusts no one? Hmmmm….

 

[toobfreak]

start a thread then

Nope, I'll wait for you. If I just went through a hurricane, a small patch of light rain would not be big news.

Likewise, after the treasonous theft and corruption of the last administration, I need to hear more than just someone under Trump might have made a $5K speaking fee.

BTW, Nancy just made $5 million in one day from insider trading. That is a federal crime.

That $5,000 sounds like among the smallest fee and least amount I've ever heard of from anyone in Washington.

My point being that it is a waste of time reporting on the corruption of the Trump administration if it is among the lowest for any administration in a long time! What is news worthy would be if Trump were doing something MORE or BIGGER than what is typical.