So since you mentioned polls hows ole quidproquo ******* joe doing lol good one
TRUMP is baaaaaaaaaaaack !!!!!
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Unprecedented: Donald Trump's scandals are unique in history. Here's how.
WASHINGTON – There's never been a set of presidential scandals like this one.
Of course, there's never been a president like Donald Trump.
While predecessors like Richard Nixon, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren Harding, and Bill Clinton faced a large share of allegations, no president has been the subject of such an array of inquiries as Trump, ranging from the handling of classified material to alleged incitement of an insurrection.
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Just this week, Trump became the first former president to have his home searched. Two days later, he became the first to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a New York state probe into past business practices.
"There's never been anything like this," said Julia Azari, a political science professor at Marquette University who specializes in presidential politics. "The whole Trump phenomenon is unique when it comes to pushing back on institutions and norms," as well as "the extent of the post-presidency legal issues."
'Pretty unprecedented'
Johnson and Clinton were impeached, and Nixon was on his way to impeachment when he resigned in 1974.Until Trump, however, no president had been impeached twice – first over pressuring Ukraine to investigate then-candidate Joe Biden, then for alleged incitement of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
"Allegations against presidents go way back," said Thomas Alan Schwartz, professor of history and political science at Vanderbilt University. "The idea of an actual criminal probe of a former president? That's actually new ... It's really pretty unprecedented."
A litany of investigations
In Trump's case it's multiple investigations.A special congressional committee, a district attorney's office in Atlanta, and the Department of Justice in Washington are looking at Trump over his attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden and his role in the subsequent attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.
Past problems range from alleged payoffs to mistresses to Russian efforts to help Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The FBI search of Trump's home at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida was part of yet another investigation, this one involving the alleged removal of documents and classified material as he exited the White House on Jan. 20, 2021.
In denouncing the search, Trump claimed another distinction: First U.S. president to suggest the FBI may have planted evidence against him – without an iota of proof. As for the search itself, he said: "Nothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before."
Trump came in as a unique president – the first to win without holding office or military experience – and he says his battle against the establishment is at the root of these investigations. "I stood up to America’s bureaucratic corruption," he claimed, and "the establishment hated it."
The former president also said political enemies are trying to block him from running for president again in 2024: "They are trying to stop me, and the Republican Party, once more."
Annals of Presidential Scandals
Several presidents saw their administrations marred by traditional forms of scandal and investigation: Fights with Congress, suspected financial chicanery, covering up incidents of misbehavior, and lying to Americans.A partial list and abbreviated summary:
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. His frequent clashes with Congress over how to treat the South after the Civil War led to the first impeachment of a president.
The charges revolved around the Tenure of Office Act, a law that said presidents could not fire Cabinet members and other officials without the consent of the Senate. Johnson fired War Secretary Edwin Stanton anyway, despite congressional objections.
The House voted to impeach Johnson; the Senate acquitted him – by a single vote.
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877): Grant lacked electoral experience, but his leadership of the Civil War made him an obvious choice for president in the election of 1868, following Johnson.
The Grant administration faced a number of financial scandals. They included the "gold panic" of 1869, the "salary grab" of 1873, and the "Whiskey Ring," in which distillers bribed Treasury Department agents to avoid excise taxes on *******.
None of these scandals infected Grant himself.
Warren Harding (1921-23) The Harding scandals include Teapot Dome, in which Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall took bribes in exchange for oil leases at Navy petroleum reserves in California and at Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
Fall became the first Cabinet member to go to prison.
Investigations of the Harding administration also included illegal financial dealings with the Veterans Bureau and the activities of his pals in the so-called "Ohio Gang."
Harding – a newspaper publisher and civic booster from Marion, Ohio, before entering politics – was untouched personally by the scandals. But some historians wonder if that would have held – the beleaguered president died of a heart attack in 1923 before any serious probes had a chance to go very far.
During his presidency, Harding also guarded against rumors that he had fathered a baby with a mistress. That scandal didn't burst forth until 1927, when Nan Britton authored a book called "The President's *******."
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
The former gold standard of presidential scandal.
The House Judiciary Committee investigated Nixon over his taxes and his secret bombing of Cambodia. It approved articles of impeachment over Nixon's reaction to the break-in of Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office complex in June of 1972.
After a court-ordered release of White House tapes showed that Nixon did indeed seek to ******* an investigation into the Watergate break-in – and had lied about for more than two years – he pre-empted a full House impeachment vote by resigning on Aug. 9, 1974.
When he left the White House that day, Nixon faced the possibility of criminal investigation and prosecution, a la Trump nearly five decades later. But Nixon's successor, President Gerald Ford, voided those possibilities by issuing a presidential pardon.
Bill Clinton (1993-2001). The Clinton administration was beset with an array of investigations, from the Whitewater land deal to the operation of the White House Travel Office to his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
White House officials said Republicans ginned up those efforts in an effort to take down a Democratic president.
The Republican-led House impeached Clinton in late 1998 over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice with respect to his conduct with Lewinsky.
The Senate could not muster the two-thirds vote necessary to convict Clinton in 1999, similar to what would happen to Trump in 2020 (Ukraine) and 2021 (Jan. 6).
'An astounding pace and variety'
People can and will argue whether this or that allegation against Trump is worse or more benign than allegations against past presidents.But it's hard to dispute the claim that no president has faced the volume and intensity of the accusations than Donald Trump.
The Trump presidency was "prone to an astounding pace and variety of scandal," in the words of Marc Horger, a senior lecturer with the Department of Human Sciences at Ohio State University who has written on these issues.
Yet Trump has survived them – so far – and is still considered the favorite for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
One reason for this – and for Trump's behavior in general – is his attitude as an outsider who is eager to defy the rules, Horger said. And Trump's base of voters include millions of people who dislike Washington and the government in general, and don't really mind Trump's malfeasance.
"Part of his appeal has always been his lack of qualifications," he said.
Trump says the entire set of his investigations stems from his battle against an establishment that wants to block him from running again in 2024.
Hours after the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, the former president said that "the political persecution of President Donald J. Trump has been going on for years."
"It just never ends," he said. "It is political targeting at the highest level!"
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you might want to check your info.....again you look very stupid in not knowing the facts......Cruz and Rubio started that....when trump beat them out of the primary....they went trying to peddle the info and that is when clinton bought into..........but it was originally a republican idea
A Complete List of Donald Trump’s Business Disasters - Gawker
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Donald Trump and the art of losing money
https://money.cnn.com › 2016 › 10 › 02 › investing › donald...Oct 03, 2016 · An investor who put $100 in DJT in 1995 would have lost 90% of that money by 2000, and been left with just $8.72. Along the way, DJT paid Trump $39 million in salary, bonuses,
All the president's debts: To whom Donald Trump owes …
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Trump’s Debt Now Totals An Estimated $1.3 Billion - Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › sites › danalexander › 2021 › 10 › ...Oct 07, 2021 · Donald Trump’s business owes an estimated $1.3 billion, nearly $200 million more than it did when he left office. But that doesn’t mean that he’s under morefinancial pressure.
Trump owed tens of millions to Bank of China - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com › news › 2020 › 04 › 24 › trump...Apr 24, 2020 · But Trump himself has taken on debt from China. In 2012, his real estate partner refinanced one of Trump’s most prized New York buildings for almost $1 billion. The debt included
14 U.S. Cities Still Waiting for Trump Campaign to Pay
https://www.newsweek.com › 14-us-cities-still...Aug 17, 2020 · President Donald Trump's re-election campaign owes nearly $2 million to 14 U.S. cities for unpaid police and public safety bills. ... 14 bills totaling more than $1.82 million. The
Trump is 'owned by Putin' and has been 'laundering …
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Oct 24, 2019 · President Trump is a Russian asset who has laundered money for Vladimir Putin for decades, in order to save his struggling casinos, MSNBC's Donny Deutsch said on Thursday.
trump...first to be impeached twice......one of 3 to not be re-elected....most corrupt pres in history
yeah someone i would want to support
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this guy just makes Al capone look like a rookie....look t how many times they tried to get him....but finally did.....same thing with trump.....he pays lawyers all kinds of money to beat the system....but just a matter of time
try and keep up with the conversation....... I didn't mention polls....you did....but since you did he is
recovering.....thanks for being concerned but he will recover.....
you need to spend more time supporting your president.....since it is fairly obvious you know nothing of politics
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Trump is not back yet nut I hope he will
Well, well, well, Kitty came to play this morning. OK
Maybe, but it's irony of a typical Trumptard Con to try to hurl an insult and pwn themselves. (Because you're such angry idiots)
Yup we’re angry NOW - cause you Dems have f’d up the country and are trying to take your political opposition off the table by “trumping” up charges and using the same corrupt FBI that put RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA in play - you’re sooooooooo scared shiteless of Trump you’re FRANTIC now - it is good you’ve made it sooooooo APPARENT !!!!!
What are you talking about? Wray is the Director of the FBI
I guess with you being a cuck, you enjoy humiliating yourself in all aspects of your life. No evidence?
There is strong evidence or there would be no warrant. This is not a one person vindictive decision.
Trump walked away with classified files AFTER he was President and those files were still classified.
13 months AFTER leaving office, 15 boxes of files were removed from Mar A Lardo.
After a few months of going over the files, some were still missing and the National Archives requested they be returned.
In June of this year, 18 months are leaving office, Trump's attorneys spoke with DOJ about the issue.
AFTER that, a Trumper told them where the records were and where to find them.
A warrant was given, secret service was informed, a property search was conducted, and wow, 12 boxes of missing classified documents were found. Not a piece of paper, not an envelop, a dozen boxes of documents that did not go in with the FBI, came out.
Trump is not putting up a defense of not having the documents, is he? You morons.
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So what?
Your numbers are still low. Your Presidential candidate is still the worse. Your party is still in-fighting. Your media is weak. Your candidates for the Fall are weak. Inflation is finally dropping. Gas prices are noticeable falling. Prescription ******* prices are falling. Democrats are passing legislation. Democrats are killing terrorists. You have no solutions, only bitching and complaining and being a victim.
No one is afraid of Trump. He will announce he's running, and raise 500 million dollars and the rest of the GOP candidates will be low on funds, thus low on messaging and proper campaign structure. Especially the nuts you've nominated this time. Yes, the best thing right now, get mad, get Trump to announce, let's finish this election season early. Get everyone focused on 2024. Smart move.
The left has made no secret of the fact that they want violence... The problem is, when they try it, they get things like the Kenosha hat trick... When that 17 yr old took out 3 of them, and was JUSTIFIED in doing so, it scared the fuck out of them... They will keep at it until we're f.orced to shut them down... It's not something any of us want, but they ALL want it.
He immediately cooperated. His home, office and body was searched. He lost his security clearance (big deal for the former national security adviser), lost his law license, paid a big fine, got nine years probation, did years of community service, and lost his reputation.
Again, he cooperated immediately.
Why would Trump take the fifth, he said the fifth was only for Bad men, cheaters, liars, and men who get Golden Showers from Russian ******.
He mule fucker (that's just ******* abuse by the way, you should stop), its the TRUMPTARD CONS making all of the threats and talking civil war because you believe Trump is above the law. A raid to retrieve US property that should not have been removed from the White House, has triggered your feelings to want to s.hoot others.
I suggest you remember Waco, and stop the bs about 1776 or 1861.You pussies will lose.
Violent rhetoric circulates on the pro-Trump internet following FBI search, including against a judge
"Lock and load," was one of the top comments on an online forum dedicated to former President Donald Trump on Monday night, soon after it emerged his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort had been searched by the FBI.
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F.B.I. Search Ignited Violent Rhetoric on the Far Right (Published 2022)
Some pro-Trump media figures reacted to the search at Mar-a-Lago with talk of ‘war,’ the clearest outburst of such language since the days leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The Bad and Good News About Trump’s Violent Supporters
The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago prompts sincere talk of violence. But some threats remain mere threats.
Trump’s Allies Apparently Unbothered About Possibility of Getting Someone Killed
From GOP lawmakers to Fox News, the ex-president’s pals have been dangerously—and baselessly—fanning the flames since Monday’s FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.
FBI's Wray denounces threats following search of Trump home
The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agency’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
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Again, you'd better remember the Branch Davidians and Waco. Or not, less idiots will be a good thing.
Who pleads the Fifth over 400 times in one sitting?
A guilty mthrfucker, that's who.
Citizen Trump may have broken a law that President Trump made a felony
There are not many people who know exactly why FBI agents searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday. The FBI knows, certainly, and the former president and his attorneys probably have a good sense as well, given that they saw the search warrant. Everyone else is operating on what’s been revealed by Trump’s team and public reporting: The FBI search was largely or entirely a function of the investigation into Trump’s retention of documents after leaving the White House.
We know that he did, by his own admission. This year, a number of boxes of material were turned over to the National Archives. Included in that material were some that were classified. On Monday, the FBI removed another dozen boxes, with speculation rampant that more of that material was similarly restricted.
If Trump is found to have violated federal law in removing and retaining classified documents without authorization, he could be convicted of a felony punishable by five years in prison. And that conviction would be a felony carrying that punishment because of a law signed by President Donald Trump.
NY AG may seek ‘corporate death penalty’ for Trump Tower — and all his golf courses: legal expert
Former President Donald Trump may lose the "crown jewels" of the heir's corporate empire if New York Attorney General Letitia James moves to invoke New York's "corporate death penalty" against the Trump Organization, according to a new report.
On Wednesday, Trump announced he would refuse to answer questions in James' civil investigation into the company during a deposition that lasted more than five hours.
The investigation focuses on whether the Trump Organization essentially kept two sets of books. He allegedly would low-ball values to avoid taxes, while high-balling values to secure loans.
"In the coming weeks or even days, the AG is expected to file a massive, long-threatened 'enforcement action' — essentially a multi-hundred-page lawsuit against the Trumps and his Manhattan-based business," Business Insider reported Wednesday. "Fines and back taxes, however, may be the least of what Trump's facing. James has signaled she will also seek the dissolution of the business itself under New York's so-called corporate death penalty -- a law that allows the AG to seek to dissolve businesses that operate 'in a persistently fraudulent or illegal manner.'"
You stupid fucking leftists know that they were negotiating with Trump to get the documents back, and he was doing it VOLUNTARILY...
This raid was nothing more than a political stunt
You mfers are all chicken s.hits when it comes to the violence you so fucking desperately want!
This raid was nothing more than a political stunt
You mfers are all chicken s.hits when it comes to the violence you so fucking desperately want!
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