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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Please. The only difference between this and Congress is that they insider trade, which is legal for them and the rest of the branch.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If only he had waited. Bribery is legal now, right?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Only when Papa gets his cut.

[–] Reverendender 8 points 1 month ago

Magic Supreme Court Ball: Signs point to YES

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Note all the Democrats in this thread screaming how it's unfair political persecution and a witch hunt...

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago

But I don't see anyone complaining about... Ah, point taken.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but this fucker had been known to be corrupt for years and no one did shit about it.

[–] Sprocketfree 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Idk seems to be like the fbi during the Biden administration did something...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Menendez has been openly and obviously corrupt for almost my entire life this goes back way before Biden. Also, the FBI is supposed to be independent so while I guess as usual they did the bare minimum of not interfering I think they should have forced him out of office long before this.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

We've had Menendez, now can we have Gaetz?

I guess we did get a Santos, remember this fucker https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/19/george-santos-guilty/74857375007/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sweet. Now Trump will pardon him if he thinks he still has some of the gold.

I am thinking that's why he freed Dread Pirate Roberts. There are billions in unclaimed BTC wallets going back to his arrest time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

He won't pardon a Democrat

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago
  1. He will if he can get a gold bar out of it.

  2. If Menendez does him a favor or kisses his ass on TV.

  3. Menendezs son, who is in Congress does him a favor.

Look what happened to Snoop Dogg after Trump pardoned his friend.

[–] GrumpyDuckling 4 points 1 month ago

He pardoned Rod Blagojevich

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe Eric Adams, but the statement arguably still applies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

He’s a democrat. That won’t happen.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

From gold bars to iron bars...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can't believe this fuck tried to blame it all on his wife. If there is one way to guarantee yourself zero leniency...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I think he was blaming his wife to get off on the charges, then she would have done the same thing and blamed him… they were hoping to both get off using this tactic because you can’t be compelled to testify against your spouse. It obviously didn’t work.

Dude had wads of cash and gold bars all throughout his house lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

He should have ran for president.