It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk He’s telling us what he will do to his political enemies if he’s president again. Is anyone listening?
I feel pretty safe in saying that we can now stop giving him the benefit of that particular doubt. His use—twice; once on social media, and then repeated in a speech—of the word “vermin” to describe his political enemies cannot be an accident. That’s an unusual word choice. It’s not a smear that one just grabs out of the air. And it appears in history chiefly in one context, and one context only.
It heavily implies he’s using the funds for things other than legal defense, and notably it isn’t just Giuliani it’s the vast majority of his legal team and former lawyers.
Even at the peak of his fortune, he stiffed people if he could expect they wouldn’t sue,or sue successfully.
His Leadership PAC has money. Not as much as it did, but it’s got enough for a while. He’s been paying legal fees for certain other people too. This does not look like lack of funds. It’s just cold hard greed. And maybe spite.
Remember those are the losers who misadvised him (in his perspective).
Very true.
Sure, he can’t use it for legal defense though. That’s what he’s in trouble for now. It can be all of the above and fraud, if it has a specific purpose and he’s not using it for that then he’s committing fraud.
Sure, that’s not a legal defense though.
That’s the thing. There’s sloppy reporting going on and people have grown accustomed to thinking that Trump only does illegal things. He can spend from the Leadership PAC for his (or others’) legal fees. This was ruled on by the government, so this isn’t “editorial” stuff.
He’s in the clear as long as he’s using Leadership PAC funds. His New York business accounts are in dispute. That’s worth $250 million… but if he has access to more than that sum, he can afford lawyers - and likely his lifestyle.
No he can’t unless it’s campaign related, I’m not quite sure where you’re actually getting your info.
The pac is being investigated as well.
All that doesn’t matter because he won’t pay his lawyers and yet he is collecting money specifically for legal fees. That’s fraud.
Whether he should or shouldnt be allowed to spend the Leadership PAC funds this way comes down to:
The FEC says it’s fine. If he took money from a Leadership PAC and used it to have a tremendous week at Disney World, it would be fine. Should it be? No. But The regulatory apparatus says it’s fine.
If you think I have this all wrong, Google things and post proof. I’ve provided a link, used the key words a curious person could use to see how this is playing out… I’ve googled your perspective. I do not find what you say.
I believe topics are being conflated. I’m clear that NY isn’t about PACs, he can use specific PAC funds for lawyers, and he does not have to pay every legal bill put forward.
NY trial is about a specific amount of money and related to his ability to do business in that state. The ruling will result in him losing money. He hopes to appeal.
He has other funding sources and the NY trial is (edit: NOT) locking up all of his money or money streams.
Negates your own argument with your own words which I find fun.
That was a typo, which is now fixed. My default means of engaging on lemmy doesn’t like the depth of responses we have.
You can have the last word.
If you get around to investing half the time you poured into this, can you Google the topics and see where things actually are? Lemmy will leave you with impressions that are skewed.
It’s not even remotely half the time, we’re not exactly writing thesis here. I do research and it’s not on lemmy, but sure anyone who disagrees with you is of course unread and biased… Sure keep on truckin buddy.