A letter by a court-appointed monitor overseeing Donald Trump's business fraud case indicated he may have engaged in tax evasion, The Daily Beast reported.
    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
      464·
      10 months ago

      The list of things that should put Trump in jail but he will never see consequences for.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.world
        37·
        10 months ago

        Maybe, maybe not. This is pissing with the IRS. They really can get a pain in the ass, even for the rich.

        • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
          45·
          10 months ago

          You mean the IRS that Trump’s party desperately wants to cut off as much funding as it can for? It is entirely possible that if NYS didn’t step in and take the lead on pointing out his fraud, the IRS would have never found it, given the current funding battles in Congress.

          • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
            8·
            10 months ago

            I wouldn’t say poetic more than a demonstration of how this country has utterly failed to shore up the justice system so we can properly take care of rich connected criminals…

          • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
            5·
            10 months ago

            I hope it isn’t, that would grant him satisfaction for being compared to him. I hope he gets jailed for shitting in a pool or something equally as humilating

      • Bocky@lemmy.world
        11·
        10 months ago

        He’s starting to run low on money. Keep on going after him, he is hemorrhaging funds for legal defenses everywhere.

        • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
          51·
          10 months ago

          Are you sure he’s actually paying them? Sure, he’s racking up bills, but…

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
    521·
    10 months ago

    That’s how they got Capone. Tried and true way for getting crooks that rely on henchmen and ambiguity.

    Trump’s modus operandi includes a lot of implication. He makes ambiguous comments; henchlings that interpret his ramblings the way he wants get promoted; those that don’t, get fired. Prosecution is difficult when they can’t get a good, direct quote proving intention and direction.

    But crooks will be crooks, and there’s always the IRS to save us from the worst of them.

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
        15·
        10 months ago

        “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” (also expressed as “troublesome priest” or “meddlesome priest”) is a quote attributed to Henry II of England preceding the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. While the quote was not expressed as an order, it prompted four knights to travel from Normandy to Canterbury, where they killed Becket. The phrase is commonly used in modern-day contexts to express that a ruler’s wish may be interpreted as a command by his or her subordinates. It is also commonly understood as shorthand for any rhetorical device allowing leaders to covertly order or exhort violence among their followers, while still being able to claim plausible deniability for political, legal, or other reasons.

        TIL

  • Wirrvogel@feddit.de
    421·
    10 months ago

    “It appears that Trump knowingly and intentionally broke the law. The only question is how many laws.”

    What a dumb question, all of them of course, because he is the greatest law breaker of all time. /s

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      10 months ago

      The /s wasn’t needed, everyone knows only one person holds that record: Bender Bending Rodriguez. Trump hasn’t even committed burglarsonarceny.

      This said, Bender never raped anyone… So perhaps I’m mistaken.

  • vzq@lemm.ee
    20·
    10 months ago

    That’s over half a slander damages award right there!

    • Mamertine@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      I like that!

      $83.3M is one slander damage, just as one Scaramucci is eleven days.

      I propose we also add “Donald hands” as a length unit of measure. Maybe it’s just half of the existing hand unit of measure.

      • Thirdborne@lemmy.world
        11·
        10 months ago

        For the courts presumption of innocence is important, but as people, we know this guy. Trump University, Trump Charitable Foundation, Trump Org. All have been found by the courts to operate fraudulently. We don’t owe him any benefit of a doubt.

          • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            Perhaps we can refer to him as a systemic fraudster rather than ex-president?

            I appreciate you’re trying to be the voice of reason here, though

  • makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de
    7·
    10 months ago

    Trump on sharing his financial success: “I look very much forward to showing my financials, because they are huge.”

    TIME, 14/4/11