Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April

The original exposé describing Trump’s offer to end US efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and end environmental for a billion dollars regulation is here

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
    31·
    5 months ago

    A Senate committee can do a few things:

    • It can propose changes to the language of US law so that our relatively weak bribery statutes are a closer to other developed countries
    • It can lay out the evidence for the American people and help get it widely covered in the press, reducing Trump’s odds of being elected again
    • It can deliver the evidence to the Justice Department with a recommendation for prosecution
    • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
      510·
      5 months ago

      So not much then. “Hey can you guys stop being corrupt? Here is an action plan that will stop you from being corrupt, we recommend you do something about the corruption, here is all your homework done for you”

      “Yea, yea, put it on the pile, it’s at the cylindrical file cabinet”

      • nomous@lemmy.world
        9·
        5 months ago

        Did you read their reply or just go ahead and make the statement you wanted to make?

        It’s ok to make the statement but don’t pretend the other commenter didn’t actually make valid points.

        Trump was just found guilty on 34 felonies and is the Republican nominee for president. It’s probably a good idea to go ahead document any other fuckery he’s up to while there’s time.

        • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
          49·
          5 months ago

          My main point is we have been here before, these things have been done before, and i have zero confidence in our system to hold him accountable. The post i responded to said that this will T-up actions for entities that actually have teeth. But so far these entities have been ineffective at best, obstructive at worst.

          • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            24·
            5 months ago

            None of this has ever happened or been done before. You think Putin would ever stand trial and get convicted by a jury? The system is far from perfect but your ignorant bullshit doesn’t hold a candle to it. You’re just like the morons campaigning for a collapse because you’re too naive, ignorant, and unmotivated to do anything at a local scale to influence progressive change. You want a plate served clean with only your feelings neatly arranged and anything else warrants systematic destruction. The only thing that separates you from trump is the chair you’re sitting in, some made up money, and presumably being convicted of 34 felonies for defrauding the public to undermine an election.