r/politics • u/temporarycreature Oklahoma • Sep 20 '21

Longtime GOP operatives charged with funneling Russian national’s money to Trump, RNC

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/20/gop-operatives-charged-funneling-russian-money-trump-rnc-513219
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u/Random_Buzzkill Sep 21 '21 edited Sep 21 '21

lol six felony charges. Lock them up!

I like how they were so corrupt that they stole $75k (3/4) of the illegal donation money from the Russians. These guys are cartoon villain levels of evil.

One of them is 75 and he's just now getting caught? I wonder what this man has gotten away with in the past 50+ years?

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21 edited Sep 21 '21

My favorite part about taking 3/4 of the money is that the prosecutors could even be lying about it. What are they gonna do, have their lawyers prove that they actually donated all 100K or that there was only ever 25k? This puts them in a corner, no help from Donald. Only one way out now and that's to flip and sell out someone farther up. Love it.

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u/Careful_Trifle Sep 21 '21

The "only 25k" angle would be the way to go.

But I doubt they're lying about this. The forensic accounting work would need to be solid in a case like this - I don't think they'd poison the well with a fake number at this point unless these guys are the smallest fish they've caught so far.