ALL TRUMP!!! ALL THE TIME!!!

lol

The ODS in Trump and his fandom far surpasses any TDS that I've seen.

New York federal prosecutors on Thursday charged President Donald Trump's former campaign adviser Steve Bannon and three others with defrauding donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of a fundraising campaign purportedly aimed at supporting Trump's border wall.

Bannon was arrested Thursday morning, according to a spokesman for the US attorney's office. Bannon's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Bannon will make his initial court appearance in New York later Thursday, according to the US attorney's office.

The four men are indicted for allegedly taking hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to a group called We Build the Wall and using the funds for personal expenses, among other things....

Beneath the office.

How long until Trump tries to run away from his former favorite confidant?

so if someone from Trump's group does something wrong/bad ~ why is it not a good thing if Trump fires them?

It's the fact that he hired so many of these bad actors in the first place that makes Trump constantly look like an idiot. Obviously Bannons crime is well after he left, but he never should have worked in the WH to begin with.

One is judged by the company they keep. Bannon wasn't a saint when he was in the WH and suddenly did this.

That could be the case, or it could be confirmation bias. Increased scrutiny yields more findings.

A federal judge on Thursday denied President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to quash a probe by New York prosecutors seeking his tax returns and other financial documents.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero amounted to a second loss in Trump’s high-stakes court battle with Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance.

Marrero had rejected Trump’s initial attempt to block a subpoena from Vance seeking eight years of his tax returns.

The Supreme Court ruled last month that the president is not immune from a grand jury subpoena while in office but allowed him to make an alternative argument to fight it.

In his 103-page ruling, Marrero rejected Trump’s new argument that Vance’s subpoena is “wildly broad” and was issued in “bad faith.”

“At its core, it amounts to absolute immunity through a back door, an entry point through which not only a President but also potentially other persons and entities, public and private, could effectively gain cover from judicial process,” Marrero wrote.

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that found President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking his critics on Twitter.

The lawsuit arose in 2017 after Trump’s social media account blocked seven people who had tweeted criticism of the president in comment threads linked to his @realDonaldTrump Twitter handle.

Lower federal courts found that Trump’s twitter account, where he often weighs in on official matters, constitutes a public forum and that blocking his detractors violated their constitutional free speech protections.


In its Thursday petition to the Supreme Court, attorneys for the Justice Department (DOJ) urged the justices to overturn a unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the New York-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit against Trump.

The DOJ argued that the appeals court had erred by finding Trump’s Twitter account to be a public forum, and failed to adequately recognize that much of Trump’s social media posts constitute private rather than governmental speech.

true~ but why is it not a good thing if Trump does decide to get rid of them? It should be considered a good thing if Trump fires them. We can agree that some of the hires suck and we have good reason to not like them. Maybe its incompetence or maybe the administration is trying to seek something out. I can't trust the govt to not screw things up but I also believe that there's enough people to help guide decisions for the best outcome

Doomed.

But again, how many people would have ended up in trouble with the Justice Department in previous administrations if they had the same level of scrutiny? How much wheeling and dealing has gone under the table while others turned a blind eye? As much as we like to pretend that certain organizations are run by people who are above politics, the past several years have shown that this sentiment is unjustified.

I'm not saying that Trump shouldn't have hired better, because he should have. I just think that there were a lot more closets full of skeletons that were never opened because of political expedience.

Won't argue, I'm sure a true full investigation of every administration since FDR would justify massive arrests and more. Partially the curse of the world today vs even 15 years ago, and of course one can never ignore that they're basically investigating themselves, so partisan alliances can often control how far it goes...I don't believe it affects whether such investigations happen in the first place- but I do believe those affiliations affect what happens with the results of those investigations.

But again, how many people would have ended up in trouble with the Justice Department in previous administrations if they had the same level of scrutiny? How much wheeling and dealing has gone under the table while others turned a blind eye? As much as we like to pretend that certain organizations are run by people who are above politics, the past several years have shown that this sentiment is unjustified.

I'm not saying that Trump shouldn't have hired better, because he should have. I just think that there were a lot more closets full of skeletons that were never opened because of political expedience.

The Rob Porter scandal pushes back on this notion quite a bit. Most, if not all of the WH staff has to undergo an extensive background check by the FBI to obtain security clearance. Rob Porter failed his background check because his two wives told the FBI he abused them, and provided photographic evidence. This was some time in the summer of '17. The Feds then told the WH chief of staff and the WH counsel..and they tried to bury it. Porter was dating another WH staffer, a prominent one, Hope Hicks at the time, and she stayed deathly quiet. He held onto his job until the press broke the story in Feb '18. How does that even make sense? The fallout cost John Kelly his job as well. Obama fired Mike Flynn and Jim Mattis for a helluva lot less. How many previous administrations do you think hold onto someone like that, while knowing about it?

Nah. How long do you think a domestic abuser would have lasted in previous administrations? How many administrations do you think even hire the guy after the background check comes back with that? I think Trump is the only President that gives him a job.

Lol, think so? I can guarantee you this, he never steps foot in the Obama, Bush, or Clinton WH. Presidents with daughters? No way.

But again, how many people would have ended up in trouble with the Justice Department in previous administrations if they had the same level of scrutiny?

I'm not saying that Trump shouldn't have hired better, because he should have. I just think that there were a lot more closets full of skeletons that were never opened because of political expedience.

Yeah, I can’t imagine Bill Clinton having someone on staff who abused women. He certainly didn’t hang out with anyone who was a danger to underage women either.