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no_hypocrisy

(49,183 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 08:46 AM 23 hrs ago

The House Ethics Committee Report on Matt Gaetz

Well, to me, this explains why Trump was so adamant about nominating Gaetz as USAG. He already knew the contents of the Ethics Report. And he guessed that the Report would not be released to the public. And therefore, he had "something" on Gaetz to use as leverage, blackmail, whatever. And Gaetz would be an obedient servant -- to Trump, not to this country.

And let's take a look at Kash Patel, Trump's nominee for Director of the FBI. Reports have now come out that Trump had Patel surveilled before 2020. Another dossier! And more leverage, blackmail, whatever to ensure that Patel would obey his master.

IMO, every nominee put up by Trump either has a fat dossier somewhere or Trump's promised financial incentives or power or status. Otherwise, none of this makes sense.

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The House Ethics Committee Report on Matt Gaetz (Original Post) no_hypocrisy 23 hrs ago OP
Might be a simpler reason, birds of a feather, etc. Walleye 23 hrs ago #1
Likely both imo SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #6
I think this is dead right. And it's terrifying. Scrivener7 23 hrs ago #2
Yes - rec malaise 23 hrs ago #3
blackmail and bribery. how he got everything mopinko 23 hrs ago #4
Literally malaise 23 hrs ago #8
rly, precisely, the root of it all for him. mopinko 23 hrs ago #9
Repukes should try living with integrity - no kompromat results SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #5
Only one thing more sick than a child rapist and Emile 23 hrs ago #7

mopinko

(71,950 posts)
4. blackmail and bribery. how he got everything
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:18 AM
23 hrs ago

he didnt inherit or steal.

reminder- trump models.

mopinko

(71,950 posts)
9. rly, precisely, the root of it all for him.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:37 AM
23 hrs ago

y does a real estate guy need a modeling agency? is there another big realtor, w diverse holdings, ON THE PLANET that owns a modeling agency?
it’d b bad enough if he just caught ppl hiding something, but he, like his buddy putler, creates it.
it’s how he climbed the ladder in nyc. him and pecker.

Emile

(30,773 posts)
7. Only one thing more sick than a child rapist and
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 09:28 AM
23 hrs ago

would be the idiot Republicans defending him.

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