Democrats probe Trump's request for campaign cash from Big Oil

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) penned a letter to CEOs of eight energy companies and an oil lobbying group that reportedly attended a dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort with the former president last month.

Outlets, including The Hill, reported that at the dinner, Trump asked the industry to raise $1 billion to support his presidential campaign.

The Washington Post, which shared the story first, reported that getting him the funds would be a "deal," because of all the money the industry would save in avoided taxes and regulations under his presidency

But, in his letters to the energy executives, Raskin - the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee - described the incident as an "unvarnished quid pro quo offer."

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GOP:

Gaslight
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How many of these have happened that we know nothing about?

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Edited: 05/15/2024 at 01:12 PM by Cole

The bigger question is whether anything will happen to Trump for this shameless quid pro quo. How are we ever going to rid ourselves of our oil addiction when the oil thirsty boomers can't quit it?

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

So is that corrupt and not illegal, or corrupt and illegal?

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If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC - KV

$2 Billion + from the Saudis wasn't enough?!

There are laws, but none of them apply to Trump.

http://www.fec.gov/help-candid...s/contribution-limits/

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I was right.

They can launder it through however many shell corporations it takes to skate under the rules.

And Don the Con has what, some 500 shell corporations?



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Well this is the disease of our politics, and let's not pretend that they don't all do it.

The system has been twisted to basically legalize bribery, and all the pigs come to the trough, red and blue.

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"Hey, where's Cricket?" - Kristi Noem's daughter.

Hell, they'll launder it through buying DJT stock.

That's what it's for!

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Pro Puppy-Killer Party 2024

Whuddabout them illegals, trans kids, and hunter tho?

That's for hoaxing the base snowflakes

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