Showing posts with label quid pro quo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quid pro quo. Show all posts

Thursday, July 3, 2025

On Eric Adams’ corruption case, Trump says ‘a little bit’ more than he should have

Indeed, the circumstances appeared scandalous: At issue was a dynamic in which a presidential administration told an allegedly corrupt public official that his legal troubles would go away if he agreed to play ball with the White House on an unrelated issue — not only setting a radical precedent, but also sending a signal to other politicians facing potential corruption charges. (Bove and Adams have denied allegations of a quid pro quo.) 

It was against this backdrop that the president, months later, voluntarily added some additional details and context, admitting to the public that he personally "helped [Adams] out a little bit," suggesting that Trump wasn't just aware of the scheme, but also that he played a direct role in the developments...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/eric-adams-corruption-case-trump-says-little-bit-rcna216479 


 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement

Meanwhile, CNN reported that the Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, had also recently reached out to speak with the former president by phone. 

Those reported overtures were eviscerated by Washington Post editor-at-large and longtime columnist Robert Kagan, who resigned on Friday. On Saturday, he argued that the meeting Blue Origin executives had with Trump would not have taken place if the Post had endorsed the Democratic vice-president as it planned. 

"Trump waited to make sure that Bezos did what he said he was going to do – and then met with the Blue Origin people," Kagan told the Daily Beast on Saturday. "Which tells us that there was an actual deal made, meaning that Bezos communicated, or through his people, communicated directly with Trump, and they set up this quid pro quo."

Monday, October 14, 2024

Elon Musk's Power Play UNVEILED In Devastating Republican Financial Revelations

Republicans get cornered by terrifying financial revelations as reports prove Elon Musk is not only donating massively to Donald Trump but his is also bankrolling more than five other GOP campaigns in key House districts, proving the dangerous power he could hold in government. John Iadarola and Wosny Lambre break it down on The Damage Report.
Interview: 

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Top Democrats launch inquiry into Trump’s brazen $1bn pitch to oil execs

Whitehouse added: "The quid pro quo – so called – is so very evident … I can't think of anything that matches this either in terms of the size of the bribe requested, or the brazenness of the linkages."…

Monday, June 3, 2024

Trump's Private Offers UNVEILED As Catastrophic Financial Truth Surfaces

Donald Trump's outrageous private offers to exchange favors for megadonors if elected to presidential power have reportedly become more rampant and explicit with insane super PAC cover up, which could prove devastating consequences

Friday, May 10, 2024

Trump seeks $1 billion from oil CEOs, vows to limit EVs - The Washington Post

Trump's response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden's environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation...


Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Ted Cruz just gave donors a much louder voice in Washington

… Contributors may want their money to go to the winning candidate's personal funds, ensuring maximum gratitude and maximum probability of reciprocity (the Latin phrase for this is "quid pro quo," but we're not supposed to talk about that)...
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/ted-cruz-just-gave-donors-much-louder-voice-washington-n1269914


Tuesday, October 6, 2020

“Zuckerberg Is Getting a Big Favor”: Is Trump’s TikTok Deal Just a Giant Facebook Quid Pro Quo? | Vanity Fair

Wall Street gurus predict Walmart and Oracle will cash in when TikTok goes public, while Facebook and the White House scratch each other’s back. “That’s the way I believe Trump’s whole network operates,” says one. “People kind of helping each other out.”...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/is-trumps-tiktok-deal-a-facebook-quid-pro-quo

Saturday, May 9, 2020

Impeachment witness predicted Trump would dangle federal aid to states - Business Insider

On December 4, Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford Law School, presented a hypothetical scenario to the House Judiciary Committee. "What would you think if, when your governor asked the federal government for the disaster assistance that Congress has provided, the president responded, 'I would like you to do us a favor: I'll meet with you and send the disaster relief once you brand my opponent a criminal'?"
Karlan said. https://www.businessinsider.com/impeachment-witness-pamela-karlan-predicted-trump-coronavirus-quid-pro-quo-2020-5

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Impeachment Trial: The Big Picture

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich lays out ten things to keep in mind while watching the impeachment trial unfold.....
https://youtu.be/UX1B3BZWc6A

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Trump's impeachment defense team pretends Bolton news does not exist

Lawyers for Donald Trump opted for a high-risk strategy in the sixth day of the president’s impeachment trial on Monday, avoiding mention of a major new development in the case even as Trump tweeted about it and some Republican senators told reporters that the tide against calling witnesses may have shifted.....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/27/trumps-impeachment-defense-john-bolton-senate








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