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Coach Pāṇini ®<p>The word emolument originates from the Latin term emolumentum, which initially referred to a payment made to a miller for grinding grain. </p><p>It derives from the root molere, meaning “to grind,” combined with ex- (“out”) to form emolere (“to grind out”). </p><p>Over time, the meaning broadened to signify profit, gain, or advantage, particularly in the context of compensation for services or employment.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a></p>
rexi<p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/bitcoin-reserve-trump-crypto-sacks-5c91a1ab3dab9a8c86d4bc42b8db3f8f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/bitcoin-res</span><span class="invisible">erve-trump-crypto-sacks-5c91a1ab3dab9a8c86d4bc42b8db3f8f</span></a></p><p>(blows the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> clause out of the water with a cannon volley: the Trump meme-coin <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> will rise with all the other flotsam on this —‌ this is the official beginning of the mother-of-all-bubbles.)</p><p>…executive order creates “U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile”</p><p>…Trump sent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> prices on a short-lived surge after a surprise announcement that he wanted the government to hold lesser-known cryptocurrencies XRP, solana and cardano.</p>
Eka A.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MEActNOW</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> drained the <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/swap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swap</span></a> and refilled it with toxic sludge.</p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Graft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Graft</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/114089171447934382" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@MEActNOW/1140</span><span class="invisible">89171447934382</span></a><br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/sec-drops-charges-against-chinese-billionaire-after-he-pumps-30-million-into-trumps-crypto-scheme-2000569966" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/sec-drops-charges-</span><span class="invisible">against-chinese-billionaire-after-he-pumps-30-million-into-trumps-crypto-scheme-2000569966</span></a></p>
David Zappelli<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> roots in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> really show his true colors in these actions, re. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> threat, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIDS</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/relief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relief</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PEPFAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PEPFAR</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmail</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> legacy, etc.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-south-africa-funding-cut-aid-adf4db9dfe9eeafa3f4bac79b3d77137" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-musk-</span><span class="invisible">south-africa-funding-cut-aid-adf4db9dfe9eeafa3f4bac79b3d77137</span></a></p>
rexi<p><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-01-21/trumps-first-full-day-back-in-white-house-includes-firings-and-an-infrastructure-announcement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usnews.com/news/politics/artic</span><span class="invisible">les/2025-01-21/trumps-first-full-day-back-in-white-house-includes-firings-and-an-infrastructure-announcement</span></a></p><p>asked about his personal net worth benefiting from his launch of a new cryptocurrency token the day before he was sworn into office, and whether he would continue to sell products to benefit himself while in office.</p><p>“I don’t know much about it other than I launched it," he said. "I heard it was very successful. I haven’t checked it. Where is it today?”</p><p>REPORTER: You made a lot of money, sir.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a></p>
Spocko<p>When I look at this now, Jan 17, 2025 I think about what I got right &amp; what I got wrong. I was right about how he would turn everything around to benefit him, but I didn't think about how he would use Trump hotels &amp; Towers as a money maker. Nor his golf courses. All as a way to get money.<br> Remember when we learned the word <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a>? Good times, good times.</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>Remember when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> were something we actually CARED about (and was SO concerning, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoundingFathers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoundingFathers</span></a> prohibited them IN THE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CONSTITUTION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CONSTITUTION</span></a>?)</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GrifterInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrifterInChief</span></a> already violated The Emoluments Clause 9 Ways to Sunday in his first term, and his corrupt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCotUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCotUS</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> let him get away with it during his first term, so *now* they aren't even *pretending* to be concerned about it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CriminalPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeAreSoScrewed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreSoScrewed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/open-for-business-trump-abandons-pretense-of-ethics-for-second-term-226348613586" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/</span><span class="invisible">watch/open-for-business-trump-abandons-pretense-of-ethics-for-second-term-226348613586</span></a></p>
Voting is Your POWER<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/xijinping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xijinping</span></a> has <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> BALLS in the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chinese</span></a> COMMUNIST Party vice grip <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treason</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-collected-millions-foreign-governments-1234940004/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/trump-collected-millions-foreign-governments-1234940004/</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>the next president of the united states of america is going to (sort of) own a crypto trading platform while he's in office, assuming <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TruthSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TruthSocial</span></a> goes through with its purchase of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bakkt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bakkt</span></a>. what could go wrong?</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d7f921d5-3668-4b6b-a98d-2681ad73610f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/d7f921d5-3668-4</span><span class="invisible">b6b-a98d-2681ad73610f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2024Election</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Kamala2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kamala2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RVAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RVAT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p>EXPLAIN TO ME…</p><p>…how a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConvictedFelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConvictedFelon</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdjudicatedRapist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdjudicatedRapist</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misogynist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogynist</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ToxicNarcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicNarcissist</span></a> who quoted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a>, hosted a rally that mirrored the 1939 American <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> Party rally in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSG</span></a>, declared he'd be a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DictatorOnDayOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorOnDayOne</span></a>, stole HUNDREDS of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassifiedDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocs</span></a>, violated the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> Clause over 100x, and ignored a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> that ended up killing 500,000 Americans by the time he left office, get reelected based on an economy HE destroyed??? 🤨 <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisCountry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HopelesslyBroken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HopelesslyBroken</span></a></p>
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:<p>Oversight Democrats’ New Report Proves Trump Used His D.C. Hotel to Take Unconstitutional Domestic Emoluments, Fleecing the Taxpayers</p><p>The report is based on a limited set of records—hotel guest logs covering just 11 months at a single one of Donald Trump’s more than 500 business entities—produced by Mr. Trump’s former accounting firm, Mazars USA LLP, before Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, working with attorneys for former President Trump, slammed the door shut and blocked Committee Democrats from obtaining additional records pursuant to a Committee subpoena and court-supervised settlement. Giving new meaning to the term “petty cash,” most of the payments made in the time frame discussed in this report were small—and their cumulative total is just over $300,000—but these transactions provide a glimpse into the wide array of unlawful and unethical transactions, including flat-out violations of the Constitution, that characterized Donald Trump’s methodical exploitation of his presidency for moneymaking purposes.</p><p><a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-democrats-new-report-proves-trump-used-his-dc-hotel-take" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oversightdemocrats.house.gov/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/press-releases/oversight-democrats-new-report-proves-trump-used-his-dc-hotel-take</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> </p><p>The report (PDF): ROOM RATES MAY VARY: HOW DONALD TRUMP VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION BY FLEECING TAXPAYERS WITH UNLAWFUL AND EXORBITANT HOTEL CHARGES<br>- A Glimpse Into President Trump's Domestic Emoluments Rackets and Pay-to-Play Schemes <br><a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oversightdemocrats.house.gov/s</span><span class="invisible">ites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>’ new report is based on a single set of records provided to the cmte for a single <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> property over an 11-month period, representing what Democrats estimate is only a fraction of the money his company brought in from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecretService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretService</span></a> over 4 yrs in office.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The latest findings are a follow-up of a staff report released by the Democratic staff on the Oversight Cmte earlier this year that documented $7.8 million <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> received from ≥20 foreign governments, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a>, through just 4 of his businesses over a 2-yr period while he was president.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/04/report-trump-businesses-received-78-million-foreign-payments-during-presidency/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/01/04/report-trump-businesses-received-78-million-foreign-payments-during-presidency/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Despite <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> control of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> have sought to train public attention on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> issue as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has sought to regain the presidency. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> that Trump &amp; his family businesses took in from government sources while he was in the White House — despite his promises to “drain the swamp” — create “the appearance of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> &amp; pay-to-play,” Democrats argue in the report.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br>The report:<br><a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oversightdemocrats.house.gov/s</span><span class="invisible">ites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-18COA-DEM-Staff-Report-Domestic-Emoluments.pdf</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> took control of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jouse</span></a> in early 2023, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mazars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mazars</span></a> had begun producing documents in response to a congressional subpoena, turning over a subset of records to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oversight</span></a> Cmte <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>, led by Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamieRaskin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamieRaskin</span></a>. But when Republicans assumed control the new Cmte chair, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComer</span></a> (R), ended the investigation into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s alleged violations of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> clause, declining to enforce a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrdered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrdered</span></a> agreement that Mazars produce evidence related to Trump’s business dealings</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricTrump</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpOrganization</span></a>’s exec VP, has repeatedly disputed claims that the family business profited from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecretService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretService</span></a> stays at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> properties &amp; said that the company often gave the Secret Service agents the hotel rooms free of charge or at steeply discounted rates.<br>
However, piecemeal expense records congressional investigators have obtained over the past 4 years have contradicted Eric Trump’s claims.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During another visit by Eric Trump to the DC hotel at the end of the month, on Feb 27, 2018, the agency paid for a $595 room…. That rate is far above the government-approved nightly rate for a hotel in DC, which is usually $195 to $240, &amp; varies from month to month based on average lodging rates in the city. That same evening, 2 rooms were charged to the Al Thani family at rates of less than $595.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The report, which is based on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpInternationalHotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpInternationalHotel</span></a> room records from Sept 2017 &amp; Aug 2018, argues that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>’s foreign &amp; domestic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emoluments</span></a> clauses, which were designed to prevent the president &amp; other ofcls from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SelfEnrichment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfEnrichment</span></a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayer</span></a> expense.<br>
The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>’ report cites several previously undisclosed instances in which the hotel charged the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecretService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecretService</span></a> rates that were not only above normal govt per diem rates but above rates it charged others</p>
SueDiOh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> Donald was in violation of the Constitution on the day he was sworn in, and John Roberts knew and did it anyway.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Strandjunker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Strandjunker</span></a></span> <br>In a "decent" world, he wouldn't even BE a candidate b/c no one would even THINK of electing a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexist</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SerialAdulterer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SerialAdulterer</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SerialSexualAssaulter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SerialSexualAssaulter</span></a>, profanity spewing, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misogynist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misogynist</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conman</span></a> for president.</p><p>EVEN MORE ASTOUNDING is that MILLIONS MORE would RE-elect him after he: Stole &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mishandled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mishandled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassifiedDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocs</span></a>, violated the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> Clause well over 100x, failed to fulfill a SINGLE one of his promises, ignored a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pandemic</span></a> that killed 1.2M, and crashed the global economy.</p>