The Trump implosion thread!

Quote: reno

Here's just one tiny little example: the hush money paid to Stormy Daniels was listed as a "legal expense." That's a felony.

Even if it is listed that way, unlikely such a line-item would be on a tax return.

Turns out all this 'immunity' Mueller
is handing out like jellybeans is just
limited immunity for very specific
things. It's done all the time to get
people to give details they might
not talk about otherwise. It's fishing
bait. It's hoping and praying you get
something for the immunity. 90%
of the time you get nothing you can
use.

Quote: Evenbob

Turns out all this 'immunity' Mueller
is handing out like jellybeans is just
limited immunity for very specific
things.

Jellybeans or candy?

“Immunity is not given out like candy,” said Elie Honig.

The mafia experts seem to think President Trump is a mob boss.

Quote: Elie Honig

"It resembles a mob case in so many ways. If you were to just strip the violence out of a mob case, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference,” Honig said. “From the structure, to the notion of loyalty, even the President’s own language is distressingly moblike.”

Honig is a former assistant U.S. attorney who successfully prosecuted more than 100 members and associates of La Cosa Nostra.

Quote: The Atlantic

“This is a classic move in investigations of a criminal organization,” said Patrick Cotter, a former federal prosecutor who was part of the team that convicted the Gambino family boss John Gotti. “They’re moving up the ladder. Peripheral characters are given immunity, witnesses testify, but they’re ultimately keeping their eye on the prize.”

Cotter says that the SDNY enjoys far more sovereignty from the DOJ than Mueller does. Trump can fire Mueller & Rosenstein, effectively shutting down the Russia probe. He can't shut down the SDNY.

Quote: reno

The mafia experts seem to think President Trump is a mob boss.

Cool. To somebody like Trump who's
from NYC, that's a compliment. No
wonder he gets so much done, he's
'connected'.

Quote: Evenbob

Cool. To somebody like Trump who's
from NYC, that's a compliment. No
wonder he gets so much done, he's
'connected'.

He got his buildings built in NYC in the 70s/80s. He learned how to handle the mafia.

Quote: AZDuffman

He got his buildings built in NYC in the 70s/80s. He learned how to handle the mafia.

You're not naïve enough to believe any businessman handles the mafia. Yes sir, I'll deliver a payoff. That's all he did.

Quote: rxwine

Yes sir, I'll deliver a payoff. That's all he did.

What part of that isn't 'handling
the Mafia'.

I thought pardons we're being handed out like jellybeans.

Quote: Dalex64

I thought pardons we're being handed out like jellybeans.

By Reagan, the jellybean guy..

Quote: Evenbob

What part of that isn't 'handling
the Mafia'.

Right. Anyone can make the payoff. But when you don’t let them pick your bones clean that’s the idea.