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THREAD on the Trump Campaign Crime Wave: With the Manafort sentencing today, it's worth noting that if the US govt more vigorously prosecuted white collar crime, most of the key figures in the Trump campaign—including Trump and his children—wouldn't have been around by 2016....
1) Campaign chair Paul Manafort would have been caught for his decade-long $65 million money laundering, bank fraud, and tax fraud scheme.... nytimes.com/interactive/20…
2) Michael Cohen would have been caught for his years-long bank and tax fraud taxi medallion scheme.... nbcnews.com/news/crime-cou…
3) Don Jr. and Ivanka would have been charged with real estate fraud.... propublica.org/article/ivanka…
4) Donald Trump himself would, presumably, have been charged with tax fraud.... nytimes.com/interactive/20…
5) National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and his business associates might have been charged with being an unregistered foreign agent.... washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
6) @eisingerj has argued for years, eloquently in "The Chickenshit Club" that the DOJ is too lax about white collar crime.... nytimes.com/2017/07/05/boo…
6) The Trump campaign crime wave should cause us to reconsider enforcement priorities and encourage DOJ to rededicate itself to prosecuting rich white people—as yesterday's "Operation Varsity Blues" showed, there's no shortage of fraud! nytimes.com/2019/03/12/us/…
7) and remember: Mueller's investigation is basically profitable, because of all the fines and seizures it's uncovered from white collar crimes. More enforcement wouldn't actually cost anything, really! It's just a question of will.
8) and this:
