THREAD: Even if you set aside all the crimes he’s committed as President, we now have a clear picture of 10 provable crimes Trump committed BEFORE he even became President #FridayThoughts#TrumpTrainwreck (1/11)
1. Sexual Assault.
More than two dozen women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct, assault, or rape. In 2020, Bill Barr is protecting Trump in a case where he refuses to give a DNA sample that would theoretically clear his name.
2. Racial Discrimination.
Before becoming the #BirtherInChief, Trump already had a long and well-documented history of racism, much of it illegal.
3. Bribery.
Candidate Trump bragged openly his history of bribing politicians. In 2013, his “charity” gave an illegal “donation” of $25,000 to corrupt #Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
4. Consumer Fraud.
Trump’s lifetime of sleazy scams included cheating war widows and seniors out of their life savings at a fake “University” that used plagiarized content from the internet as its course materials.
5. Charity Fraud
Trump is the only President to have been caught stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from children with #cancer. His own Foundation was shut down for misusing donations raised for #veterans during the 2016 campaign.
6. Tax Fraud.
Trump’s own niece Mary Trump revealed that Trump’s wealth was created by defrauding the US government through “dubious tax schemes” and “outright fraud.” He has fought to the Supreme Court to hide tax returns that likely show additional criminal activity.
7. Bank Fraud.
We found out in 2019 that Trump, in one transaction alone, had committed a $270 million bank fraud in 2012 simply by inflating the value of one property in NY. Ongoing investigations are expected to reveal more about the #TrumpCrimeFamily’s illegal operations.
8. Insurance Fraud.
In 2005, Trump committed blatant insurance fraud, claiming $17M for hurricane damage at Mar-a-Lago that was limited to a few flattened trees and the loss of a few roof tiles. The Manhattan DA’s ongoing investigation is expected to prove more insurance fraud.
9. Money Laundering.
#Trump’s Taj Mahal casino broke anti-money laundering rules 106X in its first year and a half of operation in the early 1990s. In 1998, the #TajMahal paid “the largest fine the federal government ever slapped on a casino for violating the Bank Secrecy Act.”
10. Petty Theft.
#Trump was one of the cheapo celebrities caught up in Fifth Avenue jewelry retailer Bulgari’s “Empty Box Scam” to save a few bucks in NY sales tax. Trump snitched on Bulgari to keep his casino license.
Maybe it's finally time for the media to listen to @tedlieu and the millions who are concerned about the Trump's joined-at-the-hip relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
In this🧵, I'll detail 31 things about Trump and Epstein that should concern everyone
1. We know for sure that Trump was a frequent guest at Epstein's homes in New York and Florida over a multi-year period in which young girls were being groomed and raped.
🤔Imagine how different public perceptions of Trump would be if the US media had taken the Jeffrey Epstein-related allegations against him half as seriously as the UK media took the allegations against Prince Andrew.
Why have the US media shown only a passing interest in Trump's multi-year, joined-at-the-hip relationship with notorious sex trafficker and child rapist Jeffrey Epstein and his partner-in-crime Ghislaine Maxwell, even as the UK press devoted massive coverage to Prince Andrew?
As the New York Times wrote in 2022, Prince Andrew drew "global infamy and revulsion over accusations that he raped a teenager in 2001."
Meanwhile, the crimes Trump allegedly committed are worse than Prince Andrew's—over a longer time period and involving more & younger victims.
Everything you need to know about Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein in <10 minutes:
3 videos documenting the multiyear relationship between child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and self-confessed serial sexual predator and adjudicated rapist Donald Trump. youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Newly released transcripts:
- Epstein raped girls as young as 14 at his Palm Beach mansion
- 2006 grand jury investigation was the first of many to uncovered Epstein's close ties to Trump
If you only saw Trump's interview with Fox & Friends on TV, you wouldn't have seen the "awkwardness" of Trump's answer about #Epstein, reports @pbump in WaPo.
"This is the same guy who said Obama was born in Kenya and Ted Cruz’s dad killed JFK. Now all of a sudden he’s like, 'Look, if you put inaccurate information out there, it can really destroy someone’s reputation.'"
2nd camera angle shows Biden interacting with parachuters not visible in deceptive viral video pushed by @nypost & @RNCResearch.
Please share so everyone sees how @GOP scumbags use lies & disinformation to smear Biden, even as they hide DJT's dementia.
🧐Why is @RNCResearch attacking the only competent candidate in the race?
"The 45th president is deeply unwell. It is long past time for Americans, including those in public life, to recognize his inability to serve as the 47th," writes @RadioFreeTom
While @RNCResearch attacks Biden's age with fake videos, Trump's slide into dementia becomes more and more obvious every time he opens his mouth. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/trumps…
He's turned it into the far-right, incel-friendly, hate-speech-filled, fact-averse echo chamber that Parler and Gab always dreamed of being. His own tweets are relentlessly promoted, no matter how offensive.
@KellyScaletta sums it up:
@KellyScaletta Despite claiming he wants to restore X's reputation as a news destination, Musk is ramping up his attacks on #journalism in general and @Reuters in particular.
Read a few Reuters exclusives about Musk's shady & unsafe business practices to understand why: reuters.com/investigates/s…