I said on @MSNOW just now:
What *is* the Trump slush fund?
It's not an appropriation: Congress did not vote.
It's not a settlement: There was no valid litigation because (as the judge said) Trump was suing himself.
On what basis is this money leaving the Treasury?
What *is* the Trump slush fund?
It's not an appropriation: Congress did not vote.
It's not a settlement: There was no valid litigation because (as the judge said) Trump was suing himself.
On what basis is this money leaving the Treasury?
One branch of the Executive is ordering another branch to pay $1.8 billion to the president's friends with no authorization by Congress or courts - with a side order that president and his family henceforward set their own tax obligation on a purely voluntary basis, no scrutiny.
It's pure misappropriation, as if the president drove his truck to Fort Knox, loaded it with gold bars, and drove away.
There is no legal settlement because there was never valid litigation: no Article III "case or controversy." There is no appropriation because there was no vote by Congress. It's just plain stealing. END
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