Aftermath of two pivotal issues as to DJ Trump. First no delay of sentencing, by USSC in NY and second the 10 million Egyptian loan item from 2017
It appears that Trump cannot keep himself out of the hot seat. To whit
A. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal today that was aimed at delaying Trump’s NYC sentencing hearing. This means that the sentencing hearing will indeed happen on September 18th as scheduled. As to Stormy Daniels and more,
Now what this means ? As Harris has a VP from the Mid West, the issue of financial integrity will return and this time to bite Trump in the worst way possible. To whit with regards to another one
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Writing on Twitter, Post reporter Carol Leonnig said that the investigation into whether Trump illegally took money from Egypt was "the most serious allegation of a bribe in White House history."
Specifically, Leonnig cites three factors that make this investigation stand out: "1/ It was based on "jaw-dropping" CIA intelligence that indicated Egypt's president sought in 2016 to illegally inject $10M to help elect Trump; 2/ the lead came from a reliable CIA informant and was corroborated by other US intelligence operations; 3/ investigators then discovered a $10M cash withdrawal in Jan 2017 from key Egyptian spy agency account that seemed to validate the intel."
According to the Post's reporting, an organization linked to Egypt's intelligence services instructed the country's state-run bank to withdraw $10 million in cash, which was then stuffed into two large bags and carried out of the bank.
"Federal investigators learned of the withdrawal, which has not been previously reported, early in 2019," the Post reported. "The discovery intensified a secret criminal investigation that had begun two years earlier with classified U.S. intelligence indicating that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi sought to give Trump $10 million to boost his 2016 presidential campaign."
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What it means is that Trump cannot and will not shake off the onus of impropriety as ascertained by the mere existence of these two stories
At a time when the Harris has picked a vice president whom runs on countering Alleged Republican impropriety as far as money, the two stories are like throwing a TON of Sodium into an over sized swimming pool in a beach resort
The Harris campaign will remind voters daily about both items, and when Average Joe in America is being dunned by creditors due to sky high interest rates, and all that the impression will be horrific
No amount of race baiting will eliminate the impression both items leave
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Supreme Court declines to bail Donald Trump out, okays sentencing in his criminal trial
Bill Palmer | 6:21 pm EDT August 5, 2024
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Donald Trump’s sentencing hearing in his New York criminal trial is set for next month. Given that he’s been convicted on thirty-four felonies, he could be looking at a prison sentence. But what if the U.S. Supreme Court intervened and delayed the hearing? Now it turns out that’s not going to happen.
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal today that was aimed at delaying Trump’s sentencing hearing. This means that the sentencing hearing will indeed happen on September 18th as scheduled.
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No one knows for sure what Judge Juan Merchan will do in terms of sentencing. If he does sentence Trump to prison, he may not order him to begin serving his sentence immediately. But we do know that Trump is now set to come out of his September 18th hearing with a felony conviction punishment of some kind hanging around his neck, which should serve to further hamper his already fading political viability.
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Next, the violation of violations
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Trump at center of 'most serious allegation of a bribe in White House history': reporter
August 5, 2024 9:48AM ET
President Donald Trump greets the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, prior to their bilateral meeting, Sunday, May 21, 2017, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Last week, the Washington Post reported that former Attorney General Bill Barr shut down a probe into whether the Egyptian government illegally funneled $10 million to former President Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.
On Monday morning, one of the reporters behind the scoop took to social media to discuss why this was such an explosive development.
Writing on Twitter, Post reporter Carol Leonnig said that the investigation into whether Trump illegally took money from Egypt was "the most serious allegation of a bribe in White House history."
Specifically, Leonnig cites three factors that make this investigation stand out: "1/ It was based on "jaw-dropping" CIA intelligence that indicated Egypt's president sought in 2016 to illegally inject $10M to help elect Trump; 2/ the lead came from a reliable CIA informant and was corroborated by other US intelligence operations; 3/ investigators then discovered a $10M cash withdrawal in Jan 2017 from key Egyptian spy agency account that seemed to validate the intel."
According to the Post's reporting, an organization linked to Egypt's intelligence services instructed the country's state-run bank to withdraw $10 million in cash, which was then stuffed into two large bags and carried out of the bank.
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"Federal investigators learned of the withdrawal, which has not been previously reported, early in 2019," the Post reported. "The discovery intensified a secret criminal investigation that had begun two years earlier with classified U.S. intelligence indicating that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi sought to give Trump $10 million to boost his 2016 presidential campaign."
As if that weren't enough, the DOJ was also investigating whether Trump knew about the potential to be reimbursed by Egypt — and if that contributed to his decision to spend $10 million of his own money in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.
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Andrew Beckwith, PhD