It’s like tRump isn’t even trying.
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vjvj
May 31, 2026, 4:26am
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That was 2025. We’re into his “hold my beer” year now.
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Leasing national park land basically under the table to someone friendly with Dear Leader. I wonder how much Trump coin he had to buy to get the deal done.
An overpriced no bid contract? What could go wrong?
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President Trump’s political appointees quashed an early-stage criminal investigation into the circumstances surrounding his clemency grant to a convicted fraudster, according to five people with knowledge of the events.
The investigation, which has not been previously reported, had begun examining whether improper payments were made to help facilitate the commutation awarded to David Gentile, a private equity executive who was convicted in a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of mostly mom-and-pop investors, some of whom lost their retirement savings.
Among the evidence they gathered was information about jailhouse communications in which Mr. Gentile discussed making payments of $2.5 million or more to people or companies to help facilitate his clemency, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation who were not authorized to discuss it.
One of the people who came under scrutiny by investigators was the Rev. Frank Mann, a retired Catholic priest from Queens who is friends with Mr. Trump. In an email sent to The New York Times, Father Mann denied having anything to do with the clemency. But people with knowledge of the prison communications say that the priest corresponded with Mr. Gentile about lobbying the president on his behalf.
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/politics/trump-fraudster-priest-investigation-brooklyn.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r1A.vf4E.-79IOrcGY9Ds&smid=url-share
Makes for shocking reading.
Corruption is flat out in the open now.
