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riversedge

(78,325 posts)
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:40 AM Sep 25

Richard Painter on Tom Homan: "It's amazing that we could have a federal government official in a high-ranking position





Blue Georgia @BlueATLGeorgia
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Sep 23
Richard Painter on Tom Homan: "It's amazing that we could have a federal government official in a high-ranking position who took bags of cash, $50,000, promising that he could get contracts for people... the word bribery is in the Impeachment Clause of the Constitution."






Richard W. Painter
@RWPUSA
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The modern bribery statute, 18 USC 201, only covers some of what the Founders thought of as "Bribery" when they drafted the impeachment clause of the Constitution. I explain more here:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol46/iss5



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Richard Painter on Tom Homan: "It's amazing that we could have a federal government official in a high-ranking position (Original Post) riversedge Sep 25 OP
Gratuity... sop Sep 25 #1
The Supreme Court says so. If not, two of them could be impeached surfered Sep 25 #3
homan, should help out on halloween. he has a closet full of skeletons. nt Javaman Sep 25 #2
Why do I think this was not Homan's 1st time @ the bribery rodeo? Botany Sep 25 #4
No, such things USED to be amazing and rare. Paladin Sep 25 #5
Grifting and bribery are standard operating procedures for much of Trump's team. Botany Sep 25 #6
Corrupt Administration directive:..."Do as I Say, Not as I Do'. Fla Dem Sep 25 #7
Louie Foster Shoeless Louis Sep 25 #8
This has to be a minor misdemeanor, like a parking ticket ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 25 #9
If it was a Democrat we'd never hear the end of this. live love laugh Sep 25 #10

Botany

(75,516 posts)
4. Why do I think this was not Homan's 1st time @ the bribery rodeo?
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 08:25 AM
Sep 25

So we now have Homan on tape taking 50 K in cash and Trump not only raping girls but
as an active participant in Epstein & Putin’s international child sex trafficking operation.

This is not an administration but a criminal network that is being protected by the Supreme
Court, the Republican Party, lots of money from different sources such as Saudi Arabia, the
fossil fuel industries, billionaire shits like Musk and Theil, the media, and a wall of lies.


Botany

(75,516 posts)
6. Grifting and bribery are standard operating procedures for much of Trump's team.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 08:55 AM
Sep 25

Noem has been doing it for years all the way back to her family’s farm in South Dakota,
Bondi took in 25 K from Trump not to prosecute him as A.G. In Florida for his Trump U.
scandal, and on and on. Hell, Tulsi Gabbard might very well have been on Putin’s payroll.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,403 posts)
9. This has to be a minor misdemeanor, like a parking ticket ...
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 09:47 AM
Sep 25

A mere $50,000, hardly a crime anymore.

Not with Trump raking in hundreds of millions from Qataris, or Kushner getting billions in "investments" from Saudis.

Not worth the effort it would take to wipe his sweat from the handcuffs.

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