This is a lawsuit against the corporate entities involved in the fraud. This is the mechanism for recovering the money.
Now there MAY end up being a separate criminal case against the INDIVIDUALS involved in the scheme. Or not. It would be up to prosecutors to decide if any of the actions are chargeable offenses. The main “crime” in the lawsuit seems to be one of overcharging, and I doubt that, in and of itself, rises to a crime. Now if they have further evidence of illegalities, they may charge some people.
But it looks like Rick Gates helped them out a lot here, and this may have been part of his larger plea agreements. IANAL. We will see.
Somebody should contact Trump’s Christian supporters and tell them that by placing a special penalty on pregnancy, Trump is encouraged women to have abortions.
I was thinking along the lines of conspiracy to defraud. the Trumps knew they were being over charged but were allowing it to get more money into their own entity.
the way I read that it…all parties knew but it was a way to get money from the charity to the trumps …
Shifting from the center ring of this mismanagement circus, let’s turn the spotlight on Trump Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, who snarked that Greta Thunberg had no business calling for fossil-fuel divestment until she studied economics.:dubious:
I studied econ in college and I recall that negative externalities are a well-documented and generally-accepted concept. Facile cheerleaders for the free market as god think it can solve all problems, most actual economists don’t.
This remark is ripe for the rejoinder that she should study a real science, like the ones telling us that global climate change is real and causing great harm, not a mere social science like economics. Heck, Thunberg’s message is that we need to listen to the scientists!:smack:
A doggerel verse popped into my head when I read this story:
That’s kind of where I was going with “further evidence of illegality”. It seems to clearly be a scheme to funnel the Inaugural Committee Funds back to the privately held Trump Organization for the benefit of the Trump Family.
But the evidence against the individuals isn’t laid out it this lawsuit so I’m not sure how strong it is. And it would have to be really damn strong for anyone to charge Ivanka Trump.
No way was there any money siphoned off from the Inaugural! Damn, they must have spent every dime and then some on that extravagant display! There hasn’t been such a spectacular event since the Tri-City High School Football Tourney in Buglug County, Nebraska!
But… He’s talking about Elon Musk, who has only been an American citizen since 2002. He’s been South African and Canadian longer. I wonder if Individual 1 knows that.
Several months ago, when the kids in cages were in the headlines, there was an online article about whether Trump would have denied entry to the Holy Family when they were refugees. The comments section was filled with snipes from irate Christians telling liberals they should read the Bible sometime, because Jesus was never a refugee.
These comments confirmed the surveys that show most Christians know next to nothing about the Bible, because the Flight to Egypt is in the second chapter of the New Testament.
