This doesn’t explain anything. Why inform the seller of a piece of real estate that your intention is to launder money, and then pay them in order to go through with the deal anyway but keep quiet about it?
Why not just buy it for a fair market price from someone who has no clue what’s going on and has no particular reason to ask any questions?
The assumption here is that the seller is fully aware of the source of the money and is willing to take the huge cash bonus precisely because cash purchases of real estate are excluded from certain reporting requirements.
If Trump had never gone into politics, he could have kept doing this forever to fund his personal failures. But he’s too stupid and narcissistic to figure anyone could do anything about it if he’s President.
But why would a buyer need to disclose the source of the money to the seller in the first place?
In any case, this feels like a hijack, so I started a new thread.
Does Trump himself explicitly say the deal was legit? By the established principle of Trump-is-a-compulsive-liar, I’d say you’ve got enough to secure conviction right there.
We’re better than that, right? Facts matter and all that?
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, whose nomination to the federal beanch was once rejected by a Republican-controlled Senate because he was too racist, has today praised the National Sheriff’s Association for helping to uphold “the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement.”
Sessions’s remarks deviated from the prepared remarks that were released prior to the speech. A DOJ spokesperson said that Sessions was merely referring to the legacy of Anglo-American common law, as opposed to, say, the Napoleonic Code. Well, sure, “common law”, “Anglo-American heritage”. Pretty much equivalent terms.
Since January 20, 2017 and arguably well before, I’d have to say… not as much as they used to.
But yeah-yeah-yeah, rules of evidence, due process, presumption of innocence, all that stuff. 
You only need to launder ill-gotten gains, and just buying real estate with it doesn’t launder it. Under our laws, you are still required to show the legal means by which you acquired the money for the purchase or risk forfeiture.
I don’t think this would apply to foreign nationals using funds from their own county.
I believe that paying far more than market price for real estate is a way to disguise a bribe.
Two dogwhistles in one – the obvious racial one, and the shout-out to “Soverign Citizen” nonsense about the supremacy of local Sheriff Goodolboy.
I see “Anglo” and “Sheriff” and I think Saxon, Robin Hood, and Nottingham.
My God, what balls!
The spokesperson said “Anglo-American law is another term for common law”, followed by “I am confused as to why this is a story that you would need a comment on”. Fuck do we care what “Anglo-American law” means? That’s not what he said! Maybe “Anglo-American potato” means something else too, so what?
If he meant to say “Anglo-American law” then he meant to say “The office of sheriff is a critical part of the Anglo-American law of law enforcement”. I don’t expect flawless eloquence from basically the rooster lawyer from Futurama, but come on?
Basically, if you replace half the words he said, rendering the sentence meaningless, then interpret it really charitably, then it’s not racist, so what’s your problem?
Fucking piece of shit racist cock lawyer.
Such as the Tennessee sheriff who was so concerned that his vehicles not be scratched that he suggested his deputies shoot to kill the suspect:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/10/us/tennessee-shooting-white-county-sheriff/index.html
American hero!
Wasn’t the Sheriff of Nottingham a Norman, the oppression of Saxons being the point of the story?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-4-trillion-budget-helps-062340996.html?.tsrc=fauxdal
What? Trump’s budget plan is going to raise the deficit. I’m shocked. I didn’t see that coming at all. What a true surprise.
(My apologies if I broke anybody’s sarcasm-o-meters)
Not really. The oppression was at the hand of John, who was trying to take control of England in the absence of King Richard Lionheart while he was off trying to drive Muslims out of the Levant. John was heir to the throne next after Richard. In other words, the good guy and the bad guy were full brothers.
fake news! Sad ! Maid Marion was into it, I swear!
Pruitt, one of Trump’s great swamp drainers, apparently has a habit of flying first class and racking up hefty bills doing it…After all, if you are going to destroy the environment, you need to do it in comfort.
Didn’t wazzisname get fired last year for doing that?
But, the good news is that he is managing to raise the deficit and savagely cut useful programs at the same time! I mean, anybody can just bust the budget.
Was it Price? But I think he was flying charters. That would be a bit more expensive than first class commercial.