Summary
Donald Trump has exempted himself from key ethics guidelines required under the Presidential Transition Act, which he signed into law in 2020.
By rejecting federal funding for his transition team, Trump avoids donor limits and disclosure requirements, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and transparency.
Critics, including Senator Elizabeth Warren and government watchdogs, warn that Trump’s refusal to submit an ethics plan undermines accountability and could open the door to corruption.
This move marks a break from precedent and has sparked alarm over potential personal enrichment during his presidency.
There once was a man from Jamaica, Who liked to sling pieces of paper. The tropical sun was a topical one, And the walri could see it much deeper.
I really hope the segment of poor people that voted for him suffer greatly under his regime. They need to learn a hard kind of lesson they seem to be unwilling to learn any other way.
This is not it. What an abhorrent and sadistic take.
Here’s a handy tip for the future: if you find yourself writing a sentence that goes “I really hope […] poor people […] suffer greatly”, maybe reconsider posting it.
In how many ways do we need to signal to Trump that he can do whatever he wants, without repercussion?
We’re so fucking useless.
Thank goodness for the watchdogs! I’m so glad they’re here. What would we do without them?!?!?
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HuNtEr BiDeN!!1!
Maybe just maybe you guys should have laws that require this instead of ohbits always been done this way. What a riduclulse country.
It is a law. Apparently it’s just not enforced.
The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.
Are we having a stronk
Call the Trumpulance?
This is the problem with trying to follow decorum against a fascist.
I mean the universe spent years letting us all know this guy was corrupt as fuck.
Americans voted for corruption.
We WANT corruption.
We’ll be no better than Russia by the end of our lives. And it will have been no one else’s fault but our own.
I appreciate the rare honesty, I guess. Not like it would change anything if he did it.
Shit now there’s nothing stopping him from doing immoral undemocratic stuff like pardoning his children.
You’re right. What could Trump possibly do that would even come remotely close to equaling Joe Biden doing such a totally outrageous and unacceptable legal thing?
or appointing relations to advisory and diplomatic posts.
What about pardoning war criminals?
Lol, trump would do way worse than pardon his kid that was targeted by the doj for something that hardly gets charged in the first place. Trump incites violence, disregards the constitution, is a sexual predator (probably a pedophile) and the list goes on.
Rules for thee but not for me, got it.
Biden is literally following the rules with an official presidential pardon. Trump is violating a law he signed into law.
Tell me of all the people Don pardoned.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump
Relatively few compared to his predecessors. Some real assholes on that list. It amazes me how Roger Stone isn’t under the Jail.
Lil Wayne is on that list btw.
We will get to see is how they twist the presidential pardon this coming year.
Afaik a presidential pardon is strictly federal.
State cases and Civil cases are not covered.
I’m sure the supreme Court will Fix that.
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Now he did it. IT’S DONE. WE GOT EM. Donald will finally feel the FULL FORCE of our justice system telling him that they are VERY CONCERNED.
Mark your calendars everyone, we have a new holiday.
😂
My brother in Christ you signed the law
Yeah, but it applied to other people, not
GodTrump.
We have learned (and are still learning) that precedent doesn’t mean shit
It is spelled “president”
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It was.
Now it’s Fuhrer.
Okay, I give up. What on earth is /a supposed to mean!? Some sources decode it as “alterous”, but that doesn’t help me either. Is this just a typo of /s?
Just a typo, (and fat fingers) but I’m going to say it stands for “ambiguous” because…
Him not signing an ethics pledge is probably the most honest move he did in his lifetime.
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Why am I not in the least bit surprised.
