• TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.social
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      18 hours ago

      His part is signing a piece of paper with a Sharpie that one of his handlers puts in front of him. That phone call had to be horrible, Trump trying to explain to a mom he is setting her son that he knows nothing about, free because he once said he would to a large group of people he wants to grift.

      Because 0% he knows the guy’s name, who he was, or why he was in prison.

      Edit - autocorrect =(

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        I mean, I’m just going to go with the most obvious grift. Ulbricht is going to go right back to operating a crypto street pharmacy. Hell, he’ll do it on the open web now. He’ll call it “The New Silk Road” or similar.

        And then there’s an agreement for the feds to not go after them. In exchange, Ulbricht uses a good portion of his earnings to become the largest single investor in Trumpcoin ever. If asked, the feds can either ignore the question or hide behind some fig leaf excuse they come up with.

        It’s not like Trump didn’t run blatant undeniable cons in the last administration.

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          9 hours ago

          Having something like that as a government honeypot is also a great way to get kompromat on people.