Oh, So That’s How It Works
Remember all the hubbub about exactly who donated the money spent on the Trump inauguration? They raised $107 million but we are still not exactly sure where it came from.
“… that includes a donation of $25,000 that appeared to have been made in the name of Katherine Johnson, a former NASA mathematician who was a character in the biopic ‘Hidden Figures.’ The listing included an address at NASA headquarters, from which Johnson has been retired for decades. After the donation was first reported by the Intercept, Johnson’s family quickly denied that Johnson had ever made such a donation.”
Yeah, somebody was being cute, huh?
The shaking-my-head part is that they don’t have to tell how they spent the money, only where they got it. That’s kinda junior high school stuff.
They promised to fix it but they never did. Mainly because they weren’t ask to. The FEC’s Reports Analysis Division, which is supposed to ensure the accuracy of all reports filed with the FEC, never asked the inaugural committee to make corrections.
Yeah, because “a top Federal Election Commission official, whose division regulates campaign cash, has shown support for President Trump and has close ties to his 2016 campaign attorney, Don McGahn. Experts said the actions raise questions about impartiality.”
How do they find each other? Did they bring a ship of fools up the Potomac River and unload them on Capitol Hill? In this case, they literally made fun of honest people who were trying to play by the rules. In emails. They sent emails to each other name-calling honest people.
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.
I think the GOP could give lessons to Don Corleone on how to organize and run a crime family! Just think how much rooting out of criminals in all sectors of our government that the Biden administration will need to do.
1Jobs, jobs, jobs! Orange Foolius will deliver 1/21/2021 when he steps out of office. It could have been sooner if Moscow Mitch hadn’t put the kibosh on the impeachment trial. A host of shovel ready jobs for prosecutors and defense attorneys. They could start today, if only Billy Blob Barr would step aside.
2Yep, every corner of the Trumpf administration is corrupt. Every single nook and cranny. There was plenty of it in the repugnantican party before, but the orange don has brought out a new level of filth. Too bad most of the corruption will go unpunished, but hopefully we can be somewhat happy to see all their sorry asses out of work.
Off topic, but I have to congratulate my Dodgers for finally, after 32 years, win a tough 16 team playoff and World Series! There’s next year, JJ.
3“How do they find each other?” Maybe nature has an analogy. Put some rotting meat in the yard and before long flies show up.
4Funny how Team Trumpski is so thoroughly corrupt, while screaming “drain the swamp.”
5Here’s another fun inauguration story. The original anti-Trump opposition research was done by Fusion GPS and produced the Steele dossier. It was paid for by The Washington Free Beacon which was funded by anti-Trump Republican Paul Singer, a billionaire hedge fund manager (Elliott Management). After Trump was nominated, Hillary’s campaign took over the opposition research from Fusion GPS. Paul Singer, being a man of great principle, donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration and Hillary got “blamed” for the perfectly real Steele dossier. What a world.
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