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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,870 posts) Sun May 24, 2026, 10:05 AM 15 hrs ago

A Metastasizing Scandal: It's imperative to keep turning up the heat on the Trump-Blanche slush fund swindle.

Harry Litman
‪@harrylitman.bsky.social‬

"The deepest offense here is not the legal violations—grave as they are—but the unconscionable affront to the American people. That affront operates on two distinct levels."

A Metastasizing Scandal
It’s imperative to keep turning up the heat on the Trump-Blanche slush fund swindle.
harrylitman.substack.com
1:45 PM · May 23, 2026

"The deepest offense here is not the legal violationsâ€”grave as they areâ€”but the unconscionable affront to the American people. That affront operates on two distinct levels."
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman.bsky.social) 2026-05-23T17:45:01.739411473Z

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A Metastasizing Scandal: It's imperative to keep turning up the heat on the Trump-Blanche slush fund swindle. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 15 hrs ago OP

Litman's substack article is a must read. sop 15 hrs ago #1

I just subscribed on the strength of this article LearnedHand 14 hrs ago #5

Our Maine paper says the fund is legal and can't be stopped Easterncedar 15 hrs ago #2

Where did your Maine paper go to law school? NT mahatmakanejeeves 15 hrs ago #3

The link above leads to part 2 dweller 14 hrs ago #4

How do we stop this? And who will stop it? lees1975 3 hrs ago #6

sop

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1. Litman's substack article is a must read.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 10:12 AM

15 hrs ago

"Trump’s underlying claims, even if they could be brought, were worth at most a few thousand dollars under the governing statute, which caps damages at $1,000 per unauthorized disclosure. In return, the public pays as much as $2 billion or more for the dismissal of a worthless lawsuit. That dwarfs the payouts in the Teapot Dome scandal—where, moreover, the government at least got some oil in return. The art of the deal, indeed."