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Martin68

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37. We all knew the only motive had to be personal financial gain. He's crook, a con, and a traitor to his country.

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Newly released case records show Jack Smith found Trump had a business motive for keeping classified documents [View all] bigtree Mar 25 OP

Kick dalton99a Mar 25 #1

Liar, Cheat & Child Abuser.... Don the Con... What a guy... (ugh) Tim S Mar 25 #2

draft dodger. AllaN01Bear Mar 25 #8

...TRAITOR.....THIEF lastlib Mar 25 #18

Thanks for correcting my omissions 😀 Tim S Mar 25 #33

Let's not leave out... oldsoldierfadingfast Mar 25 #44

This part deserves to be repeated: calimary Thursday #47

K & R democrank Mar 25 #3

DURec leftstreet Mar 25 #4

Jawdropping.... BattleRow Mar 25 #5

Everything drumpf does is in furtherance of his own self-interests JoseBalow Mar 25 #6

Yes, and it's not necessarily financial William Seger Mar 25 #15

OK this is nice investigative work ... but ... No Shit Sherlock! FakeNoose Mar 25 #7

Such an inspiration to the country's youth. greatauntoftriplets Mar 25 #9

Weren't the charges dropped "without prejudice" so they can come back once the vermin is out of office? Vinca Mar 25 #10

Anybody with a working brain could've figured that out sakabatou Mar 25 #11

it sounds like we have a complete criminal in the oval office samsingh Mar 25 #12

Stole them in Jan. '21. Was using them in business dealings in 2022. Not immune in 2022. Captain Zero Mar 25 #13

great piece. thanks for posting this! k&r nt orleans Mar 25 #14

Why is this not headline news on every news site? Playingmantis Mar 25 #16

Color me surprised... dlk Mar 25 #17

Kick benfranklin1776 Mar 25 #19

Nothing Will Be Done About This modrepub Mar 25 #20

High Crimes, Misdemeanors, And Treason. ANY QUESTIONS NOW???? Ford_Prefect Mar 25 #21

Would someone PLEASE tell us "what" this is?!?!? ScratchCat Mar 25 #22

But her emails..! D_Master81 Mar 25 #23

OMFG!!! Mr. Trump and his family business is built by grift, fraud, human trafficking, and TREASON! pandr32 Mar 25 #24

Of course. Republicans don't care about doing the right thing. They care about protecting their own power. Initech Mar 25 #25

Another "NS, S" Moment. But It's Always Good To Have Proof. ColoringFool Mar 25 #26

K&R UTUSN Mar 25 #27

What's clear to me is that Comey and Bondi and Figarosmom Mar 25 #28

yep, DOJ gave them the judiciary committee, apparently by MISTAKE bigtree Mar 25 #29

hmm, classified docs scanned to someones laptop and saved to the cloud? uncle ray Mar 25 #30

kick Dawson Leery Mar 25 #31

Equal Justice for All... Justice matters. Mar 25 #32

Trump secret bathroom files maliaSmith Mar 25 #34

It wouldn't surprise me ONE LITTLE BIT. calimary Thursday #46

Hanging is too good for that malignant misanthrope. OMGWTF Mar 25 #35

what is with these fucking rich assholes Skittles Mar 25 #36

We all knew the only motive had to be personal financial gain. He's crook, a con, and a traitor to his country. Martin68 Mar 25 #37

And how many of the documents were things he could sell (or trade) to others, yellow dahlia Mar 25 #38

Yet he, Jack Smith, nor Merrick Garland did anything with it oldmanlynn Mar 25 #39

Who got first dibs? Kid Berwyn Mar 25 #40

The M$M is complicit in helping 'keep a lid' on this blatant CORRUPTION Blue Owl Mar 25 #41

Of course he did and the trmp 'family' made FOUR BILLION DOLLARS... spanone Mar 25 #42

Thankfully, Garland avoided the appearance of any political agenda Orrex Mar 25 #43

knr nt cliffside Thursday #45