That Tweet was just too tempting. Here goes . . .
“Law and Order” says the guy who won’t show anyone his taxes. “Law and order” says the guy whose “charity” was a shell company for “persistently illegal conduct” and “repeated and willful self-dealing transactions.”
“Law and Order” says the guy who paid $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of his “foundation”, and whose kids had to pass a course to learn why they shouldn’t cheat people.
“Law and Order,” says the guy who, in Michigan in 2018 said, “Our laws are so stupid and corrupt.”
“Law and Order” says the guy whose personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is in prison, and who testified, under oath, that he committed campaign finance violations under orders from Trump.
“Law and Order,” says the guy whose personal lawyer testified before Congress that he engaged in multiple instances of fraud, like the time he wanted to make sure his portrait sold for a lot of money, so he had Cohen hire a fake bidder to purchase the portrait for $60K.
“Law and Order,” says the guy who, according to reporting by the New York Times, engaged in suspect tax schemes. To demonstrate his innocence, Trump made his financial records available, like every other president before him. Kidding! He didn’t!
“Law and Order” says the guy who obstructed justice in plain sight on multiple occasions, like when he instructed witnesses not to talk. Because that’s the kind of thing innocent people do [sarcasm]
“Law and Order,” says the guy who settled a case for $25 million brought by students of his “sham” university.
“Law and Order” says the guy who got rich selling real estate to Russian criminals who stole their money from the Russian people. The term for that is “money laundering.” And it’s a crime.
“Law and Order” says the guy who engages in witness tampering and asks people to lie for him. Remember when Hope Hicks said she was asked to lie for Trump? She also testified she occasionally did tell lies for him
“Law and Order” says the guy who bragged that he was special enough to get away with sexual assault.
“Law and Order” says the guy who has been trying to delay the Summer Zervos lawsuit until after the election, when it was filed before he took office.
“Law and order” says the guy who engages in insider trading. Here’s reporting that Trump tipped off a billionaire friend that he would be raising tariffs on steel; his friend dropped his stocks and thus saved himself boatloads of money.
“Law and Order” says the guy who said the military should deal with terrorists by taking out their families. This would be a war crime.
“Law and Order” says the guy who violates the Hatch Act regularly. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees to use their titles to promote partisan politics. I could fill a blog post with Hatch Act violations. But life is short.
“Law and Order” says the guy who makes a mockery of 5 CFR § 2635.502, requiring federal employees to make sure their private business matters do not affect his impartiality when carrying out official duties. How did Kushner get those loans? We could fill a blog post with violations of 5 CFR § 2635.502
“Law and Order” says the guy who threatened the whistleblower. Here’s a snippet from the Impeachment Report to Accompany H. Res. 775.
“Law and Order,” says the president who violated the Impound Control Act. The Government Accountability Office determined that the Trump Administration violated the Impound Control Act by withholding military aid to Ukraine.
“Law and Order says the president who violated 2 U.S. Code § 192. Contempt of Congress is a separate law. (Who know a president could violate so many!) Michael Stern writing for Just Security did a thorough job explaining this one.
“Law and Order” says the guy who violates the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Analysis here.
“Law and Order,” says the United States President, who threatened the life of a United States Ambassador because she wouldn’t stand by while he extorted an ally for his own personal gain.
“Law and Order” says the president who stands by while peaceful protesters and members of the clergy are teargassed and brutalized so that he can get a phony photo op.
It was so much fun, some of my Twitter followers got into the act:
A post like this never really ends.
