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LetMyPeopleVote

(154,102 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 02:13 PM Oct 4

TFG campaign paid RFK Jr's law firm $100,000 just before endorsement (this looks and smells like a bribe)

RFK Jr is a member of a 5 attorney law firm that was paid $100,000 by the TFG campaign for basically doing nothing. This is in addition to a number of GOP PACS paying RFK Jr. legal fees for ballot access (including trying to get off the ballot in some swing states).





In effect, TFG bribed RFK Jr for his endorsement. I am glad that the Harris Walz campaign refused to talk to this asshole when he tried to meet with them about an endorsement.
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TFG campaign paid RFK Jr's law firm $100,000 just before endorsement (this looks and smells like a bribe) (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Oct 4 OP
Sold himself pretty cheaply, didn't he? displacedvermoter Oct 4 #1
After, not before. Payment made post-ensdorsement TommyT139 Oct 4 #2
Gratuities are reportable as income, right? Captain Zero Oct 4 #3
Hah! Good point. TommyT139 Oct 4 #9
A "bribe" is a very negative sounding word. A "gratuity" is a much better sounding word, which... surfered Oct 4 #4
The Jr Rat Fucker Worm comes Cheap.. Cha Oct 4 #5
Has donnie ever done anything that wasn't immoral, illegal, underhanded, self-serving or just plain stupid? LoisB Oct 4 #6
NO! sheshe2 Oct 4 #8
He actually thinks TSF will pay up? sheshe2 Oct 4 #7
There is an engagement letter LetMyPeopleVote Oct 6 #10
Do bribery laws apply to transactions between private citizens? onenote Oct 6 #11

TommyT139

(689 posts)
2. After, not before. Payment made post-ensdorsement
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 02:18 PM
Oct 4

Per the Supreme Court, if anything that would be a gratuity, not a bribe.
/sarcasm

TommyT139

(689 posts)
9. Hah! Good point.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 03:21 PM
Oct 4

I'm not saying it's not crooked. Let's see if Kennedy's name shows up on a Trumpy court filing!

surfered

(2,853 posts)
4. A "bribe" is a very negative sounding word. A "gratuity" is a much better sounding word, which...
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 02:26 PM
Oct 4

..the Supreme Court described it as; therefore, making it legal. You know, like Alito's and Thomas' fishing trips and vacations paid for by their "friends". Perfectly legal, not a bribe, but a gratuity from a friend. Nothing to see here...

sheshe2

(87,230 posts)
7. He actually thinks TSF will pay up?
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 02:36 PM
Oct 4

He is dummer than he looks. JFK and RFK must be rolling over in their graves.

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