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swag

(26,518 posts) Tue Sep 3, 2024, 10:55 AM Sep 3

House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt

Source: Washington Post

By Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
September 3, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EDT
Democratic leaders on the House Oversight Committee released a letter Tuesday asking former president Donald Trump if he ever illegally received money from the government of Egypt, and whether money from Cairo played a role in a $10 million infusion into his 2016 run for president.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the ranking Democrat on the committee, and Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on its subcommittee for national security, the border and foreign affairs, wrote to Trump that they were making the request as a result of a Washington Post article published last month. The article revealed details of a secret Justice Department investigation during Trump’s presidency into whether he took an illegal campaign contribution from Egypt.

As members of the House minority, Raskin and Garcia do not have the power to subpoena documents or witnesses, and Trump is under no obligation to respond to their inquiries. But the Democrats said the public deserves answers now that Trump is running for president again.

“Surely you would agree that the American people deserve to know whether a former president — and a current candidate for president — took an illegal campaign contribution from a brutal foreign dictator,” the letter signed by the two Democrats reads. “Accordingly, we request that you immediately provide the Committee with information and documents necessary to assure the Committee and the American public that you never, directly or indirectly, politically or personally, received any fund from the Egyptian president or government.”

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House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt (Original Post) swag Sep 3 OP

WELL DID YA, PUNK Leghorn21 Sep 3 #1

Oh, he did. You can bet the house on it. bullimiami Sep 3 #3

Reminds me of Richard Wright, in "Black Boy," when he was looking for a job . . . Journeyman Sep 3 #2

He'll deny it... 2naSalit Sep 3 #5

Like the perfect phone call to Zelenskyy or the perfect phone call to Raffensperger? Hermit-The-Prog Sep 3 #9

Where is the dem senate? They have subpoena powers Bev54 Sep 3 #4

The DOJ has subpoena powers too Jose Garcia Sep 3 #8

Yes but the statute of limitations is a problem. Bev54 Sep 3 #12

They should strike the word "illegally." Sogo Sep 3 #6

Catching him in a lie Owens Sep 3 #7

I haven't seen the WaPo article; do they have any proof? oldsoftie Sep 3 #11

Will the press start asking Trump AND people associated with him? V850i Sep 3 #10

they are more concerned with VP Harris turning black Skittles Sep 3 #16

"I don't know anything about it. But if I did, it would be perfectly fine." JoseBalow Sep 3 #13

18 USC 1001: "Making False Statements to US Govt" C0RI0LANUS Sep 3 #14

We'll never know how many bribes he took. vapor2 Sep 3 #15

Leghorn21

(13,701 posts)

1. WELL DID YA, PUNK

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 10:58 AM

Sep 3

bullimiami

(13,972 posts)

3. Oh, he did. You can bet the house on it.

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:06 AM

Sep 3

Journeyman

(15,135 posts)

2. Reminds me of Richard Wright, in "Black Boy," when he was looking for a job . . .

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:05 AM

Sep 3

The tall, dour white woman looked at him said,

"Now, boy, I want to ask you one question and I want you to tell me the truth," she said.

"Yes, ma'am," I said, all attention.

"Do you steal?" she asked me seriously.

I burst into a laugh, then checked myself.

"What's so damn funny about that?" she asked.

"Lady, if I was a thief, I'd never tell anybody."

Later, as he walked home, Wright reflected on the moment, "pondered on what could possibly have been in the woman's mind to have made her ask me point-blank if I stole. . . . Only an idiot would have answered: "Yes, ma'am. I steal."

Maybe Raskin is hoping Trump is so senile he'll admit to accepting bribe money, as he no doubt sees it as a badge of honor, to have made so much money for doing so little, and none of it at a cost to himself.

2naSalit

(92,009 posts)

5. He'll deny it...

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:40 AM

Sep 3

Very loudly with equivocations that will inevitably indict him. Happens every time. He can't keep his mouth shut. And every denial requires an "explanation" within which usually contains the damning evidence sought.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,462 posts)

9. Like the perfect phone call to Zelenskyy or the perfect phone call to Raffensperger?

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:45 PM

Sep 3

Weird and creepy Old Dishonorable Don can't help himself.

Bev54

(11,881 posts)

4. Where is the dem senate? They have subpoena powers

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:24 AM

Sep 3

Jose Garcia

(2,807 posts)

8. The DOJ has subpoena powers too

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:15 PM

Sep 3

Bev54

(11,881 posts)

12. Yes but the statute of limitations is a problem.

Reply to Jose Garcia (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:48 PM

Sep 3

Sogo

(5,726 posts)

6. They should strike the word "illegally."

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:43 AM

Sep 3

Trump thinks anything he does is never illegal.

Owens

(315 posts)

7. Catching him in a lie

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:57 AM

Sep 3

This is going to be problematic for Trump, I believe they are letting him know if he wins, this will be the first thing they investigate and impeach him for.

oldsoftie

(13,503 posts)

11. I haven't seen the WaPo article; do they have any proof?

Reply to Owens (Reply #7)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:41 PM

Sep 3

if so tis needs to be blasted across social media AND made into an ad for Harris.

V850i

(64 posts)

10. Will the press start asking Trump AND people associated with him?

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:23 PM

Sep 3

I love a free press as much as anyone but they are really falling down on the job here. This deserves persistent questioning and investigate reporting. A bit crazy that the DOJ won't investigate it since the statute of limitations ran out... maybe the coverup is worse than the crime and falls within the window still???

Skittles

(158,153 posts)

16. they are more concerned with VP Harris turning black

Reply to V850i (Reply #10)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:23 PM

Sep 3

and if Walz really does have a dog

JoseBalow

(4,884 posts)

13. "I don't know anything about it. But if I did, it would be perfectly fine."

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:41 PM

Sep 3

Guilty!

C0RI0LANUS

(1,253 posts)

14. 18 USC 1001: "Making False Statements to US Govt"

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:49 PM

Sep 3

"When a person is prosecuted, there are separate federal regulations for perjury specifically and lying to the feds generally. Under the United States Code, title 18, section 1001, a person who knowingly or willingly makes a material statement that is false, or fraudulent, to the feds, is guilty of a crime. What comes as a surprise to many is that unlike section 1621, section 1001 does not require that a person be under oath."

Source:

https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/criminal-defense/what-are-the-penalties-for-lying-to-congress/

vapor2

(1,493 posts)

15. We'll never know how many bribes he took.

Reply to swag (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2024, 09:51 PM

Sep 3

He clearly sold us out more than once and will likely never be held accountable. JUST SAD

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