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Can you prove any corruption from another President similar to one very obvious case of corruption, where the UAE invested in a very clearly scam crypto company
by aprilthird2021 1mo ago
Can you prove any corruption from another President similar to one very obvious case of corruption, where the UAE invested in a very clearly scam crypto company run by Trump's family (who have no crypto expertise) and then very soon after got contentious export licenses for Nvidia chips?
- DarmokTanagra 1mo agoGrant and Harding are famous for being personally corrupt. Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment for political corruption. Reagan colluded with Iran to prevent the release of hostages during Carter's re-election campaign and later sold them weapons to bypass congressional oversight. These are just a couple well known examples at the presidential level, I am sure that for every one we know about there are dozens if hundreds of similar examples. Go further down the scale to the congressional, state, city, and municipal levels and you encounter even pettier levels of corruption where you can buy votes for 5 figure construction contracts or just simple cash handoffs.
- aprilthird2021 1mo agoAnd at least the last two of those were not brazen financial corruption which earned their committers over $1B USD
- pjc50 1mo agoDoes Iran-Contra count? Note that it set the terrible precedent of the President pardoning high level crimes.
- budman1 1mo agoIran-Contra was a crime. The executive branch deliberately ignoring a law passed by congress. But Reagan did not put any money in his pocket. Other than a set of snow tires, Lt.Col Oliver North did not take any money for himself. It makes it better, somehow, not for money to be the motive. Or maybe it makes it worse.