[pc86]

"More business happens under comparatively pro-business Administration" is certainly a revelation.

I don't mean to be snarky but "I counted things on Wikipedia" is not exactly slam dunk proof when the GP was all but saying Trump is selling antitrust immunity on the open market.

[Grombobulous]

It was still non-zero amount of evidence and that’s exactly what was being asked for.

[kortilla]

Evidence of a process being used is not evidence of bribes in a process.

A thing happens in every administration regime where once it becomes clear that X is acceptable (e.g. renewables projects, LBOs, nuclear, oil drilling, etc), there will be a lot of submissions to do X without any bribes at all.

[Grombobulous]

Fair.

I’ll toss in some better evidence then: the Paramount lawsuit settlement that paves the way for the merger, which includes future payments for things like pro-Trump advertisements/PSAs:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/how-trump-sued-cbs-won-60-minu...

Paramount shareholders are suing over this and accusing the administration of bribery.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/paramount-shareholders-a...

Here’s another giant unrelated article that details the Trump administration’s shakedown system:

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/unco...

I’ll remind everyone that it has been well established fact that Trump was basically the real estate guy for the Russian mafia in NYC before he got into politics. It isn’t some kind of strange coincidence that a lot of what he does feels mafia-like.

[mullingitover]

It’s honestly a howler to imply that this isn’t a deeply corrupt regime that’s openly doing crimes. The burden of proof is frankly on the argument to the contrary at this point.

The president is making a genuine, serious attempt to install his personal attorney to the office of Attorney General and he has a good chance of succeeding. This country is cooked.