FBI probe of Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House, report finds – A Democratic senator’s report finds new evidence of the White House controlling an FBI investigation into sexual assault claims against the Supreme Court nominee.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/kavanaugh-trump-white-house-fbi-report/

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  1. More on this subject from other reputable sources:


    – Axios (B+): [Trump White House curtailed FBI's Kavanaugh probe, report finds](https://www.axios.com/2024/10/08/trump-kavanaugh-fbi-sexual-assault-probe-constrained)
    – Forbes (C+): [Trump White House Stopped FBI From Fully Investigating Brett Kavanaugh Claims, Senate Report Says](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/10/08/trump-white-house-stopped-fbi-from-fully-investigating-brett-kavanaugh-claims-senate-report-says/)
    – Common Dreams (C-): [Trump White House Limited ‘Sham’ FBI Kavanaugh Probe, Senate Report Confirms](https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-kavanaugh)
    – CNN.com (C+): [Internal emails dispute Trump’s claims that FBI had ‘free rein’ to probe Kavanaugh allegations, new report says](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/08/politics/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-trump-senate-report/)


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  2. ExtremexDreams on

    Withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Deal for absolutely no reason except it was seen as a success of his predecessor. Also generally screwing up our international diplomatic presence and making our allies less willing to ally with us

    Screwing up the 2019 budget talks and causing our longest government shutdown to date…
    Making detention centers for migrants less humane while simultaneously seeing the first rise in estimated border crossings in a long time

    Opting to ignore the threat of Russian cyberterrorism when evidence of it was brought to his attention

    Taking a pro-corruption and anti-transparency stance by firing whistleblowers and inspectors general following the revelation of HIS Ukrainian scandal

    Holding political rallies during a time of quarantine, the seeming result of which was the more rapid spread of a disease that killed a million Americans.
    Also giving unqualified and dangerous medical advice for said disease which may have resulted in several million unnecessary deaths

    Hiring/appointing cabinet officials that previously advocated the exact opposite views of the departments they basically bought their way into to trash the department or run it into the ground, or, at a minimum, had glaring conflicts of interest (Scott Pruitt, Jim Bridenstine, Betsy DeVos, DeJoy, Ross, Chao, Mnuchin, etc.)

    Gutting the EPA’s authority, making it even easier for polluters. Whatever few teeth were left on the EPA’s standards, he removed them Rolled back over 100 protections. Cut their budget by 31%. This is estimated to cause at least 80,000 excess deaths/decade.
    Trump’s administration allowed more mercury in the air and water, toxic coal ash to be disposed of unsafely, and gutted the clean water act as a start.
    His environmental actions were unconscionable, and largely Biden has not reversed them. Some of them are nigh-irreversible.
    We lost decades of progress on an environmental front

    PPP, No oversight handouts to hedge funds

    The 2017 tax cuts which not only didn’t pay for themselves, but visibly flatlined the Dow for 1.5 years 2017 Tax cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)

    The entire reform was sold with two major pillars:
    • “trickle down’ – tax benefits would proceed to benefit employees and low- to mid income groups
    • The reform would supposedly create incentive for companies to migrate some of their foreign assets back to the US and thus entail larger tax revenue
    Both essentially failed, since there was no regulation or incentives requirements attached
    Thus the trillion dollar tax cut was in effect a handout to rich individuals and companies, some parts specifically tailored to benefit Trump himself & major GOP donors
    Most companies used the tax cuts to buyback stocks or to reward stockholders, the trickle down effect was in virtually non-existent in practice

    Importantly, this also coincides with the ramifications of the trade war policies and drop of the DOW index
    This leaves the US with a historic deficit, which will cause major problems in the long run including the risk for a new financial crisis
    Also any future reform of the tax code will be likely
    contested by the GOP while any repercussion will likely be projected on the current democratic house majority, since the negative effect won’t manifest until after the lag period
    The Supreme Court coups, which have led to literal lying justices and forcing governments to not just protect but actively fund religion
    The child separation policy was flat out evil in its intent and grossly incompetent in its execution
    • Gutting of the United States post office
    • Gutting of the United States Department of Education Decimation of middle class mobility
    • Massive increases to cost of living
    • Loss of of millions of tax dollars diverted into Trump family’s private wealth
    • Loss of reproductive rights
    -Roe vs. Wade overturn
    -Trump not accepting the Election results was considered
    fear mongering until the Jan 6th Capital riots
    -NC, Wisconsin gerrymandering
    -Republicans won’t pardon Felons who support them
    -Gloria Johnson vs. Grants Pass reversal
    -Privatizing Water
    -Occupancy Standards for Rental Housing
    -Criminalizing Food Sharing

    Every business he failed at is a bankruptcy since the corporations shuttered with losses
    • Trump vodka
    • Trump water
    • Trump university
    • Trump airlines
    •4 casino bankruptcies
    •2 hotel bankruptcies
    • Trump mortgage
    •GoTrump. Com travel site
    • Trump steaks

    Soon to fail businesses:
    • Truth Social
    • Trump TCG
    • Trump sneakers (already failed?) •Trump Presidency 2.0

    Onto the next big topic:
    Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison
    Trump’s former campaign vice chairman, Rick Gates, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison

    Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was charged, convicted, and is reporting to prison
    (He was also charged in connection with a scheme to defraud, but escaped federal trial as a result of a Trump pardon)
    He’s also facing a related state trial on wire fraud and money laundering charges

    Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison
    Trump’s former adviser and former campaign aide, Roger Stone, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

    Trump’s former adviser and former White House aide Peter Navarro, was charged, convicted, and is currently in prison.

    Trump’s former campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

    The Trump Organization’s former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

    Trump’s former White House national security advisor, Michael Flynn, was charged and convicted.
    Though he was later acquitted at trial

    Trump’s former inaugural committee chair, Tom Barrack, was charged with illegally lobbying Trump on behalf of a foreign government
    (Elliot Broidy was the vice chair of Trump’s inaugural
    committee, and he found himself at the center of multiple controversies, and also pled guilty to federal charges related to illegal lobbying)
    Two lawyers associated with Trump’s post-defeat efforts, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, have pleaded guilty to election-related crimes.

    •Don’t care about any of this. The number I care about is 7.8 trillion in debt that was added during his administration

  3. onceinawhile222 on

    So what? They killed an investigation into 10 million from Egyptian President. This was easy.

  4. How can we trust the Supreme Court when the process was so clearly compromised? This is a huge issue for democracy

  5. KAVANAUGH, ALITO, THOMAS. I’m expecting The Harris administration and the next Democratic CONGRESS to DO SOMETHING about the corruption!

  6. InternationalLaw4170 on

    Why would they want the truth getting in the way of their right wing agenda to undermine the Constitution?