The 2016 Egyptian bribe of $10 million to Trump.

[irosie91]

Do you understand the concept of bribes?

The same objective that the Egyptians bribed Menendez for.

Ok---what was the objective of the putative bribe to
Menendez?

 

[TheGreatSatan]

It's never the actual bribe that is most damning, it is the extensive coverup by multiple layers of the Trump Justice Dept.

Does America want 4 more years of Trump criminality?

No, we don't.


Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a manager at a bank branch in Cairo received an unusual letter from an organization linked to the Egyptian intelligence service. It asked the bank to “kindly withdraw” nearly $10 million from the organization’s account — all in cash.

Inside the state-run National Bank of Egypt, employees were soon busy placing bundles of $100 bills into two large bags, according to records from the bank. Four men arrived and carried away the bags, which U.S. officials later described in sealed court filings as weighing a combined 200 pounds and containing what was then a sizable share of Egypt’s reserve of U.S. currency.

Federal investigators learned of the withdrawal, which has not been previously reported, early in 2019. The discovery intensified a secret criminal investigation that had begun two years earlier with classified U.S. intelligence indicating that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi sought to give Trump $10 million to boost his 2016 presidential campaign, a Washington Post investigation has found.

Within months of learning of the withdrawal, prosecutors and FBI agents were blocked by top Justice Department officials from obtaining bank records they believed might hold critical evidence, according to interviews with people familiar with the case as well as documents and contemporaneous notes of the investigation. The case ground to a halt by the fall of 2019 as Trump’s then-attorney general, William P. Barr, raised doubts about whether there was sufficient evidence to continue the probe of Trump.

The behind-the-scenes drama played out during an especially tense time for the Justice Department, with Trump accusing the agency of pursuing a politically biased “witch hunt” against him in its probe of Russian election interference, his appointees seeking to rein in investigators they saw as partisan, and some career supervisors growing wary of plunging the agency into yet another legal battle with the president.

Barr directed Jessie Liu, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney in D.C., to personally examine the classified intelligence to evaluate if further investigation was warranted. Barr later instructed FBI Director Christopher A. Wray to impose “adult supervision” on FBI agents Barr described as “hell-bent” on pursuing Trump’s records, according to people familiar with the exchange. It is unclear what if any actions Wray, who was also appointed by Trump, took in response.

In June of 2020, the prosecutor Barr appointed to take over the office leading the case closed the probe, citing “a lack of sufficient evidence to prove this case beyond a reasonable doubt.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/08/02/trump-campaign-egypt-investigation/

Is gold bar Bob still in the senate?

 

[surada]

I don't remember any politician running on the "CLEAN UP
UKRAIN'S reputation for corruption" platform. You got a citation?

The Obama Doctrine and Ukraine | Brookings

In his interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, President Obama said Ukraine is a core interest for Moscow in a way that it is not for the United States. But the United States could have done more to help Kiev resist the Kremlin’s aggression, without engaging in war with Russia.

www.brookings.edu

Moreover, in 1994, the leaders of the United States, Britain and Russia signed the Budapest Memorandum, in which they committed to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and pledged not to use force against that country. That memorandum was key to Kyiv’s decision to give up nearly two thousand strategic nuclear warheads and the associated strategic missiles and bombers. This was a major victory for U.S. policy, and for nonproliferation. Moscow’s violation of this agreement is a strong disincentive for future nations to give up weapons of mass destruction. The Obama administration rarely mentions the Budapest Memorandum, but that memorandum answers the “why should we care?” question that Obama implied in his interview with Goldberg.

 

[irosie91]

Is gold bar Bob still in the senate?

I do not believe that Trump is motivated to misbehave in
the future. I believe he is motivated to establish a sterling
reputation and legacy

 

[surada]

Corruption in Ukraine - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Magnus]

Ok---what was the objective of the putative bribe to
Menendez?

Is that your way of... telling me you are a retard without telling me you are a retard?

Good job. Thanks for the info.

 

[surada]

I do not believe that Trump is motivated to misbehave in
the future. I believe he is motivated to establish a sterling
reputation and legacy

Lol Trump's off to a roaring start.

 

[irosie91]

Corruption in Ukraine - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

your citation does nothing to support your idiot assertion re putative US efforts to sweeten the reputation of Ukraine

 

[irosie91]

Lol Trump's off to a roaring start.

Yes he is.

 

[berg80]

"Pledged" money?

How does that work, making this payment to someone who is not even President? Can this somehow be construed as a "campaign contribution? when the campaign has long since ended?

Of course, Barr killed any investigation into it.

If the money was transferred in Jan. 2017 then the election had already happened.

 

[citygator]

Compelling read.

 

[berg80]

I do not believe that Trump is motivated to misbehave in
the future. I believe he is motivated to establish a sterling
reputation and legacy

What would cause such a radical change in his character?

 

[irosie91]

What would cause such a radical change in his character?

He's getting older and has grandchildren

 

[berg80]

He's getting older and has grandchildren

That hasn't stopped him from being an erratic, boorish, immoral, incompetent, criminal until now. He is what he is. He won't stop being Don until his cult realizes what a colossal mistake in judgement it's made in supporting him.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I do not believe that Trump is motivated to misbehave in
the future. I believe he is motivated to establish a sterling
reputation and legacy

Seems like he has a thing for sleazy, conniving prostitutes. So maybe his legacy will be fully dependent upon how far he is willing to bury his face into the rear end of the whore of Babylon.

But, you know, that's just like...my opinion, man.

 

[Synthaholic]

 

[berg80]

The Trump administration has released $195 million in military aid to Egypt, funds that had been previously withheld due to concerns over the country’s human rights record.

“Recognizing steps Egypt has taken over the last year in response to specific US concerns, and in the spirit of our efforts to further strengthen this partnership, the Administration has decided to allow Egypt to use the remaining $195 million in FY 2016 (foreign military financing) for military procurements,” a State Department official told CNN.

The administration decided last year to deny Egypt almost $100 million in aid and hold back another $195 million until it saw improvements in Cairo’s track record on human rights and democracy.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/politics/us-military-aid-egypt/index.html

Apparently, it was $10M well spent.

 

[irosie91]

Seems like he has a thing for sleazy, conniving prostitutes. So maybe his legacy will be fully dependent upon how far he is willing to bury his face into the rear end of the whore of Babylon.

But, you know, that's just like...my opinion, man.

"prostitutes"? well---that is in some circles considered a reasonable life style----Did he pick Ivana up in the gutter?
Some of the most influential women in history used their
gawd-given charms

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Notice how Republicans got rid of Santos but democrats keep gold bar bob?