Tiberius Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Using the government to profit his businesses. This is so corrupt. Criminal conduct here http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/emails-show-trump-took-a-special-interest-in-fbis-hq-plans.html Quote Last February, the federal government announced that it would walk away from plans to move the FBI’s headquarters out of downtown D.C., despite years of planning. It was a sudden and shocking move that led one Democrat in Congress to ask the inspector general at the General Services Administration (GSA), which manages the government’s real estate, to investigate how the FBI arrived at the decision. In August, the IG issued its report, which included the eyebrow-raising suggestion that President Trump had personally intervened to keep the FBI headquarters in D.C. Trump’s involvement set off alarms because the J. Edgar Hoover building sits directly across the street from his ritzy D.C. hotel. And because presidents don’t typically micromanage architectural projects. Was Trump sticking his nose where it didn’t belong to benefit his company’s bottom line? Congressional Democrats say yes. In a letter to the GSA administrator Thursday, Representative Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House oversight committee, said Trump doesn’t want the FBI to move out of D.C. because he fears its current headquarters might be snatched up by rival developers. Trump would prefer for his hotel not to have the competition. Democrats provided evidence of Trump’s involvement in the form of emails that reference a White House meeting in January with Trump and GSA officials, CNN reports: Just one day after the meeting with Trump in the Oval Office, GSA’s acting chief of staff, Brennan Hart, sent an email to Joseph Lai, a special assistant to the President, to emphasize the decision had been made not to relocate the FBI headquarters. Days later, GSA’s acting general counsel, Jack St. John, suggested the need to get “something in writing” from the FBI and Justice Department that solidifi what had been agreed upon in the meeting with Trump. Other emails from the GSA reference “a demolition/new construction per the president’s instructions” and “what POTUS directed everyone to do.” While the email evidence of Trump’s involvement is new, the allegations of impropriety are not. In July, Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen said, “There is no question that the President stands to gain financially by keeping the FBI in its existing building and blocking any competition for the Trump Hotel from being developed there.” Others have suggested that it’s not competition Trump is worried about, but the ability to ensure his hotel faces a shiny, new FBI headquarters, rather than a repurposed Brutalist eyesore. Whatever the explanation for Trump’s interest, the least likely is the one offered by the White House, which insists that he simply wants to save the government money. According to the GSA investigation, keeping the FBI in D.C. would cost more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Van Hollen, Cummings, CNN, and NY Mag huh? An article filled with absolutely nothing but speculation, wrapped around the old faithful "Others have suggested...." Just go away, you bore us.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Bullcrap. If Trump were so concerned about his own pocketbook he'd move the FBI, have his son's execute the purchase of the old FBI building on the cheap and then develop that property. When that happens come and ring the corruption bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 31 minutes ago, Tiberius said: Using the government to profit his businesses. This is so corrupt. Criminal conduct here http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/emails-show-trump-took-a-special-interest-in-fbis-hq-plans.html whoa... those are pretty giant leaps of dot connecting right there. are all Demoncrats this conspiracy minded? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 10 minutes ago, Foxx said: whoa... those are pretty giant leaps of dot connecting right there. are all Demoncrats this conspiracy minded? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, Koko78 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Hey Gleeful Gator, tell us how Trump profited from the London embassy redo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Hey Gleeful Gator, tell us how Trump profited from the London embassy redo? Trump clearly profited because shut up, you racist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Foxx said: whoa... those are pretty giant leaps of dot connecting right there. are all Demoncrats this conspiracy minded? They have the emails. Trump pushed this. Stopped a project that was years in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Cinga said: Van Hollen, Cummings, CNN, and NY Mag huh? An article filled with absolutely nothing but speculation, wrapped around the old faithful "Others have suggested...." Just go away, you bore us.... Republicans refuse to hold this corrupt President accountable, so someone has to. Thank goodness the midterms are looking so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbuff Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Everyone, everywhere is trying their best to dig up corrupt dirt on Trump to no avail. Keep trying though, it's fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 46 minutes ago, Tiberius said: They have the emails. Trump pushed this. Stopped a project that was years in the making. did they get them from a server in a mom-and-pop outfit — run out of an old bathroom closet in a downtown Denver loft? i'm surprised he didn't wipe the server, you know... like, with a cloth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 40 minutes ago, njbuff said: Everyone, everywhere is trying their best to dig up corrupt dirt on Trump to no avail. Keep trying though, it's fun. I love how they needed a couple weeks to recover from the Kavanaugh loss before the next 'scandal'. Usually they have the next one all teed up and ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bray Wyatt Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, KD in CA said: I love how they needed a couple weeks to recover from the Kavanaugh loss before the next 'scandal'. Usually they have the next one all teed up and ready to go. wait until we get closer to election day, like say a couple days to a week before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Let's conveniently forget that one of the developers in the running for the new FBI HQ was partnered with Trump and Kushner. And over-budget by $300M. And under-funded by $800M. Cancelled a project he'd benefit from directly, that would have benefited him more than originally anticipated. That is some whack-a-doodle definition of "corruption." 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I'm confused. Isn't this why people get into politics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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