Trump Hit With New Investigation Over Extortion Deal With Oil Executives
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2024
- Donald Trump is facing yet another investigation as Democrats in both the House and Senate demand answers about his possible extortion attempt against the fossil fuel industry. Trump recently told a crowd of oil executives that he would kill regulations for them (among other things) if they gave him $1 billion, and now Democrats in Congress are demanding answers from the executives about the whole interaction. This is the type of investigation that could spur an actual criminal investigation by the time it ends, as Farron Cousins explains.
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What Trump did to the EPA while he was in office was terrible .
He obliterated it by installing a coal lobbyist trashcan to destroy it for him.
Nixon was the creator of the EPA. Unlike tRump, he did love his country even though he let that power go straight to his head.
Yes and every other government agency or office with a three letter acronym.
Him and Scott "Tactical Pants" Pruitt.
@billieg826, I agree wholeheartedly, if he were to get back into the WH he would compound all of that by 100%.
Thankfully, he's ruined any chance he might have had to be POTUS again!! He's a total dumb ass & a loser! 😂😂😂
Yep, put a coal lobbyist in charge. Stopped EPA from analyzing the cost to environment and human life from changes in environmental protection. Trying to make Coal Great Again through the power of ignorance and stupidity.
Once a criminal, always a criminal…it is about time he is held accountable and jailed.
To quote the BeachBoys…..wouldn’t it be nice.
Except...Cohen shows that isn't true.
Way past time.
This should disqualify him from running immediately.
Yes- what are the disqualifying points I wonder? Surely he has hit a few already??
@@calmac9720none at all
Wait til the gas prices go up after this possible conspiracy and collusion. Biden will lose.
And yet he's leading in 5/6 swing states. It's hard to understand how people can be so blind.
Yet somehow he's still leading in 5/6 swing states, people are blind
LOBBYING SHOULD BE OUTLAWED.
There are a BUNCH of things Congress is allowed to do that they shouldn't be. For example, Congress members are literally allowed to blatantly lie in Congressional Committee hearings! Example: In a hearing about impeaching Biden, GOP Rep Byron Donalds intentionally took a text from Mr Biden and manipulated it to say something it DID NOT say. When AOC showed the ACTUAL text, Donald's put his feet up, laughed at her and said, "you know as well as I do, I didn't break any Congressional rules in doing that so good luck trying to accuse me of anything". I heard that, and swear to God I was angry for the rest of the day!
This is what happens when nothing happens to Trump.
If it as Obama he would have been drawn and quartered long ago!
No consequences for 77 years. Must be hard to take....
Being own trial in 4 jurisdiction is "nothing happening"?
This is what happens when nothing happens to big Corporations bribing the politicians and presidents, and to rich, connected people.
But only those who are part of the club we, peasants, don’t belong to.
Exactly
This is by far his dumbest and most blatant attempt to commit a crime.
This is Trump. He is transactional. He is for sale. Always has been. There needs to be more investigation into his time in office.
Blatant, indeed! I mean, it's not like he doesn't KNOW all his rallies, meetings, and everything else he does and says are RECORDED! Right? This is NOT a new thing for him. CLEARLY he has no regard for the law, he knows that if he says or does something illegal, all he has to do is cry "witch hunt" and start accusing everyone that's acting WITHIN the law of something, anything untoward, the base is automatically activated, the death threats start, everything gets paused while all the people that are doing the CORRECT thing get dragged, and all the criminals get together for lunch and laugh about how this game works for them EVERY SINGLE TIME. It has worked for him with Fani Willis, worked for him with Judge Engoron, against Ms Carroll, worked against Judge Chutkan, also in Florida with Jack Smith, and on and on and on. He uses the same bullshit over and over, the news falls for it EVERY SINGLE TIME, and Trump gets away with it EVERY SINGLE TIME. Seriously, when is someone going to call it out for what it is? It's a CRIMINAL PATTERN that everyone ignores. EVERYONE.
Because he's never once been held accountable yet. He thinks he can do anything he wants.
So tell me... what crimes has Trump Not committed?
I bet its a short list.
the voters and maga enablers will simply cast blame on biden
I have little confidence Merrick Garland will even charge Trump with this.
Writing the letter is questionable, but I don’t think the letter alone is enough to charge Donald Trump with a crime.
@@SeanPat1001 That's not the purpose, the purpose is to document facts for an official inquiry.
Gutless Garland is a PoS who should be sitting in the cell next to Mango Mussolini.
@@rtqii I was responding to someone who was talking about Merrick Garland.
What your describing is a legitimate purpose for a congressional inquiry. However law-enforcement really needs to wait for a crime to occur before they can investigate anything.
@@SeanPat1001 Trump had documented instances of obstruction of justice during the Mueller investigation. Mueller said he could not charge them because Trump was a sitting president and it violated existed DOJ policy to indict a sitting president. Trump left office and the DOJ allowed the statute of limitations to expire without charging.
Everything he does is shady. Then he accused everyone else of doing the shady things he does.
Each & every accusation is a confession.
Need a criminal investigation, not a congressional investigation.
Might as well add one more.
Put this sorry human being DJT in prison
A men
Let's get to the verdict in the NYC case. I think we will have a verdict by June 5. I also think prison will be included in the sentence. I'm not going to say it's going to be 34×4 because that's not realistic. But could it be a month? Yes. Could it be several months? Yes.
@@calinasagilitypartner4444 I am concerned about the jury. I won't speak it...
Vote Blue 2024 🇺🇸
What makes you think "he's human"?? I don't see any clear evidence.
@@JustForFun-mt9og He's barely a mammal.
Another example of Trump caring about himself and not the country. He and his cult are absolutely insane.
Setting up homeless people with counterfeit money, should be investigated immediately.
Trump 4 Super Max Prison 2024
And add in that he's going to be left to rot in solitary confinement wherever he ends up at, being a super max would be a cherry on top to justice prevailing against a lifelong criminal and toxic sociopath.
My thought some time ago, also concrete furniture would be a hard lesson 😏
It will be one of the federal trials who will put Trump away for a long time. I think Trump could get a few months in jail this year.
Trump for gravel pit 2024 💙
No, Trump 4 Super Max Prison Beauty Pageant Winner 2024.
Keep voting blue at the polls against the orange goblin
💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Biden for President 2024
Yes, but also vote against all of his repulsivecan's.
Nah both presidents suck ass
Voting BLUE up and down the ballot! 🗳🇺🇲💙🗳🇺🇲💙
VOTE Blue in 2024, that's the only way to save our Democracy..
We have a lot of stupid laws. Quiet or out loud, this stuff should ABSOLUTELY be illegal!
To my American friends, PLEASE VOTE. Trump cannot become President again, so he can destroy the world.
I absolutely agree. 🇨🇦
We will. Remember tRUMP has never received the popular vote. We voted Biden into office in 2020 and we will do so again.
This time four years ago there was tRUMP campaign c**p everywhere. Now only 2 houses in our town is so decorated. It is a very small town in a hotbed of Republicans in the middle of a very blue state.
We had a neighbor who flew a tRUMP flag for years. The day after the Insurrection attempt the flag disappeared. What they did on January 6th was a bridge too far. People just did not like it.
I do pray for our country regularly and also donate on a regular basis to Act Blue and Move On both Democratic fund raisers.🌊🇺🇸
Yup! 🇲🇶🇨🇦
@@andrewjameshenderson1389 MAKE QANON CRY AGAIN! MQCA!
Trump won't be president again , he is lying to himself
Donnie doing his best 'mob boss' impression...
Joe Biden🧢is a very good🇱🇷President💦🌊
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW including trump
Not true. Looks like no one on SCOTUS (or their spouses, apparently)can be touched.
@@jasonscott6174 it’s the beginning of the end
@@imjustmeTBD it's spelled SCrOTUS... Cuz thatz what they are
ESPECIALLY!!! He is the worst criminal. He wants to destroy the country so he can make more money, FOR HIMSELF!!
?
Trump will sell this country for 62¢.
After he's sold his granny?
Or less just make a few more buck than other billionaire
He wants all the money sent to him, and nobody else.
61
30 pieces of silver.
That's a violation of his bond conditions in his other cases. Directly to jail.
Like the way he went straight to jail after each of his earlier 50+ violations? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 We've got the wrong judges for that.
As are the gag order violations, but the other judges have done nothing about that.
Great point!
Way past time he was jailed!!!!!
@@samhain1894they'd have to release him for this current trial wouldn't they? I'm happy to wait for verdict.
I've had QUITE ENOUGH of these oil companies too!!!! There's the dam SWAMP!!!!!
THANK YOU MSNBC FOR DOING YOUR JOB !! AND FARRON FOR TELLING IT !!!!
He's got the highest court in the land protecting him.
Highest but also lamest
They gotta quit hanging out with dim jr.
Trump thinks crime as his first thought.
....It's appalling that the Repubs and Trump's supporters approve of a convicted sexual assaulter, tax cheat, and business/bank fraud, and recidivist.
Lies and crimes are his go to
First, last and everything between!!!
tRump is not arguing he's innocent anymore. He's arguing that he has the right to be a criminal.
@@garcia4835 grifting is his passion!
Never held accountable. Thinks he’s above the law. Time for that to change.
PAST TIME!
But he HAS been above the law. He is going to destroy your country, Americans. You’d better believe it.
As an Australian, I think campaign contributions should be illegal from anything other than private citizens.
Biden For The Win: 2024.
Trump For The Whine: 2024.
It's appalling that the Repubs and Trump's supporters approve of a convicted sexual assaulter, tax cheat, and business/bank fraud, and recidivist.
He has been hitting the whine harder than Bartiromo for a while now
tRump for Federal Prison 2024!!!🇺🇸
@@duncandownham4726 He whine as he won in 2016.
Trump for gravel pit 2024 💙
Just throw him in jail already without a phone or any other form of electronic device. How hard can it be 🤦♂️🤦♂️
EXACTLY...
It must be extremely hard
No diet Coke either! 🙄
Trump has a bad habit of saying the quiet (stupid) part out loud, his lust for money and notoriety has always been his downfall.
Another day, another crime - but it’s always someone else’s fault! 🤦🏻♂️
Nothing is too low for trump to sink to.he would sell anyone or anything for a dollar
Bro probably would sell his son for 4 dollars
@@Angel_dust_fan824 yea but who would buy him? Yuck
That's fantastic! Just something else Donald has done that no one will do anything about.
Troll. Always putting down the American legal system and making it look like all is hopeless so why even try.
The oil meeting
Represents the selling out of America
By a PRIVATE Individual
On a public stage
Prof. William T. Kelly, one of his professors at Wharton Business College said, "donald tRump was THE dumbest goddamn student I EVER HAD! ." tRump continues to prove that to us all the time.
Queen TrumPootin was too busy literally taking Yellow Showers with his roommate David Geovanis, who literally defected to Russia with the kompromat.
Both parties afraid to expose Donni's rainbows and mushrooms gobbling vast history as to why his lover and mentor Roy Cohn trained Dump to perform his Overcompensating Lecher Act. If Trump didn't want everyone to know about HIRING Adult Entertainment Workers under NDA contracts, we wouldn't know about them.
Criminality thy name is...DONALD JOHN TRUMP!!!
I propose a name change : Donald JAIL Trump.
donald JOHN trump.. title earned due to paying sex workers like Stormy
It's dementia Donnie von shitzinpants!! Get it correct!!😂😂
What he did not tell them is he knows he won't be elected president ever again!
Please God!!
❤👍
...but he wants their money now even so.
They can't possibly think it worth the price tag.
I don't think anybody could have predicted how bad Trumps presidency and continued presence would be for the country.
But extorting money was the most predictable thing he could have done.
I did! In 2016 I told my son when he left to go vote that if he votes for Donald Trump it will be bad for the country and that he was a con man and a criminal! He didn't take my advice!
I've been saying it the whole time!! But of course, my friends and family drank the cool-aid.
Many predicted it.
Keep investigating this guy, but nothing is going to happen to him because everybody is afraid he’ll throw a temper tantrum.
Joe, get rid of merrick garland
I agree. He's so very timid. And replace that postmaster, too!
Narcissists don't respond to reason or fairness. Only physical means will be effective. Threats don't work well. Bribes work the best.
Trump is like: FIVE years old, mentally?
Garland is always lying to Congress . He’s not a Smart man. Go back to School . Grow up and dont be a slave for Corrupt Biden. Tell Corrupt attorney Garland. Tell him.
What happened to the DOJ investigating crime?
They barely do that to elites, they only charged Donald when it was clear he was going to run again. They would have let him skate for his crimes otherwise.
You or I (that is, ordinary people) need to go out and do some stupid stuff. Best believe that DOJ would be on us like flies on 💩
Just lock his ass up already!!!
The fun part is that now Trump has said the quiet parts out loud, the oil industry can no Longer legally take him up on the offer.
Fucking hell. Go for 100 charges, Donny.
Thank you Calina for the correction.
He is going for the pro convict level, take a special kind of criminal to get centaindictments
It would be 100+ counts on several more indictments. The sky's the limit.
Technically Trump has 4 indictments and 88 charges. Just FYI.
@@calinasagilitypartner4444 thanks for the correction. I got it confused.
@@calinasagilitypartner4444True, centacharges then
Why doesn’t the DOJ take the lead on this investigation?
Because Merrick is Meek!
@@beverlyjohnson1921 I agree. If Biden wins a second term he should replace Mr Garland with someone competent, like Jack Smith.
Because they are spineless!
@@sharper68 “The fish stinks from the head” as the saying goes…
@@jkburgess001 They are not aggressive enough because the entire system protects the elite. If we let our leaders be bought, they will serve who pays them.
I sure hope you're right. VOTE BLUE 🇺🇸
DOJ needs to investigate.
At this point I don't think ANYTHING OR ANYONE IS GOING TO HOLD THIS MOBSTER ACCOUNTABLE...!!!
Although the only way he could be called a mobster is due to the mob of domestic terrorists he riled up and sent to the capitol on Jan 6th.
Any average person *could* hold them accountable if they choose, but they’d go to prison for it if you know what I mean
After he has been convicted three times and is on trial in 4 jurisdictions? You are right about one thing: you don't think.
The American "justice" system is written to protect wealthy white people. This country doesn't put wealthy white people in prison, regardless of their crimes. Trump will walk.
I guess we'll have to.
One billion??? And here I thought the going rate was 30 pieces of silver!
Friggin’ inflation !
The oil companies are drafting the executive orders? That's insane. Put this guy in prison already
And knowing Trump and his association they will say Trump was joking.
It is different, but kinda like his call to Volodymyr Zelenskyy ?
Vote Blue 2024 🇺🇸
Yeah, this is soliciting bribes, that phone call was extortion, I think Farron got his definitions a bit mixed up here
Not so different, really. At the core it's all _"Gimme gimme gimme!"_
@@neilbiggs1353 Yes, I don't see how this is extortion at all. Extortion is more like "give me money or I'm going to do something to you." What Trump did is solicit bribery.
@@dx1450 That's the absurdity of Trump isn't it? You're not arguing if what he did was legal, you're trying to work out exactly what the offence was (and still his cult will vote for him...)
Or the call to putin his pal and yes I call pal as in the mega drive version pal
VOTE BLUE .
This is corruption on a high level
He doesn’t even have the smarts to do his illegal deal behind closed doors, he does it on camera!
No need to. Judges have shown us that he's untouchable.
Extortion!!!
☀️Daily reminder.
Folks, please don't think that you are completely helpless as regards "judge" Cannon and her antics; you are not.
Glenn Kirschner explains step-by-step how every concerned & angry American (so not us foreigners I'm afraid) can file a judicial misconduct complaint form with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to insist that Cannon be removed from the case and a fair, impartial, and independent judge be assigned trump's federal case in Florida.
What do you have to lose, good people, go for it!
The (rather recent) video where Mr. Kirschner is explaining how to do this, is titled:
*"Judge Aileen Cannon's Bias Is Showing."*
Sorry: I had to part up my message in this manner in order to finally have it be rendered visible by youtube.
And yes, I'm shamelessly continuing to post this info hereabouts.
I also encourage everyone else to do the same.
*Please spread the word any way that you can.*
*Thanks, everybody, and good luck!*
👊 ⚖️ 👊
🇳🇴 ♥️ 🇺🇸
@@Camel-shitAshesStardustHeroes No shame applicable when you want justice to prevail over the most conflicted judge in Murica and wanting to not see the world burn via the intentions of the Tangerine Tyrant.
Thank you! I watch Mr Kirschner regularly, but I'm afraid I missed this one!
@@RiptornRory
True that.
Forget a billion dollars, Trump would sell this nation out for a f'kn Klondike bar.
He doesn't understand that was illegal, he never understands what is or isn't. Spoiled man child that has never been told "no".
"It's legal if he does it", that's why.
This guy hasn’t even been acquitted of one crime and he’s committed another.
And what will happen to him NOTHING He gets away with EVERYTHING 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Troll, sowing hopelessness with cynicism.
Why would anybody even think about voting for
Donald Trump WTF?
It is a cult !! Brainwashed!!
Trump for gravel pit 2024 💙
The grim reaper is waiting.
And the Hits just keep on coming!
Glad to hear this CRIMINAL is being watched
Should they be investigated for excepting bribes?
Only $1Billion?
That's a cheap price for a US President.
Surely $10 or $20 billion would still be a bargain?
Perhaps...if it wasn't Trump! Trump isn't worth a dollar, let alone billions.
That's what happens when you elect businessman to be politician, politicians need discretion.
The House Oversight Committee is run by Comer. No chance, there.
Just tell him they'll be investigating Biden w/o letting him see it.
Jail Trump now.
Thank you Farron- you do an incredible job of monitoring and flagging up corruption and injustice in American politics and beyond.
Wouldn't mind seeing Raskin run for President at some point.
Donald Trump doesn't care about what's legal or not. Everything to him is transactional, and it doesn't matter to him who or what is impacted by his actions. Putting him in the White House is like giving him the mandate to negotiate America with the highest bidder.
Exactly. I just wonder who it was he actually sold us to? Russia? Saudi? China? Iran? Maybe broke us down in pieces like a chop shop, so they all could have a little bit? They could then all fight over their pieces and see who ACTUALLY comes out on top.
Europe gone in what? A month?
He will forever be a felon, whether found guilty or not in the courts. He is despicable.
Trump did this out in the open. Trump has always been transactional/for sale. There needs to be more investigation into Trump's time in office. What happened behind closed doors ?
I'm VERY worried about that. What documents and secrets will he sell?
He'll sell America..... he'll even sooner sell EUROPE!!
He doesn’t get it. He just doesn’t get it. All for trump and to hell with the law and ethics.
I've read the navy seals are trained to handle such criminal dictators 😂
I’m loving Rep. Raskin right now.
Why not the DOJ?
The House is investigating? Really? I find this hard to believe.
There are nearly as many Democrats as republicans in the House.
Talk about being rotten to the core.
How many reminders do we need that outside of salary, money needs to be removed from politics?
3 elections with this guy, 3 times he’s did quid pro quo ..
He’s gotten into “serial criminal status.”
Every time he opens his face-hole he’s either lying or criming.
Those oil and gas guys need some investigating, too. They're just as low as Trump
Still beyond me how people claim there was no crime when he openly does this kind of stuff for all to see.
Stinky Don has no shame to his game
This is something Putin would do.
Lobbyists should be against the law and every one of them should be investigated.
Has there ever been an American president more for-sale than Donald Trump? As long as someone's willing to fill his pockets, he'll dance to whatever tune you want.
How many times had he done this while he was president!!! Was he selling pardons as well?
More than that. He was offering them to the insurrectionists if he returned to office.
Ban money in politics it's that simple.
Have Trump in orange suit to every court case from now on .
How in the hell can he be still able to run again? This is a crime!!!
*D.Trump should be indicted for several more crimes, and indict the Republicans that are at the Courthouse being like whining babies - while We The People pay them to do nothing.*
Vote them out. Problem solved.
it's also conspiracy to commit all of those crimes.
The AG is not doing his job! His folks are prosecuting the Jan 6 offenders, but not the leaders of the insurrection - DJT and so forth. Do something Garland!
I used to work in a law office. In the office, when a businessman had a new idea, he checked with a lawyer BEFORE starting the venture to make sure it was all legal. Trump oughta try that.
CNN won't touch this one. Isn't CNN still trying to be Fox Lite?