As Donald Trump seeks a return to the White House, criminal charges are piling up for the people who tried to help him stay there in 2020 by promoting false theories of voter fraud.
One can hardly be active in GOP politics today without having committed at least a few thousand federal crimes. Skating past indictments and, certainly, at least a few convictions seems to be a litmus test for “leadership” in their criminal cabal.
Edit: ironically, fascists of the past - esp Mussolini - hated the mafia, which the US leveraged as allies both at home and abroad during WWII (quietly, ahem). Then again, Russian gangsters are a lot more amenable to fascism… not at all coincidental the Ghouliani, is his “cleanup” of NYC Italian mobsters in the 80s and 90s created a vacuum that was immediately filled by Russian mobsters he was friendly with… as was his BFF Trump… who immediately benefitted from the change in ownership of all of the mod-run construction industries like concrete, steel, etc…
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One can hardly be active in GOP politics today without having committed at least a few thousand federal crimes. Skating past indictments and, certainly, at least a few convictions seems to be a litmus test for “leadership” in their criminal cabal.
Edit: ironically, fascists of the past - esp Mussolini - hated the mafia, which the US leveraged as allies both at home and abroad during WWII (quietly, ahem). Then again, Russian gangsters are a lot more amenable to fascism… not at all coincidental the Ghouliani, is his “cleanup” of NYC Italian mobsters in the 80s and 90s created a vacuum that was immediately filled by Russian mobsters he was friendly with… as was his BFF Trump… who immediately benefitted from the change in ownership of all of the mod-run construction industries like concrete, steel, etc…