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Farmgirl1961

(1,494 posts)
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 12:57 AM Sep 2016

Don't look -- there's no story here about Trump's Pay to Play

One would expect Faux News to be silent on this, but CNN has drunk the kool-aid as well.

Last Friday, Washington Post reporter David Farenthold broke a blockbuster of a story about Donald Trump, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and a clear-cut pay-to-play scheme. Our report on that is here.

It's a blockbuster of a report that can leave no doubt about the fact that there was a quid pro quo between Bondi and Trump, with an equally clear effort to conceal it on the Trump Foundation reports.

In other words, it's truly a scandal. A REAL scandal. One that should have dominated today's Sunday shows and the newspaper headlines this weekend. Yet, there was no mention that I saw on any Sunday shows, and headlines are still dominated with bogus Clinton email stories.

Curiously, only MSNBC has reported the story at all. Joy Reid did a lengthy segment while sitting in for Chris Hayes on All In last Friday night, a bit of which we've clipped above. In the words of Joe Biden, this is a BFD.

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http://crooksandliars.com/2016/09/cnn-and-fox-news-keep-mum-about-trump-pay

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Don't look -- there's no story here about Trump's Pay to Play (Original Post) Farmgirl1961 Sep 2016 OP
I read a few online articles about it too. The fact that it's a scandal is minor in comparrison to napi21 Sep 2016 #1

napi21

(45,806 posts)
1. I read a few online articles about it too. The fact that it's a scandal is minor in comparrison to
Mon Sep 5, 2016, 01:27 AM
Sep 2016

the JAIL TIME both he & the AG could be facing.

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