People Are Paying $5M and $1M to Dine with Donald Trump

https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/

by westurner • 1 year ago

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westurner6• 1 year ago

Sleaziest thing I've ever heard!

Isn't that illegal influence peddling?

For the record, when Buffet auctions a meeting for pay it's for charity; and he's not on the clock as a public servant.

westurner6• 1 year ago

For context,

Change.org (2007) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change.org

We The People (2009-01) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_the_People_(petitioning_sys... :

The right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" is guaranteed by the United States Constitution's First Amendment. [...]
Overview > Thresholds: Under the Obama administration's rules, a petition had to reach 150 signatures (Dunbar's Number) within 30 days to be searchable on WhiteHouse.gov, according to Tom Cochran, former director of digital technology. [8] It had to reach 100,000 signatures within 30 days to receive an official response. [9] The original threshold was set at 5,000 signatures on September 1, 2011,[10] was raised to 25,000 on October 3, 2011, [11] and raised again to 100,000 as of January 15, 2013. [12] The White House typically would not comment when a petition concerned an ongoing investigation. [13]

westurner6• 1 year ago

Sleaziest

Sorry, that's ad hominem (name calling) but not a valid argument.

Is it civilly or criminally illegal for the standing president to do "sell the plate" fundraisers for PACs that aren't kickbacks?

Where is the current record of such receipts?

Kickback (bribery): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickback_(bribery)

Influence peddling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence_peddling

US Constitution > Article II > Section 4: https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-2/#ar...

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Impeachment in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_Stat... :

The Constitution limits grounds of impeachment to "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors", [2] but does not itself define "high crimes and misdemeanors".

Presumably, Bribery needn't be defined in the Constitution because such laws and rules are the business of the Legislative and the Judicial branches, and such rules apply to all people.

MattGaiser• 1 year ago

Buffett is not a public servant in any way, on or off the clock. He is entirely a private citizen.

westurner6• 1 year ago

I agree. As a fund or holding company manager, Mr. Buffet has a fiduciary obligation to shareholders.

MaxSebasti• 1 year ago

The question is what are they getting in return?

People Are Paying $5M and $1M to Dine with Donald Trump

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