The amount from other articles is $1.776 Billion, presumably because it’s a special number that makes the blatant theft of taxpayer funds go down easier to right-wing morons.
It never had any measurable relation to the supposed reason for it and it’s just roughly the amount Trump thought he could get away with stealing, after anchoring public awareness to the $10 billion demand.
Even if this weren’t blatant self-dealing and corruption, what about the dollar amount?
1.7 fucking billion? For how many supposed victims? What is the actual measurable harm that was used to base the dollar amount on?
The amount from other articles is $1.776 Billion, presumably because it’s a special number that makes the blatant theft of taxpayer funds go down easier to right-wing morons.
It never had any measurable relation to the supposed reason for it and it’s just roughly the amount Trump thought he could get away with stealing, after anchoring public awareness to the $10 billion demand.
I’m just surprised it isn’t 250 billion, one per year of freedom or something
This is from Trump’s 10B IRS lawsuit. He is settling with himself for 1.7B to establish this slush fund.
That’s the neat part, it’s not a settlement according to the judge. They’re just stealing it from the DoJ settlement fund.
Oh that is neat I haven’t read into it yet and only have been getting my updates from some news podcasts.
They can always add more if they run out