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#judges have also questioned the #DOJ’s motives in a handful of politically sensitive cases that officials have sought to dismiss — sometimes against the will of the prosecutors working on them day-to-day.

In a sweeping opinion issued in April, Judge Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan rejected as false the reasons the DOJ gave for dismissing #bribery charges against Mayor #EricAdams of New York.

#law#USpol#Trump

Trump's 2nd presidency has led to allegations of🚨pervasive self-dealing. From the acceptance of a luxury jet from QA, to the creation of a Trump #crypto, accused of MONETIZING THE WH (24/7) while enacting a swath of extreme policy.

Laughland & Silverstone travel across S FL, visiting Turning Point's student action summit, meeting the R strategist Steve Bannon, & witnessing events at the💔harsh detention center #AlligatorAuschwitz. Video⬇️
#Kleptocracy #Bribery #Lies #USPol
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The Guardian · Trump’s new gilded age: fearmongering, mass deportations and self-enrichment – videoAv Laurence Topham

Sunday, August 3, 2025

Russian troops resort to ‘total infiltration’ tactics in front-line Pokrovsk — Inside the Battle of Kostiantynivka, as Ukrainian forces brace for three-sided Russian assault — Ukrainian drones target Shahed storage site, industrial facilities in Russia — Ukraine’s drone strike reportedly sparks fire at oil depot in Russia’s Sochi … and more

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In late June, #JaredIsaacman donated $1 million to #MAGA Inc., in addition to >$440,000 to the #RNC, around the time he mused to a reporter about running for #Congress as a #Republican or obtaining a different position in the #Trump admin.

But if the donation to MAGA Inc. was intended to win back Trump’s favor, it may instead have revealed the limits of political contributions as a means to court the president.

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Cody Campbell, a #Texas #energy investor who had a brief professional football career with the Indianapolis Colts, donated $500,000 to #MAGA Inc. in late April. On Thursday, he was named to the newly reconfigured President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition.

Josh Lobel, a financial executive, donated $250,000 in January. The next month, he was announced as a member of the President’s #Intelligence Advisory Board.

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People seeking appointments from #Trump also donated to #MAGA Inc.

In February, Anjani Sinha, an orthopedic surgeon & businessman who has been described as a friend of Trump’s, donated $1 million. The next month, he was nominated to be US ambassador to #Singapore.

#Donors are often tapped as ambassadors, but Sinha’s nomination has drawn particular criticism.

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#ElizabethFago had particular incentive to curry favor with #Trump at the time.

As NYT previously reported, she was appealing to Trump to #pardon her son, #PaulWalczak, who had pleaded #guilty to tax #crimes late last year.

Less than 3 weeks after Fago attended the dinner, Trump signed a full & unconditional pardon for Walczak. It spared him from having to pay nearly $4.4M in #restitution & from reporting to #prison for an 18-month sentence.

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…Another guest at the April dinner was the businesswoman #ElizabethFago.

While Fago had raised money for #Republican candidates for decades, her previous largest federal donation on record was $100,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2002. Yet the day before the candlelight dinner, she donated $1 million to #MAGA Inc.

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A #crypto company called #AvaLabs donated $1 million on April 2. The donation earned Ava’s president, #JohnWu, a spot at a #fundraising reception with #Trump 2 days later at Mar-a-Lago…. An invitation billed it as an intimate “candlelight dinner” with “very limited” space.

Also attending the dinner…was the cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder [#EsteeLauder], a longtime major #political #donor & supporter of #Israel who donated $5 million to #MAGA Inc. in late March.

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On May 5, #MAGA Inc organized a “crypto & #AI innovators dinner” featuring #Trump at his golf club in Virginia. Among the attendees, acc/to 2 people…, was #JPRichardson, the chief exec of the #crypto company #Exodus, which donated $1 million to MAGA Inc. in Jan.

“It is in the best interests of our company & its shareholders to support pro-crypto causes & candidates,” Richardson said in a text message. “We intend to continue backing similar efforts.”