Current Events > Trump appears to be trying to force New York to drop its investigations into him

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/13/trump-new-york-investigations-114991

President Donald Trump appeared Thursday to link his administration's policies toward New York to a demand that the state drop investigations and lawsuits related to his administration as well as his personal business and finances.

Hours before New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was set to meet the president at the White House, Trump tweeted that Cuomo must understand that National Security far exceeds politics, a reference to his administrations recent decision to halt New Yorks access to the Global Entry and other trusted traveler programs that allow New Yorkers faster border crossings and shorter airport lines.

Trump continued, New York must stop all of its unnecessary lawsuits & harrassment, start cleaning itself up, and lowering taxes.

Trumps invocation of lawsuits & harrassment was a reference to the states numerous lawsuits against his administration and also against Trumps business, which is based in New York.

That prompted Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), one of the House managers who prosecuted Trumps impeachment in the Senate, to accuse the president of expanding his abuse of power to blackmailing U.S. states (threatening millions of people he supposedly works for). In this case, he's holding New York state hostage to try to stop investigations into his prior tax fraud.

State attorney general Letitia James has subpoenaed for Trumps financial records, and the state is pursuing multiple inquiries about the Trump Organizations business practices. James also just secured a $2 million settlement from Trumps now-defunct charitable foundation, which was accused of numerous violations of misuse of funds.

The settlement prompted a sharp rebuke from Trump, who tweeted on Nov. 7 that James suit against the foundation was for political purposes.

When you stop violating the rights and liberties of all New Yorkers, we will stand down, James said Thursday, responding to Trumps tweet. Until then, we have a duty and responsibility to defend the Constitution and the rule of law. BTW, I file the lawsuits, not the Governor.

Trumps linkage of the investigations and lawsuits to his national security-related decisions involving New York immediately called back to House Democrats warning that Trump if acquitted in last weeks impeachment trial could leverage federal resources to coerce states to take actions that benefit him personally or politically.

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Reminder Schiff literally said

An acquittal would also provide license to President Trump and his successors to use taxpayer dollars for personal political ends ... Presidents could also hold hostage federal funds earmarked for Statessuch as money for natural disasters, highways, and healthcareunless and until State officials perform personal political favors. Any Congressional appropriation would be an opportunity for a President to solicit a favor for his personal political purposesor for others to seek to curry favor with him. Such an outcome would be entirely incompatible with our constitutional system of self-government

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What happened to the party of states' rights? (Rhetorical question.)

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Bio1590 posted...

Reminder Schiff literally said

Schiff is my hero and I wish he were running for President.

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y'all really thought we were joking when we said Trump was the greatest internal threat to our republic since the Confederates eh?

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We got him this time (Attempt #364) *rolls eyes*`

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Christian RULES posted...

We got him this time (Attempt #364) *rolls eyes*`

This is so childish and pathetic

Perfect for a trump supporter

coolboy11 posted...

y'all really thought we were joking when we said Trump was the greatest internal threat to our republic since the Confederates eh?

tbh I think you still have to hand it to Mitch and the rest of the GOP, because Trump would be powerless if they wanted him to be.
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Bio1590 posted...

tbh I think you still have to hand it to Mitch and the rest of the GOP, because Trump would be powerless if they wanted him to be.

McConell might be one of the worst human beings in American political history.

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Won't stop Phoenix Wright

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coolboy11 posted...

McConell might be one of the worst human beings in American political history.

Cocaine Mitch

The Dems will take back the Senate this November and shrimp will be a lame duck president and his second term

I wonder if the Democratic Party as an institution won't put pressure on New York's state government to not go after Trump once he is out of office? There seems to be a strong precedent of former presidents just fading into the background and never having to answer to anyone for the wicked they did. I mean, it's not like Bush was ever called to account for getting America into a Forever War with false evidence or pissing all over the constitution with warrantless spying.

I like how Trump is pissed off, but when Obama was president it was like he's a terrorist! Tell him to release his birth certificate! Long form only.

Now is that good?

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Christian RULES posted...

We got him this time (Attempt #364) *rolls eyes*`

Where did anybody say that?

Bio1590 posted...

Reminder Schiff literally said

You can only imagine what he will start pulling if he gets reelected.

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Bio1590 posted...

Reminder Schiff literally said

Who's Reminder Schiff? Is he related to that snake Adam Schiff?
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Why can't we just be a sensible people and remove him from office? Like literally everyone but Trump thinks he's done some pretty bad shit that isn't the sort of thing a president should be allowed to do, but it is being excused for rather terrible reasons.

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uwnim posted...

Why can't we just be a sensible people and remove him from office?

You know why

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The national security state.

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New York: "Shut the fuck up"

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darkmaian23 posted...

it's not like Bush was ever called to account for getting America into a Forever War with false evidence or pissing all over the constitution with warrantless spying.

In fact Obama went and gave the companies retroactive immunity after running on change we could believe in.

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