And wouldn't this be a blatant crime? Couldn't Novartis be held liable for conspiracy if it is?
WOW. Evidently, the personal attorney to Mr. Trump (NOT a lobbying firm) was actively soliciting clients and trying to sell access to the highest office in the land. Maybe this is why the SDNY case is with the Public Corruption division of the U.S. Attys Office. #bastahttps://twitter.com/S_Fitzpatrick/status/994275295787192324 …
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This is a bribe. What would be more interesting is how Novartis (and AT&T) classified those expenses in their financial reporting. If they called it consulting, and no real services were rendered, then you have tax fraud (legally) and a whole whack of shareholder issues.
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True. Bribes are not tax deductible. Treasury Reg § 1.162-18. To misclassify this would be negligent and potentially criminal. And thats just the tax aspect.
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Precisely. Bribes aren't, but real consulting would be. But, $50G/m of consulting? During the Net Neutrality debate, AT&T's merger, with the Prez's personal lawyer as the consultant? They better have some work product to back that up.
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Did Trump know?!?! Please tell us Trump knew that Cohen was selling access. But wait, save it for Friday so we can all truly truly enjoy the weekend.
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Is this infrastructure week? Because it sure feels like infrastructure week.
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It’s Be Best Week! Be the Best greedy person you can to pry dollars out of stupid companies
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Stay true to Trump newspeak! No definite article. It’s “be best greedy person...” not “be the best...” It’s Dear Leader - not The Dear Leader. Hope this helps. Doubleplusgood!
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You are so correct. The intent of Newspeak is to reduce the number of words required to express an idea...so “Be Best” fits it perfectly. Although it really is easier to call Spanky “bad” rather than doubleplus ungood. Oh! There’s hypocrisy built even into Newspeak!
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Of course you’re correct. What was I doublethinking?
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Pretty soon we will only be saying “best words”
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You don’t even know what you’re BOOM about, meanwhile newly released old emails of hillarys show she had contact with same and she & bill dumping their stocks as we speak.
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It's not getting under my skin. I think 'she's' hilarious! Between Avenatti and Mueller, the trollbots are working overtime lol
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Here's another meme to use in emergencies. ;)pic.twitter.com/IVjy5nqk19
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Ha! Love it!
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