From: pianoforte109@yahoo.com   
      
   On 9/10/23 10:15 PM, Art Sackman wrote:   
   > On Sunday, September 10, 2023 at 6:20:12 PM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:   
   >> On 9/9/23 11:33 PM, Art Sackman wrote:   
   >>> On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 10:45:20 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:   
   >>>> On 9/8/23 12:48 AM, Art Sackman wrote:   
   >>>>> bribe is a bribe is a bribe.   
   >>>> With an actual definition.   
   >>>>> Directing the payment to another family member is simply an act of   
   >>>>> concealment   
   >>>> So I could bribe literally anyone else but it's really a bribe for Joe?   
   >>>   
   >>> No. Literally a close family member.   
   >>> And remember. Joe has influence worth selling.   
   >>> Hunter, Jill, his brother, sister in law, his sister, they have   
   >>> no influence to sell.   
   >> Reread Devon on how Hunter sold the sizzle, not the steak.   
   >   
   > Your defense against charges of Hunter being an extortionist and bribe taker   
   is   
   > that he is merely a scam artist selling influence he does not have.   
      
   It has the advantage of being true, except it's not a scam, it's sleaze.   
   You'll find plenty of it in Washington: I hear someone from the previous   
   administration shook down the Saudis for $2 billion.   
      
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