From: arthursackman@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 7:52:46 AM UTC-4, mINE109 wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   I refer you to all 198 episodes of AMerican Greed.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Greed_episodes   
      
   Selling something you don't deliver on is a SCAM   
   FRAUD!   
      
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