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   #TreatedWorseThanJesus ... SDNY is calling Individual #1   
      
   1) Manhattan district attorney's office looking into financial inner   
   workings of the Trump Organization. This case, which is being overseen   
   by Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr., grew out of questions regarding several   
   hush money payments made in the run-up to the 2016 election by   
   then-Trump fixer Michael Cohen to women alleging they had engaged in   
   extramarital affairs with Trump. (Cohen told Congress, under oath, in   
   2019 that there was "no doubt" in his mind that Trump knew about the   
   hush money payments.) The investigation is broader than just the hush   
   money, however. As CNN's Kara Scannell and Erica Orden wrote last month:   
   "Prosecutors have suggested in court filings that the investigation   
   could examine whether the President and his company engaged in bank   
   fraud, insurance fraud, criminal tax fraud and falsification of business   
   records."   
   Trump has repeatedly sought to block the DA's subpoena of eight years of   
   his tax returns and financial records as part of the investigation.   
      
   2) New York state attorney general examining how Trump valued his   
   assets. In the wake of Cohen's testimony alleging that Trump, along with   
   his family members, had repeatedly "inflated his total assets when it   
   served his purposes, such as trying to be listed among the wealthiest   
   people in Forbes, and deflated his assets to reduce his real estate   
   taxes," New York AG Letitia James announced that she would investigate   
   the claims to see if they elevate to the level of fraud. Just last   
   month, Eric Trump was questioned under oath about whether he or the   
   Trump organization sought to artificially inflate and deflate their assets.   
      
   3) Attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, DC, suing over the   
   emoluments clause. This suit was originally brought way back in 2017,   
   alleging that Trump was violating the emoluments clause of the   
   Constitution by profiting from foreign governments' spending in his   
   Trump hotel in downtown Washington. (Much more on the emoluments clause   
   here.) The case appeared dead until May, when the 4th Circuit overturned   
   the ruling of a three-judge panel that said the plaintiffs lacked   
   standing to bring the case. Trump has appealed the decision to the   
   Supreme Court. (There is also a second emoluments case that is still   
   pending -- this one brought by a group of restaurants and a hotel operator.)   
      
   4) E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit. Days before the 2020 election,   
   a federal judge rejected an attempt by Trump, represented by Department   
   of Justice lawyers, to effectively dismiss a case brought by Carroll   
   alleging that Trump had raped her in the 1990s. He denied her   
   allegation, saying, "She's not my type." The case is now proceeding   
   through the federal court system.   
      
   5) Summer Zervos' defamation lawsuit. Zervos, a former contestant on   
   "The Apprentice," sued Trump back in 2017, arguing that in his denial of   
   her allegation that he had sexually assaulted her in 2007, he had   
   defamed her and subjected her to harassment. Trump lost a bid to dismiss   
   the case in late 2019   
      
      
   What is a #TrumpBillie?   
      
   " Putin loving, gullible, racist , Poorly Educated, Dumb@ss , ammosexual   
   mobile home whitteTr@sh , inbred , Incel banjo picking idiots  who vote   
   against their own best interests "   
      
   Did I miss anyone?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)