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Originally Posted by michiganmoon
What am I missing?
I don't see the issue with buying real estate in depressed communities. I can do that on my own or through various funds. It isn't illegal. He bought that property during the Obama years.
He doesn't like the stock market so he buys real estate.
Why should I be outraged on this? It is legal.
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He did buy that property in the Obama years and trash talked Obama and his HUD Dept and all the efforts made to right the economy that 8 yr's of Bush economics and lax oversight set in place
So like many on the GOP side--he was taking advantage of the very situation he was decrying and making money (via higher ratings telling his audience what they wanted to hear) that he used to buy those distressed properties with...
The guestion that many people have (since Hannity is a mouthpiece for Trump) is was he given special assistance to BUY distressed properties as part of being anti-Hilary, anti-DNC, pro-Trump, pro-GOP or any other properties because of a special relationship with Trump and the GOP--with Michael Cohen's help-
Personally I don't think Hannity really got a payoff as much as I think he was sort of coerced by Trump to act as client #3 to make Cohen look more legitimate--
It didn't help
But not that even though Cohen was VP for Trump's company up until 2017--after the inaugaration--that Cohen didn't list any Trump company as a client--and Cohen WAS involved in trying to put business deals together for Trump...why he wouldn't use that to legitimize his work as an attorney makes it seem that Trump didn't want anything of his to tie to Cohen that he didn't have to...but there were files going back 30 yr's that were taken by SDNY--
So even if Cohen didn't cite Trump companies--their info may be outed...
Yes--there are plenty of people in Congress who take advantage of insider trading
Tom Price, Trump's first choice for HHS who had to resign over his exorbitant travel expenses, was under SEC investigation because of owning stock in health/tech companies when he was on COngressional Committee evaluating and passing legislation that effected those same companies...alone with other Congressmen...
When Congress sets the budget for the SEC it can be very difficult to actually investigate and prosecute anyone in either party who takes advantage of their relationship with high-dollar donors, lobbyists, company boards, etc...
And frankly look at the 11 Congressmen who are pushing to have HRC and others in past administration investigated...that is a small minority of niche power group--politicizing their power for a political agenda
But they won't sign off on changing the rules of Congress so that sexual harassment claims are paid out of the guilty person's own pocket...
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