Reddit reviews Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends

If I was McConnell I'd been very worried.

Read the book Secret Empires, he's just as dirty

>Oh. Like the republicans never did when they controlled everything for 2 years?

Please, don't misunderstand me. Both parties are corrupt.

>Why didn't he get his own FBI to do it?

Wut... You mean the same FBI that's entrapped his friends and investigated him for 3yrs?! You mean the same FBI that knowingly used a fake Steele Dossier to get an illegal obtained FISA warrant because they loathe him?!

Are you being serious?

I really need to know if you're that dumb or if you're just kidding.

>Or have the Republican controlled House and Senate conduct investigations?

Oh, I dunno. Honestly. I mean he's been under attack the first 3yrs of his presidency from all sides, including his own. Wouldn't you think that'd have something to do with it?

>Why was there a quid pro quo (admitted by Mulvaney)?

Well, I think a better question is whether or not a quid pro quo is really the worst thing in the world? It happens all the time.

>Why now, instead of when Trump actually got in the White house?

We've been over this.

>Why did it have to wait until Biden was a political opponent?

It's a coincidence that Biden decided to run. It's no coincidence that Biden and co. personally profited in the newest form of corruption. It's so new, in fact, that there are no laws to keep him and others from doing what they've done and are still doing. That is, enriching family and personal friends via the power of the positions of government that they hold...

>It's entirely consequential that Biden was a political opponent.

Coincidental. Of little import. So little, in fact, that once you realize just how crooked Joe and Barack and Hillary are you'll be thanking Trump and wondering why those crooks didn't have their feet held to the proverbial fire sooner.

>And that should be Ukraine's investigation, why?

Because it happened in Ukraine. Honestly, it should be an international investigation spanning the globe, which is exactly what Trump was trying to do before Schitty Schifty Schiff stepped in to stop it with a coup attempt from the American intelligence community itself...

>What evidence? There's no more evidence Hunter did anything wrong than any of Trump kids (sans Barron) have done wrong.

False. There's a lot of evidence against Obama, Biden, the Clintons, McConnell, and practically all of the old establishment types that have sold access or committed smash-n-grab corporate takeovers and insider trading... Ever heard of Secret Empires?

If not, ya might wanna crack it open and educate yourself. Crooked corrupt politicians no longer hide $90,000 bribes in their freezer. That's old school. No, now they openly enrich their family and friends by selling access to government funds by the billions... And there's technically no law against it. But considering that the government is concerned with campaign contributions as low as $500 you can bet $50,000mth is wrong and should be against the law.

>Lastly, none of this excuses Trump's decision to tamper with the witnesses.

I think he's just so nonchalant because it's just such an obviously huge diversionary last ditch effort hoax by the Democrat deep state apparatchik to stop Trump in a pathetic attempt to regain the power of the policy enforcers before he wins again so as to avoid any more investigations that might turn up actual corruption within the US federal government.

>He has lied, telling us "he never meet this people" or "never respected them" when there's pictures of the two together or tweets from only a few months ago praising them.

Yeah, Trump is a liar. Schiff has lied too. Vindman has lied too. Hillary has lied too. Obama has lied too. They all lie. Is lying to the American people against the law? No. So, get over it. I don't agree with it, but there's nothing anyone can do about that. The questions should be gave they broken the law and to what degree?

>Witness tampering itself should be impeachable.

I don't think he intimidated any actual witnesses though. They all admitted they'd not witnessed anything. All of them. Including Sondland today. The only thing Sondland did witness was Trump saying he wanted nothing, no quid pro quo. So, drop that one. It's your weakest argument yet.