Trump bribey-wibey-woo - update: Trump shakes down CBS news in $20B bullshit lawsuit for "emotional distress"
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As if you are a judge of character.You're plain dumb...
I lack intelligence, yet you seem to seek other MAGATWAT folks for advice and guidance. Cool, projection is a real dilemma for some, eh?? LMAOSure thing sir!They said your responses would lack intelligence so I thank you for not disappointing.
Serious question, though and you don't have to answer it, but who were you prior to Feb. 25? I'm just asking for a friend.
ps....there really was no need to bring Justin into a Trumputin thread, just sayin. Especially since Justin is gone and enjoying his free life. Here is a little news bomb/flash for you, JUSTIN AND BIDEN are no longer in charge.
Neither were actually in charge, they both had puppet masters.I lack intelligence, yet you seem to seek other MAGATWAT folks for advice and guidance. Cool, projection is a real dilemma for some, eh?? LMAO
Serious question, though and you don't have to answer it, but who were you prior to Feb. 25? I'm just asking for a friend.
ps....there really was no need to bring Justin into a Trumputin thread, just sayin. Especially since Justin is gone and enjoying his free life. Here is a little news bomb/flash for you, JUSTIN AND BIDEN are no longer in charge.
I am betting your handle before Feb. 2025 would expose you but hey, I wouldn't answer my question either if I were wearing your roboboots. LMAO
No proof of this but it is definitely keeping in line with his petty and vindictive behavior. Just the fact Harvard didn't bow down to his orangeness would flip him out enough to go after them.
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The BBB thing also cuts funding to kids trying to go to universities and trade schools.
Whatever the cause, its an attack on educating americans.
'they said'It's so funny you said that, they said you would accuse me of being a previous member which I found confusing but apparently you've made a lot of enemies on this board. They said you're juvenile, arrogant and refuse to admit when you are wrong. So far everything they said has been spot on. But hey, if it's working for you more power to you man. From what I'm told you will soon start to accuse me of using multiple handles and conspiring with others who share my political views. Now that I'm saying it out loud it's sounds a bit like paranoia.
Who said that?
I don't really.
That's the same line trump uses when he's bullshitting.
A former nursing home executive who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes has been pardoned by President Donald Trump based on an application apparently focused not just on his offenses, but on the political activity of his mother.
Paul Walczak submitted his application for a pardon days after Trump’s inauguration. It noted that his mother, Elizabeth Fago, had raised millions of dollars for the president’s campaigns, as well as those of other Republicans, The New York Times reports, citing a person who received the application but was not authorized to share it.
It also claimed that Fago had connections to an effort to damage President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign by publicizing the diary of his daughter, Ashley Biden.
The application reportedly argued that Walczak’s criminal prosecution had resulted from his mother’s political advocacy, rather than the crimes to which he pleaded guilty — specifically, using money for employee taxes to fund his lifestyle, including the purchase of a yacht.
Weeks after the application for clemency was submitted, there was no news, while other Trump allies received pardons.
It was then that Fago was invited to a $1 million-per-person fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, which promised face-to-face time with the president. Less than three weeks later, the pardon came through.
Walczak was facing 18 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and would have to pay $4.4 million in restitution, according to a sentence handed down 12 days earlier.
The judge justified ordering the jail time by saying that there “is not a get-out-of-jail-free card” for the rich.
A White House official echoed the application’s argument, telling the Times that Walczak was “targeted by the Biden administration over his family’s conservative politics.”
Walczak withheld taxes from employee paychecks, totaling $7.4 million between 2016 and 2019. Over the same period, he also didn’t pay $3.4 million of his business’s portion of employee Social Security and Medicare taxes, according to the Justice Department.
During this time, $1 million was spent on a yacht, hundreds of thousands of dollars was transferred to personal accounts, and business accounts were used for shopping at Bergdorf Goodman, Cartier, and Saks.
Furthermore, in 2018, he ceased filing personal tax returns, despite continuing to receive a salary and transferring funds from the business accounts to his own personal use. Other transfers were made to a family member and his wife. In total, he owed the IRS $10.9 million.
He was charged in February 2023 with 13 counts of tax crimes, pleading guilty to two counts and agreeing to pay restitution on November 15, 2024, just 10 days after Trump won the presidential election.
According to the Times, Fago had held three fundraisers for Trump campaigns and attended VIP events at both the 2017 and 2025 inaugurations alongside her son, Walczak’s half-brother, Joey Fago, and his wife, social media posts show. They also attended a 2020 election night watch party at the White House and that year’s Christmas party.
She also reportedly played a role in the saga of Ashley Biden’s diary, found at a house in Delray Beach, Florida, that the former president’s daughter had been renting in the run-up to the 2020 election. The diary was apparently shown to Trump campaign officials at Fago’s home before being flagged to Project Veritas by Stephanie Walczak, her daughter.
In a subsequent probe during the Biden administration, investigators obtained a search warrant related to a Project Veritas official who sought information about “potential co-conspirators,” including communications with Fago and her daughter, among others.
After Trump re-entered the White House earlier this year, the Justice Department announced it was closing the investigation into the diary. Fago, her daughter, nor anyone at Project Veritas were ever charged.
Donald Trump's members-only Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where Elizabeth Fago attended a MAGA Inc. fundraiser (Getty Images)
In seeking clemency for Walczak, the application for a presidential pardon claimed his prosecution arose because he was the son of a prominent Trump supporter and cited the pardon issued to Hunter Biden by his father in the final days of his presidency.
Biden said in a statement at the time that Hunter “was singled out only because he is my son.”
While waiting for word on the pardon of her own son by Trump, Fago attended the fundraiser dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Although it was billed as having a $1 million price tag, it is unclear whether she donated to MAGA Inc., the political action committee sponsoring the event.
The amount was far larger than any of her previous donations to political causes of Trump’s campaigns, and the group has until July to disclose any information on donors.
After his pardon came through, a social media post shows the family celebrating with Walczak wearing a red, Trump-style hat with “Make Paul Great Again” written across the front.
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Trump pardoned a tax cheat. But only after his mom attended president’s $1 million dinner
Trump pardoned a tax cheat. But only after his mom attended president’s $1 million dinner
Paul Walczak submitted his application for a pardon days after Trump’s inauguration. It noted that his mother, Elizabeth Fago, had raised millions of dollars for the president’s campaigns, as well as those of other Republicans, The New York Times reports, citing a person who received the application but was not authorized to share it.
It also claimed that Fago had connections to an effort to damage President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign by publicizing the diary of his daughter, Ashley Biden.
The application reportedly argued that Walczak’s criminal prosecution had resulted from his mother’s political advocacy, rather than the crimes to which he pleaded guilty — specifically, using money for employee taxes to fund his lifestyle, including the purchase of a yacht.
Weeks after the application for clemency was submitted, there was no news, while other Trump allies received pardons.
It was then that Fago was invited to a $1 million-per-person fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, which promised face-to-face time with the president. Less than three weeks later, the pardon came through.
Walczak was facing 18 months in prison, two years of supervised release, and would have to pay $4.4 million in restitution, according to a sentence handed down 12 days earlier.
The judge justified ordering the jail time by saying that there “is not a get-out-of-jail-free card” for the rich.
A White House official echoed the application’s argument, telling the Times that Walczak was “targeted by the Biden administration over his family’s conservative politics.”
Walczak withheld taxes from employee paychecks, totaling $7.4 million between 2016 and 2019. Over the same period, he also didn’t pay $3.4 million of his business’s portion of employee Social Security and Medicare taxes, according to the Justice Department.
During this time, $1 million was spent on a yacht, hundreds of thousands of dollars was transferred to personal accounts, and business accounts were used for shopping at Bergdorf Goodman, Cartier, and Saks.
Furthermore, in 2018, he ceased filing personal tax returns, despite continuing to receive a salary and transferring funds from the business accounts to his own personal use. Other transfers were made to a family member and his wife. In total, he owed the IRS $10.9 million.
He was charged in February 2023 with 13 counts of tax crimes, pleading guilty to two counts and agreeing to pay restitution on November 15, 2024, just 10 days after Trump won the presidential election.
According to the Times, Fago had held three fundraisers for Trump campaigns and attended VIP events at both the 2017 and 2025 inaugurations alongside her son, Walczak’s half-brother, Joey Fago, and his wife, social media posts show. They also attended a 2020 election night watch party at the White House and that year’s Christmas party.
She also reportedly played a role in the saga of Ashley Biden’s diary, found at a house in Delray Beach, Florida, that the former president’s daughter had been renting in the run-up to the 2020 election. The diary was apparently shown to Trump campaign officials at Fago’s home before being flagged to Project Veritas by Stephanie Walczak, her daughter.
In a subsequent probe during the Biden administration, investigators obtained a search warrant related to a Project Veritas official who sought information about “potential co-conspirators,” including communications with Fago and her daughter, among others.
After Trump re-entered the White House earlier this year, the Justice Department announced it was closing the investigation into the diary. Fago, her daughter, nor anyone at Project Veritas were ever charged.
Donald Trump's members-only Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where Elizabeth Fago attended a MAGA Inc. fundraiser (Getty Images)
In seeking clemency for Walczak, the application for a presidential pardon claimed his prosecution arose because he was the son of a prominent Trump supporter and cited the pardon issued to Hunter Biden by his father in the final days of his presidency.
Biden said in a statement at the time that Hunter “was singled out only because he is my son.”
While waiting for word on the pardon of her own son by Trump, Fago attended the fundraiser dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Although it was billed as having a $1 million price tag, it is unclear whether she donated to MAGA Inc., the political action committee sponsoring the event.
The amount was far larger than any of her previous donations to political causes of Trump’s campaigns, and the group has until July to disclose any information on donors.
After his pardon came through, a social media post shows the family celebrating with Walczak wearing a red, Trump-style hat with “Make Paul Great Again” written across the front.
The Independent has always had a global perspective. Built on a firm foundation of superb international reporting and analysis, The Independent now enjoys a reach that was inconceivable when it was launched as an upstart player in the British news industry. For the first time since the end of the Second World War, and across the world, pluralism, reason, a progressive and humanitarian agenda, and internationalism – Independent values – are under threat. Yet we, The Independent, continue to grow.
Trump pardoned a tax cheat. But only after his mom attended president’s $1 million dinner
Trump pardoned a tax cheat. But only after his mom attended president’s $1 million dinner
President Donald Trump is expected to sign pardons for imprisoned reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley as soon as today.
The multimillionaire Trump-supporting couple, whose show Chrisley Knows Best ran from 2014 to 2023 on basic cable, are serving prison sentences after being convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022.
Their daughter Savannah Chrisley, who has pushed for the pardon, revealed in an interview that Trump said her parents “didn’t look like terrorists” and he wanted to give them “the full pardon.”
“Well, he did say, he was like, you know, ‘You guys don't look like terrorists to me,’ she told NewsNation's On Balance with Leland Vittert Monday. “His exact words, which was pretty funny.”
The multimillionaire Trump-supporting couple, whose show Chrisley Knows Best ran from 2014 to 2023, are serving prison sentences after being convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022. (Getty Images for E3 Chophouse Na)
Trump called Savannah and her brother Grayson Chrisley Monday to share the news.
“Your parents are going to be free and clean, and I hope we can do it by tomorrow. Is that OK? We'll try getting it done tomorrow,” the president said in the phone call which was shared by White House communications adviser Margo Martin.
The president will sign the pardons for the couple today, a White House official confirmed to The Independent.
Here is what we know about the Chrisleys’ pardon and what will happen next
Pardon was pursued by the Chrisleys’ daughter
Savannah Chrisley, 27, revealed in February that she was working to secure the pardon for her parents by “going through the proper channels.”
“I'm going to bring as much awareness to it as possible because these things should not happen,” she said.
Trump has met Savannah before when she spoke at the Republican National Convention last July. During her speech, she said that the family was “persecuted by rogue prosecutors” in part due to “our public profile and conservative beliefs.”
The Chrisleys’ plight was presented to Trump by criminal justice reform advocate Alice Marie Johnson, who was granted clemency by the president during his first term, a White House official confirmed. Kim Kardashian was the one who campaigned for Johnson’s release after she was hit with a life prison sentence for a non-violent, first-time drug offence.
On a phone call with Trump, the couple’s children both thanked the president for giving their parents ‘a second chance.’ Grayson, 19, became visibly emotional while speaking to the president on the phone. ‘Mr President, I just want to say thank you for bringing my parents back,’ he said. (Getty Images)
“I don't know them, but give them my regards,” Trump also said in the phone call. “They were given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I'm hearing.
“I hear they're terrific people. This should not have happened.”
The couple’s children both thanked Trump for giving their parents “a second chance.” Grayson, 19, became visibly emotional while speaking to the president on the phone. “Mr President, I just want to say thank you for bringing my parents back,” he said.
Savannah praised the Trump administration in a gushing post on X. “This moment is bigger than just my family…it’s about an administration that believes in second chances, that restores families, and that brings hope back to the American people,” she wrote shortly after news of the pardon broke Monday.
“To President Trump and his team — thank you for believing in justice over vengeance.”
Fraud and tax evasion conviction
Todd and Julie Chrisley were found guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans in 2022. Prosecutors said the couple walked away from their responsibility for repayment when Todd declared bankruptcy.
They were also both found guilty of tax evasion and conspiring to defraud the IRS, while Julie Chrisley was convicted of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
Savannah Chrisley, pictured with Todd Chrisley in 2016, has campaigned to secure the pardon for her parents from the Trump administration. Savannah revealed in an interview that Trump told her that her parents ‘didn’t look like terrorists’ and he wanted to give them ‘the full pardon.’ (Getty)
Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, and Todd Chrisley got 12 years behind bars. The couple was also ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution. The couple have been appealing their case since being sentenced in November 2022.
“We have nothing to hide and have done nothing to be ashamed of,” Todd Chrisley said in a statement after the couple was indicted in August 2019. “Not only do we know we've done nothing wrong, but we've got a ton of hard evidence and bunch of corroborating witnesses that proves it.”
Todd Chrisley has been serving his sentence at a minimum security federal prison camp and previously had a release date of June 2032, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Julie Chrisley is at a facility in Lexington, Kentucky, and was not set to be released until April 2028.
Critics accuse the Trump administration of ‘blatant corruption’
The Chrisleys are longtime Trump supporters, which critics have seized upon to accuse the administration of “blatant corruption.”
“For context: The Chrisleys are well-known Trump supporters,” Ally Sammarco, a Democratic strategist, told her followers on X.
“Trump just pardoned TV personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley, who conspired to defraud Atlanta-area banks out of $30 million in fraudulent loans. In Trump’s America, crimes are celebrated and prison sentences are cut short,” said Harry Sisson, a Democratic influencer, on X, calling it “actual insanity.”
Savannah Chrisley spoke at the Republican National Convention in July, where she said that her parents were ‘persecuted’ for their political beliefs. (Getty Images)
In another post, Sisson noted that the pardons for the Chrisleys come as Trump also pardoned “a corrupt Virginia sheriff who took over $75,000 in bribes” (Trump called him a “wonderful person”), and a “man convicted of serious tax crimes, whose mom donated $1 million to Trump and worked on his campaigns.”
Sisson called it “blatant corruption.”
“Their daughter, Savannah, campaigned for Trump. During a speech at the RNC in 2024, she said her parents were ‘persecuted’ for their political beliefs,” Anna Bower, a reporter for Lawfare, said.
In February, Todd Chrisley’s attorney claimed that guards at FPC Pensacola removed a MAGA (Make America Great Again) sticker from his cell. At the time, Chrisley’s lawyer Jay Surgent said he was hopeful Trump would soon grant him a pardon.
“It will be up to President Trump to review their cases,” Surgent told TMZ at the time. “Todd has faith he will be given due consideration because he feels that he never received constitutional protections in a fair criminal justice system.”
‘Don’t look like terrorists’: How Trump pardon of Todd and Julie Chrisley unfolded and what happens next
The multimillionaire Trump-supporting couple, whose show Chrisley Knows Best ran from 2014 to 2023 on basic cable, are serving prison sentences after being convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022.
Their daughter Savannah Chrisley, who has pushed for the pardon, revealed in an interview that Trump said her parents “didn’t look like terrorists” and he wanted to give them “the full pardon.”
“Well, he did say, he was like, you know, ‘You guys don't look like terrorists to me,’ she told NewsNation's On Balance with Leland Vittert Monday. “His exact words, which was pretty funny.”
The multimillionaire Trump-supporting couple, whose show Chrisley Knows Best ran from 2014 to 2023, are serving prison sentences after being convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022. (Getty Images for E3 Chophouse Na)
Trump called Savannah and her brother Grayson Chrisley Monday to share the news.
“Your parents are going to be free and clean, and I hope we can do it by tomorrow. Is that OK? We'll try getting it done tomorrow,” the president said in the phone call which was shared by White House communications adviser Margo Martin.
The president will sign the pardons for the couple today, a White House official confirmed to The Independent.
Here is what we know about the Chrisleys’ pardon and what will happen next
Pardon was pursued by the Chrisleys’ daughter
Savannah Chrisley, 27, revealed in February that she was working to secure the pardon for her parents by “going through the proper channels.”
“I'm going to bring as much awareness to it as possible because these things should not happen,” she said.
Trump has met Savannah before when she spoke at the Republican National Convention last July. During her speech, she said that the family was “persecuted by rogue prosecutors” in part due to “our public profile and conservative beliefs.”
The Chrisleys’ plight was presented to Trump by criminal justice reform advocate Alice Marie Johnson, who was granted clemency by the president during his first term, a White House official confirmed. Kim Kardashian was the one who campaigned for Johnson’s release after she was hit with a life prison sentence for a non-violent, first-time drug offence.
On a phone call with Trump, the couple’s children both thanked the president for giving their parents ‘a second chance.’ Grayson, 19, became visibly emotional while speaking to the president on the phone. ‘Mr President, I just want to say thank you for bringing my parents back,’ he said. (Getty Images)
“I don't know them, but give them my regards,” Trump also said in the phone call. “They were given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I'm hearing.
“I hear they're terrific people. This should not have happened.”
The couple’s children both thanked Trump for giving their parents “a second chance.” Grayson, 19, became visibly emotional while speaking to the president on the phone. “Mr President, I just want to say thank you for bringing my parents back,” he said.
Savannah praised the Trump administration in a gushing post on X. “This moment is bigger than just my family…it’s about an administration that believes in second chances, that restores families, and that brings hope back to the American people,” she wrote shortly after news of the pardon broke Monday.
“To President Trump and his team — thank you for believing in justice over vengeance.”
Fraud and tax evasion conviction
Todd and Julie Chrisley were found guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans in 2022. Prosecutors said the couple walked away from their responsibility for repayment when Todd declared bankruptcy.
They were also both found guilty of tax evasion and conspiring to defraud the IRS, while Julie Chrisley was convicted of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
Savannah Chrisley, pictured with Todd Chrisley in 2016, has campaigned to secure the pardon for her parents from the Trump administration. Savannah revealed in an interview that Trump told her that her parents ‘didn’t look like terrorists’ and he wanted to give them ‘the full pardon.’ (Getty)
Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, and Todd Chrisley got 12 years behind bars. The couple was also ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution. The couple have been appealing their case since being sentenced in November 2022.
“We have nothing to hide and have done nothing to be ashamed of,” Todd Chrisley said in a statement after the couple was indicted in August 2019. “Not only do we know we've done nothing wrong, but we've got a ton of hard evidence and bunch of corroborating witnesses that proves it.”
Todd Chrisley has been serving his sentence at a minimum security federal prison camp and previously had a release date of June 2032, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Julie Chrisley is at a facility in Lexington, Kentucky, and was not set to be released until April 2028.
Critics accuse the Trump administration of ‘blatant corruption’
The Chrisleys are longtime Trump supporters, which critics have seized upon to accuse the administration of “blatant corruption.”
“For context: The Chrisleys are well-known Trump supporters,” Ally Sammarco, a Democratic strategist, told her followers on X.
“Trump just pardoned TV personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley, who conspired to defraud Atlanta-area banks out of $30 million in fraudulent loans. In Trump’s America, crimes are celebrated and prison sentences are cut short,” said Harry Sisson, a Democratic influencer, on X, calling it “actual insanity.”
Savannah Chrisley spoke at the Republican National Convention in July, where she said that her parents were ‘persecuted’ for their political beliefs. (Getty Images)
In another post, Sisson noted that the pardons for the Chrisleys come as Trump also pardoned “a corrupt Virginia sheriff who took over $75,000 in bribes” (Trump called him a “wonderful person”), and a “man convicted of serious tax crimes, whose mom donated $1 million to Trump and worked on his campaigns.”
Sisson called it “blatant corruption.”
“Their daughter, Savannah, campaigned for Trump. During a speech at the RNC in 2024, she said her parents were ‘persecuted’ for their political beliefs,” Anna Bower, a reporter for Lawfare, said.
In February, Todd Chrisley’s attorney claimed that guards at FPC Pensacola removed a MAGA (Make America Great Again) sticker from his cell. At the time, Chrisley’s lawyer Jay Surgent said he was hopeful Trump would soon grant him a pardon.
“It will be up to President Trump to review their cases,” Surgent told TMZ at the time. “Todd has faith he will be given due consideration because he feels that he never received constitutional protections in a fair criminal justice system.”
‘Don’t look like terrorists’: How Trump pardon of Todd and Julie Chrisley unfolded and what happens next
Ya everyone becomes a member of an escort board -to post continuously on the politics forum. So JC of you ! LIt's so funny you said that, they said you would accuse me of being a previous member which I found confusing but apparently you've made a lot of enemies on this board. They said you're juvenile, arrogant and refuse to admit when you are wrong. So far everything they said has been spot on. But hey, if it's working for you more power to you man. From what I'm told you will soon start to accuse me of using multiple handles and conspiring with others who share my political views. Now that I'm saying it out loud it's sounds a bit like paranoia.
You need to learn how to deal with a snowflake...I post in many of the forums here....I thought that's what we're supposed to do?
It's easy to deal with 'em... a few gifs should do it...But there's a flurry of them?
