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#quidproquo

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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘

Remember early in the election, #Republicans tried to make "#QuidProQuo" a thing… accusing foreign countries of hiring #HunterBiden (BEFORE Joe was elected Potus in 2016 and NOT in office) just to have "access" to the *former* VP?

They started calling him "Crooked Joe" EVEN THOUGH there was no evidence the former VP *ever* did anything to help his son's clients.

"JUST THE APPEARANCE" of Quid Pro Quo was a scandal!

Flash forward 10 months: 😞 #IOKIYAR #CriminalPresidency
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/

MSNBC · Busted: Report paints vivid picture of Trump corruptionBy MSNBC
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Nonilex

“Dismissing the case without prejudice would create the unavoidable perception that the mayor’s freedom depends on his ability to carry out the #immigration enforcement priorities of the administration, & that he might be more beholden to the demands of the federal government than to the wishes of his own constituents,” the judge wrote.

#law#QuidProQuo#Trump
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Nonilex

“Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions,” Judge Ho wrote. He said he found it “disturbing” that public officials might get special treatment from prosecutors by complying w/ #Trump’s policy goals.

#law#QuidProQuo#MafiaState
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Nonilex

Judge Dale E. Ho’s order to dismiss the case “with prejudice” spares #EricAdams from having to govern in a way that pleases #Trump or potentially risk having the #Republican’s #DOJ revive the charges.

The judge said he wasn’t opining on the merits of the case, but that courts can’t force prosecutors to move forward. Still, he expressed qualms about the govt’s move, saying “there are many reasons to be troubled” by its reasoning.

#law#QuidProQuo#MafiaState
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Nonilex

A federal judge dismissed #NYC Mayor #EricAdams’ #corruption case on Wednesday, agreeing it was the only practical outcome while blasting the #DOJ’s “troubling” rationale for wanting the charges thrown out — namely so the Democrat could help #Trump’s #immigration crackdown.

The judge, though, denied prosecutors the option to refile the charges after the mayoral election.

#law #QuidProQuo #MafiaState
apnews.com/article/new-york-ma

AP News · Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric AdamsA federal judge has dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case. Judge Dale E. Ho on Wednesday granted the Justice Department’s extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the mayor could aid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. But the judge denied prosecutors the ability to potentially bring the criminal case back after the mayoral election. The order to dismiss the case “with prejudice” spares Adams from having to govern in a way that pleases Trump or potentially risk having the charges revived. The Justice Department’s push to end the case caused a rift between its leadership in Washington and prosecutors in New York. Adams had pleaded not guilty to bribery and other charges.
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Law firm #PaulWeiss defends deal with #Trump as lawyers sound alarm

Powerful Wall Street law firm Paul,Weiss faced heavy criticism on Friday over an *agreement* it struck w/the White House to escape an #ExecutiveOrder imperiling its business, even as some lawyers said the firm faced few other options.

#law #USpol #MafiaState #QuidProQuo #QuidProBono
reuters.com/legal/trumps-deal-

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Kim Perales

Pres Bukele agreed to accept 100s of suspected gang members living in the US. In return, he wanted the US to send him less than a dozen MS13 gang members in US custody. Why was he so intent on getting the MS13 guys?"
-J Hudson

#ElSalvador is heavily dependent on💰sent from #immigrants in the US. US prosecutors have stated that Bukele’s own govt has cut deals with Salvadorans facing terrorism charges in American courts.

#Corruption #Deportations #QuidProQuo #Trump #USPol
washingtonpost.com/world/2025/

The image features text discussing Salvadoran President Bukele's alleged motivations regarding gang leaders, potential legal troubles involving U.S. judicial actions, and comments from anthropologist Juan Martínez d’Aubuisson on the implications of Bukele's actions.
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Kim Perales

"War-Torn Congo Has a Deal for Trump: Kick Out Rebels, Get Minerals."

The leader of a war-torn African nation has put a deal on the table for Trump: Help his country defeat a powerful rebel force in exchange for access to a trove of minerals needed by US high-tech firms.

DNC Pres Tshisekedi offered mining opportunities for the US Sovereign Wealth Fund, an entity Trump had launched a few days earlier.

#Criminal #ChildLabor #Minerals #QuidProQuo #Corruption #Trump #USPol wsj.com/world/africa/war-torn-

Workers at a mine near the city of Kolwezi, Congo:
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Nonilex

He recommended the case be dismissed “with prejudice”, meaning the charges could NOT be brought again.

“A dismissal without prejudice creates a palpable sense that the prosecution outlined in the indictment & approved by a grand jury could be renewed, a prospect that hangs like the proverbial sword of Damocles over the accused,” #PaulClement wrote in his filing.

Clement said he reached that conclusion in the face of the extraordinary circumstances of the #Trump #DOJ’s motion.

#law#QuidProQuo
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Nonilex

Under #Trump’s #DOJ? Sure.

A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the #Justice Dept’s motion to dismiss #corruption charges against #NYC Mayor #EricAdams of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.

But the lawyer, #PaulClement, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of #criminal charges to compel Adams’ political support.

#law #QuidProQuo #immigration #DanielleSassoon
nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregio

The New York Times · Lawyer Appointed in Adams Case Says Charges Should Be DroppedBy Benjamin Weiser
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Kim Perales

"The United States is literally for sale."
-J Legum

"We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
Trump's EO today

He's not even pretending anymore.

Trump:
#Constitution#Kleptocracy#Autocracy
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“Normally, courts are aided in their decision-making through our system of adversarial testing," Judge Ho wrote, “which can be particularly helpful in cases presenting unusual fact patterns or in case of great public importance.”

He said that because the #DOJ & the mayor both want the charges dropped, “there has been no adversarial testing of the government’s position.”

#law#EricAdams#criminal
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The judge, Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan, also called for additional briefs from the parties & said he would hold an oral argument on March 14 if he felt it necessary.

Judge Ho’s decision, explained in a 5-pg ruling, will prolong a tumultuous episode that has led to political & legal upheavals, with federal prosecutors in NY & Washington resigning & several of #EricAdams’s campaign opponents calling for him to step down.

#law#DOJ#corruption
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