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turbinetree

(27,864 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:45 PM 10 hrs ago

'Hostile audit' takes aim at Trump's inner circle and his billions: report

By Daniel Hampton
Published July 3, 2026 2:26 PM ET

Democrats are sharpening their subpoenas, and Donald Trump's own paperwork may hand them the roadmap, according to a new report.

The president's 2025 financial disclosure, a 927-page filing released by the Office of Government Ethics, shows Trump pulled in more than $2.2 billion last year, the richest stretch of his life. Crypto ventures that barely existed when he took office became his single largest source of income, topping $1 billion. His biggest single payday was $635 million in royalties tied to the $TRUMP meme coin, run through his firm CIC Digital. He also reported more than $80 million from legal settlements with ABC, CBS, Meta, YouTube and X.

Trump waved off the numbers, telling reporters his money sits in what he called a "blind account" managed by outside firms, and that he is profiting only because "the stock market's going up, everybody's profiting."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-investigation-2677156287/

Hey John Roberts and your lackeys 6 on the bench................do you think your traitor buddy is above the Emoluments clause of the Constitution........you know these two pesky Articles in the document since you and your bunch think that unitary executive theory means that he can do anything and everything............

The Foreign Emoluments Clause (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8)
The Domestic Emoluments Clause (Article II, Section 1, Clause 7)

.......or are you and the gang going to pull another BS ruling out of your enabled ass to give him immunity on that corruption and say that is not what the Constitution says............just like the Voting Rights Act..........and now his ability to now just fire everyone in agencies that don't want to lie you know like the lady at the BLS Dr. Erika McEntarfer .............so he can get his rocks off, or what's left of them.........

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'Hostile audit' takes aim at Trump's inner circle and his billions: report (Original Post) turbinetree 10 hrs ago OP
The emoluments clause has no enforcement mechanism other than impeachment Fiendish Thingy 9 hrs ago #1
It will be a start to say the least..............thank you for information.......... turbinetree 9 hrs ago #2

Fiendish Thingy

(24,592 posts)
1. The emoluments clause has no enforcement mechanism other than impeachment
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:04 PM
9 hrs ago

But I do look forward to a vigorous investigation by the Democratic majority next year.

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