Thread by @Teri_Kanefield, This is too tempting. Here I go. "Law and order" says the [...]

This is too tempting. Here I go.

"Law and order" says the guy who won't show anyone his taxes.

"Law and order" says the guy whose "charity" was a shell company for "persistently illegal conduct” and “repeated and willful self-dealing transactions.”
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/court_stamped_petition.pdf
1/ https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1267227396341669889

"Law and order" says the guy who paid $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of his "foundation", and whose kids had to pass a course to learn why they shouldn't cheat people.

https://nytimes.com/2019/12/10/nyregion/trump-foundation-lawsuit-attorney-general.html

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"Law and order," says the guy who, in Michigan in 2018 said, https://www.mlive.com/news/erry-2018/04/bab779dc196618/ten_highlights_from_donald_tru.html

"law and order" says the guy whose personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is in prison, and who testified, under oath, that he committed campaign finance violations under orders from Trump.

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"Law and order," says the guy who, according to reporting by the New York Times, engaged in suspect tax schemes.

To demonstrate his innocence, Trump made his financial records available, like every other president before him.

Kidding! He didn't!
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html

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Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father

The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html

"Law and Order," says the guy whose personal lawyer testified before Congress that he engaged in multiple instances of fraud, like the time he wanted to make sure his portrait sold for a lot of money, so he had Cohen hire a fake bidder to purchase the portrait for $60K.

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Cohen's statement is here: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000169-2d31-dc75-affd-bfb99a790001

"Law and Order" says the guy who obstructed justice in plain sight on multiple occasions, like when he instructed witnesses not to talk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/us/politics/turley-impeachment.html

Because that's the kind of thing innocent people do [sarcasm]

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Trump Blocked Key Impeachment Witnesses. Should Congress Wait?

At the first House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing, Republicans’ witness said lawmakers were rushing the process and should instead let court fights over access to witnesses play out.

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000169-2d31-dc75-affd-bfb99a790001

I need some helpers with this or I'll be here all day. https://twitter.com/mskittykowalski/status/1267258356852559874

Is there world enough and time
For us to list all of Trump's crimes?

[I just wrote a song]

"Law and Order" says the guy who operated a sham university.

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https://twitter.com/mskittykowalski/status/1267258356852559874

"Law and Order" says the guy who got rich selling real estate to Russian criminals who stole their money from the Russian people.

The word for that is "money laundering."

And it's a crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trumps-businesses-are-full-of-dirty-russian-money-the-scandal-is-thats-legal/2019/03/29/11b812da-5171-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html

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Perspective | Trump’s businesses are full of dirty Russian money. The scandal is that it’s legal.

Shell companies put figures from Putin’s Mafia into Trump Tower. Should that be worrying?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trumps-businesses-are-full-of-dirty-russian-money-the-scandal-is-thats-legal/2019/03/29/11b812da-5171-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html

"Law and Order" says the guy who engages in witness tampering and asks people to lie for him.

Remember when Hope Hicks said she was asked to lie for Trump?

She also testified she occasionally did tell lies for him.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-trump-reacted-to-hope-hicks-white-lies-resignation-2018-2
https://www.businessinsider.com/hope-hicks-reportedly-admits-telling-lies-for-trump-2018-2

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Hope Hicks admits to telling 'white lies' for Trump

The White House communications director made that comment on Tuesday in an interview with the House Intelligence Committee, CNN and The New York Times reported.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-trump-reacted-to-hope-hicks-white-lies-resignation-2018-2

"Law and order" says the guy who told Hicks and Bannon to refuse to answer question from Congress.

(Bannon said he was acting on orders from the White House.)

Obstruction of proceedings is a separate crime from obstruction of justice.
https://twitter.com/darinp2/status/1267262943919394817

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https://twitter.com/darinp2/status/1267262943919394817

"Law and order" says the guy who engages in insider trading.

Here's reporting that Trump tipped off a billionaire friend that he would be raising tariffs on steel; his friend dropped his stocks and thus saved himself boatloads of money.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-ichan-steel-imports-cf7deb8beaf0/

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Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week

Carl Icahn has impeccable timing.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-ichan-steel-imports-cf7deb8beaf0/

"Law and Order" says the guy who said the military should deal with terrorists by taking out their families.

This would be a war crime.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-terrorists-families/index.html

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Donald Trump on terrorists: 'Take out their families' - CNNPolitics

Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would kill the families of terrorists in order to win the fight against ISIS.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-terrorists-families/index.html

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