Trump Exempts Entire Senior Staff from White House Ethics Rules
FOOD FOR THOUGHT, 5 Jun 2017
Aldo Rovatti – TRANSCEND Media Service
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
“I am now giving you permission to act as unethically as you can.
“Use your office to make as much money as you can, hire relatives, cut deals with corporations, form side businesses to supplement your income any way you can, (bribes are fine) and don’t worry too much about actually doing the business of government or serving any individual constituents unless they are worth a few million or billion.
“Additional tools are acceptable: threats, blackmail, eavesdropping friends/enemies, outright false slander, honey traps, using your influence favorably or unfavorably to get your friend into jobs, their kids into top schools, giving their wives a no-show job, etc, etc.
“If you are a White House lawyer, please make sure you make enough money in case you are disbarred and lose your law license [the John Dean rule], and concentrate your activities in states with weak or corrupt attorney generals and judges. Any assistance you need please call the Gambino-Lucchese law firm for professional advice.
“And under no circumstances may you name your hotels or restaurants with the name Trump.”
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Trump Exempts Entire Senior Staff from White House Ethics Rules
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Aldo Rovatti is a nom d’emprunt: a deceased Communist Italian Party labor lawyer.
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