You know it's bad when… you bring back the 'c'-word.
House Democrats appear to be reverting to an old playbook with their latest report claiming President Trump violated the Constitution by accepting payments for leases and hotel stays while in office due to the "collusive participation of foreign states."
The ZeroHedge-esque-titled report: "White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump" is 156 pages of damning evidence of Trump's dastardly plan to make millions from foreign leaders while in office.
As The Wall Street Journal's Jack Gillum and Kate O'Keefe breathlessly report, China and Saudi Arabia topped a list of 20 countries whose governments or state-linked entities pumped millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s properties while he was president, according to a new report and previously undisclosed records that shed light on Trump’s potential business conflicts as he seeks a second term.
WSJ sheepishly admits that "the findings stem from years of litigation into whether Trump ran afoul of the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which prevents officeholders from accepting anything of value from foreign states without the permission of Congress."
Which have prompted absolutely no charges at all for Trump or his family.
But, that's not the point. The report provides defensive 'whataboutist' talking points for Biden-backers.
The tone of the report positions Trump's actions as shockingly treasonous:
And yet, after 156 pages of horrific 'facts', the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability does not call for charges, or an investigation; but instead suggests some reforms for future presidents to:
The comments section of The Wall Street Journal story on the Democrats' report sums up the average Americans' view of all this…
…and it goes on…
Still, we are sure this report will play non-stop on various news networks for the next 48 hours and will serve as a tool to counter the actual payoffs that the Biden family have directly received, for apparently no services rendered…