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minus-squarecollapse_already@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up119·18 hours ago“We’re not allowed to just straight out ask for a bribe, so you have to figure that out on your own and give us the money under the table.” “Did you stay at a Trump branded hotel ofr this trip? That’d be a start.”
minus-squareKMAMURI@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·12 hours agoWhat’s really stopping them from openly asking for bribes?
minus-squaresome_dude@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·12 hours agoNothing, now. Didn’t they change the laws to say government employees can receive “tips”?
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoSnyder v. United States from June 2024. The ruling is that money given before an official act is a “bribe”, but money given after an official act is a “gratuity”. Yes, our Supreme Court is batfucked in the head, why do you ask?
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoIt’s because they also receive a lot of “gratuities.”
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·10 hours agoThey decided to not enforce bribery laws
“We’re not allowed to just straight out ask for a bribe, so you have to figure that out on your own and give us the money under the table.”
“Did you stay at a Trump branded hotel ofr this trip? That’d be a start.”
What’s really stopping them from openly asking for bribes?
Nothing, now. Didn’t they change the laws to say government employees can receive “tips”?
Snyder v. United States from June 2024. The ruling is that money given before an official act is a “bribe”, but money given after an official act is a “gratuity”.
Yes, our Supreme Court is batfucked in the head, why do you ask?
It’s because they also receive a lot of “gratuities.”
They decided to not enforce bribery laws