Alex Padilla Has A Bombshell New Bill That Would Allow The American People To Sue Trump
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced new legislation that would allow Americans to sue the president for ill gotten gains after he leaves office.
If you have been paying attention this week, you may have noticed that Democrats are introducing a lot of legislation related to Trump and corruption.
On Monday, Democrats introduced legislation that would come after Trump for abuse of presidential pardon power and the selling of pardons, which are reportedly going for $2 million each.
On Tuesday, Democrats unveiled legislation that was more directly aimed at Trump and allowing people to get some of the money back that Trump is taking under corrupt pretenses.
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Republicans and the current administration seem to view corruption as not a crime, and those who may view it as a crime see it as a victimless crime that doesn’t harm anyone.
This point of view is the opposite of the truth.
Corruption by any public official takes public funds that could be used for the common good and places them in someone’s pocket. Republicans say that there are no funds for hungry children or health insurance subsidies, but Trump has public funds to hand out to his family and allies through no-bid government contracts. That is the policy cost of corruption.
Corruption also undermines trust and faith in government.
Trump is engaging in a third kind of corruption: using his office to make money for himself and his family through schemes like memecoins and his latest, selling access to his Truth Social posts early for insider trading.
This latest scheme has caught the attention of Sen. Alex Padilla, who has a bill to hit Trump right in the wallet.
