Criminal Bribery Complaint Filed Against Donald Trump
Trump's reported offer to the oil and gas industries to do their bidding in exchange for $1 billion in contributions has drawn a criminal complaint to the FBI.
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Trump Finds Out Why Candidates Don’t Offer Services In Exchange For Campaign Contributions
Do you remember when Donald Trump tried to get the oil and natural gas industries to give him $1 billion in campaign contributions, and in return, he would roll back all of Biden’s environmental actions and sign whatever executive orders the fossil fuel industries handed him?
There is a reason why candidates don’t engage in such behavior.
It’s called bribery, and it is against the law.
CREW filed a criminal bribery complaint with the FBI against Trump that states:
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) respectfully requests that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Public Integrity Section investigate whether former President Donald Trump solicited, or received a promise of, a bribe in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1)(A) or illegally promised a gov…
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