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[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about that, the Republican House "investigations" into Biden "corruption" are completely farcical and unproductive, and the DOJ is in the background finding real corruption and charging it.

It's almost like the civil servants in the US government are working productively and serving the interests of our country and the Republicans are doing nothing useful.

[–] Whiskey@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Doesn't obstruction count as useful if you are corrupt?

[–] menemen@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

He apparently also googled the price of gold after taking kg bars of gold. Lol. https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1705227259659886704

It's like a bad movie tbh.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Good to see google is always there to help the feds for you ;)

Now do Clarence Thomas.

[–] Duplodicus@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Again? Can we jail him this time?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This isn't the first time?

[–] Duplodicus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No he was tried in the senate a few years back for taking bribes. The guy who bribed him went to jail for other bribes and Menendez walked.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ! So he got caught taking bribes, got let off, and then thought, "I should probably take some more bribes."

[–] Duplodicus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a Jersey thing.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Good. Hope this time he does the right thing and resigns as senator

[–] kitonthenet@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

With a tent this big, who needs enemies?

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Turd sandwich accused of tasting like shit with cheese. More on this at 11

[–] bmsok@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

A spokesman for Hana said, “We are still reviewing the charges but based upon our initial review, they have absolutely no merit.”

Not the best wording to use when claiming you're not corrupt. Generally you don't need to review the specifics of corruption charges to know they don't have merit if you're not corrupt.