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Originally Posted by Pete F.
Lots of people have gone been convicted for taking money "temporarily"
Of course Floridaman doesn't believe that attempting to get something for performing an official duty is a crime, or even something you shouldn't do. And you know: "say Norway"
Maybe that's why he is looking at pardoning Blagojevich.
“Lobbyists for a children’s hospital wanted Blagojevich to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates, which meant eight million dollars in revenue to the hospital, But he put out the word through intermediaries that he would only do it if he got fifty thousand dollars in campaign contributions. That quid quo pro was a violation of the Hobbs Act. With Trump, the quid pro quo is taxpayer money in return for political dirt, but the idea is the same.”
By the way, Blagojevich is currently serving time and not just for that.
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Trump didn't take any money.