U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, in a speech to the Senate in early March, accused the Trump administration of unprecedented corruption.
Murphy’s argument was that Trump and his friends were trying to normalize corruption of a kind that’s common in oligarchies. Vladimir Putin, who has a salary of $140,000, has banked $200 billion by using his office to steal from the Russian people.
It’s more influence peddling than direct theft. Putin uses the power of government to help billionaire friends, who know how to return the favors.
Murphy’s case that the American White House is now an open market for influence peddling is damning.
His accusations are detailed and documented. If Trump’s defenders in the Senate had arguments rebutting the accusations of corruption, they should have made them.
As it stands, it’s fair to conclude that the accusations are true, and that the U.S. Senate has decided that the theft of public money via influence peddling is OK.
• Source: “Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way to Being The Most Corrupt in U.S. History” is here:
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