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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4718775" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;In terms of outright criminality, since Trump became president, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-bannon-associates-factbox/factbox-here-are-eight-trump-associates-arrested-or-convicted-of-crimes-idUSKBN25G1YU" target="_blank">eight</a> of his associates have been arrested or convicted of crimes. The president and his attorney general, Bill Barr, have used their positions to minimize the consequences for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-roger-stone-clemency.html" target="_blank">individuals</a> deemed &quot;loyal&quot; and ensure that the president himself is above the law.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/19/what-attorney-general-barr-said-vs-what-mueller-report-said/" target="_blank">Days after</a> Barr protected Trump from the Mueller report, the president was on the phone asking Ukraine to &quot;do us a favor&quot; and manufacture dirt on Biden, an offense that resulted in his impeachment. Between 1998 and 2018, the Department of Justice convicted over <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/news/2020/01/22/479702/public-officials-betray-public-trust-pay-price-president/" target="_blank">14,405</a> public officials—from mayors to members of Congress—on public corruption charges, many for quid pro quo bribery schemes. No so for Trump.&quot;Newsweek</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4718775, member: 54375"] "In terms of outright criminality, since Trump became president, [URL='https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-bannon-associates-factbox/factbox-here-are-eight-trump-associates-arrested-or-convicted-of-crimes-idUSKBN25G1YU']eight[/URL] of his associates have been arrested or convicted of crimes. The president and his attorney general, Bill Barr, have used their positions to minimize the consequences for [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-roger-stone-clemency.html']individuals[/URL] deemed "loyal" and ensure that the president himself is above the law. [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/19/what-attorney-general-barr-said-vs-what-mueller-report-said/']Days after[/URL] Barr protected Trump from the Mueller report, the president was on the phone asking Ukraine to "do us a favor" and manufacture dirt on Biden, an offense that resulted in his impeachment. Between 1998 and 2018, the Department of Justice convicted over [URL='https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/news/2020/01/22/479702/public-officials-betray-public-trust-pay-price-president/']14,405[/URL] public officials—from mayors to members of Congress—on public corruption charges, many for quid pro quo bribery schemes. No so for Trump." Newsweek [/QUOTE]

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