Jason Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 quid quo pro Quote A Trump supporter, Manchester donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund. He was offered the Bahamas post the day after Mr. Trump was sworn in. Manchester said Trump told him, "I should probably be the ambassador to the Bahamas and you should be president." Quote Three days after the tweet, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel hit up Manchester for a donation. It was no small sum. In an email, obtained exclusively by CBS News, she asked Manchester, "Would you consider putting together $500,000 worth of contributions from your family to ensure we hit our ambitious fundraising goal?" Quote The Senate confirmation process is exactly what Manchester quickly addressed. He wrote back to McDaniel's request for $500,000, "As you know I am not supposed to do any, but my wife is sending a contribution for $100,000. Assuming I get voted out of the [Foreign Relations Committee] on Wednesday to the floor we need you to have the majority leader bring it to a majority vote … Once confirmed, I our [sic] family will respond!" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doug-manchester-possible-pay-to-play-scheme-for-ambassador-role-in-trump-administration-uncovered/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 They can't even do the normal corruption right 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Isn't this basically what Rowdy Roddy Blagojevich went to prison for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Just now, mclumber1 said: Isn't this basically what Rowdy Roddy Blagojevich went to prison for? BUSTED ON THAT COPY PASTE 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Kal-El814 said: BUSTED ON THAT COPY PASTE It's like hard and stuff man LAY OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 Just now, mclumber1 said: It's like hard and stuff man LAY OFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Aren't most ambassadorships to countries like this fluff posts for big donors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 1 hour ago, ort said: Aren't most ambassadorships to countries like this fluff posts for big donors? The game is you give a lot of money, and for *a totally unrelated reason* you get a swanky ambassadorship in Western Europe or some stable tropical country. These morons did the quiet part out loud AND IN WRITING so that's why there's trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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