Optional@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoOh No, Corruptionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1606arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·7 days agoWouldn’t that be a bad financial decision? Am I stupid??
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up114·7 days agoThese are corporate bonds, rather than stocks. They will pay out a fixed amount over a given period of time. One might assume this is a down payment for silence
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·7 days agoOh right, thank you for explaining.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·7 days agoI’m assuming he didn’t so much buy the bonds, but was gifted them.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoBut why gift him something if he’s going to subpoena you. I’m so confused.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-27 days agoThe subpoena was happening either way. But the bonds are a gift to prevent prosecution. Or at least that’s how I read it. Edit: Looking at it another way, buying the bonds could be Trump buying the guys silence when he testifies.
Wouldn’t that be a bad financial decision? Am I stupid??
These are corporate bonds, rather than stocks. They will pay out a fixed amount over a given period of time. One might assume this is a down payment for silence
Oh right, thank you for explaining.
I’m assuming he didn’t so much buy the bonds, but was gifted them.
But why gift him something if he’s going to subpoena you. I’m so confused.
The subpoena was happening either way. But the bonds are a gift to prevent prosecution. Or at least that’s how I read it.
Edit: Looking at it another way, buying the bonds could be Trump buying the guys silence when he testifies.
Bribe