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Jimmc414•about 2 hours ago
>The FBI affidavit said Rush had obtained the gold bars from the U.S. government for “work-related expenses.” Rush’s attorney has said the charge against him isn’t related to the gold bars, which she described as “a sensational tidbit.”

$40 million in work related expenses paid in gold bars? Sounds completely legitimate.

bibimsz•about 1 hour ago
CIA boss: "listen, Zelensky, we already sent you $60m in gold bars, you're killing us here."

Zelensky: "60? you mean $20m, right?"

CIA boss: "very funny"

Zelensky: "no seriously."

CIA boss: "...we'll call you back."

BobbyTables2•23 minutes ago
That’s just under 300kg of gold…
ungreased0675•about 3 hours ago
Satire is impossible these days.
bell-cot•about 3 hours ago
... inflating his salary by falsely claiming degrees from Clemson University in South Carolina and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit filed in court.

How in hell was our post-Snowden Creep State unable to notice such things?

JumpCrisscross•about 2 hours ago
> How in hell was our post-Snowden Creep State unable to notice such things?

Because it doesn't exist. The data got stored, sometimes, somewhere. But a lot of it is deleted or corrupted or never computed on. Believing there is a secret core of competence in the American state is appealing. But from what I can tell, the evidence doesn't sustain it.