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The Department of Justice\u2019s nearly $1.8 billion fund for so-called \u201cvictims\u201d of government weaponization isn\u2019t Donald Trump\u2019s only sleazy scheme. <\/p>\n

Read more Trump Teases White House Golden Dome in Afternoon Melt Down<\/a><\/p>\n

The Daily Beast\u2019s Joanna Coles and Hugh Dougherty, on a new episode of The Daily Beast Podcast<\/i>, delved into what the establishment of that largely unregulated, taxpayer-funded commission overshadowed this week: the president\u2019s stock trades. <\/p>\n

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In what MS NOW anchor Rachel Maddow described as \u201ckaleidoscopically corrupt,\u201d Trump, 79, made tens of millions of dollars through more than 3,700 investment trades in the first quarter of this year. Trump, who disclosed his trades late, also talked up companies he had a substantial stake in. Neither Barack Obama nor Joe Biden traded stocks while president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe volume and the value of those trades are actually more than the total value of all the stock trading by every member of Congress at the same time put together,\u201d Dougherty said. \u201cAnd obviously, some members of Congress don\u2019t trade, but [others] trade quite a lot. But that total value is… extraordinary. It\u2019s actually hard to get your head around it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coles agreed, saying it was \u201cparticularly ironic\u201d given Trump\u2019s criticism of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s activity in that area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just remarkable,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I saw JD Vance sort of brushing away criticism by saying, \u2018Of course, Donald Trump is not sitting at the Cabinet table with his Robin Hood account open, you know, trading\u2019\u2014as if that were the accusation. The accusation is much deeper and much, much more troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I were a Republican candidate or a politician, I would just be irate at the way he steamrolled them,\u201d Coles continued. \u201cI mean, there are reasons to be irate with the Democrats right now, but the Republicans must just feel like they are some kind of paper\u2014not even tiger, but just pointless. I mean, pointless to be a Republican, either congressman or senator at this point, unless they can actually offer something, offer something concrete, because he\u2019s steamrolling over everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump is \u201cmaking out like a bandit,\u201c Doughtery added, noting how Trump\u2019s net worth is currently $6.1 billion, according to Forbes, while in 2021 it was $2.4 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anybody has made out being in elected office, this is it. Nobody in elected office has ever seen their net worth go up by such an amount in such a short time,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Read more Murdoch Paper Warns That Trump, 79, Has \u2018Lost the Plot\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

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The White House disputes concerns about conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything said on The Daily Beast Podcast<\/i> is equivalent to screaming into the void. No one listens to this Trump Derangement Syndrome therapy session,\u201d White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said, despite the podcast regularly garnering hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the same, tired narrative that Democrats have pushed against President Trump, his family, and his administration for a decade,\u201d Kelly continued. \u201cPresident Trump only acts in the best interests of the American public\u2014which is why they overwhelmingly reelected him to this office, despite years of lies and false accusations against him and his businesses from the fake news media. There are no conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the $1.776 billion fund, it is accessible to \u201cthe worst of the worst\u201d of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, Doughtery pointed out, citing cop-assaulters and other violent offenders. It is also open to Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro, Trumpworld figures who each defied a congressional subpoena and went to jail because of it. <\/p>\n

Enrique Tarrio, a convicted seditionist and former Proud Boys leader, indicated he will request money as well.<\/p>\n

As part of the arrangement between Trump and the DOJ, which is now being overseen by the president\u2019s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche, there will be no more audits of the president, his family, or his companies\u2014a stunning outcome given that the Trump Organization was found guilty of tax fraud in 2022, and how Trump, his two adult sons, and the company were found responsible in a civil suit for repeatedly committing fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, as this week has gone on, Joanna, it has gotten more and more obvious quite how jaw-dropping this is,\u201d Dougherty said.<\/p>\n

Congressional Republicans even made an affront to Trump over it by holding up an ICE funding bill he desperately wants passed. On Thursday, as many as 25 lawmakers reportedly had an \u201cincredibly hostile\u201d meeting with acting U.S. Attorney General Blanche, who has the authority to appoint members of the commission that distributes money in the fund. <\/p>\n

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New episodes of The Daily Beast Podcast are released every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday on <\/b><\/i>YouTube<\/b><\/i>, and on <\/b><\/i>other podcast platforms<\/b><\/i> the next morning. Follow our new feed on your favorite podcast platform at <\/b><\/i>beast.pub\/dailybeastpod<\/b><\/i> and subscribe on <\/b><\/i>YouTube<\/b><\/i> to watch full episodes.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

Read more GOP Senator Revolts Against \u2018Stupid on Stilts\u2019 Trump Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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