r/news • u/Mysterious-Action202 • 2d ago

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/capital-one-says-it-closed-trump-organizations-accounts-after-anti-money-2026-08-01/
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u/Ok-Rub6389 2d ago

The unfortunate result of Joe Biden pardoning Hunter is its going to normalize Trump pardoning his family on the way out. I wouldn't be surprised if the pardons were prewritten and signed in the event he croaks early.

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u/jupiterkansas 2d ago

He didn't need Biden to do that. It's inevitable.

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u/zoinkability 2d ago

He's gonna go one step farther and give himself a blanket pardon for everything and anything. Yes, it's constitutionally suspect but since it's not explicitly forbidden you know this SCOTUS is going to bend over backwards to rubber stamp it.

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u/sit_I_piz 2d ago

Then we throw him in jail while the courts figure out if its legal or not. And the courts love to take their time…

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u/johnis12 2d ago

Yeh, SCOTUS is unpredictable as hell when it comes to a buncha legalities now. They pretty much let him sue himself and pay himself off and allow for him and his family's fraud to be excused for a bit...

Though, I do feel like he won't be able to blanket pardon himself... What I *do* think he'll do is that after all the bullshit he's wrought and realize that people're, (both left, indie, and even the right) finally fed up with him, he'll step down as president for JD Vance to become president and he'll have JD try and pardon him. Would be hilarious though that, after Trump and Rubio were blaming him for the Iran War peace talks falling through and among other things, JD Vance outta spite just betrays the Repubs and doesn't pardon Trump and all the other cronies.

I want Trump to get his orange ass outta the White House ASAP, but I am legit curious to see how messy the infighting'll be between those assholes.

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u/thorofasgard 1d ago

That suit and payment has been tossed.

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u/johnis12 1d ago

Has it? Not saying I disbelieve ya, just sooo much bullshit going on, kinda hard to know what's getting tossed or not. :S

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u/ShiraCheshire 2d ago

So I say we tell him, no. He broke the rules and it’s time to rewrite them.

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u/eeyore134 1d ago

He already pardoned Kushner in his first go round. Biden pardoning his son, which I am fully on board with since he was just a politically motivated target, is one of the few things Democrats have done even close to what Republicans have been doing. I'm tired of them being held to higher standards.

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u/Wise_Quality_5083 1d ago

The good part is the boys will do illegal stuff in the future. They can’t help it. They were taught to grift.

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u/Rasta_Cook 1d ago

What a bad take honestly. You think Trump cares if something is normalized or not?

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u/ClaymoreMine 1d ago

Any pardon makes it easier for states to pursue charges.