Any corporate executive who signs off on a bribe to Trump should be prepared to explain their crimes in front of Congress and to the public when Democrats retake power
Any corporate executive who signs off on a bribe to Trump should be prepared to explain their crimes in front of Congress and to the public when Democrats retake power
"when" is doing a lot of work here @nilsgilman.bsky.social
Good luck retaking power as the Republicans strip away any chance of it.
Also this isn't the first Trump administration. When the Democrats retook power last time, there were no consequences for the quislings. You failed already. This is pissing into the wind now.
If only we had a Congress
Glad that they’re finally seeing this for what it is.
MORE OF THIS!
Meantime hit them with the cardiac side-eye.
That’s why I support Democrats
He is big whiny baby
I voted for Kamala Harris as I am a life long Democrat going way back to The Kennedy Family, and they don’t like RFK Jr at all he is a crazy cook
Those who forget history.... "The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant, and so devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored" - Justice Robert H. Jackson, the chief prosecutor for the United States.
Darn straight!
To a jury also, I would think.
Dear CBS and all other media that contributed. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings"
lol yeah I’m sure you guys are actually going to hold them accountable Sure
Yes! The somnolescence of justice is temporary, no matter how it may appear today.
That'll scare em Ron great work little buddy oooh so tough
A good place to see what I mean by Anti-Democrat activist is on a post from one of our too few elected Democrats.
FINALLY!! I’ve been waiting for a Democrat in Congress to warn these fascist enablers about consequences for their actions once Democrats regain power We need more of this!
Thank you, Senator, for this brushback pitch at the heads of these corrupt corporate creeps.
So that you can wag your feckless fingers for clicks?
And a grand jury
Lol, Democrats dont punish Republicans, it would be uncouth
When are you gonna retake power?!?!?!? You're frogs in boiling water as Kumail Nanjiani recently pointed out!! DEMS are failing spectacularly to defend Democracy while fascism spreads!!! how many more Trump justices are you gonna allow?!?!? Where is the coordinated DEM messaging?!?!
Schumercrats must be purged before the party can begin to be rebuilt into an effective opposition.
Well intentioned, but bribery is a crime. You need to make it clear that all involved will be prosecuted. Also, announce that and that any public lands sold by the Trump regime will be taken back.
And hopefully, and jury
Honestly, we will need tribunals. We’re dealing with treason and will need to be reconciling with executions.
This. #onapike
But when you were in power you didn’t investigate any of them. Please help it make sense.
I really look forward to that day! The day when actual adults take over to tackle the problems that everyday Americans face! Right now, all elected and appointed Republicans work for just one person!
Thank you @wyden.senate.gov I have been wondering why corporate bribery has been going under the radar so far. Granted there is so much corruption going on right now.
This is the way …
Good messaging! Keep that up
hell yea. thank you. i hope you follow through. excuse all the skepticism though it has been well-earned by the party
Prosecute. Not “make them explain”. If it’s illegal they should be prosecuted. Wtf is so hard to understand about this?
While I wholly agree….who is going to prosecute? Pam Bondi? She was probably gonna get a cut of that bribe, she’ll prosecute for NOT paying Trump off
One problem with that, most Democrats (not you sir) don't have the balls.
We DID that BEFORE. I remember the bobble-headed bimbo Carolyn Maloney who Pelosi stupidly made the Oversight Chair sit there and just baste in the lies Trump's admin officials told her. She would have be believed Putin if he'd shown up. Total idiot as the Oversight Chair. Swell job Dems.
Any corporate exec should be prosecuted, as per law, for signing off on a bribe.
Yes! Absolutely. Please put all these people on notice.
Replace Schumer and Jeffries or expect a split.
Also y'know, a grand jury
Subpoena Bezos to testify in the middle of wabbit season
When, not if? Sounds a bit delusional.
Given Dems’ track record of holding people accountable in the past couple decades, I’m just gonna go ahead and type “ah, well, nevertheless” now
Yes! And this time follow through!!! I am sick of Democrats letting things go in the interest of “National Healing”.
Fuck that, they should be prepared to get sent to fucking prison. And last I checked, bribery is a state law crime too. These ***** are all doing their bribery from California and through New York. That shit ain't pardonable.
Why do I think this is all talk? Why do I think that, to the extent anything does happen, it will be largely performative and not amount to anything real? Why am I so confident that the corporate folks you are speaking to know this too?
more of this. also the ICE militias unwanted by acting unlawfully in multiple areas in the united states of america - do them next please. now.
The Democrats should be out there right now saying LOUD AND CLEAR that everybody complicit in this admin's illegal acts will face justice. Not just the bribes and the cowardly collusion by the media and universities, but every single ICE agent will face justice.
You're absolutely correct. It is also absolutely correct that only about 20% of Democratic members of Congress have the spine to do it.
imagine an "election" in trump's America where unregistered faceless goons are already invading neighborhoods and terrorizing citizens now stop taking drugs and start taking action
just string em up by their balls
Thanks Senator! Next: similar statement on these ICE thugs
We need to bring back the corporate death sentence. Taking massive bribes seems a suitable reason to sell off companies assets and prosecute leadership.
If humans keep tripping over their own tails, maybe more crumbs for us Bitcoin-loving raccoons! Keep your paws ready for the next big rise!
It might also be good to loudly consider Eminent Domaining any federal land that gets sold off during the current Trump regime.
'..we wont actually make them do that, mind you, that would be rude to our donors, but they had BETTER BE PREPARED'
Didn't like 15 Dems just vote to approve Trump's crypto scheme?
Make a list, it's going to be quite long at the end, but they need to be held to account.
You're assuming @democrats.org are going to retake power. I wouldn't be too sure of that after last year's Harris Holocaust. And I don't see the local @democrats.org running anyone against Trump flunkie Guy Reschenthaler here in my district.
Screw Trump, you pay him, who's the next.
I so agree, and Congressmen like Mullin need to explain how a plumber is now worth over 65 million dollars.
Jury of their peers.
Good, but for F’s sake, that should never ever have been considered legally. It’s an abomination.
THANK YOU
NUREMBERG II
If y’all don’t do something now, there will be no “when”. This isn’t business as usual and you need to stop playing in our faces like it is. Or maybe just send more “string emails”, that’ll learn em.
I’m sure they’re terrified of a committee hearing, Senator.
Anyone signing off on any deal with a pathologically lying malignant narcopath deserves their bad karma.
Thank you for saying this out loud.
Yeah because there dot sire coming after all the low hanging fruit. Orange traitor is safe just like he was last time
Fuck Congress. There are plenty of laws against bribery. As a mid level eng in a fortune 50 company, I get training every year about how I can go to jail for giving or accepting bribes. Those execs live under the same rules, right? Right!?!
Democrats will absolutely not hold anybody responsible for anything.
It would be good if Congressional Democrats would commit to imposing the rule of law - even on the wealthy and powerful.
Damn it! FIGHT LIKE REPUBLICANS!! Dig up dirt, harrass them with facts and make it clear to voters what their representatives are gaining financially by abandoning them!!
I’m afraid that’s never going to happen
I'll believe it when you drag Musk's racist carcass in to answer for what he's done
they need the numbers. we have to give it to them in 2026 and end this shitshow.
They have had the numbers before and did nothing with them because they think treating with Neo Nazis is the path forward. "Bipartisanship" is like a fucking fetish for these morons. I will not believe that *SUDDENLY* Democrats found their collective spines.
i’m hopeful lessons have been learned (I know, i’m rolling my eyes at myself too). but maybe…
Keep that hope alive as long as you can. Also procure and learn to use a rifle. Nazis don’t go quietly and we’ve known this since 1949.
How the hell do democrats plan on regaining retaking power?
I'd love to see a graft and bribery tribunal put all these people in the dock
They should go to jail. Public shaming isn't enough and doesn't work on these people in any event.
Will you retake power? I respect you, but I don’t think there will be a fair election for years.
Stop falling for the “fair elections will never happen” narrative, that belief helps the fascists more than the resistance
they wont be asked to lol
I like this energy, Senator Wyden. Why don't we bring the same thing to the ICE goons who are masking up and grabbing people off the streets right now? They should fear prosecution and unmasking even more than the executives at Paramount.
So cute you think our elections won’t be “show” going forward. Y’all are increasing disappointing and devastating in your inaction. Ignoring everything till midterms (which honestly is so far away, considering we’re only six months into a sadist’s term) is pathetic and weak. We deserve better.
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Only if Trump and his unqualified cabinet of fascists are brought in front of Congress first. Defend this country as though you have an actual spine.
just “explain”?? or be prepared to be charged with the crime of bribery?
Dems are weak and won’t do shit
I honestly hate the idea that this is the most likely thing to occur after Trump leaves office. Like this will be the new norm of spending more time undoing the last administration than fixing the country.
Have you sent this in an official letter to the executives at Paramount and other companies in a similar position?
Right now it's hard to imagine Democrats holding anyone accountable, much less retaking power
This is the same way I feel about selling public land. If you buy it under these nefarious circumstances, I won’t feel bad when the public takes it back. Buyer beware.
Every single one of them
And what are the democrats doing RIGHT NOW to retake power? Oh right...voting for trump's unqualified nominees and supporting crypto. Great tactics.
You could support better candidates during primaries and engage more in local politics, but dooming on the internet is more fun I guess
Oh okay cool beans, you mean the better (left) candidates that get universally demonized by the leadership and donors of the Democratic party, so those same people never have to actually effect change and can keep asking for five dollars to definitely stand for something this time?
Then it looks like you have to do some grassroots organizing buddy. Considering the low approval rating of a lot of House/Senate Dems, 2026 will be a good opportunity to clean house
Maybe those left candidates just suck if the voters don't want them.
Impossible! The only reason Bernie didn't win any primaries (yet would have won the general election, for sure) is because the DNC ... backed the Democratic candidate, instead of the socialist who had taken every opportunity to dump on the Dems, I think?
Exactly! He is lying to our faces. Pretending to be opposition. But he has the same donors. None of them answer to us. None of them listen to their constituents. They’re ALL bought and paid for and giving us to a dictator! It’s such a betrayal. They’re greedy and lazy!
Looking at your bio it doesn’t sound like you’re in Oregon. I’m actually a constituent & would say that Wyden is probably in the top 3 most effective senators.
Well that’s great to hear.
You & Scott should actually look at Wyden’s voting record on Trump’s nominees before spouting off & accusing him of lying
I didn't accuse him of lying. I'm accusing the democrats of being incredibly ineffective at meeting the moment. They (as a party) continue to act like it's business as usual.
You literally said “they’re lying to our faces” in the post I replied to.
Sorry, even worse, you literally accused *Wyden* of lying to our faces, you said him, not them
No, TM said that, not me.
I did and I do think they are. The bar is low to be the best and I don’t believe they’re doing all they can. Feel free to disagree. Glad his direct constituents are happy. But they all work for all of us
and perhaps more importantly, to a jury
and that they will not get to partake of the fruits of their bribery as it will be taken back from them
Really, Ds in general need to be threatening this openly. You want to sell off National Parks to your friends for pennies on the dollar because they gave you a few million? Or cushy contracts? Expect to give it all back. Particularly aim this at private prison operators.
Yeah, start making noise that any national land sold off under the current regime will be seized and renationalized in the aftermath; only without eminent domain payments because property rights shouldn’t count when discussing illegal-gotten gains from a rogue regime.
Even with eminent domain payments, or does US law believe purchasers of stolen property take title under color of right?
This part.
Yes. I have no faith in the Democrats holding the donor class accountable.
what should happen to Democrats who sign off on all his appointments and bills
Perhaps all Democrats should get the Hortman treatment?
Delete this
Weak
Senator, please quit fantasizing about 'when Democrats retake power.' How is that supposed to happen? What are you doing to make it happen?
He’s being a very productive member as democratic leader of the senate finance committee and member of several others & making clear, forceful statements about the damage being caused & danger posed by the Trump admin. Is there something in particular you want him to be doing?
Agree, many members of Congress are productive and making clear, forceful statements. They have key knowledge about damage being done. I am afraid none of this matches the fascist juggernaut. I want to see mbrs of Congress who are not just lawmakers, but leaders of people outside of Congress.
Fair enough, and there I wouldn’t really expect Wyden to be that leader, he’s not the most charismatic politician & maybe a bit old to be leading a march. That’s where AOC, Walz, Pritzker are all doing good work & have an opening to do a lot more & almost certainly personally benefit from it
We lionized Wyden for voting against the Patriot act. Why are people failing to do this for democrats now?
Senator, how does one get around the accounting requirement and IRS requirement to report all bribes in company financial and tax statements?
No Ron, they should expect prison time. "We're going to yell at you" doesn't cut it. We want laws enforced and people in prison.
Aren’t their applicable state laws to enforce right now?
Any Dem senator that votes for a CR, or to confirm judicial nominees that are election deniers isn’t going to be forgotten either. Talk to your colleagues
Please make it so.
And in front of a grand jury.
Please also do this on any sales of public lands and contracts DOGE gives to its leaders
No we jail all of the CEO’s and board members and shut down those companies permanent
Voters are going to have to give Dems enough power in congress to do what they demand Dems do. I feel like constantly shit talking Dems instead of talking about Republican obstructionism doesn't help win votes.
And get a good lawyer
Trump knows how dems hold criminals accountable. That's why he is able to turn our White House into a tacky office for his corruption.
We have been done a great disservice by those we were told to respect. Every one of these corrupt, complict and incompetent traitors need to be held responsible. Respect is earned by those that do the right thing and hold themselves accountable.
Interestingly, some I know contacted paramount plus streaming saying they are canceling the service if frivolous lawsuit is settled. Small drop in bucket but lots of small drops….
Amazing that any Dem still thinks Republicans have any intent to leave. If you get another free and fair election i’ll eat a maga hat. #Dictatorship
You should have a whole-of-government approach for detrumpification (think "denazification but American" and you get it) ready to go as soon as President Sane sits at their desk the afternoon of January 20th 2028 Post regularly about the planning of this approach until then WILL IT INTO BEING
Thank you. And please remind Trump personnel that civil rights crimes and crimes against humanity can be prosecuted, despite corrupt pardons, in state and/or international courts.
Democrats are never going to hold corporate power to account. You really think so little of your constituents, don't you?
in these comments, you can SEE the goalposts moving in real time
Upon gaining the majority, Democrats will immediately declare that “Impeachment is off the table” and host a fundraiser with their corporate donors.
It’d help if you grew balls like AOC has.
Democrats didn't even prosecute any one of their buddies for January 6th I don't want these assholes to explain their crimes, I want them to go to jail and lose all their shit
You're old school and what we need is new blood. Shumer and Pelosi have had their chance, Dick Durban, Chuck Grassley, Mitch McConnell, you all are out of touch and need to either up your game or resign because what you offer won't work with a worldwide crime syndicate. It's out of your league
The courts have said the Trump crime family is violating the laws you passed. Those laws have NO TEETH. Trump should have been arrested on Jan. 7th and would have been convicted. I gave Garland the benefit of the doubt. I WAS WRONG, he didn't do his job and Trump should be in prison right now.
Getting to be a pretty long list. Somebody should call these people and clue them in that Trump isn't going to block a deal that gives him control over Paramount through his buddies, the Ellisons. For Pete's sake, it's completely normal and necessary to edit a television show.
Seriously no media should be paying the bribe or bending a knee. Do your jobs and fight the oppression and suppression. Full stop 🛑
And please, senator. When that day comes, it is imperative that we close the loopholes in the justice system for individuals with wealth and influence. "Rules for thee and not for me" is what landed us in this mess in the first place.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
If Paramount caves. It will be boycotted like Target, Walmart and Amazon. FAFO.
Please start using strong action words like investigated and prosecuted.
It's either bribery or a ransom
We shouldn’t have to “wait for the Democrats to retake power” in order to prosecute crimes. #PartyOfLawAndOrder
Lol - as if they will ever hold anyone accountable.
lol they should be, but dems will move on from caring about crimes before the ballots are even counted, as always Remember when you prosecuted the terrorists who sacked the capitol or the executives who committed financial crimes leading to the great recession? No?
They convicted over 1200 J6ers. What the hell are you taking about?
The leaders. Trump? Refuse to seat the republican congresspeople who supported? They even investigate them? Nope. (And don't get me started on the undercharging of the actual rioters - Luigi was charged with terrorism lmao, no felony murder charges for rioters, etc).
They did do that
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Oh no, explaining! That'll teach 'em!
This is the foundation of a Truth and Reconciliation tribunal that will imprison the prime suspects of this attempted dictatorship, and establish control over the superwealthy.
Yes!
Are you guys still just expecting power to fall into your lap? He's got the military aiming their rifles at citizens in California, he ain't giving up power ever again
More finger wagging & strongly worded letters, huh, Ron?
Investigate, but with referrals, investigation, indictment and prosecution to an uncorrupted Criminal Division of the Department of Justice and/or a US Attorney in the appropriate jurisdiction.
Well, good luck with that. Does any DOJ division remain uncorrupted?
No, but the Senate Judiciary Committee provides oversight and along with the House Judiciary Committee in a future, Democratic-controlled Congress could do the work to see that DOJ is returned to a more impartial and uncorrupted state.
Here’s hoping,,, and VOTING!
Unfortunately “regaining power” kinda involves FUCKING DOING SOMETHING!!!!!
People voted them out of power
Congress should do that, regardless of who is in power.
it's time for jail time. our country has been on a corruption speed-run since ford pardoned nixon.
Democrats need to stop being afraid to charge Republicans for their crimes and start putting them in prison
Corruption is bipartisan. The extent may vary but pelosi would sell your kidney to keep her insider knowledge
and yet pelosi has never sold anyone’s kidney. republicans are worse — by far — this is not for debate
Yeah, I don't think you can have an accurate telling of modern American history w/o Dem leadership complicity, even now allowing business as usual w/ noms and crypto corruption. I don't really care where you stand unless you have power b/c my problem is w/ the DNC, not their volunteer sheepdogs
If only you realized Trump and his group ignore Congress
Hold them ALL accountable - complicit in this global disaster
Seems overly confident that there is a chance Dems will win. Look, I'm 52 and a lifelong Dem voter, and I cant stand where the party is now. I understand why people dont vote for Dems. What is the vision that the party is selling? All I see is "not as bad as them", and it isn't inspiring.
In my voting life , I have seen the Dems compromise on: Homosexuals, People of Color and the poor in the 90s Healthcare in the 00/10s Trans people in the 20s.. So, yeah.. what are you actually fighting for?
YES. Now tell DHS that they will also be held to account. The pendulum always swings….
Except when it swings to the Dems they sit on their asses and DO NOTHING. Look at what the Biden administration did. NOTHING. They let Trump and all his cronies slide back into power without any real criminal accountability except, of course, for the low-level people. Dems are weak AF.
I predict there will be a clear quid pro quo in these talks.
Yes. Kara Swisher has talked about this.
This is the way to do it! This!!👍👍
More of this! Remind the country and that Trump won’t be in power for long, but that the Rule of Law will remain. Raise the stakes.
threatening them by having them appear before congress might as well be an invitation to do whatever they want cause everyone knows that doesn't mean anything. Put them in jail
let them explain it to a judge, so they can go to a place called jail, where all us plebs go if we do something bad you and your stupid hearings gonna be the end of the republic what value is there to someone pleading the fifth? charge them and let a judge sort it out
Another useless hearing. That ought to stop them.🤦🏻♀️
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good! say more: what's going to happen to the land that republicans are trying to sell? What should Israel expect if they continue to shoot tank shells at people just waiting in line for food in Gaza? What are ICE agents who cover their faces exposing themselves to?
Why? You all serve the same people.
What about Democratic Senators and Representatives who voted yes on the crypto bill, which is in essence the same thing?
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That day cannot come soon enough
They should have thought of the before capitulating.
Lol still won't prosecute huh? Cowards. Just make Garland your 2028 nominee so it's clear to everyone Dems aren't interested in enforcing laws.
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Thank you, Senator, for laying out the stakes clearly.
I don’t understand why they don’t just play the whole entire recording of the interview from beginning to end unedited!
They did. In February.
Well-FFS why on earth are they offering to settle. If I was a shareholder this would really bother me. It really bothers me now. Fox News can add ppl cheering at trumps 40 million authoritarian birthday parade-when the attendance was sparse and there was not thunderous cheers-THEY DUBBED IT IN!
I’m baffled. Then again, I’m also baffled by some of the law firms settling with him. 🤷🏼♀️
It seems most of those law firms now regret it.
Their partners and clients are fleeing. They caved to the orange tyrant without even trying to stop him. Who would want to work for/ hire a law firm that folded like cheap cardboard? 🤨
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You’re full of shit, Ron. You spineless idiots refused to do anything the last time you had power. You’re all a bunch of corrupt cowards. Time for you to resign.
I’m no lawyer but I assume demanding a bribe and paying one are both crimes.
Expel Mike Lee!
Yes. We see you.
More of this please.
Are you also going to have the guts to ignore trumps pardons? Because buddy you’re going to have to if we’re getting through this intact
💯 This is good.
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End the dark money.
keep saying it please....(not holding my breath though)
So should every member of Congress. MAKE THEM INVOKE “SPEECH & DEBATE PRIVILEGE” in front of live TV cameras
What about Senators and Representatives standing up to explain their votes and how those votes relate to their donors and personal investments? You don't have anything to say about that?
Yes. Because make no mistake. The whole lawsuit was a shakedown by Trump.
Thank you!
YES
How cute that you think Republicans are going to allow future elections.
If the accepted is bribery and they shouldn't.
oh yeah, the democrats, famous for exercising power to reign in corporate corruption. i'm sure you'll totally do that, dude
And how exactly are Democrats going to retake power? You won’t fight him on anything. You allow him to continue his fascist takeover. You won’t impeach him as he is actively committing crimes! What happens when Trump ends all elections? You and your colleagues just sit on your hands and do nothing.
With all due respect, do you really think that the TACO Tyrant is going to even allow the midterms to happen, let alone accept their results? You need to call upon the military to forcibly remove the criminal from the White House NOW, along with EVERY LAST ONE of its treasonous, cancerous thugs.