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The unanimous Supreme Court precedent keeping Trump out of jail
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The President’s $5,000 Election Bargain
The Offer
Donald Trump used the presidency’s political authority to place a blunt proposition before voters: if Republicans keep both chambers of Congress, he will authorize a $5,000 payment to every American adult.
That is the necessary context. The central issue is not whether Trump uttered the offer privately, targeted particular voters, or drafted an enforceable contract. It is that a sitting president tied a promised government benefit to his party’s victory—and presented public money as his personal dividend to dispense…
The skinny
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