Day: February 16, 2022

More Trump Accounting News

Buck Banks

“Being fired by your accounting firm is never a good thing. When the accounting firm not only walks away from you but does so loudly with an express warning to users of your financial information that they can no longer rely on its accuracy, that’s even worse. When access to loans is the lifeblood of your business, it’s worse yet. And when all of this happens in the midst of civil and criminal investigations into your financial dealings, you could be in big trouble.”

— Philip Rotner in The Bulwark

Consequences of Mazars Abandoning Trump Could Be Serious

Buck Banks

“This explodes the national security risk by a factor of 10, because now he’s going to be desperate for new loans. Legitimate banks are not going to touch him. So it expands the universe of shady characters who could offer him loans in return for favors that might include disclosing U.S. national security secrets.”

— Joseph Cirincione, a fellow at think-tank the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, responding to the news that Donald Trump’s accounting firm has stopped being the Trump Organization’s accountant firm, according to the Daily Beast.

Biden Wants $30 Billion More for COVID Fight

Buck Banks

$30 billion

“The Biden administration is telling Congress that it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against Covid-19,” the AP reports.Politico: “While the administration anticipates it has enough vaccines and therapeutics to ride out the Omicron surge, three people with knowledge of the matter said the government doesn’t currently have enough money to respond if another dangerous variant emerges.”

Study: Dems Are ‘Preachy,’ Focused on ‘Culture Wars’

Buck Banks

“And the party’s House campaign arm had a stark warning for Democrats: Unless they more forcefully confront the GOP’s ‘alarmingly potent’ culture war attacks, from critical race theory to defunding the police, they risk losing significant ground to Republicans in the midterms.”

— Democrats’ own research shows that some battleground voters think the party is “preachy,” “judgmental” and “focused on culture wars,” Politico reports.