In addition to the smelly Pam Bondi contribution, the pattern with regard to Greg Abbott is very disturbing: Greg Abbott’s top consumer attorn...inst Donald Trump, but it never happened - Dallas Morning News. TMP puts it more bluntly: Did Abbott Let Scammy Trump U Off Easy? This Ex-AG Staffer Says He Did.
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As internal AG documents posted by the Dallas Morning News reveal, the Houston division of the Consumer Protection Division sought to investigate Trump U in October 2009, a request that was approved by deputy attorney general for civil litigation David Morales, according to Owens.

“It didn’t take much to open an investigation. I don’t think anybody really thought much about it,” Owens said. “We go in. Get an injunction. Sometimes we freeze their assets. We fight for Texas consumers. Get their money back."

Both AGs received substantial political donations just when they were considering a civil suit, and both decide not to pursue that case. Now, I recognize that they are Republicans and the New York AG is not, but the timing and the amounts... well, are odoriferous.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich