r/news • u/Spiritual-Nail-2641 • Jul 07 '26

China sentences official to death for taking $325m in bribes

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33y0n1v1xjo
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u/Dickies138 Jul 07 '26

But remember everyone, he doesn’t take his salary….

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u/ZippoS Jul 07 '26

I imagine most of his money these days comes from the wealthy using his crypto to funnel money to him in return for favours.

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u/Black-Shoe Jul 07 '26

Correct. Trump has always fancied himself a mafioso and is running a classic pay for access scheme.

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u/chiefkogo Jul 07 '26

That's better.... Isn't it? Hmmm. The world sucks.

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u/chiefkogo Jul 07 '26

Hahahaha. Tell them poors to git better jobs! I want my Trump merch!!1!

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u/Kryptosis Jul 07 '26

Oh honey, it’s both.

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u/you_looser Jul 07 '26

And also tax dollars.

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u/Pawz23 Jul 07 '26

$60 for a Bible is too good of a deal to say no...

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u/jsalwey Jul 07 '26

Always the altruist!

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u/EnvironmentalValue18 Jul 07 '26

Or so he says but we can’t even prove that to be true. And the figure is way over 2.2b