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Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 18 days ago

Just make sure to submit it in your expenses

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Just make sure to submit it in your expenses

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Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 18 days ago
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From last November to March, the court papers say, Mr. Rush asked for, and received, “a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses.”

Hey guys I need 40 million in solid gold. This hotel I like to stay at in Caracas doesn’t take our corporate Amex

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/politics/fbi-arrest-cia-official-gold-bars.html

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  • solrize@lemmy.ml
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    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/former-cia-officer-accused-stealing-300-gold-bars-sources-say-rcna347177

    "WASHINGTON — A former CIA senior officer with top secret-level clearance has been accused of secretly stashing millions of dollars in gold bars in his home that he said he needed for “work-related expenses,” according to court documents and two people familiar with his employment history. "

  • john_brown [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    when we were told to return to the office I didn’t realize you meant the gold bars too, my bad

  • deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    WHAT AM I EVEN DOING WITH MY LIFE?!?!?

    • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      Not being an evil demon. A lot of principles go out the window when you show up with a briefcase full of gold bars

  • ClathrateG [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    rookie

    https://nypost.com/2019/10/02/cops-in-china-find-13-tons-of-gold-stashed-in-ex-mayors-cellar/

    some-controversy

  • radio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    He just did Kelly’s Heroes but for the Iraq War.

  • DasRav [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    It must be the easiest grift ever to get rich as a CIA agent. “Yea they need a bribe of 500.000 2million dollars by tomorrow, please send it in unmarked, non-contiguous bills.”

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Remember when that dem politician got caught with gold bars in a suit coat?

    • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOP
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      No, but that’s wild.

      I hate these fucking demons.

      • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/former-sen-bob-menendez-sentenced-gold-bar-bribery-case-rcna189044

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          I’m actually very surprised he hasn’t had somebody post on social media for him all time saying stuff like “I LOVE STRONG AND POWERFUL TRUMP!” He was in his early 70s when he went into the slammer. Without a pardon - he’ll likely die in prison.

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          stalin-feels-good

  • Mindfury [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    fed
    significant wealth
    inflated academic credentials

    hmmm epstein

  • PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    You ever see those audits of the military and intelligence agencies where there’s a few billion in spending they can’t account for? That’s where it goes.

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  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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    Why would you keep your gold bars in your own home, as opposed to underneath a shack or a hunting stand on a piece of land that you have?

    Don’t stash where you sleep.

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