Lee Duna to NewsEnglish • 1 year agoRudy Giuliani’s lawyer tells court awarding millions of dollars in damages would be like ‘death penalty’ for his client – as it happenedwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down17
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkRudy Giuliani’s lawyer tells court awarding millions of dollars in damages would be like ‘death penalty’ for his client – as it happenedwww.theguardian.comLee Duna to NewsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-square@chitak166link7•1 year agoI mean, why sentence them to anything? Seize their assets and garnish their wages until the debt is paid. It’s what happens to everyone else.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoThat works for The Poors. But, rich people can easily get around that. “That Lamborghini? It’s not mine, it belongs to a corporation housed in the virgin islands which is owned by a numbered entity in Cyprus” “Income? I don’t have any. But, this foreign bank was willing to loan me $200 million, which I’ll definitely be repaying somehow.” “That expensive dinner in Paris? That was a gift from a close friend.” “That new flat screen TV? The non-profit I own is leasing it to me for $0 per month.”
minus-square100_kg_90_de_belin linkfedilink2•1 year agoThey pay people to come up with ways to make them look penniless as far as the law is concerned. People like Alex Jones may actually have very little money in their name.
I mean, why sentence them to anything? Seize their assets and garnish their wages until the debt is paid.
It’s what happens to everyone else.
That works for The Poors. But, rich people can easily get around that.
“That Lamborghini? It’s not mine, it belongs to a corporation housed in the virgin islands which is owned by a numbered entity in Cyprus”
“Income? I don’t have any. But, this foreign bank was willing to loan me $200 million, which I’ll definitely be repaying somehow.”
“That expensive dinner in Paris? That was a gift from a close friend.”
“That new flat screen TV? The non-profit I own is leasing it to me for $0 per month.”
They pay people to come up with ways to make them look penniless as far as the law is concerned.
People like Alex Jones may actually have very little money in their name.