Retiring Guy's Digest: TRUMP CRIME FAMILY: Pay to play the priestly way

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

TRUMP CRIME FAMILY: Pay to play the priestly way

Headline: New York Times, 6/21/2026

Kenneth P. Vogel, Nicole Hong, and William K. Rashbaum report:

Among the evidence they gathered was information about jailhouse communications in which Mr. Gentile discussed making payments of $2.5 million or more to people or companies to help facilitate his clemency, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation who were not authorized to discuss it.
One of the people who came under scrutiny by investigators was the Rev. Frank Mann, a retired Catholic priest from Queens who is friends with Mr. Trump. In an email sent to The New York Times, Father Mann denied having anything to do with the clemency. But people with knowledge of the prison communications say that the priest corresponded with Mr. Gentile about lobbying the president on his behalf.

More posts about the most corrupt presidential administration in history:

April -June 2026

Pay to play the no-bid way (Reflecting Pool edition). (6/19)

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Pay to play the methane-leaking way. (6/16)

Pay to play the tariff break way. (6/12)

Pay to play the ballroom way. (6/8)

Pay to play the White House Way (Gautam Adani edition). (5/16)

Pay to play the cabinet member way (White House shakedown). (4/1)

March 2026

Pay to play the White House ballroom way. (3/25)

Playing the stock market (insider trading edition). (3/25)