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Miles Archer

(24,838 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 03:53 PM 23 hrs ago

No! NO! TAKE IT BACK! "'Jaw-dropping' corruption could see Trump's UFC fight scrapped at last-minute: law expert"

Raw Story link, as well as the Substack link for the full Joyce Vance article.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ufc-2677012449/

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-2c9

"The amount of corruption alleged in this lawsuit is jaw dropping, even for Trump," she wrote on BlueSky.

For one thing, she noted, the plaintiffs point out that Trump “giving White and his company what none have enjoyed before: unfettered access to the White House and Lincoln Memorial to stage a private, for-profit sports event, with all the promotional and branding opportunities that accompany such access” — all while he purchased up to $50,000 in stock in the UFC's parent company, and the UFC itself promotes a cryptocurrency firm sponsoring the event and advertising itself with White House iconography.

And as all this is going on, the plaintiffs — a Vietnam vet and a senior citizen activist — said, this whole project defaces the nation's capital. “The Claw, which is constructed primarily out of steel, is 92 feet tall, 154 feet wide, and weighs 600 tons ... The Claw thus dwarfs the adjacent White House. It is visible from the National Mall to the south," the lawsuit reads.

To do this, the suit continued, the White House and UFC are violating National Park Service regulations, ignoring congressional approval, and environmental permitting.

The complainants are asking a judge to stop the event from taking place.

"A ruling and perhaps an appeal or two could materialize quickly given

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No! NO! TAKE IT BACK! "'Jaw-dropping' corruption could see Trump's UFC fight scrapped at last-minute: law expert" (Original Post) Miles Archer 23 hrs ago OP
And today we've also got the $12,000 commemorative coins! Vinca 23 hrs ago #1
It would be a relief to T to have the fight scrapped! Hope22 22 hrs ago #2
If he was remotely intelligent, sure. Karasu 22 hrs ago #6
That ship sailed at birth. SergeStorms 20 hrs ago #16
Don't forget his smart uncle. Swede 19 hrs ago #22
MIT, wasn't it? SergeStorms 3 hrs ago #24
Kick dalton99a 22 hrs ago #3
Why wasn't this done before the WH was deluged with all the crappy nonsense that now exists. Ridiculous. SheilaAnn 22 hrs ago #4
my thoughts as well. mopinko 21 hrs ago #12
I think he could care less about a court order. He would hold it anyway. kairos12 22 hrs ago #5
I'd love to see Federal Marshalls Tussling with Secret Service and the National Defense Police over ... marble falls 2 hrs ago #26
It's supposed to be sticky and rainy GenThePerservering 21 hrs ago #7
Let it pour on the assembled MAGAts. oasis 21 hrs ago #8
I posted something around last week or so...they reportedly have a BIG "gnat problem" at the location Miles Archer 20 hrs ago #14
Why don't they MoseShrute 21 hrs ago #9
MAGAs tailgating on the White House lawn. sop 2 hrs ago #31
That's where they put the porta potties Lifeafter70 1 hr ago #34
A never-ending series of jaw-dropping desecrations of the office of the president and theft Martin68 21 hrs ago #10
Donvict malaise 21 hrs ago #11
The... Claw! Shipwack 2 hrs ago #25
Love it malaise 1 hr ago #33
This all just makes me sick Mossfern 21 hrs ago #13
Do the plaintiffs have standing? progressoid 20 hrs ago #15
Almost certainly not. tritsofme 20 hrs ago #18
All citizens got standing in this. marble falls 2 hrs ago #27
It's fun to imagine a world in which Trump ever faces any actual conseqeuences at all Orrex 20 hrs ago #17
These plaintiffs make an incredibly weak case for standing, it will be dismissed. tritsofme 20 hrs ago #19
While I'd love to see it scrapped... DET 19 hrs ago #20
Sad, just sad... joho260 5 hrs ago #23
Haul all the debris from it and the rest of the show and dump it on Merde Lardo 1st tee. marble falls 2 hrs ago #29
Hillary Clinton had a great take A HERETIC I AM 19 hrs ago #21
The rapist thinks he's untouchable now Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #28
In another time what would it be worth to rent the whole Klarkashton 2 hrs ago #30
let it happen Maninacan 1 hr ago #32
Plus F45 is fundraising on Nat Park Land. nt in2herbs 1 hr ago #35

Hope22

(4,936 posts)
2. It would be a relief to T to have the fight scrapped!
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:27 PM
22 hrs ago

He is going to suffer worse humiliation if the event runs a# planned.

SergeStorms

(20,936 posts)
16. That ship sailed at birth.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:24 PM
20 hrs ago

Even though he had the highest GPAs in history from the Wharton School at Penn, and Fordham University.

SergeStorms

(20,936 posts)
24. MIT, wasn't it?
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 11:30 AM
3 hrs ago

The smartest man in the world, I think he was. He taught Einstein and Oppenheimer all they knew.

SheilaAnn

(10,809 posts)
4. Why wasn't this done before the WH was deluged with all the crappy nonsense that now exists. Ridiculous.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:32 PM
22 hrs ago

marble falls

(72,948 posts)
26. I'd love to see Federal Marshalls Tussling with Secret Service and the National Defense Police over ...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:45 PM
2 hrs ago

... service of a cease and desist order. I'd pay for that ticket.

GenThePerservering

(3,889 posts)
7. It's supposed to be sticky and rainy
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 05:19 PM
21 hrs ago

I'd like it if the rain just stopped that morning, so everything is wet and the bugs come out in droves. Or, it'll just keep raining. I'm doubtful of 85,000 assembling in that other area.

Miles Archer

(24,838 posts)
14. I posted something around last week or so...they reportedly have a BIG "gnat problem" at the location
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:06 PM
20 hrs ago

So yeah. And if it IS rainy, Trump will be TERRIFIED of getting his comb-over wet.

Martin68

(28,149 posts)
10. A never-ending series of jaw-dropping desecrations of the office of the president and theft
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 05:39 PM
21 hrs ago

from tax-paying citizens.

progressoid

(53,442 posts)
15. Do the plaintiffs have standing?
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:14 PM
20 hrs ago

I would love to see this go forward but I suspect it will get tossed.

Orrex

(67,477 posts)
17. It's fun to imagine a world in which Trump ever faces any actual conseqeuences at all
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 06:31 PM
20 hrs ago

Instead of the world we live in.

DET

(2,637 posts)
20. While I'd love to see it scrapped...
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 07:02 PM
19 hrs ago

It’s probably going to be a huge failure anyway. And the public needs to see the massive desecration of the White House and the beautiful south lawn. When they light up ‘the claw’ and the carnival is in full swing, it might wake some people up to how far we’ve fallen.

joho260

(55 posts)
23. Sad, just sad...
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 09:47 AM
5 hrs ago

I, for one, would rather watch a re-run of Columbo than his stupid cage match. I hope the TV ratings are horrible. I'm not sure how much of this crap is being funded by the govt. and how much by the bribers but I know that ultimately it will be the taxpayers who will get soaked.

marble falls

(72,948 posts)
29. Haul all the debris from it and the rest of the show and dump it on Merde Lardo 1st tee.
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:47 PM
2 hrs ago

Klarkashton

(5,458 posts)
30. In another time what would it be worth to rent the whole
Tue Jun 9, 2026, 12:49 PM
2 hrs ago

South Lawn of the a White House to stage a promotion for your business? What would would it cost to do that?

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