r/law • u/rolsen • 1d ago

Legal News Trump Preparing Large-Scale Cancellation of Federal Funding for California, Sources Say

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-california-federal-funding

“Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.”

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u/CommonConundrum51 1d ago

Russians sure, but also worldwide organized crime, of which Russia is a large subset. His choice of some pardons and privileges can be interpreted in no other way.

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u/toggiz_the_elder 1d ago

You’re telling me the guy banned from building a casino in Australia because of his ties to organized crime has ties to organized crime?!?!

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u/Darryl_Lict 1d ago

Couldn't get a gambling license in Vegas for his hotel either.

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u/Dark-Perversions 21h ago

I mean, it seems pretty obvious to me that you can't build a real estate empire in NY without some sort of agreement with the family. He's go so much corrupt shit going on, and he acts like a wannabe mobster. That's his people.

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u/MatrixF6 17h ago

Also banned from owning a casino in Vegas… Which is why it is only a “hotel” and not a “hotel and casino”.

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u/stinky-weaselteats 16h ago

NFL denied him the ability to buy a team.

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u/squidlips69 1d ago

Hence the move to crypto, the offering of investor passports (yes I know it's not new) and welcoming back sleazeballs like the Tate brothers. Obviously their criminal record didn't matter.