'Total chaos': Ousted official warns 'world of corruption' looms under Trump

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Source: Raw Story

March 20, 2025 8:13PM ET


Speaking out days after President Donald Trump fired him from his position as a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, Alvaro Bedoya warned Thursday that the country is headed for “total chaos” – and offered a hint at what could have laid the groundwork to his ouster.

Bedoya, who began serving as an FTC commissioner in May 2022, told CNN’s Erin Burnett that his firing two days earlier came without any reason to justify the decision.

“None whatsoever,” Bedoya said in an interview on Thursday. “And that's why I’m confident that this was illegal because the law says – and the Supreme Court has ratified – this needs to be done for cause it can't just be because the president doesn't like what I think. It has to be done for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance, and they allege none of those things.”

The now-former FTC commissioner added that while he doesn’t “want to speculate” about an ulterior motive behind his termination, he told Burnett that his last public statement before his firing was one that called out billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos for his treatment of warehouse workers.

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[Lovie777]

1. People who are in-tune to the surroundings know............................

[Mike 03]

2. We'll be testing the Trickle Down Theory of Corruption

If Russia is any example, the corruption and kleptocracy at the top will begin to flow down to the lower levels of society, with people we casually do business with on Main Street expecting kickbacks, cash "gifts" and "tips" (or some other favors) for what they do, because having leaders openly steal and cheat makes people who are struggling wonder why they aren't doing it too.

That's a terrible situation because it breeds the cynicism and dehumanization that make actual atrocities possible.

[louis-t]

3. Well, why not? The SC now says they can accept "gratuities".

It is now legal to bribe public officials.

[FakeNoose]

4. I think it has already been happening for the last several years

Many Dems are looking the other way, but the Repukes in Congress have been slowly corrupting since the Reagan years. Any R Senator or Congressman who comes in contact with Russians (and sometimes Arabs) has come away corrupted. Even our own Bob Menendez was touched by them, and he got away with it for a while.

The Repukes are tired of trying to hide their corruption, that's why they're happy that Chump is knocking down all the checks and balances.