'Biggest heist in history': Florida paper calls for 3rd Trump impeachment

The announcement that the Justice Department will create a $1.8 billion “slush fund” for the benefit of convicted J6 criminals has drawn outrage from across the political spectrum, even from members of President Donald Trump’s own party who are typically hesitant to oppose him. Now, one of the largest papers from his home state of Florida has declared the move “the biggest heist in history.”

This is according to the editorial board at the Sun Sentinel, which on Friday wrote of the president’s actions, “It’s like breaking into Fort Knox and driving off with a truckload of bullion.”

According to the paper’s editors, “The man who boasted that he could get away with murder on Fifth Avenue is pulling off something just as brazen. The $1.8 billion slush fund from which President Trump intends to reward people who tried to steal the 2020 election for him is the biggest heist in our history…Todd Blanche, his obsequious acting attorney general, also agreed to immunize America’s real-life Goldfinger, his entire family and their business from IRS audits, fines and penalties or prosecution for whatever tax violations they may have committed. That corrupt bargain may save the Trumps $100 million, by some estimates. Al Capone’s ghost must be green with envy.”

The paper asserted that Trump is “by far the most corrupt American president.” While his previous ‘grifting’ has primarily targeted foreign governments and private businesses, the slush fund “is a new frontier in graft, a direct theft from taxpayers,” representing “the most corrupt act in presidential history.”

The crime is so egregious, says the Sentinel, “Trump deserves a third impeachment… and one more indictment when his term ends, as this Big Steal has nothing to do with any official duty.” What’s more, Blanche “should be disbarred as fast as New York authorities can manage it. Trump is his former personal client as well as his present boss; there couldn’t be a more glaring conflict of interest for any lawyer.”

Of Trump’s over 100 corruption scandals, says the paper, the slush fund tops the shortlist of his most egregious, like “crippling the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to lay off the prediction markets and the cryptocurrency industry in which the Trumps are deeply involved,” “easing AI chip sale restrictions for the United Arab Emirates after it invested $2 billion in World Liberty Financial, the Trump family crypto business” and “accepting a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar,” among others.

“An honest president and a responsible Congress would put a quick stop to the corruption,” write the editors, warning that it is going to take a long time to repair the damage Trump has done.

But while the slush fund may be his biggest crime, the Sentinel declares that even more “dangerous” is “the political legacy Trump has created by cultivating MAGA into a cancer on the Republican Party and on the country.”

“Trump saw and exploited a significant bloc of voters who do not care about democracy the way Americans are supposed to,” the paper warns. “They will still be there when Trump is gone, ready for the next man on horseback to point them in the direction of their bigotries and fears.”