Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money - eviltoast

Johnny McEntee says in TikTok video he keeps ‘fake Hollywood money’ so ‘when they go to use it, they get arrested’

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    Under 18 US Code section 480: “Whoever, within the United States, knowingly and with intent to defraud, possesses or delivers any false, forged, or counterfeit bond, certificate, obligation, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay, bank note, or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign country, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.”

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    How this is not a federal offense?

    You would think Secret Service would take this more seriously

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    Can I just say, in this era when news organizations will replace the vowels in cus words with asterisks, I appreciate The Guardian making sure I know that “POS” means “piece of shit.”

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    Fake Hollywood money is a different size and says something like “not real money” on it, so either he’s dumber than he thinks he is, or he’s running his own highly illegal counterfeit money operation.