He’s just flailing, being petty, and wanting to lash out at republicans who aren’t backing him. NDAA is the perfect bill to do that.
NDAA has a TON of pork for powerful establishment assholes too so if he can make it more difficult, the better, one of his minions might have mentioned this to him.
Wasn’t there something in there making anonymous shell companies illegal, or something similar that makes money laundering more of a headache? Maybe I’m thinking of a different bill.
I mean, there’s your answer. 90% it’s ban on anonymous shell companies.
Top comment on the Post article.
"I think we now know why Trump really wanted to veto the defense bill!
I wonder just how many hundreds of anonymous shell companies are part of his historical money laundering scams?"
“Language strengthening the SEC’s ability to recoup ill-gotten gains on behalf of defrauded investors is included in a final defense spending bill negotiated between the House and Senate.” Thompson Reuters.
Senior U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt , a Bill Clinton appointee who had been the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa before assuming senior status in 2012, said it was no surprise that Trump, whom he called a “criminal,” was pardoning criminals.