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Whistleblower: Docs in Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ Podiumgate Altered
(www.thedailybeast.com)
But who the hell buys a $19,000 podium? I mean how fancy can it be?
Cup holders, warming oven, cushioned support for long speeches, multiple colors and intensity settings for LED and incandescent lighting, fully digital, AI features, Shopify integration, Corinthian leather palm rests, spring released gavel, fully remote controlled locomotion while in use, spit guard, option to attach chain link front when speechifying in Honky Tonk venues, dog doo bag dispenser, catheter, and Bluetooth. Charges with usb micro 2.0.
Did you just invent a gamer podium?
I bet it rolls coal too
On people demanding documentation via FOIA
Of fucking course it'd use a USB micro
Do you cath?
Haha yeah it had to be the LED version that pushed the cost up
In all seriousness, custom ordered, using expensive rare woods, hand carvings, rush ordered from a master woodworker... I could see the cost getting up there.
But most government hardwood I've seen tends to be common (affordable) American species like oak and walnut. Because, well, it's supposed to be a representation of America.
So yeah, probably embezzlement.
Could be a kickback or favour to a buddy
Yes. Embezzlement.
Embezzlement
theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.
Alright, I finally looked up that word.
Walnut definitely isn't what I would call affordable.
Cheaper than something like Teak...
Edit - Also, to be fair, I usually see American oak and Mahogany used in city halls, etc. Don't see much walnut, probably just because it's dark coloring isn't great for public spaces. But IIRC, I've seen a few old floors made with it.
It's about as fancy as a $1000 podium, but it comes with kickbacks
Someone who owns a podium company through a maze of shell corporations or someone who has money that needs laundering?
Lizz Truss' (UK prime minister for 49 days) podium was £4,000. It wasn't used for 49 days straight either.
Someone also paying for something other than a podium.
I bet it doesn't even have a cup holder
It’s probably built with Kevlar or steel, is height adjustable, and includes the electronic displays and equipment. Then maybe they bought two or three of them from a contractor that has security clearance.
Or it’s just a cheap one that had its price jacked up for no reason. Had they not fudged the numbers and included a build list that had redactions on it, it wouldn’t be a big deal.
It's most likely it was bought as a favor for someone rather than because it was a super duper awesome Podium 9000
Made from a solid walnut slab and black epoxy with a live edge by a... certain youtuber.
The same people who buy soundproof booths and "tactical pants"
The don't even try to hide the Grift (theft) anymore ~ Blatantly pilfering the States Coffers til her loss, Man WHAT a SCAM!!
$19,000 podium
sorry, what?
Money laundering or other fuckery.
Has to be. Even with custom carving, etc, that is absurd.
Ahh ty so obvious now that u say it
Nope, they exist.
Man, fuck that shit.
What really gets me now is that’s not even the “business” price.
C'mon bro, only 550 for 24 months!
It’s got a sound system but you can’t even drive it anywhere!
Bet that even SNL's motorized podium didn't cost 19 Grand.
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