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BumRushDaShow

(152,601 posts)
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:02 AM Apr 26

Trump's NASA pick was once arrested, accused of passing bad checks to casinos

Source: USA Today

April 25, 2025, 6:04 p.m. ET


President Donald Trump's nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, was arrested on fraud charges in 2010 and faced lawsuits in two states for writing $2 million in bad checks to casinos, according to government records and court filings.

Isaacman is a billionaire pilot and astronaut who founded the Shift4 Payments company as a teenager and commanded the first civilian space crew in 2021 aboard a SpaceX capsule. Isaacman's nomination is scheduled for a vote by the Senate Commerce Committee on April 30.

'Fugitive' arrest

In a February 22, 2010, press release titled, "Nevada Fugitive Captured at Canadian Border," U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it arrested Isaacman on a warrant for alleged fraud at the Washington state line. He was taken to a county jail for extradition to Nevada, where Clark County, home to Las Vegas, had issued the felony warrant. No further detail on the alleged fraud was provided.

According to jail records, he was released the next day. In a questionnaire in connection with his nomination to head the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Isaacman said he was returning from the Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, in February 2010 when he was detained by CBP for "drawing and passing checks without sufficient funds."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/trump-nasa-pick-jared-isaacman-arrested-sued-casino-debts/83279745007/

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Trump's NASA pick was once arrested, accused of passing bad checks to casinos (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 26 OP
Trump is running a crime syndicate, of course he hires only criminals. Irish_Dem Apr 26 #1
Yes, Larceny is the first qualification he looks for in a candidate mdbl Apr 26 #5
Trump hires people with a criminal history, who will lie, cheat, steal for him. Irish_Dem Apr 26 #6
Why wasn't he prosecuted? viva la Apr 26 #2
It was settled. Igel Apr 26 #27
I wonder what the story is. viva la Apr 26 #28
"It takes a check kiter to fly high as a kite!" .nt bucolic_frolic Apr 26 #3
"...was markodochartaigh Apr 26 #4
Billionaire. Onthefly Apr 26 #7
I'd guess "buddy of Elon's" given his role on the SpaceX mission...so he can sell off NASA for parts? lostnfound Apr 26 #9
How much money did trump make off this appointment? Paladin Apr 26 #8
The space agency of the United States of America Mysterian Apr 26 #10
When does the media begin to say that every member of this maladministration is a crook. travelingthrulife Apr 26 #11
Donald is still batting 1000 LiberalArkie Apr 26 #12
Sounds "Trump Qualified!" to me!! NM Grins Apr 26 #13
NASA is going to become the same money funnel that the DoD was during the Iraq war. Crowman2009 Apr 26 #14
Yeah...same thinking I have and have taken hits for saying it. Manned missions to Mars Bengus81 Apr 26 #23
Not to mention we don't have a propulsion system that will get a manned spaceship there fast enough. Crowman2009 Apr 27 #30
If this were under 10 bad checks for food and clothes when he was a broke 19 year old, I'd give him a pass Polybius Apr 26 #15
And to casinos, no less not fooled Apr 26 #16
Gotta wonder: Bad checks to casinos, OR casino laundering $ Attilatheblond Apr 26 #17
I know. I saw "bad checks", but then.... LisaM Apr 26 #21
*sigh* LudwigPastorius Apr 26 #18
Trump's kind of guy. He probably put it on his resume. twodogsbarking Apr 26 #19
such fine people. AllaN01Bear Apr 26 #20
As Costa Nostas says, Fer-get-about-it. Jacson6 Apr 26 #22
Only the best criminals Jit423 Apr 26 #24
a risk taker with poor judgement PedroXimenez Apr 26 #25
Hires only the best. Marcuse Apr 26 #26
It's SO great to see our Executive Branch being led by The Best & The Brightest Montauk6 Apr 26 #29

Irish_Dem

(69,689 posts)
1. Trump is running a crime syndicate, of course he hires only criminals.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:04 AM
Apr 26

Who else would a mob boss hire?

Igel

(36,766 posts)
27. It was settled.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 07:31 PM
Apr 26

One case:

He said the arrest stemmed from a dispute with the Palms Casino resort in Las Vegas over a travel reimbursement the resort promised and failed to honor. Isaacman said he resolved the matter in less than 24 hours and the charges were dismissed. The court records were sealed, he said.


In a 2010 complaint filed in Connecticut, the Mohegan Sun said Isaacman had written four bad checks totaling $1 million. That action was eventually resolved and withdrawn, according to a court filing.


I usually wait until a jury's empaneled--or at least the person's arraigned--before concluding that the trial was actually held and a conviction secured.

viva la

(4,103 posts)
28. I wonder what the story is.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 08:53 PM
Apr 26

Records sealed, so I guess we'll never know whether there were 4 bounced checks or it was "all a mistake."

markodochartaigh

(2,884 posts)
4. "...was
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 06:41 AM
Apr 26

once arrested, accused of passing bad checks to casinos."


Well, he certainly seems qualified for this administration, but does he have any other qualifications?

/s

lostnfound

(16,966 posts)
9. I'd guess "buddy of Elon's" given his role on the SpaceX mission...so he can sell off NASA for parts?
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:05 AM
Apr 26

Probably DOGE will recommend privatizing anything that can turn a profit for him.

Mysterian

(5,575 posts)
10. The space agency of the United States of America
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:24 AM
Apr 26

Are you proud, trump bumpkins, to have degraded your once- proud nation into a laughingstock?

travelingthrulife

(2,303 posts)
11. When does the media begin to say that every member of this maladministration is a crook.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 09:42 AM
Apr 26

Trump's a mob boss. It's how he keeps the cult in order.

Crowman2009

(3,079 posts)
14. NASA is going to become the same money funnel that the DoD was during the Iraq war.
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 12:50 PM
Apr 26

We're never going to Mars in our lifetime. It's just going to be a taxpayer money laundered to the South African Nazi.

Bengus81

(8,819 posts)
23. Yeah...same thinking I have and have taken hits for saying it. Manned missions to Mars
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:34 PM
Apr 26

are BS. Hell they'd need another one or two space stations to do that yet the only one we have is going to be dumped in the ocean in five years.

A manned mission would take years of weightlessness if all you did was fly there and come back. The last two people we got from the Space Station were like cripples when they got back Earth after nine months and even told not to shower for a period of time.

It's a pipe dream and Eloon and others wants to bag billions of $$$ of tax payer money playing around with this BS before they give up.

Crowman2009

(3,079 posts)
30. Not to mention we don't have a propulsion system that will get a manned spaceship there fast enough.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 10:13 AM
Apr 27

We're not going to get very far on finite amounts of liquid propellant.

Polybius

(19,929 posts)
15. If this were under 10 bad checks for food and clothes when he was a broke 19 year old, I'd give him a pass
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 01:22 PM
Apr 26

But $2 million in bad checks? Oh hell no!

not fooled

(6,280 posts)
16. And to casinos, no less
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 01:37 PM
Apr 26

Not trying to pay for medical care for a loved one...not to try to save his business...but to cover gambling debts???

Yeah, congrats maggots for turning the USA into a laughingstock.

Attilatheblond

(5,925 posts)
17. Gotta wonder: Bad checks to casinos, OR casino laundering $
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 01:46 PM
Apr 26

And does Trump only appoint sketchy people because they will do sketchy things for him? Or are they easier to manipulate being as how they are sketchy and can be black mailed?

LudwigPastorius

(12,454 posts)
18. *sigh*
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 02:34 PM
Apr 26

Another criminal con man elevated to a position so that he can destroy the institution he is entrusted to lead.

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