Navy admiral charged in alleged bribery scheme

Retired four-star general Admiral Robert Burke is accused of directing lucrative government training contracts to a private company that promised him a $500,000 dollar salary and stock options.
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[@nolongerblocked6210]

So he did exactly what everyone in congress does

[@benjaminperez7328]

Yes. But he’s not IN Congress now is he?

[@kearybrun]

That's what im saying

[@kearybrun]

I thought this was normal in America.

[@glendagraves1637]

No. Not everyone does that type of thing. When you generalize based on emotion, you make things worse. Only when specific things can be fact checked can they be charged. There have been others in government who have been caught, including some in the current Supreme Court. That's why we have checks and balances and need new regulations on and expansion of the Supreme Court. We also have Flynn running around training private people to attack our government. As long as we remain a Democratic Republic and our judicial system holds we'll be ok.

[@maxmurphy7306]

​@kearybrun IT IS JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT BUT IF YOU'RE IN CONGRESS IT'S A LICENSE TO STEAL.

[@eliassalcedo5229]

He should apply for Supreme Court Justice.

[@troyallen8223]

😊😊😊😅

[@user-en1zc5vd6y]

You slid that in there real smooth🤣🤣🤣

[@CurtisWhitehead-wn5bs]

Definitely met one requirement.

[@gimmeallthebingbong]

Haha!

[@jamescash887]

Yeah. All he needs now is to not know how to define what a woman is and he will fit right in.

[@anthonymonge7815]

As a retired naval officer, this man sickens me.

[@richardmanginelli2624]

Guilty before proven innocent. Great character you have Buddy. You should know better

[@anthonymonge7815]

@@richardmanginelli2624 naval officers are supposed to be above board at all times. Just the inkling of impropriety is to be shunned. Go learn before making a fool of yourself.

[@rubyclark7595]

Horrible Has Every Top Rank American gone ROGUE?

[@kwokfanfan3606]

Just looking for supplemental income in his retirement years.

[@dorthymcbride3384]

Admiral? He knows better. There goes his high retirement pension. Sad!

[@georgespalding7640]

They can't take his pension away. Even if he's committed murder.

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

Sadly that doesn't go away. Murica

[@petergriffiinbirdistheword]

When you're THAT high ranking... why would you even risk it? Smdh 🤦

[@arcticgoddess]

Money! They don't pay gobs of money in the military.

[@bobwoods1302]

Maybe he had his eye on a sweet sailboat

[@noneyabizz8337]

​@@arcticgoddess internet says around 230k a year.

[@arcticgoddess]

@@noneyabizz8337 Well hey, that's pretty damn good, but who knows, maybe he's putting 5 kids through college. I don't begrudge people making money, I had my own business, just don't be so greedy you will break the law I guess

[@nickcoulter973]

People that high up tend to not let morality or risk get in the way of their quest for greed and power. Positions like that attract a personality type.

[@bobwoods1302]

He should run for president then they can't charge him with anything.

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

You must be a Biden supporter

[@noblejennette2101]

No, they’re a US citizen concerned with the fall of democracy and whatnot.

[@GotosleepZzzZ]

@@ROT4RYfc3syou must be a trump thumper

[@GrampiesCorner]

​@ROT4RYfc3s no they are a Trump supporter, that is what Trumo and his maga cult followers believe.

[@2paulcoyle]

Trump only President since Truman who's not increased his wealth.

[@genespell4340]

That was stupid. Greed will get people in trouble.

[@adropofgoldensun27]

Corrupt Admiral is now on the Republican shortlist for Supreme Court Justice or President 😂😂😂

[@Jojosworld000]

Penelty is death but our government doesn’t follow the law at all

[@themaestro3034]

Nowhere in our laws is bribery punishable by death 🤦‍♂️

[@user-jl5sd6ed7b]

@@themaestro3034well actually in the constitution is says trea Son or other high crimes. Which you can interpret that one way or the other.

[@themaestro3034]

@@user-jl5sd6ed7b bribery isn’t treason. Two separate charges. He’s being charged with bribery, not treason. This isnt that hard to understand.

[@magneto44]

@@themaestro3034obviously for some people it is lol 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@janicejackson2016]

When laws were upheld we had a strong government a young government still learning but then you start dropping the laws on making them weaker until we end up with trash like this cuz you have no consequences

[@user-rr1jw9cz1u]

I am glad someone is on it. Bribery & corruption are WRONG regardless of party or church affiliation!!!!!!!!

[@tonyhemingway7980]

Unless you are a leftist president and you use your son to extort money from foreign countries.

[@maxsoon1097]

He lost his real purpose and go for money. Greed can Destroyed

[@GuitarsCarsandBikes]

That was the test for a raise. He passed.

[@te34]

Unfortunately not surprised. We need to tighten the reigns on those with so much access to sensitive information and power to due harm. Hello SCOTUS!!!

[@MacDork]

First sentence in the Description calls him "general Admiral"; Generals are in the Army, Marines and Air Force, but not the Navy nor Coast Guard. Admiral --> sea services (USN/USCG), while General --> other services

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

Just look at him and you can tell how corrupt the loser was. Ranking means nothing.

[@jjjws8]

Says u

[@RobertPurdy-nv1qs]

I worked under him as a 1star and he was shady then, not surprised of this happening

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

@RobertPurdy-nv1qs I don't like to judge people on their appearance but he just screams shady and corrupt

[@roseboss914]

Greedy!!!

[@anthonyso8476]

Send him to jail. The US army needs a army leader as a good model with good moral not a corrupted one.

[@nitwitt50]

Was the private company, Erik Prince ?????

[@user-rs4vv6bi4n]

I have to laugh to myself at this ridiculous non-revelation. I was in the army from 1980 to 1993 and I can tell you this, every admiral or general that retired ended up being an employee of Raytheon, McDonald Douglas, Northrup, and a host of others. This has been going on since time in memorial. Big shock, right?

[@mineown1861]

It's not just the cream of the crop that rise to the top , there's the odd floater too .

[@julieholien3681]

What? What about thomas? Hes been accepting bribes for years?

[@mitchelnorton2692]

Next he's going to run for Congress.

[@Error_404_Account_Deleted]

Happened with Matt Bissonnette and London Bridge Trading. Wtf is happening with the US Navy?

[@BallZakc]

Lol ever heard of Fat Leonard?

[@LoveLee-jz1tj]

Drug, human, weapon smuggling...

[@chrisvibz4753]

bissonette was a navy seal not a 4 star admiral

[@Skottink]

So is every politician being arrested as well?

[@Alexanderofthe9th]

Wonder what he did wrong or who he pissed off for him to even be charged at all

[@malcolmscrivener8750]

I don’t they got him for farting in church .

[@LoveFactorySweatShop]

A LOT of Active Duty Navy Seals do smuggling as a side hussle. This isn't a surprise.

[@Nedhill322]

So we should see arrest of Nancy Pelosi , killary oh I mean Hillary Clinton , Barack Obama, George Bush , every U.S. senator and congressman. Hell just indict the federal government 😂😂

[@Hunter96187]

Now charge congress as well

[@Al-Rudigor]

As a former submarine sailor I'm embarrassed by this man. He's wearing dolphins and a boomer pin.

[@user-ds7bn8el4c]

No one is above the law

[@garrywagner7717]

All of them do this . He probably was going to come forward with something they didn't like. Boom! This is why all security clearance should be revoked after leaving office, including politicians. Then, barred from all contractors for 5 years. All of them do this.

[@VegasVincent1]

Greed will destroy you

[@noneyabizz8337]

Treason

[@shawnladue8986]

You obviously don’t know what treason means.

[@noneyabizz8337]

@@shawnladue8986 you may want to hit up a dictionary.

[@shawnladue8986]

@@noneyabizz8337 You may want to actually look up the law.🙄

[@shawnladue8986]

@@noneyabizz8337 the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.🙄🤡

[@noneyabizz8337]

@shawnladue8986 he was acting against our interest, and you defend him. Interesting.

[@bill6732]

Almost like Being an office holder.

[@stevefirst1512]

Tip of the iceberg. How about all the other retired military and federal.officials and congressman. Forget about chasing down prosecutions...legislate so that no retiree or ex official can have any paid position or receive any other type of consideration from any bidder or vendor with the federal government.

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Jesus. This is so freaking sad. I hope they convict him and after that they LOCK HIM UP!

[@eznet2985]

Seems like he learned it from someone!! Check the rest of the fleet!

[@TheBrall]

This happens daily in the intelligence community. All the top people get multi-million dollar in the agencies they hire during their active time. Look at AARO for an example.

[@markfoundas6446]

Make him explain it to the country by writing a book.

[@jgberzerker]

“War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives”- Smedley Butler 1931

[@mikepayne2360]

Most gvmnt employees in the House and the Senate set themselves up like this for when their job ends and it's apparently not illegal if so many of them do it. I think it's primarily because he's in the military.

[@billycloudy9078]

See the only thing that this guy did wrong was he should’ve waited till he was retired and then signed the lucrative deal with the company!hell at Oshkosh corporation. They have plenty of retired military men and women working in R&D for them! We know damn well that they signed a really good deal right when they retired, but they made sure that they didn’t do a deal until they left!!

[@jeffreyyetzer9681]

Take his pension. Make an example. What did he think he was a politician?

[@craig2Afreedom]

That is not good. He will be held accountable.

[@LincolnBowling-vf5cf]

DID he cash checks from China?

[@henryairconcepts2999]

Nothing new

[@georgespalding7640]

Depending on how long he was in the service but he could easily be making $200,000 a year in retirement money without getting greedy.

[@Hawaiianstyle-dz4xb]

But why did they arrest him? He’s only doing the same thing that the rest of the government is doing so does that mean the rest of the government gets arrested too?????

[@RaymondNok]

Was his pension that low in the first place? Why would he destroy his rep like that? Oh wait, money! Money does strange things to people.

[@ednakravitz2738]

This happens all the time at every branch of the military and the government he must’ve pissed someone off

[@ronjessup9157]

I'm voting for him for President.

[@richardsuggs8108]

Why is it always the Navy that seems to have these scandals?

[@user-li7lh6wc9u]

cuz they gay like marverick and goose

[@larrylightfoot8738]

Let’s give this man a seat in senate, he will fit right in

[@Sharon-fw9qw]

Wow. Everything is corrupt.

[@Watcher40K9]

Military Industrial Complex.

[@maxmurphy7306]

HE SHOULD RUN FOR CONGRESS RIGHT AWAY , THEY'LL WELCOME HIM WITH OPEN ARMS .AIPAC WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.

[@lt5071]

I would have said you got the wrong guy 🥸that dude don’t look like me.

[@donnahall-kumar333]

Nothing really ever happens to this class of corruption... just imagine how many people are in jail or prison for small matters carrying large sentences 👀👂👂✨

[@ful48j]

That's what you get in a country that is entirely based on selfiish personal gratification and money.

[@jimdelarosa9776]

Everybody's doing it!

[@franksmith2695]

I'd like to hear more about his actual service. Before I CARE

[@Allaiya.]

Disgusting!!

[@smz7182]

Lobbying is bribery, another sacrificial lamb

[@georgiatenantadvocategroup2822]

The usual suspects 😢

[@chuckmorgan8943]

Greed has brought down many.

[@sheliahahn7286]

That was paperwork from bankruptcy court.

[@billmartin7698]

Now go after CONGRESS !!!

[@malcolmscrivener8750]

Free cash is always nice , especially between good friends . Where’s the harm ?

[@richardmanginelli2624]

So your ok with finding him guilty before trial ?

[@mason2547]

He should be running for president. Why not! If he's not a criminal then he's qualified for the job.

[@johnaltobello5095]

During the Biden administration..10% for the Bidens..

[@marktaylor7959]

Yeah they never tell you the whole story what was the name of the company that he was being bribed by. Don't wait up

[@doubleaught7540]

Better check how much Chinese money has been deposited in his account over the years. .

[@Tactical_Shenanigans]

WHAT!!!!! That happens all the time usually it’s after they retire.

[@elleryray4754]

Money is the poison for weak people

[@adamhuffman3354]

I don’t believe it. I can’t believe it!! I never would have believed it!!!

[@billytheadult6247]

No... No... Say it ain't so Ro

[@papabearfox8791]

Lol...rules for thee and not for me.

[@vincehammons]

He is just doning what everyone of the DC crowd is doing. He was just thrown under the bus.

[@flubbyhog]

I see a run for congress in this fine man’s future

[@larryames8831]

They should give him a deal to cooperate. Especially following a Trump administration.

[@rafeone9808]

He should've ran for Congress

[@smbeefjerky]

He should have been in congress.

[@geraldstiling3735]

Tip of the ice berg 🏔️

[@davidnguyen3275]

Admiral. How ironic.

[@patkinder6632]

Perfect Democrud politician

[@brentsmith981]

What's so bad about that? It's very common and I'm fact what they all seek.. The money gig after retirement. Ask any congressman, senator, or other Washington insider!

[@user-id3xl4qw6e]

Like president like 4 star Admeral. Shame. Strip him down to E-1. No retirement and collect every dime.

[@normanroche2006]

What’s the private company, or is that private

[@RobertWilliams-mk8pl]

Presidential material. Heck, run for vice president.

[@franksmith2695]

Like maybe him being no longer in the navy is enough

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

TREASON!! Make him walk the plank

[@nonsensefactory]

greedy bastard

[@user-li7lh6wc9u]

Presidental Material likes to get rich off the taxpayer

[@lukeschroter9389]

This country’s dead we live in a different country now that Sucks

[@gdaddy5193]

I wonder what his job will be in the Biden administration?

[@kevinperkins8472]

When are you looking into congress

[@Bell207B]

Trump just found his 2024 VP.

[@lewie7820]

Greed is a terrible thing. Had it made and screwed it up. Shot himself down.......

[@samueljohnson5668]

Jail time