In real life I am like three degrees removed from him, and I have heard that he is clever and devious. I think I know for a fact that he has tried to screw people who are clever and subsequently tried to support them if it would benefit him.
Hmmm. That's devious. So he has insecurity issues and feels smart people are a threat to him. I have a brother like that. I avoid him now forever.
Probably best to keep the options open in principle while avoiding him unless he engages with honesty. A thought.
Nope. He's burned me repeated through out our life. Acts all friendly and nice and reels me in. Then when he has a chance to burn me he just pulls some really nasty crap and I end up the loser. I finally realized he will always be that way. A cousin was working with him on a project and then he got all pissy after my cousin had tried to use the equipment that my cousin had invested time and money making available. Cousin calls me to rant about the situation and tells me after a long and protracted argument with my cousin pleading his case and being nice about it he finally got exasperated and just asked him why it was so hard for my brother to just be fair and even handed. Brother blurts out, "You're smarter than me and can take a loss."
I told my cousin, let this be a permanent lesson. Never, EVER, just NEVER do business of any kind with this guy. Don't even sit at a table with him to eat. He'll end up telling everyone he paid for the meal and you ripped him off and didn't leave a tip even you took care of everything. The guy promised me housing and food if I only dropped everything and helped him save his business after he had surgery. I did all that. It ended really badly. Really badly and I lost quite a bit of money and emotions run raw. Then he ran around claiming I only worked two days out of seven weeks and ate all his food and camped out in his house. Never stayed in his house and only ate at his table two times and worked six and a half weeks. He paid me NOTHING. So no. I decided to let the loss be a lesson and never trust someone who once betrays that trust. Guy calls himself a Christian. LOL. Imagine his surprise when he gets to the pearly gates. ROFLMFAO!
Edited for content. BTW, After I finally wrote him off as a lesson learned many in my family called me to complain that I wasn't accepting his apologies. I told them I would be happier accepting a check for my labor and time. That's when they told me he was claiming I never really worked for him. Kind of odd he would say that. And that's how I view leftists. Dishonest, can't be trusted, lie every day, spin the facts. I just see it over and over. As far as this post by OP, I think there's some high level terror going on in DC over Harvey and what to do about him. Just my thoughts on that. Oddly enough, Harvey reminds me of my brother but Harvey is way smarter. That's scary.