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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 9:57:48 GMT -5
Trump "was involved in or briefed on nearly every step" of the hush money payments to porn star and model. Federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of his participation in the transactions. Potential violations of campaign fin laws: WSJ
"Clear indication President Trump and his team have been lying to the American people for years"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2018 11:14:37 GMT -5
In the past 24 hours it’s been revealed that Matt Whitaker is under FBI investigation, illegally dodged a subpoena, prosecuted a gay man for his politics, stole money from disabled veterans, and cheated on taxes. The chief law enforcement officer of the US was a paid advisor of a company that scammed people out of tens of millions of dollars and is currently being criminally investigated by the FBI. Why would anybody in there right mind make this guy the acting AG? Oh..
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Post by hoyarooter on Nov 11, 2018 5:56:18 GMT -5
Trump "was involved in or briefed on nearly every step" of the hush money payments to porn star and model. Federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of his participation in the transactions. Potential violations of campaign fin laws: WSJ "Clear indication President Trump and his team have been lying to the American people for years" Response of the American people (or at least a significant minority thereof): Who cares? More, please.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2018 10:09:19 GMT -5
"It's disrespectful to our troops"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2018 12:35:11 GMT -5
That the FBI paid Vasquez for his testimony was unheard of. The former editor of the Des Moines Register’s editorial page, Gilbert Cranberg, stated, “The local criminal defense bar was stunned that the government had to pay the alleged victim for his help prosecuting his purported victimizer,” in an editorial for the Nieman Watchdog. In a local news journal, he wrote: “Was McCoy’s prosecution a product of poor judgment, inexperience, misplaced zeal or partisan politicking? Perhaps some or all of the above.”
I was eventually acquitted after the jury deliberated for less than 25 minutes, according to the foreman. Cranberg noted in the Register, “The case against McCoy was so anorexic that not one of the 12 jurors considered it worth protracted consideration.” One of my attorneys, Montgomery Brown, stated, “Ninety percent of federal court cases result in a conviction, and the swift ‘not guilty’ verdict indicates something was seriously wrong with Whitaker’s case.”
U.S. attorneys conveniently “forgot” that they approved to pay Vasquez to covertly tape his conversations with me, a revelation that came out in the wind-up to my trial. There were no consequences for this. In denying our motion to dismiss the case, the court said this was an unfortunate “lapse of memory.” Had I had such a lapse, I would have been cuffed and hauled off to prison.
According to my attorney, Jerry Crawford, during the trial he walked over to the prosecuting attorneys and asked them to save face, saying, “Pull this case now. I’m embarrassed for the United States of America.” Both of the attorneys he spoke to, one of whom had been flown in from Washington, D.C. by the DOJ, said they were instructed to carry out the case to its fullest extent. Somebody in Washington—or in Whitaker’s office—was making this call, and the trial prosecutors didn’t have control over it. They knew they were out-lawyered, and they were getting slaughtered daily in court. But they couldn’t bring it to a close, which would have saved them both money and time.
Whitaker’s office clearly wanted to give the evangelical right within the Republican Party a trophy, and that trophy was me
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Post by hoyarooter on Nov 12, 2018 21:15:01 GMT -5
That the FBI paid Vasquez for his testimony was unheard of. The former editor of the Des Moines Register’s editorial page, Gilbert Cranberg, stated, “The local criminal defense bar was stunned that the government had to pay the alleged victim for his help prosecuting his purported victimizer,” in an editorial for the Nieman Watchdog. In a local news journal, he wrote: “Was McCoy’s prosecution a product of poor judgment, inexperience, misplaced zeal or partisan politicking? Perhaps some or all of the above.” I was eventually acquitted after the jury deliberated for less than 25 minutes, according to the foreman. Cranberg noted in the Register, “The case against McCoy was so anorexic that not one of the 12 jurors considered it worth protracted consideration.” One of my attorneys, Montgomery Brown, stated, “Ninety percent of federal court cases result in a conviction, and the swift ‘not guilty’ verdict indicates something was seriously wrong with Whitaker’s case.” U.S. attorneys conveniently “forgot” that they approved to pay Vasquez to covertly tape his conversations with me, a revelation that came out in the wind-up to my trial. There were no consequences for this. In denying our motion to dismiss the case, the court said this was an unfortunate “lapse of memory.” Had I had such a lapse, I would have been cuffed and hauled off to prison. According to my attorney, Jerry Crawford, during the trial he walked over to the prosecuting attorneys and asked them to save face, saying, “Pull this case now. I’m embarrassed for the United States of America.” Both of the attorneys he spoke to, one of whom had been flown in from Washington, D.C. by the DOJ, said they were instructed to carry out the case to its fullest extent. Somebody in Washington—or in Whitaker’s office—was making this call, and the trial prosecutors didn’t have control over it. They knew they were out-lawyered, and they were getting slaughtered daily in court. But they couldn’t bring it to a close, which would have saved them both money and time. Whitaker’s office clearly wanted to give the evangelical right within the Republican Party a trophy, and that trophy was me More "winning," Trump style. The level of garbage coming from this administration is truly mind-boggling.
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 12, 2018 21:26:08 GMT -5
That the FBI paid Vasquez for his testimony was unheard of. The former editor of the Des Moines Register’s editorial page, Gilbert Cranberg, stated, “The local criminal defense bar was stunned that the government had to pay the alleged victim for his help prosecuting his purported victimizer,” in an editorial for the Nieman Watchdog. In a local news journal, he wrote: “Was McCoy’s prosecution a product of poor judgment, inexperience, misplaced zeal or partisan politicking? Perhaps some or all of the above.” I was eventually acquitted after the jury deliberated for less than 25 minutes, according to the foreman. Cranberg noted in the Register, “The case against McCoy was so anorexic that not one of the 12 jurors considered it worth protracted consideration.” One of my attorneys, Montgomery Brown, stated, “Ninety percent of federal court cases result in a conviction, and the swift ‘not guilty’ verdict indicates something was seriously wrong with Whitaker’s case.” U.S. attorneys conveniently “forgot” that they approved to pay Vasquez to covertly tape his conversations with me, a revelation that came out in the wind-up to my trial. There were no consequences for this. In denying our motion to dismiss the case, the court said this was an unfortunate “lapse of memory.” Had I had such a lapse, I would have been cuffed and hauled off to prison. According to my attorney, Jerry Crawford, during the trial he walked over to the prosecuting attorneys and asked them to save face, saying, “Pull this case now. I’m embarrassed for the United States of America.” Both of the attorneys he spoke to, one of whom had been flown in from Washington, D.C. by the DOJ, said they were instructed to carry out the case to its fullest extent. Somebody in Washington—or in Whitaker’s office—was making this call, and the trial prosecutors didn’t have control over it. They knew they were out-lawyered, and they were getting slaughtered daily in court. But they couldn’t bring it to a close, which would have saved them both money and time. Whitaker’s office clearly wanted to give the evangelical right within the Republican Party a trophy, and that trophy was me More "winning," Trump style. The level of garbage coming from this administration is truly mind-boggling. Even if the jury had voted to convict, the defendant would have won an appeal based upon the failure of the prosecutors to comply with Brady/Giglio requirements which mandate that the prosecutors disclose any exculpatory/impeachment evidence to the defendant. This conduct appears to me to be unethical on the part of the prosecutors and I wonder if a complaint was ever lodged against them with DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility and their respective state bar associations. www.justice.gov/jm/jm-9-5000-issues-related-trials-and-other-court-proceedings
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2018 11:44:27 GMT -5
Well he certainly isn't qualified and no way he could be confirmed with his shady record..
Matthew Whitaker has denied, through a DOJ spokesperson, being aware of World Patent Marketing’s alleged fraud.
Turns out he fought back against such allegations when they appeared on a website.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 12:38:40 GMT -5
This administration never misses an opportunity to look out for the Big Guy...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 12:39:28 GMT -5
Sweet deal...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 4:04:37 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2018 10:44:28 GMT -5
Federal investigators probing possible Whitaker Hatch Act violations hill.cm/YacjNsY
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Post by njhoya78 on Nov 23, 2018 14:07:35 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 23, 2018 14:39:49 GMT -5
Can't wait to see the results of the federal campaign finance laws violation. And we have Don the Con's signature on the IRS 990. 18 USC 1001 anybody? Should be investigating the Trump Organization under RICO. All of this is a legal problem for the Foundation, the 2016 Campaign and Trump, because the Foundation is not allowed to participate in any political campaign, even Trump’s own. And as a matter of federal campaign finance law, Trump’s campaign was not allowed to receive an in-kind donation that large. Nor is a federal campaign allowed to receive money from a corporate source, including a charitable non-profit, under a longstanding law called the Tillman Act. One of the reasons the attorney general argues Trump’s violations were “willful and knowing” is because he signed the Foundation’s annual IRS 990 forms which pledge the Foundation’s money was not used for political purposes. Trump “repeatedly signed, under penalties of perjury, IRS Forms 990 in which he attested that the Foundation did not engage in transactions with interested parties, and that the Foundation did not carry out political activity,” the complaint reads. www.brennancenter.org/blog/curious-campaign-role-donald-trumps-foundationA New York state judge on Friday denied a request by attorneys for President Trump to throw out a lawsuit alleging that Trump and his family violated charity laws with the management of their personal foundation. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-york-state-judge-allows-suit-against-trump-and-his-personal-charity-to-proceed/2018/11/23/f5674d0e-ef4f-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html?utm_term=.81f948a550aa
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2018 9:47:15 GMT -5
It's true.. He and his family used funds raised for charity as their personal piggy bank. Aside from being completely immoral, that is also illegal...
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Post by SSHoya on Dec 1, 2018 7:34:19 GMT -5
So much corruption, so little time. This is an investigation to keep an eye on (not in Mueller's mandate) but it will be below the radar screen because of all the other Trump regime's corruption: George Higginbotham, 46, who worked as a senior congressional affairs specialist for the Justice Department from July 2016 to August 2018, pleaded guilty to illicitly facilitating the transfer of tens of millions of dollars into the United States to finance the lobbying effort, which unsuccessfully tried to shut down the ongoing probe into embezzlement and bribery surrounding a Malaysian state development fund, according to court filings. The filing also alleged that an investment firm owner who had complained “his company was the victim of a cyber hacking incident” took part in the lobbying effort. Prosecutors did not name the man, whom they identified as “Individual No. 1,” but the description of him in court papers matches that of veteran GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, who earlier this year filed a lawsuit about his hacked emails. The Washington Post previously reported Broidy was under investigation in the case. During the 2016 campaign, Broidy, a Los Angeles-based investor, helped corral big donors to support President Trump’s campaign. After the election, he was appointed to serve as a national deputy chairman for the Republican National Committee. www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ex-justice-dept-employee-admits-to-helping-aid-lobbying-effort-meant-to-shut-down-malaysian-corruption-probe/2018/11/30/abbde1b4-f4fd-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html?utm_term=.1e14319038dfThe tie in to Trump more directly: It was a great honor to welcome Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak of Malaysia and his distinguished delegation to the @whitehouse today! pic.twitter.com/3pWrBOh8dG — Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) September 12, 2017 Left unsaid by either leader: anything about the massive corruption scandal swirling around Najib's multibillion-dollar state fund. www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-updates-trump-tweets-malaysian-prime-minister-htmlstory.html
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2018 11:18:38 GMT -5
What did she get wrong?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2018 11:23:19 GMT -5
Justice Dept spokeswoman earlier this month: “Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has said he was not aware of any fraudulent activity. Any stories suggesting otherwise are false.”
Today:
Odds he would get confirmed by the Senate - 0%
This continues to be one of Trump's most egregious abuses of power.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2018 11:29:00 GMT -5
Birds of a feather flock together but what qualifies this guy to be AG other than his servility to Trump?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 9:25:03 GMT -5
He only golfs at his properties so that's tax payer dollars straight into his pocket... That's still not right.
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