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... in the same way flat-earthers deserve a lot of credit for posting on National Academy of Science boards.NFL2DF said:ren deserves a lot of credit for having the balls to post in this place
... in the same way flat-earthers deserve a lot of credit for posting on National Academy of Science boards.NFL2DF said:ren deserves a lot of credit for having the balls to post in this place
For those who are unfamiliar with Giuliani's time as mayor of NYC, one of his biggest moves was implementing what's known as "broken windows" policing, where you focus on busting people for petty crimes like vandalism and jumping subway turnstiles based on the notion that they create an atmosphere of lawlessness. This was a popular policy among conservatives.“Nobody got killed, nobody got robbed… This was not a big crime,” Giuliani told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. He added, sardonically, “I think in two weeks they’ll start with parking tickets that haven’t been paid.”
It’s like that old saying. The candle that burns half as bright is twice as fat.
I just want to know what she actually did that was wrong. A “conspiracy” to “influence” the GOP? So what? Influence them to do what?Especially when he does so to point out that Butina's actions only look bad to those who hold the "outdated" view that Russia is an enemy.
You may have a point about WL (though I'm not sure I see people making that connection); the only strain I see in common is Thomas Barrack.I just want to know what she actually did that was wrong. A “conspiracy” to “influence” the GOP? So what? Influence them to do what?
https://youtu.be/UXEmrmpL0iM
Everything she did would have been legal had she notified the AG about her activities. She wasn’t deceptive about who she was- gun rights advocate, pursuing a graduate degree, wanted positive relations between RU/US. If she was worried about being implicated in some huge collusion scheme, she had more than a year to get out of the country. She’d been with Erickson for 5 years.
People are desperate to conflate this with the Russian hacking and Wikileaks release- a serious charge leveled against the Trump campaign that isn’t supported by the facts at all- because they think it vindicates their conspiracy theory. But there’s no indication this had anything at all to do with that.
Nobody's desperate for anything at this point except the people cutting plea deals to avoid longer prison sentences.I just want to know what she actually did that was wrong. A “conspiracy” to “influence” the GOP? So what? Influence them to do what?
https://youtu.be/UXEmrmpL0iM
Everything she did would have been legal had she notified the AG about her activities. She wasn’t deceptive about who she was- gun rights advocate, pursuing a graduate degree, wanted positive relations between RU/US. If she was worried about being implicated in some huge collusion scheme, she had more than a year to get out of the country. She’d been with Erickson for 5 years.
People are desperate to conflate this with the Russian hacking and Wikileaks release- a serious charge leveled against the Trump campaign that isn’t supported by the facts at all- because they think it vindicates their conspiracy theory. But there’s no indication this had anything at all to do with that.
What they looked like pre-Obama when they were wealthy enough to start NRA TV.How do you know? What do their finances look like without Russian money flowing into it? Honest question.
If anyone is telling you this is Fara (NFL made that mistake above too oddly...) they are not being straight with you.But 951 is different. It’s a rare charge, and the Justice Department’s inspector general wrote in 2016 that prosecutors in its elite National Security Division describe it as “espionage-lite.”
“[A] Section 951 case generally involves espionage-like or clandestine behavior or an otherwise provable connection to an intelligence service, or information-gathering or procurement-type activity on behalf of a foreign government,” the inspector general wrote.
Prosecutors in the D.C. U.S. attorney’s office charged Butina with violating Section 951.
Well, for starters, how about to influence them to support the campaign of an unqualified, corrupt candidate for president who was in the pocket of the Kremlin?I just want to know what she actually did that was wrong. A “conspiracy” to “influence” the GOP? So what? Influence them to do what?
If she did nothing wrong, then why did she plead guilty to engaging in a conspiracy and why would a judge accept a guilty plea for something that wasn't a crime?I just want to know what she actually did that was wrong. A “conspiracy” to “influence” the GOP? So what? Influence them to do what?
same reason Cohen did, to embarrass Trump!!If she did nothing wrong, then why did she plead guilty to engaging in a conspiracy and why would a judge accept a guilty plea for something that wasn't a crime?
"Because the judge is a Trump-hater appointed by Obama and our entire IC is corrupt and also hate Trump. Everyone just hates Trump and they're pinning these ridiculous charges on an innocent Russian spy who only wanted a better relationship between our countries."If she did nothing wrong, then why did she plead guilty to engaging in a conspiracy and why would a judge accept a guilty plea for something that wasn't a crime?
cmon, stop with the logicIf she did nothing wrong, then why did she plead guilty to engaging in a conspiracy and why would a judge accept a guilty plea for something that wasn't a crime?
The NRA won’t be destroyed because it represents the viewpoint of a significant vocal minority of Americans who seek to resist any restriction on their rights to own firearms. There might be some people who get fired, and a big scandal, but the organization itself won’t disappear.How do you know? What do their finances look like without Russian money flowing into it? Honest question.
I'm not asking Ren or anyone to change their values, I'm just asking them to get their facts right.guys, you have to remember one thing about Ren: he judges innocence/guilt on the basis of his own moral code. If he thinks something should be a crime, he will shout from the rooftops that anyone the thinks violated his version of that crime should be punished. See his comments on GWB/Obama on war crimes, drone strikes, etc. Note that the Iraq invasion was voted upon and approved by Congress so it was legal by the letter of US law.
hear, hearI'm not asking Ren or anyone to change their values, I'm just asking them to get their facts right.
I'm not either, but I would like him to debate based on the letter of the law , not what he thinks the law should be.I'm not asking Ren or anyone to change their values, I'm just asking them to get their facts right.
her speculation is that a subpoena for Mike Pence that he's been fighting since August....Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
The DC Circuit is about to hear arguments in the sealed grand jury matter. They've sealed not only the courtroom, but the whole floor, so we've been moved away. Haven't recognized anyone going in earlier as being connected to Mueller's office, now we won't be able to see
7:32 AM - 14 Dec 2018
this is pretty good. It does tie Butina in nicely within the scope of the OSC investigation...has Mueller been involved with the Butina case?the plot is thickening....
Kyle GriffinVerified account @kylegriffin1
In an interview with investigators a year ago, Trump ally Tom Barrack said that Paul Manafort seemed to view a pro-Trump super PAC as an arm of the campaign, despite laws meant to prevent such coordination, a person familiar with the interview tells NYT.
The Hoarse Whisperer @HoarseWisperer
Note: Mueller's submission to the court last week detailed Manafort lying about a payment from the pro-Trump super-PAC referenced below. It seemed like a weird call out because it was for only $125k and added little to the total corruption story at first blush. However... 1/
As I've been saying ad infinitum, there are no accidental inclusions in Mueller filings. There are no unnecessary or unimportant details. It's like an episode of Law & Order. If they zoom in on the paperweight on the desk, it's gonna factor in around minute forty-eight. 2/
It would seem that Mueller is homing in on illegal shifting of money to-and-from Super PACs by the Trump Campaign. If the campaign was using money held in PACs as campaign funds, every act is a campaign finance violation. Manafort was not paid to work on the campaign. 3/
If the campaign coordinated him being paid through a PAC instead, for example, that likely constitutes illegal coordination, an illegal campaign contributions, and a failure to report. Ultimately, we seemed headed toward a debunking of the biggest myth of the Trump Campaign. 4/
Trump endlessly bragged about having spent a tiny pittance of what Clinton did... He boasted that his personal prowess and social media chops were more powerful than her campaign spending. It now appears his campaign illegally directed major spending through an opaque web. 5/
If Mueller truly has the goods - and it's safe to assume he does - to prove: 1) The Trump Campaign directed contributions to parties like the NRA and this super PAC 2) It directed how that money was spent 3) It did both to evade the law ...A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE are doomed. 6/
If Mueller effectively proves that these groups essentially functioned as off-balance-sheet proxies for the campaign itself, that opens anyone engaged in that conspiracy to liability, it would seem. It also subjects the donations those proxies accepted to greater scrutiny. 7/
Specifically, if Mueller can prove (and it's safe to bet he can) that the Trump Campaign knowingly directed foreign donations to 3rd party groups and then directed the use of that money, there are a whole lot of people who are going to face indictment on both sides. 8/
Given that Mueller already knew Manafort was lying about a payment he received from a PAC, if I was on the money trail at the NRA, a PAC, a media agency or within the camp., I'd be lawyering up or calling Mueller to chat. Their only salvation will be flipping on the bosses. 9/9
This totally makes sense that Trump would do something like this...he apparently did the same thing with the Trump Foundation, Trump Org, various trusts....they were all treated at his pots of money that he shifted around between the entities....seems like he did the same exact thing here...Cohen probably made him do it I'm guessing....
I'm not sure if it was referred by Mueller or not. I haven't read that it was but who knows....some of these things may have been farmed out to different agencies to insulate the investigations to proceed in the event he were fired or shut down somehow.this is pretty good. It does tie Butina in nicely within the scope of the OSC investigation...has Mueller been involved with the Butina case?
They were saying last night the Butina case no involvement whatsoever with Mueller’s team. The SC has limits of what they’re supposed to pursue, right? Whereas the US Attorneys working this case can go anywhere the evidence leads them (I’m parroting what I heard, will try to find a link supporting that.)I'm not sure if it was referred by Mueller or not. I haven't read that it was but who knows....some of these things may have been farmed out to different agencies to insulate the investigations to proceed in the event he were fired or shut down somehow.
quite frankly after the sting of completely make believe stuff you have posted you deserve a little credit for continuing to post here as well take that to the bank brohansNFL2DF said:ren deserves a lot of credit for having the balls to post in this placeren hoek said:Here the NYT lays out Butina’s sinister plot to establish a good relationship with the United States.
a lot of people just call that selective ethics take that to the bank brohansguys, you have to remember one thing about Ren: he judges innocence/guilt on the basis of his own moral code. If he thinks something should be a crime, he will shout from the rooftops that anyone the thinks violated his version of that crime should be punished. See his comments on GWB/Obama on war crimes, drone strikes, etc. Note that the Iraq invasion was voted upon and approved by Congress so it was legal by the letter of US law.
On the other side of the coin, if Ren doesn't think a law is important, than anyone violating it is being railroaded/scape-goated...i.e. failing to register as a foreign agent or campaign finance violations are really just matters of paper work, so these should be a simple slap on the wrist.
For our lawyerguys - legally speaking, do we get to pick and choose what laws we follow on the basis of our own personal moral code?
so this mensch seems like she is totally off her rocker but stuff she says keeps coming true and it makes me question the reality i see around me take that to the bank bromigoher speculation is that a subpoena for Mike Pence that he's been fighting since August....Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
The DC Circuit is about to hear arguments in the sealed grand jury matter. They've sealed not only the courtroom, but the whole floor, so we've been moved away. Haven't recognized anyone going in earlier as being connected to Mueller's office, now we won't be able to see
7:32 AM - 14 Dec 2018
Louise MenschVerified account @LouiseMensch
I'll take "Who is @Mike_Pence?" for 3000 rubles, please Alex
It's to call @Mike_Pence as a witness. He doesn't think he should have to. Bobby Three disagrees.
Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
Here's what we know: The underlying grand jury matter was filed in August and there was a judgment in early October (the docket is otherwise completely sealed)
I wonder if he was laying the groundwork for his "I don't know, I slept through it all." defense the other day.her speculation is that a subpoena for Mike Pence that he's been fighting since August....
Louise MenschVerified account @LouiseMensch
I'll take "Who is @Mike_Pence?" for 3000 rubles, please Alex
It's to call @Mike_Pence as a witness. He doesn't think he should have to. Bobby Three disagrees.
Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
Here's what we know: The underlying grand jury matter was filed in August and there was a judgment in early October (the docket is otherwise completely sealed)
ya, and i usually don't post most of her stuff but she is connected somehow and does get and post information that usually ends up being true months and months later.so this mensch seems like she is totally off her rocker but stuff she says keeps coming true and it makes me question the reality i see around me take that to the bank bromigo
i agree and that always makes me go hmmm like that song back in the 80s and if i am being honest i did not really like that song but hey sometimes things just pop in to your head and you have to go with them because not every song that gets stuck in your head is going to be brandy by looking glass life just does not work like that take that to the bank brohansya, and i usually don't post most of her stuff but she is connected somehow and does get and post information that usually ends up being true months and months later.so this mensch seems like she is totally off her rocker but stuff she says keeps coming true and it makes me question the reality i see around me take that to the bank bromigo
Trump was right, this was all Barrack Obama's faultKenneth P. VogelVerified account @kenvogel
ALSO OF INTEREST TO PROSECUTORS: After MANAFORT was fired from the TRUMP campaign, TOM BARRACK worked to help him rebuild his finances. The pair took a Mediterranean cruise, during which they met Qatari billionaire Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.
this is completely my speculation...Barrack was head of the inaugural committee that's now being investigated for foreign money....Barrack tries to get Manafort some money...so does the Qatari billionaire feed money to a Super PAC who feeds it to Manafort (Mueller alluded to Manafort lying about receiving $125k from a Trump Super PAC in his most recent filing...) ....hhmmmmm......So how long until Barrack (one of Trump's closest supporters) flips?
Whoever it is, it’s a huge deal. They don’t go to this length of secrecy for just anyone. Trump, Pence or the family are the only ones that make sense and even the family would be surprising. It’s a big fish.Story about a month ago made a case that Mueller had likely subpoenaed the President to the grand jury, and it ha bee granted but appealed. About now is when it was said it would be decided.
You have a sort through a lot of garbage to get to her good information. I do believe that she has connections in the intelligence community that has fed her a lot of info. She then takes that raw intelligence and spins it into her stories that often have bad speculation in them.so this mensch seems like she is totally off her rocker but stuff she says keeps coming true and it makes me question the reality i see around me take that to the bank bromigo
Yeah, it's weird. It's like she has good information but her theories about what it means are crazy, so it takes forever but she ends up getting proven right about her raw information.so this mensch seems like she is totally off her rocker but stuff she says keeps coming true and it makes me question the reality i see around me take that to the bank bromigo
crazy like a foxYeah, it's weird. It's like she has good information but her theories about what it means are crazy, so it takes forever but she ends up getting proven right about her raw information.
I'm sure someone would have mentioned that earlier if that were really the case, though.
More like "crazy like a ####house rat." But still, brilliant and connected.crazy like a fox
whoa. NRA be stupidDavid CornVerified account @DavidCornDC
EXCLUSIVE: Russian agent Maria Butina claimed she had a "signed cooperation agreement" with the NRA https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/maria-butina-nra-signed-cooperation-agreement-2013-israel/ … via @MotherJones
Have you seen their stated political positions?whoa. NRA be stupid