the executive branch of the government and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. If DeSantis is not pleased with any subordinate's decisions, he is free to fire them at will. It doesn't have to be for cause.
Attorney General is supposed to be a non-partisan position as indicated by the absence of a party affiliation on the ballot. If an elected AG reveals himself to be making decisions that are politically motivated and refuses to recuse him- or herself, she should be removed from office because the voters were mislead about their neutrality. Consequently, if Fani gets her butt kicked out of office, the case will be assigned to a new DA who will hopefully, be non-partisan.
MAGAs as well as several prominent Republicans are screaming to drop the charges against Trump, do not prosecute, delay the trials, ... and LET THE VOTERS DECIDE.
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Then how come they support De Santis removing Democrat and democratically elected District Attorneys and want GA Gov Kemp to remove democratically elected DA Fani Willis from office? Those DAs have to run for re-election. Why not LET THE VOTERS DECIDE?
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http://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/desantis-suspends-state-attorney-worrell-00110445
DeSantis suspends another elected prosecutor in move derided as ‘politically motivated’
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http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/republicans-target-fani-willis-over-trump-racketeering-indictment
Georgia Republicans Say They'll Move to Remove Fulton County DA Fani Willis From Office With New State Law
And if this isn’t racketeering, I don’t know what is. Soros has bribed DAs all across the country to let violent felons go free and not to charge them with anything. The result is sky high crime rates that are resulting in record blood shed.
If someone wanted to overthrow the US government in order to install a communist dictatorship, then I can’t think of anything one would do that Democrats aren’t doing. They’re legalizing shoplifting to destroy retail businesses. They’re regulating other businesses to bankruptcy. They’re legalizing violent crime by not prosecuting it. They permit and encourage fiefdoms like CHAZ where criminals rule the street with impunity. They prosecute people who use our own laws to defend themselves against these criminals. They open borders and drain tax payer resources to give to these illegals. They drunkenly run up deficits to tank the currency. And they even turn a blind eye when an agency bureaucrat named Fauci directed the funding to create a virus that killed millions. And then on top of all that, they call the other guy a threat to democracy, and then prosecute him for absurd reasons to prevent the voters in the next election to have a democratic choice.
It seems that even Trump thinks that LEGISLATURES AND GOVERNORS SHOULD BACK OFF their attacks on DAs.
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http://www.npr.org/2023/05/27/1178606035/ken-paxton-impeachment-texas-house-republican-attorney-general-investigation
Republican-led Texas House impeaches state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
[Republican AG Paxton was too corrupt even for the Republican Texas House!]
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"n a historic vote Saturday, the Texas House of Representatives decided to impeach Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations of illegal activities related to one of his political donors. Paxton will immediately and temporarily be suspended from his duties pending a trial in the state Senate. ...
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"... [Spiller said,] "He put the interest of himself over his staff who tried to advise him on multiple occasions that he was about to violate the law." ...
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"... Not a party-line vote: On the House floor Saturday, both Republicans and Democrats spoke for and against Paxton's impeachment. Republican state Rep. Charlie Geren, a member of the House General Investigating Committee, said that several House lawmakers received telephone calls from Paxton personally threatening them with political consequences in their next election. ...
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*****"... "Free Ken Paxton," Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media platform. "Let them wait for the next election!" ..."*****
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"The House General Investigating Committee laid out the 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton. Although some are related to Paxton's 2015 ****securities fraud**** federal indictment, for which he has yet to stand trial, most of the allegations are related to Paxton's relationship with Nate Paul, an Austin real estate investor. Paul, who contributed $25,000 to Paxton's 2018 campaign, was being investigated by the FBI in 2020 when he asked Paxton to intervene in that probe.
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"Paxton followed suit, House-hired investigators said, and circumvented his own agency's policies to hire an outside attorney to intervene and issue subpoenas to benefit Paul. ...
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"... "The last 72 hours has shown us why Ken Paxton is so desperate to keep his case in the court of public opinion. Because he has no ability to win in a court of law," ..."
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"... Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of Ken Paxton, will have a vote in the matter, ****unless she recuses herself.**** ..." [Is there a Las Vegas line on her recusal? Maybe a Daily Double or Trifecta if you throw in Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito?]
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****When it comes to the DAs and AGs, Trump says, ""Let them wait for the next election!"****
And if this isn’t racketeering, I don’t know what is. Soros has bribed DAs all across the country to let violent felons go free and not to charge them with anything. The result is sky high crime rates that are resulting in record blood shed.
If someone wanted to overthrow the US government in order to install a communist dictatorship, then I can’t think of anything one would do that Democrats aren’t doing. They’re legalizing shoplifting to destroy retail businesses. They’re regulating other businesses to bankruptcy. They’re legalizing violent crime by not prosecuting it. They permit and encourage fiefdoms like CHAZ where criminals rule the street with impunity. They prosecute people who use our own laws to defend themselves against these criminals. They open borders and drain tax payer resources to give to these illegals. They drunkenly run up deficits to tank the currency. And they even turn a blind eye when an agency bureaucrat named Fauci directed the funding to create a virus that killed millions. And then on top of all that, they call the other guy a threat to democracy, and then prosecute him for absurd reasons to prevent the voters in the next election to have a democratic choice.
the executive branch of the government and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. If DeSantis is not pleased with any subordinate's decisions, he is free to fire them at will. It doesn't have to be for cause.
Attorney General is supposed to be a non-partisan position as indicated by the absence of a party affiliation on the ballot. If an elected AG reveals himself to be making decisions that are politically motivated and refuses to recuse him- or herself, she should be removed from office because the voters were mislead about their neutrality. Consequently, if Fani gets her butt kicked out of office, the case will be assigned to a new DA who will hopefully, be non-partisan.
So, while the Governor can, indeed, sack them, doing so subverts the will of the people. But you and De Sactimonious don't give a shit.
But actually, this post was a win for you since you only left out ONE important fact.
AG's, county DA's and City Attorneys are elected because it's a departmental administrative position. The hundreds of prosecuting attorneys are mere employees of the department and report to the elected official. It's very unusual for elected department heads to participate directly in trials. Their subordinates do that. The mere presence of an elected DA personally handling a prosecution militates in favor of an argument that said participation is political and not procedural.
First, you agree with me then you switch to "subordinates." But none of those are the ones who were fired. The ones who were, were elected.
Now get out....
What's happening with DA's is unprecedent in this country. Perhaps at some point a mobster somewhere might have bribed a DA so their underlings wouldn't get prosecuted. But what Soros has done has been nation-wide. He's purposely bribing DA's to not prosecute criminals. He's not hiding it. It's public record. DA's have been recalled in special elections in California of all places it's gotten so bad. The Justice Dept is supposed to be non partisan. The law is supposed to be applied equally and not for some partisan goal. You have BLM activists going after Trump for doing something the prosecutor herself has done publicly, in order to deprive American citizens from having a democratic choice in who will be President. These are the things that civil wars are made of.
documents from Biden's private office in Chinatown, it was incumbent on the DOJ to treat him the same way they are treating Trump. Biden had no right to have any of the documents in the first place because he got them as VP and not President. The fact that they were being stored at an office he maintained in Chinatown where Chinese nationals are coming and going at will should have raised all kinds of red flags, but instead, it's just being swept under the rug by the DOJ just like Hillary's deleted emails.
STOP!!! Stop repeating everything that Trump says because almost everything he says is a LIE.
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WRONG! "... they got the classified . . . . documents from Biden's private office in Chinatown ..." WRONG!
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When Biden left office in 2017, boxes were moved into three different locations for TEMPORARY storage until the Penn Biden Center offices were ready for occupancy. Some of the boxes were stored in the Washington, DC Chinatown. The historical DC C'town is approximately 2 to 3 square blocks and is home to an estimated 3000 people. As of 2017, fewer than 300 of those residents were Chinese, most of the Chinese residents having been moving out over the previous several **decades**. I.e., it is a **historical** area known as Chinatown. There is still the Chinese Friendship Archway in C'town but it is a tourist attraction, not spy headquarters. Washington DC C'town is NOT a mostly Chinese enclave (or ghetto).
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The boxes remained in the temporary storage for less than 6 months when they were moved to the Penn Biden Center offices elsewhere in DC. THERE WERE NO BOXES OR DOCUMENTS LEFT IN "CHINATOWN" AT THE TIME OF THE DISCOVERY OF CLASSIFIED DOCS AT PENN BIDEN CENTER.
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WRONG!! ".... he fact that they were being stored at an office he maintained in Chinatown where Chinese nationals are coming and going at will should have raised all kinds of red flags ..." WRONG!!
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Even during the temporary storage, Chinatown was no longer a Chinese neighborhood and was as open to ANYONE (Chinese, Californians, New Yorkers, ...) as any other public DC neighborhood.
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The docs were no longer being stored in C'town. It was not "an office he maintained" in C'town. It was temporary storage space. THERE ARE MORE CHINESE NATIONALS LIVING IN TRUMP PROPERTIES IN NYC, Las Vegas, Chicago, SF, and elsewhere than in C'town, DC. Many Chinese nationals traipse through Mar-A-Lago like it's a country club or something. Oh, it IS a country club and gift shops. Classified docs? Try the bathroom off the dining room. Or try the stage in the ballroom. Or maybe try the buffet bar.
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Prior to the recovery of the illegally retained docs at Mar-a-Lago, police arrested and detained Chinese nationals at Mar-a-Lago with assorted electronic equipment beyond what could be considered normal for a normal tourist or visitor.
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NOTE ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: Millions of dollars of property sales were difficult to identify and trace using public records because the sales were made to anonymous LLCs whose ownerships could not be traced. These are just a few that could:
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/20/trump-owns-250m-condos-and-you-could-buy-one/100566302/
Trump condos worth $250 million pose potential conflict.
"In February, businesswoman Xiao Yan Chen bought one of the president’s penthouses at Trump Park Avenue in Manhattan for $15.9 million, according to city records. Chen is founder and managing director of Global Alliance Associates, a New York City firm described on its website as “a boutique business relationship consultancy for U.S. companies seeking to establish a presence in mainland China.” She could not be reached for comment. ..."
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"A few days before Trump’s inauguration, a two-bedroom condo on the 55th floor of the Las Vegas tower sold for $639,000. The buyer of Condo No. 5507 is identified in deeds as Fashion Drive, a New York company named for the street below and formed days before the purchase. The only real person named in company's corporate filings in New York is Ivan Antonevich, a Ukrainian-educated pain doctor who did not reply to interview requests. ..." [OK, that's Ukrainian money laundering, not Chinese.]
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"Among the revenue: multimillion-dollar lease payments from the communist government-owned Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. The Chinese bank’s lease is one of several transactions flagged in a lawsuit against Trump by an ethics watchdog group, alleging Trump violates the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids government officials from taking gifts from foreign powers. ..."
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2020/10/26/trump-has-sold-118-million-worth-of-property-since-taking-office/?sh=12f2c5795454
Trump Has Sold $118 Million Worth Of Property Since Taking Office.
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"Location: Manhattan
What he sold: One penthouse
What he got: $16 million
Just a month after the inauguration, the Trumps made an eyebrow-raising deal, selling the Park Avenue penthouse previously occupied by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump to a woman named Angela Chen, who runs a business peddling access to Chinese officials and allegedly has ties to Chinese military intelligence. Chen paid $15.9 million—a hefty sum considering that, only one year earlier, a virtually identical penthouse just one floor lower sold for nearly $2 million less than that. ..."
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[I like this one about Junior's stupid deal. Like father, like son.]
"Location: North Charleston, SC
What he sold: One warehouse
What he got: $4 million
Trump ended up owning a nondescript, rusting warehouse in a North Charleston industrial park after bailing his son Don Jr. out of a bad business venture in 2014. Don Jr. and a group of investors bought the place as part of a prefab concrete business they hoped would revolutionize low-cost home building. The venture never took off, leaving Don Jr. and two others on the hook for a $3.65 million Deutsche Bank loan they had personally guaranteed. Days before the loan became due, Donald Trump purchased the debt and foreclosed on the property, taking his son off the hook. The president quietly sold the building, which had a history of roof leaks and environmental contamination, in February 2018. ..."
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"Location: Dominican Republic
What he sold: Land in the Dominican Republic
What he got: $3 million
*****In apparent violation of Trump’s pledge not to do new **foreign deals** while in office*****, the Trump Organization sold an unknown piece of land to an unknown buyer in the Dominican Republic in 2018. The property was likely tied to Cap Cana, a resort area where Trump once inked a deal to license his brand to a community of luxury oceanfront properties until the partnership soured ..."
documents from Biden's private office in Chinatown, it was incumbent on the DOJ to treat him the same way they are treating Trump. Biden had no right to have any of the documents in the first place because he got them as VP and not President. The fact that they were being stored at an office he maintained in Chinatown where Chinese nationals are coming and going at will should have raised all kinds of red flags, but instead, it's just being swept under the rug by the DOJ just like Hillary's deleted emails.
He actually enjoys being busted and humiliated publicly. So he puts up all kinds of made-up crap and beats off when we make him look like a fool.
It also saves him money because if he does this daily he doesn't have to pay K-Girls to trample on his balls.
cdl should visit Bario Chino in San Jose, Costa Rica. Just like in DC it's a "Chinatown" with virtually no actual Chinese beyond a couple of restaurants. The food is actually very good at El Dragon, as personally certified by GaG.
When you don't have any substantive rebuttal to what I post, you just change the subject and make something up. You are soooo predictable.
My reply was on-topic. Do you "stand corrected" or do you have an on-topic rebuttal?
When you don't have any substantive rebuttal to what I post, you just change the subject and make something up. You are soooo predictable.
In the case of that poor couple who were terrorized by BLM at their door, the rule really is leftists can break the law with impunity, even if it's terrorism, attempted murder, or what have you, but if you lift a finger exercising your right to protect your own life and property, you'll get prosecuted into the poor house or until you beg for mercy. A DA can be as corrupt and crooked as possible, letting felons free and not prosecuting murders, rapes, thefts, arson and anything else you can think of, but if a citizen lifts just one finger to protect themselves or their property, these same prosecutors will put you in the poor house with vengeful prosecutions that's pointless beyond the expense it costs you. This is why Rittenhouse was prosecuted. 10 years ago the same case would have been dismissed and never prosecuted. But now the left has found the best way to destroy the country and install their hoped-for communist dictatorship is to make the DOJ the most partisan, corrupt, illegitimate bullshit department of government imaginable.
Eventually, a Republican will become President again. Which means the Dems have opened the door for the GOP to use the DOJ for partisan purposes just like they have done. Imagine the howling they will give when this happens.
The "poor couple" weren't terrorized at their door. The marchers weren't even headed for their house but for the house of an official near by. But they came out and threatened the marchers with guns. And what happened to these poor people? They were pardoned by their Republican Governor. Waaaaaahhhhh!!!
Please stop lying, Willy.
The next few sentences are also outright lies and distortions.
Please stop lying, Willy.
As for the DOJ it was used "for partisan purposes" much more under Trump and Barr
Please stop lying, Willy.
The "poor couple" weren't terrorized at their door. The marchers weren't even headed for their house but for the house of an official near by. But they came out and threatened the marchers with guns. And what happened to these poor people? They were pardoned by their Republican Governor. Waaaaaahhhhh!!!
The next few sentences are also outright lies and distortions.
Please stop lying, Willy.
As for the DOJ it was used "for partisan purposes" much more under Trump and Barr
Please stop lying, Willy.
Also you can. It look at this DOJ and say that with anything resembling a straight face.
Did trump send the FBI into school board meetings?
Did trump stop the FBI from arresting illegal protesters outside the justices homes?
Did trump make the FBI not investigate firbombings of pro life clinics?
The list goes on and on icky it truly does.
PS screaming that everyone lies is 5000% crying wolf icky 🙄 you should stop it… in fact there’s a lot you should stop. But keep yelling “get off my lawn” as the old geezer you are. What are you 75? At this point? Too bad your won’t live to see the end of the solar minimum and all the global cooling that happens between now and then. Your disappointment about ONE less thing to bitch about, that the Republicans are causing, but you will make some other shit up just to feel the burn of righteousness indignation. What ever will it be about?
I know!
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Deplorable Actual out
I notice you don't dispute any of the FACTS I laid out about the couple's behavior. Because you can't. All they needed to do was either stay the fuck inside or go out unarmed. None of the protesters were armed except for carrying signs.
Your descriptions of what the FBI supposedly did or didn't do are hard to figure out because they are incomprehensible word salad. Just what a gamer like you would write.
As for lying, you and Willy do it constantly. So of course you don't like it when I call you out.
WaaaaAAAAAAAHHHhhhh!!!!!
Please stop lying, Festus. (now that I know it upsets you I'll do it to you ALL the time).
1) Yes, one of the BLM protesters were indeed armed and carrying a firearm openly.
2) It doesn't matter if they weren't. They were 2 people protecting themselves against an angry mob.
These protesters violated one law right after the other. From murder, rape, arson, terrorism, assault and everything else in between. Almost none of them were prosecuted for a damn thing. Meanwhile, you have the FBI chasing after every last possible granny to prosecute everyone who was in even sniffing distance of 1/6. This is more than just partisan prosecution. It's using BLM as the paramilitary wing of the Democrat party to terrorize the American People into submission. This is precisely the same strategy the communists used in Russia to establish the Soviet Union.
Now the protesters engaged in "murder, rape, arson, terrorism, assault and everything else in between?"a
Bullshit, Willy. Lies, Willy.
Please stop lying, Willy. Please.
Willy is a lying troll.
that you have no understanding of the proof required by the emoluments clause. It involves "gifts" received from a foreign government, not a purchase of real estate that was sold through an escrow and everything was on the up and up like it would be for a sale to you, me, or anyone else. When a person becomes President, they put all of their investments in one or more trusts, including any businesses they own, over to others to manage for them. These fiduciaries make the decisions, not the president. Trump is a real estate investor and those who managed his businesses while he was president had a fiduciary duty to the trust to operate it in the most profitable way. There is no law prohibiting foreign nationals from buying residential property in the US.
You have not shown there is any evidence that Trump was personally involved in any of these real estate transactions while he was President. You also have not shown any evidence of allegations that any of these transactions involved "gifts" to trump by a foreign government, which is required if you are going to allege emoluments clause violations. That's why these never got any traction at the time these were brought up 7 years ago, and to see you trying to revive these stale accusations just proves you have not rebuttal to my post. It was about Biden, not Trump. Sorry you wasted your time and this bandwidth without being able to make a valid point. I think your problem is you are perpetually dealt a losing hand because you still support Biden.
Here's the key part of the definition.
"The Meaning of the Term “Emolument”
Black’s Law Dictionary defines an “emolument” as an “advantage, profit, or gain received as a result of one’s employment or one’s holding of office.” There is significant debate as to precisely what constitutes an emolument within the meaning of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses, particularly as to whether it includes private, arm’s-length market transactions. The only two district courts to decide this issue (in District of Columbia v. Trump and Blumenthal v. Trump) adopted a broad definition of “emolument” as reaching any benefit, gain, or advantage, including profits from private market transactions not arising from an office or employment, although higher courts have not weighed in on the issue."
In other words -- for the benefit of the dim-witted and partisan hacks everywhere -- when Trump benefited from the sale of apartments and other real estate to foreign parties he was being bribed. It is a standard way of laundering money to overpay for a property. The mob uses it extensively. So does Trump, who is basically a mobster.
Please stop pretending you're some kind of authority on stuff like this.
I'm not sure, but I think that CDL was replying to my post. My post replying to CDL (above) was to show that his claims about (a) Biden documents found in Chinatown and (b) Chinese nationals having access to documents in Chinatown both were false.
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I then went on to make the point that Trump's properties had more ties to Chinese nationals and easier access for Chinese nationals than Biden's properties. E.g., Mar-a-Lago, its bathrooms, its ballrooms, and even the corridor outside the infamous basement storage room (where secret documents were found) were accessible to anyone who went to Mar-a-Lago as a member, a guest, or to shop in the gift shops and boutiques.
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I provided some examples from real estate transactions including a Chinese national buying a condo in a Trump property and paying 15% above the going rate as examples of Chinese access to Trump and his properties. (On ANY multi-million dollar real estate transaction that is suspicious and suggests some sort of money laundering or payoff.) I didn't say it was PROOF of violation of the emoluments clause. Many others have raised questions based on MANY suspicious transactions.
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Trump's deposition to the NY AG about his business fraud / tax cheating lawsuit was released a few days ago in which Trump makes this admission:
"Trump claims that he could sell Turnberry [Scotland Golf Club] for **much more than its assessed value.** $$$$$ He said if he tried to sell it to the Saudis, he could get "a fortune" from them - "far beyond what it's worth. $$$$$ He claims that he has had numerous offers from people to buy Turnberry for huge sums, but refused to say who they were. P.62-66."
Link to the deposition so you can read Trump's unedited word salad testimony yourself:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23932452-452564_2022_people_of_the_state_of_v_people_of_the_state_of_exhibit_s__859 . I'm looking forward to the testimony from Trump's witnesses about their offers to buy Trump's properties for enormous amounts.
Atty: Hello Timmy. Thank you for testifying today. How do you know Mr. Trump?
Timmy: Me and Barron are in the same class at school.
A: What class is that?
T: Mrs. Blodgett's 2nd grade class on the third floor. We have an aquarium and I feed the fish!
A: Did you offer to buy Mr. Trump's golf course?
T: Uh huh. Yup!
A: How much did you offer to pay for it?
T: A gazillion dollars!
A: Why did you offer so much?
T: Barron took me there one time and it has a great swing set and a see-saw. It was fun!
A: Thank you, Timmy, for your testimony. ... Your Honor, we rest our case!
(a) They like Trump.
(b) They like to throw away money and get nothing in return.
(c) They have a great sense of humor as shown by MbS joking that he has Jared in his pocket.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/3/22/saudi-crown-prince-boasted-jared-kushner-was-in-his-pocket
Saudi crown prince boasted Jared Kushner was ‘in his pocket’
(d) They are stupid.
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Others would consider such generosity to be suspicious. Perhaps Trump, as POTUS, did favors for the Saudis, protecting them and performing public relations for them (Trump's FIRST presidential non-US visit was to SA, not England or other historical ally. ~We don't really know what happened on 9/11. or ~We don't really know if MbS ordered the murder of Khashoggi. I don't think he did. Why would he? or Trump taking the SA side against Qatar in the Q-SA dispute. Etc.) and overpaying for Turnberry would be payback?
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Or maybe Jared Kushner's $2B investment from SA and $1B from other ME investment funds ($3.1B total) and paying Kushner a management fee TWICE the norm for similar funds was the payback already paid? Less than 1% of Affinity's fund comes from US investors.
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(James Comer did say in an August 2023 interview, “I’ve been vocal that I think that what Kushner did crossed the line of ethics." but he has done nothing about it. He's too busy with Hunter Biden. Earlier, "When Democrats controlled the House, Democrats on the House Oversight committee requested that Kushner produce various documents and information about Affinity Partners and his communications with Saudi officials. Raskin said that Affinity has ignored Democrats’ requests.)
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PROOF? No. SUSPICIONS? Absolutely. WORTHY OF FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO FIND **PROOF** of emolument violations? It depends:
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investigate Trump---------Y-----------N
investigate Kushner------Y-----------N
investigate Hunter--------N-----------Y
investigate Joe--------------N-----------Y
that you have no understanding of the proof required by the emoluments clause. It involves "gifts" received from a foreign government, not a purchase of real estate that was sold through an escrow and everything was on the up and up like it would be for a sale to you, me, or anyone else. When a person becomes President, they put all of their investments in one or more trusts, including any businesses they own, over to others to manage for them. These fiduciaries make the decisions, not the president. Trump is a real estate investor and those who managed his businesses while he was president had a fiduciary duty to the trust to operate it in the most profitable way. There is no law prohibiting foreign nationals from buying residential property in the US.
You have not shown there is any evidence that Trump was personally involved in any of these real estate transactions while he was President. You also have not shown any evidence of allegations that any of these transactions involved "gifts" to trump by a foreign government, which is required if you are going to allege emoluments clause violations. That's why these never got any traction at the time these were brought up 7 years ago, and to see you trying to revive these stale accusations just proves you have not rebuttal to my post. It was about Biden, not Trump. Sorry you wasted your time and this bandwidth without being able to make a valid point. I think your problem is you are perpetually dealt a losing hand because you still support Biden.
that your only "proof" of violations by Trump is with speculative testimony. "Crossing the line of ethics . . . ." is a smear tactic that is used when there is no proof of criminal activities, like there is with Hunter Biden. Your attempt to draw a parallel is apples and oranges. There is no evidence that Kushner ever used illegal drugs, nor that he solicited payments from foreign governments and business entities for access to his Father-in-law. Unlike the Bidens, Kushner is also immensely wealthy from family money and so they don't have to break the law to increase their wealth like the Bidens do.
Likewise, American citizens are not obliged to open their private books and records to Congress unless they are served a subpoena, which no one did with Kushner. This kind of request is called a fishing expedition and is disfavored by the courts.
Rebuttal to CDL, Part 1.
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There is a plethora of information that raises SUSPICIONS about Trump, Kushner, and others from his Administration (Navarro, Clark, Eastman, ...) and there is some information that raises SUSPICIONS about Hunter and (very weakly, IMO) Joe.
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YOU REPEATEDLY MISQUOTE ME AND OTHERS ON THIS BOARD. ... DELIBERATELY, I allege.
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Trump claimed that there were MANY people who wanted to buy his properties at and ABOVE his (disputed) valuations. He could not name a single one because they were secret witnesses that were going to testify on his behalf at trial. My "speculative testimony" was A JOKE. You know, LOL. Who is going to testify UNDER OATH!!! that they made a serious offer for a Trump property in the amounts alleged by Trump in the deposition. (Trump thinks that Mar-A-Lago is worth $1.25 BILLION. Real estate experts have assessed MaL at around $23 million. Who offered Trump $1.25 billion? Little Timmy, of course! Will Little Timmy testify? Of course, if Little Timmy does not testify it will be blamed on Biden rather than on responsible lawyers.
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Why do you lap up and not criticize others' CLAIMS OF PROOF in the absence of anything that even raises legitimate suspicions: I do not want to assemble a complete quote book, so the following are paraphrases of prior CLAIMS OF PROOF:
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1. Sydney Powell - We have incontrovertible PROOF of votes being taken from Trump and given to Biden.
(and many other claims of PROOF).
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2. Rudy - We Have PROOF!!! Proof!! You can see it on video! PROOF of cheating!
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3. Mike Pillow Lindell - I have PROOF! I have the captured PACKET DATA!! It proves that the election was stolen!!
(There is PROOF that Lindell was wrong. A pro-Trump computer expert accepted Lindell's $5 million challenge, proved that the encrypted data was NOT EVEN ELECTION DATA and he won the $5M.
http://www.physicsforums.com/threads/what-analysis-was-done-on-mike-lindells-election-data.1051815/
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4. Trump - (I don't have the exact quote, but Trump said something like ~We have proof that the election was stolen. [Interviewer asked for the proof.] Giuliani has it. Rudy will give it to you. [To Rudy] Rudy, give him the proof.)
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5. Trump - {Do you remember these recent headlines? 'http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-announces-press-conference-prove-election-stolen-1234806915/
Trump Announces Plans to Finally Go Ahead and Prove Election Was Rigged
The former president says he will deliver a "CONCLUSIVE" report next Monday that should get everyone to drop all the charges. ... "A Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable REPORT on the Presidential Election Fraud which took place in Georgia is almost complete & will be presented by me at a major News Conference at 11:00 A.M. on Monday of next week in Bedminster, New Jersey,” Trump announced Tuesday morning on Truth Social. “Based on the results of this CONCLUSIVE Report, all charges should be dropped against me & others – There will be a complete EXONERATION! They never went after those that Rigged the Election. They only went after those that fought to find the RIGGERS!” ..."
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Is having a ""CONCLUSIVE" report" the same as having "PROOF"?
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6. MGT - We have PROOF that the Dems are pedophile human traffickers.
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7. George Santos - I will prove that I am innocent of the charges levied against me. (He is currently negotiating a plea deal.)
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END OF PART 1. Rebuttal continues as PART 2 in the next post.
If you can’t fit your message into one post, you’re overdoing it.
in the NY government accepting Trump's valuation all those years in order to get a higher tax base, which Trump paid, and NOW saying he over-valued it. If Trump admits he overvalued the property, does he get the tax money back? The duplicity of Democrat-run governments is astounding.
No one has yet to show that any false valuation by Trump caused a loss to anyone. When you borrow money from a bank for real estate, the bank will usually get their own appraisal, and if they still loan you the money, it means that their appraisal was in the ballpark with yours. Since this is a civil case, there has to be financial harm to someone in order to win the case. That's where still case will tank.
yet not having a clue about when Trump overvalued and undervalued his properties?
FYI, Trump overvalued his assets to secure loans, while undervaluing them to save on his tax bill. The false valuations by Trump caused a loss to the state of New York and its taxpayers.
Thank you, BP, for pointing things out to CDL. Things that have been in the news for years.
in the NY government accepting Trump's valuation all those years in order to get a higher tax base, which Trump paid, and NOW saying he over-valued it. If Trump admits he overvalued the property, does he get the tax money back? The duplicity of Democrat-run governments is astounding.
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The State of New York, even during an audit, does not investigate every single detail, ESPECIALLY when it is a non-existent detail. Trump didn't even report a small amount of antenna income to raise an eyebrow ("$1,000? Other similar buildings in NYC charge a lot more for antenna leases. .... Mr. Trump, can we please see the details of these antenna deals?"). He reported ZERO and made no mention of antennas! Likewise, the State of New York does not have agents sifting through New York CITY tax appeals looking for this stuff. The Fourth Estate found it and a lot of other Trump tax fraud. THAT'S why NYS accepted Trump's valuations and income / debt claims for so many years without investigation. So much was hidden from view.
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http://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-never-before-seen-trump-tax-documents-show-major-inconsistencies
Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies.
"The president’s businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials. One expert calls the differing numbers “versions of fraud.”"
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"Documents obtained by ProPublica show stark differences in how Donald Trump’s businesses reported some expenses, profits and occupancy figures for two Manhattan buildings, giving a lender different figures than they provided to New York City tax authorities. The discrepancies made the buildings appear more profitable to the lender — and less profitable to the officials who set the buildings’ property tax.
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"For instance, Trump told the lender that he took in twice as much rent from one building as he reported to tax authorities during the same year, 2017. He also gave conflicting occupancy figures for one of his signature skyscrapers, located at 40 Wall Street. ..."
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"A dozen real estate professionals told ProPublica they saw no clear explanation for multiple inconsistencies in the documents. ... New York City’s property tax forms state that the person signing them “affirms the truth of the statements made” and that “false filings are subject to all applicable civil and criminal penalties.” ..."
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The first Trump Org trial, that he lost and that ended up with CFO Weisselberg going to jail for Trump, actually established that Trump Org was keeping TWO SETS OF BOOKS in the conventional criminal "mob" meaning of the term.
http://www.nydailynews.com/2022/11/17/trump-organization-cfo-allen-weisselberg-testifies-he-kept-two-sets-of-books/
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg testifies he kept two sets of books
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Here is the 200 page charging document:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-the-full-lawsuit-against-trump-by-new-yorks-attorney-general-alleging-business-fraud
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Here is Trump's 400+ page deposition:
http://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/trump-deposition-new-york-attorney-general-full-pdf-rcna102791
I haven't read the whole thing, but Trump's word salad replies expose his narcissism, egomania, ... and STUPIDITY. It really is laughable! And pathetic.
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The legal proof "to show that any false valuation by Trump caused a loss to anyone" may come sooner than later!!
http://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/30/trump-fraud-case-new-york-attorney-general-seeks-summary-judgment.html
Trump fraud case: New York attorney general says ‘mountain’ of evidence justifies summary judgment. Aug 30 2023
Have you ever been in a restaurant that did NOT have two sets of books? Are you saying that restaurants are all mob businesses. There is no limit to what you will do to try to connect dots that don't connect.
Nevertheless, Trump is not personally charged with anything. This is a civil trial again the Trump Organization, who is being sued for $250,000,000. It will probably settle at some point without any admission of guilt or liability on Trump's part for $5-10,000,000. A drop in the bucket for his company. I note that CFO Weisselberg made no accusation that Trump knew anything about "two sets of books." That appears to be a decision that his CFO made unilaterally without Trump's knowledge. That is why this case will never go to trial.
I do not know any person or any business that keeps two sets of books. It seems like something that is perfectly normal to you, even if it is illegal. If caught in their lies, even small businesses can be prosecuted but, I assume, that most of them plead out and pay fines and penalties.
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You need a scorecard to keep track of Trump crimes, prosecutions, and convictions. What we also know is the Trump, in mob-boss styles of behavior that he was taught by Roy Cohn, Cohn was Chief Counsel to Joe McCarthy during the infamous McCarthy Hearings. Cohn was also the lawyer for Mafia bosses Fat Tony Salerno, Carmine Galante, and John Gotti. Trump had a good mentor who taught him the Mafia methods.
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The NYC CRIMINAL prosecution charged the Trump Org with a "15 year 'scheme to defraud' the government", conspiracy, and falsifying business records. Prosecutors filed 10 charges against the organization and its Trump Payroll Corporation entity, and 15 felony counts against Weisselberg." There was some evidence with DIRECT links to Trump (Trump had testified in Galicia v. Trump that he personally oversaw Calamari Sr.'s compensation which was set up to avoid paying taxes) but Trump was not named as a defendant. ... Weisselberg pleaded guilty to 15 felonies in a plea deal. At trial, Trump Org was convicted of all 17 criminal charges.
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In the NYS CIVIL lawsuit, Trump IS PERSONALLY CHARGED "with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree as part of a "conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election." He was deposed by the NY AG and his 400+ page deposition was recently unsealed. Read it for yourself. NYS did not charge Trump with "being a stupid moron" but his deposition provides ample proof of that.
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Pre-trial opinions vary (Trump will easily win versus Conviction is a slam dunk). I find the arguments for likely CONVICTION to be more credible than acquittal but there are 34 counts. Maybe it will be a split decision.
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The evidence against Trump includes numerous examples of false, fraudulent and conflicting valuations of Trump's properties. I previously mentioned Trump's failure to report almost $1 M of income from rooftop leases that he DID report on income statements presented to obtain loans. In 2012, Trump claimed that the 40 Wall Street building was worth $527 million on loan applications but but only $16.7 million in his tax filings.
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Trump played a lot financial games with his Seven Springs estate.
http://slate.com/business/2022/09/trump-lawsuit-real-estate-appraisal-taxes-seven-springs.html
Why Trump’s Alleged Real-Estate Shenanigans Went Too Far.
"You can get away with a lot when appraising property. But not this much."
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Trump tried to claim a tax abatement based on a Conservation easement (land set aside and NOT developed) while simultaneously reporting to lenders an exorbitantly high valuation BASED ON DEVELOPMENT OF THAT SAME LAND.
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In addition, Trump and Junior can't seem to keep their stories straight. Well, TRUMP can't keep his own stories straight:
http://theweek.com/speedreads/940015/most-trumps-charitable-tax-writeoffs-are-reportedly-not-developing-property-owns
Most of Trump's charitable tax write-offs are reportedly for not developing property he owns.
"President Trump's tax records show he has classified his Seven Springs estate in Bedford, New York, as an investment property, The New York Times reports, but his son Eric Trump has described it as his family's "home base." ..."
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"In 2014, Trump classified Seven Springs as an investment property rather than a personal residence, and since then he has written off $2.2 million in property taxes as a business expense, the Times reports. That same year, Eric Trump told Forbes Seven Springs is "really our compound," and served as "home base for us for a long, long time." The Trump Organization's website also says the property is currently "used as a retreat for the Trump family." ..."
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WHICH IS IT? Investment or Residence???
Have you ever been in a restaurant that did NOT have two sets of books? Are you saying that restaurants are all mob businesses. There is no limit to what you will do to try to connect dots that don't connect.
Nevertheless, Trump is not personally charged with anything. This is a civil trial again the Trump Organization, who is being sued for $250,000,000. It will probably settle at some point without any admission of guilt or liability on Trump's part for $5-10,000,000. A drop in the bucket for his company. I note that CFO Weisselberg made no accusation that Trump knew anything about "two sets of books." That appears to be a decision that his CFO made unilaterally without Trump's knowledge. That is why this case will never go to trial.
Rebuttal to CDL, Part 2.
http://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/politics/republican-reaction-alleged-audio-recordings-biden-bribery-scheme/index.html ‘Maybe they don’t exist’: Republicans question legitimacy of alleged audio recordings of Biden bribery scheme.
http://newrepublic.com/post/172627/republicans-admit-no-incriminating-evidence-joe-biden
Republicans Finally Admit They Have No Incriminating Evidence on Joe Biden. A 65-page report, a press conference, and nothing to show for it.
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I have no problem with the DoJ and the House Committee completing their investigation of Hunter (and Joe). Thus far, there doesn't seem to be ANYTHING on Joe. No one can name even one policy or one decision that might have been influenced by a foreign bribe. IF they paid Hunter to be on their board or as a consultant or invested in a business opportunity with Hunter, what did they get from Joe as a result?
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Real estate genie-ASS Kushner bought 666 B'way for $1.8 B in 2007, the LARGEST real estate deal in NYC up to that time. "When the Kushner Companies purchased 666 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan in early 2007 for a record-breaking price of $1.8 billion, it was supposed to be a center of their real estate portfolio. Instead, the Kushners have struggled to cover their debt on the troubled building since shortly after its purchase on the eve of the financial crisis. ..." Bush then crashed the economy in 2008 and Kushner was in BIG trouble thereafter. Not to worry, though!
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http://www.justsecurity.org/69094/timeline-on-jared-kushner-qatar-666-fifth-avenue-and-white-house-policy/
"As Jared Kushner’s father-in-law, Donald J. Trump, was running for President, the Kushners were pitching Qatari investors to help bail out the building. And just weeks after his father Charles reportedly failed to reach a deal with Qatar’s minister of finance, Jared Kushner, in his capacity as a senior adviser to President Trump, reportedly played a central role in supporting a blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. ***Kushner never disclosed his meeting with Saudi Arabia and the UAE on the blockade to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson*** at the time. Later, a financial company tied to Qatar brokered an especially valuable deal to rescue the Kushner Companies’ property at 666 Fifth Avenue." Soon after, Kushner convinced SA to lift the blockade.
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The Headquarters of the United States Central Command (USCC) and United State Air Force Central Command (USAFCC) are located in Qatar and operates under a diplomatic / lease agreement subject to periodic renewal. Even before anyone knew of Kushner's secret dealings with Qatar and SA, experts were screaming at the risk to US Security by supporting the SA blockade of Qatar. If Qatar ended the leases or kicked the US military bases out the US would be in BIGLY trouble. Kushner got his bailout, SA ended the blockade and the US still has bases in Qatar.
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So CDL said that there is no evidence "that he [Kushner] solicited payments from foreign governments and business entities." That's because CDL is blind to any news that comes from any non-Trump source. I doubt that Fox reported about Kushner the way independent news media did. To CDL, willy, Lost, et al., NOTHING TO SEE HERE. PLEASE MOVE ALONG. THE NEXT ATTRACTION, Hunter, IS JUST AHEAD. NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
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You calling the trespassers peaceful protesters? Because guess what the instant they went through that gate whether it was locked or unlocked they were on private property! The last I checked you don’t get to protest on someone else’s private property, unless of course you’re a lefty liberal and you’re outside a Supreme Court Justice’s home at 3:00am then it’s ok right?
You, “Mr. Get Off my lawn” would be out there in your boxer shorts and your .45 threatening anyone on your property telling them to get off! Oh wait maybe you wouldn’t, because of that terminal pussy condition.
Deplorable Actual Out
“Cletus” a term laffy used often and now you use it.
You are clearly now the official laffy replacement.
In the past several days you’ve said “TSTTT” to the same person
At least 5 or 6 times. Yet you keep replying/talking to him.
That would make you so fucking stupid you do not know you are stupid.
You’re Welcome
At Post Puller Icky We Laugh
But thanks for playing Board Cop like the putz you are.
Also, the post I "pulled" was only edited and went right up again.
So, again, swallow lied.