Corrupt politicians

[Pete F.]

The FBI served a warrant on Senator Richard Burr tonight and seized his cell phone.
Next?

[Sea Dangles]

Raymond Burr
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

The FBI served a warrant on Senator Richard Burr tonight and seized his cell phone.
Next?

Any reason why you don't think Feinstein should be next? Or does that "D" after her name give her blanket immunity for everything?

These people, if guilty, deserve severe and public punishment. And that gal in GA who says only her advisers make moves, but they sold airline and energy stocks and bought stocks in companies that sell technology to people that work from home. Gimme a break.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Any reason why you don't think Feinstein should be next? Or does that "D" after her name give her blanket immunity for everything?

These people, if guilty, deserve severe and public punishment. And that gal in GA who says only her advisers make moves, but they sold airline and energy stocks and bought stocks in companies that sell technology to people that work from home. Gimme a break.

I hope they are looking at all of them, I have to imagine that Trump's crew i pushing them to get the dems if there is evidence. If Feisntein and others truly are in a blind trust as claimed and there is no evidence they contact (or can't prove) they contacted the person managing the trust, then it is a harder case to prove. The Burr case seems a bit more obvious that he dumped stock, as did family members if I recall.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

I hope they are looking at all of them, I have to imagine that Trump's crew i pushing them to get the dems if there is evidence. If Feisntein and others truly are in a blind trust as claimed and there is no evidence they contact (or can't prove) they contacted the person managing the trust, then it is a harder case to prove. The Burr case seems a bit more obvious that he dumped stock, as did family members if I recall.

Agreed, it's a safe bet that Trump isn't telling the DOJ to focus on Republicans.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Agreed, it's a safe bet that Trump isn't telling the DOJ to focus on Republicans.

Which likely means whatever they have on Burr is pretty obvious, it seems....

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Which likely means whatever they have on Burr is pretty obvious, it seems....

Correct, likely he was the one dumb enough to not cover his tracks.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Any reason why you don't think Feinstein should be next? Or does that "D" after her name give her blanket immunity for everything?

These people, if guilty, deserve severe and public punishment. And that gal in GA who says only her advisers make moves, but they sold airline and energy stocks and bought stocks in companies that sell technology to people that work from home. Gimme a break.

They prob. looked at Feinstein and the other 3 also. What exactly did Feinstein do though? The woman in GA's case can easily be defended against if there is no contact between her and her broker. Plus Burr is the only one who got secret briefings. I think Burr was one of only a few Sen. to vote on a law baring Sen? from owning or buying/selling stocks.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

They prob. looked at Feinstein and the other 3 also. What exactly did Feinstein do though? The woman in GA's case can easily be defended against if there is no contact between her and her broker. Plus Burr is the only one who got secret briefings. I think Burr was one of only a few Sen. to vote on a law baring Sen? from owning or buying/selling stocks.

'What exactly did Feinstein do though?'

The same thing Burr did, probably.

"Plus Burr is the only one who got secret briefings."

Wasn't it everyone on that specific committee? And senators don't talk to each other?

The republican woman in GA, if she really had no contact and her advisers dumped airlines and energy and bought CITRIX, they are the greatest stockpickers in the history of the world. Contact is as easy to hide, as telling a staffer to tell someone else to contact the broker. Her husband is/was the president of the New York Stock Exchange.

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

'What exactly did Feinstein do though?'

The same thing Burr did, probably.

"Plus Burr is the only one who got secret briefings."

Wasn't it everyone on that specific committee? And senators don't talk to each other?

The republican woman in GA, if she really had no contact and her advisers dumped airlines and energy and bought CITRIX, they are the greatest stockpickers in the history of the world. Contact is as easy to hide, as telling a staffer to tell someone else to contact the broker. Her husband is/was the president of the New York Stock Exchange.

I've told you a # of times, Feinstein didn't make the sale (1), her husband did. He (she) is one of the richest Sen. and what they sold is a tiny % of their wealth compared to Burr's sales/wealth.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

I've told you a # of times, Feinstein didn't make the sale (1), her husband did. He (she) is one of the richest Sen. and what they sold is a tiny % of their wealth compared to Burr's sales/wealth.

And it's not possible, that she told him to do it. Burr's brother sold stock, most people take that as evidence of guilt.

Martha Stewart went to prison for practically pennies. The uber wealthy can be funny with their money.

[Pete F.]

In 2012, Congress required lawmakers to disclose stock market activity and prohibited them from acting on intelligence they learn from their privileged positions.

The law passed the Senate 96-3.

Among the three senators to vote no was Burr.

Apparently he thinks he’s immune
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

In 2012, Congress required lawmakers to disclose stock market activity and prohibited them from acting on intelligence they learn from their privileged positions.

The law passed the Senate 96-3.

Among the three senators to vote no was Burr.

Apparently he thinks he’s immune
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Dear Pete,

nobody is defending Burr


signed,

Everyone

[wdmso]

Trump Removes State Department Inspector General Steve Linick

There goes another corrupt politician.. oh wait he's not politician his job is to keep politicians from being corrupt.. but Look who has had him removed. And why.. oh wait Trump did Not give a reason... no suprise

Question on Burr why does the right trust the FBI for seizing his phone and other records? To investigate him. But flynn was set up?
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[Sea Dangles]

The noise you hear is a draining swamp

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

The noise you hear is a draining swamp

yup...

The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine "1000%" misled Congress during last year's impeachment hearings when she claimed she didn't know much about the controversial Burisma Holdings company and the Justice Department needs to investigate, Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., says.

Zeldin reacted Thursday after documents published by Just the News earlier this week showed Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch met with a Burisma representative, received correspondence from the Ukraine gas company that hired Hunter Biden and received a detailed briefing on the matter during the 2016 election.

Yovanovitch, testifying before the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry last fall, said that she knew little about the company, especially as it pertained to the Bidens. She testified most of what she knew was from a briefing before she headed to run the U.S. embassy in Kiev and from news reports.

[wdmso]

Here we go again but but bidens son

Still waitng on Rudy to testify.. Scott do you recall all your. Emails and their content? And if i recall Bidens son wasn't the one being investigated and still isn't.

Or is it to far from the election to start it?
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by wdmso

Here we go again but but bidens son


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the post was about Yovanovitch....try to pay attention

[wdmso]

Originally Posted by scottw

the post was about Yovanovitch....try to pay attention

you 1st

[Pete F.]

Since the title is corrupt politicians and Ambassador Yovanovitch was a career employee, not a political appointee.
Pompous is a political appointee.
The House has discovered that the fired State Dept. IG had mostly completed an investigation into Mike Pompeo's widely criticized decision to skirt Congress with an emergency declaration to approve billions in arms sales to Saudi Arabia last year.
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[Pete F.]

Trump admitted today that he fired State's Inspector General because the political appointee the IG was investigating asked him to do it. That's important if you care at all about the rule of law.
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[detbuch]

The rule of law states that it was perfectly legal for Trump to fire the IG.

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

The rule of law states that it was perfectly legal for Trump to fire the IG.

With cause, Pompeii asking him to does not fly.
I'm going to start using the phrase, "That's just the hydroxychloroquine talking."
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[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

With cause, Pompeii asking him to does not fly.

It flew.

I'm going to start using the phrase, "That's just the hydroxychloroquine talking."

Trying a new schtick to somehow make your anti-trump obsessive compulsion fly?

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by detbuch

Trying a new schtick to somehow make your anti-trump obsessive compulsion fly?

"I'm taking hydroxychloroquine" simply means the Pompeo-Saudi scandal has some real legs to it.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

"I'm taking hydroxychloroquine" simply means the Pompeo-Saudi scandal has some real legs to it.

It simply means he's taking hydroxychloroquine.

[Pete F.]

History will also put the asterisk after Trump*
Like this
*Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America was impeached.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

History will also put the asterisk after Trump*
Like this
*Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America was impeached.
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Did history do that to Bill Clinton?

[Pete F.]

Bet Tweety’s won’t say this, in addition to being impeached.

Clinton left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II, and has continually received high scores in the historical rankings of U.S. presidents.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Bet Tweety’s won’t say this, in addition to being impeached.

Clinton left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II, and has continually received high scores in the historical rankings of U.S. presidents.
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You said the asterisk was for getting impeached. Now you're moving the goalposts.

You are right, Clinton still is very popular. A predator of women who kicked millions off welfare to pay for capital gains tax cuts (which worked marvelously).

Pete, what would you say today, about a POTUS who was a serial abuser of women, who wanted to give capital gains tax cuts (which disproportionately benefits the wealthy), and pay for it by kicking millions of people off welfare? Would such a person be well-received today? Or would you start 10 threads a day telling us that this person was going to kill us all?