Attorney General Merrick Garland continued to refuse to address questions over his refusal to appoint a Special Counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation despite new evidence tying President Joe Biden to the controversial business deals. The New York Post is reporting that President Biden agreed to cover more than $800,000 in bills of Hunter, including legal fees tied to the foreign deals. While President Biden’s denial of knowledge of Hunter’s deals has been repeatedly contradicted (including by Hunter himself), White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declared that President Biden stands by his denials. However, she declined to explain new information showing that a key business partner in these deals visited the White House over a dozen times, including at least one meeting with then Vice President Biden.
The New York Post shows that on Jan. 17, 2019, Hunter Biden’s then-personal assistant, Katie Dodge told accountant Linda Shapero that Joe Biden was covering the legal costs. The email states “I spoke with Hunter today regarding his bills. It is my understanding that Hunt’s dad will cover these bills in the short-term as Hunter transitions in his career.”
What may be even more damaging is the new disclosure that Hunter Biden’s business partner, Eric Schwerin, made at least 19 visits to the White House and other official locations between 2009 and 2015. Schwerin was the president of Rosemont Seneca, one of the key firms involved in the alleged influence peddling schemes.
We have previously discussed the various references to the President in these emails. Indeed, it is impossible to look into these allegations of influence peddling without repeatedly running into references to the President.
As vice president, Joe Biden flew to China on Air Force Two with Hunter Biden, who arranged for his father to meet some of his business interests. Hunter Biden’s financial interest in a Chinese-backed investment firm, BHR Partners, was registered within weeks of that 2013 trip.
There are emails of Ukrainian and other foreign clients thanking Hunter Biden for arranging meetings with his father. There are photos from dinners and meetings that tie President Biden to these figures, including a 2015 dinner with a group of Hunter Biden’s Russian and Kazakh clients.
People apparently were told to avoid directly referring to President Biden. In one email, Tony Bobulinski, then a business partner of Hunter’s, was instructed by Biden associate James Gilliar not to speak of the former veep’s connection to any transactions: “Don’t mention Joe being involved, it’s only when u [sic] are face to face, I know u [sic] know that but they are paranoid.”
Instead, the emails apparently refer to President Biden with code names such as “Celtic” or “the big guy.” In one, “the big guy” is discussed as possibly receiving a 10 percent cut on a deal with a Chinese energy firm; other emails reportedly refer to Hunter Biden paying portions of his father’s expenses and taxes.
There were other connections like an office arranged for Joe Biden by the Chinese, a letter of recommendation written by Joe Biden for a key Chinese figure’s child, and expenses paid out of joint accounts.
President Biden has long insisted that that his son did “nothing wrong.” That is obviously untrue. One can argue over whether Hunter committed any crime, but few would say that there is nothing wrong with raw influence peddling worth millions with foreign entities. The public has a legitimate reason to know whether the President or his family ran an influence peddling operation worth millions.
Given this mounting evidence, the position of Attorney General Garland has gone from dubious to ridiculous in evading the issue of a special counsel appointment. He continues to refuse to acknowledge these conflicts with the President. In a hearing yesterday, Garland again refused to address the issue, even discussing what it would take to warrant the appointment of a special counsel. There is no reason why he cannot answer such legal questions without getting into the evidence produced in Delaware.
Federal regulations allow the appointment of a special counsel when it is in the public interest and an “investigation or prosecution of that person or matter by a United States Attorney’s Office or litigating Division of the Department of Justice would present a conflict of interest for the Department or other extraordinary circumstances.”
It is hard to imagine a stronger case for the appointment of a special counsel.
Trump Granted $700 Million In Pandemic Relief To Trucking Firm That Didn’t Qualify
Federal officials on Wednesday were asked to investigate whether an Overland Park Kansas trucking company broke federal law when securing a $700 million loan through a federal pandemic aid program — a sum that accounted for 95% of the money allocated to the program.
A report by the House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis that found the administration of former President Donald Trump ignored the advice of Department of Defense experts by granting the company a loan through a program to help firms considered critical to the country’s national security continue to operate through the pandemic.
The committee’s report highlights another example of the company making use of its connections to the Trump White House.
The former president picked the company’s chief executive Darren Hawkins to serve on a coronavirus economic task force and he tapped former CEO William Zollers to the Postal Service Board of Governors in 2020. The company also has received $600 million in funding from private equity firm Apollo Global Management, which had close ties to the Trump administration and the family.
Edited From:
https://www.kansas.com/latest-news/article260807577.html
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Longtime readers know that Professor Turley is always ‘counter-programming’ mainstream news. And this story was widely covered in Wednesday’s news. The link here is from a Kansas paper because the story is local there.
And what’s this got to do with Hunter Biden?
So Donald Trump HIMSELF signed the ‘loan’ himself correct Sir? Stop with your very serious TDS and look at what is really happening Sir.
Anonymous must come from a long line of cherry pickers. She must assume that we won’t read past the second paragraph of any link she provides. Further down in her link you will find the following paragraph. Attorney Marc Kasowitz said the company voluntarily cooperated with the committee, providing documents that show how the loan was used. He said the loan enjoyed bipartisan support and helped save 30,000 jobs during the height of the pandemic. So ready to jump. So little thought.
Cherry pickers? We should have known that ATS is the pits.
To Big to Bail
To Small to Fail
You said it Brother!
Fauci lied.
Proggies cried.
Cuomo replied.
Hands were tied.
Grandma died.
Can’t go outside.
No way to provide.
Stimulus tried.
Masks were plied.
Biden vied, allowed to hide.
Floyd homicide due to White Pride!
Election landslide.
Irregularities identified.
Capitol unoccupied, vote certified.
Vaccine qualified.
Resistance? Undignified!
OSHA misapplied.
Courts say, “Denied.”
Delta-Omicron… benefits nullified.
‘Immunity’ reclassified.
Boosters will provide!
People sighed.
All the fear? Unjustified.
🙂
Another World [The Financial Cover-Up Continues]
BOTH Parties decree: “It’s about the Economy Stupid”
Yea the One ( Economy) They created.
Said this before:
“Fiat Money leads to Fiat Markets,
Fiat Markets leads to Fiat Debts,
Fiat Debts leads to Wars,
Wash-n-Rinse with Bloodshed and Repeat.”
Now its time to say:
TO BIG TO BAIL [Chase, BoA, Citi, Wells, … Wall Street Bankers]
TO SMALL TO FAIL [Credit Unions, Savings & Loans, Small Town Banks, … The Ones Who played by the Rules Fairly]
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2022/04/global-megabanks-are-tanking-the-same-ones-the-fed-bailed-out-in-2019/
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2022/04/heres-a-list-of-toxic-assets-that-blew-up-money-market-funds-at-goldman-sachs-jpmorgan-morgan-stanley-and-others-that-the-fed-bailed-out/
I’m so done with this Sh_t.
Send Hillary & Hunter to the Ukrainian War Front – give them a Gun and set them loose.
It’s coming down to the Wire.
The Central Banks [The Federal Reserve] are all washed-up,
Said this before:
“Fiat Money leads to Fiat Markets,
Fiat Markets leads to Fiat Debts,
Fiat Debts leads to Wars,
Wash-n-Rinse with Bloodshed and Repeat.”
That is the extent of Our Political rational.
You guys should follow Russ & Pam Martens, Michael Hudson, David Stockman, Blogs
(Good People who have learned Right from Wrong):
https://wallstreetonparade.com/
Politicians (Dems/Reps and Military, et.al.)
They have squandered ‘Your’ most valuable asset, TIME.
Politicians, made the last decade a waste-of-time (10 years). Obama’s 2nd Administration got wasted by the Republican, The Trump Administration got wasted by the Democrats, and the Current Administration (Biden) is completely out-to-lunch. Meanwhile Others (Bankers, Industrialist, and Foreign Entities) have cleaned the US out.
But worst of all, Wasted Our TIME. They are ALL Grifters, not adding Value to Society, but to feed off it.
We as a Society, “should have, would have, could have” been far more advanced here in the U.S.A..
We could have been crossing the “Finish Line”, but Vanity, Obstinance, and just plain Ignorance (and a Host of other items),
have wasted the TIME We had.
SO here We are, coming down to the Wire.
“… You don’t throw … a whole Life away, … just because it’s banged up a little. …”
Ibid.: Seabiscuit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RnP2LWVxNw
We need to ‘clean house’ (The Old: Politicians, Bureaucrats, Networks, and Billionaires need to be divested & removed), pick Ourselves up, find a direction, and get back on Track, or We will never meet the Future (The place We need to be in order to survive and thrive).
Billionaires, I’d expect to catch some flac from that. What can’t you do with 100 Million, that you would do with x1000 Million?
You raise the level of Society as a whole, and your Children will have a better life.
And your inheritance Heir(s) will still have enough to live a life of privileged, more importantly a Life in a Society that is thriving.
That ‘s what make this Country better than others. That’s how We keep it better than Others.
Change, We need to change the ways We have been handling things. Elect Change.
Woke was about Change, it was about Progression. But it got de-railed along the way buy Political Factions.
It’s not that “Black Lives Matters” is not valid, it is. But It is stated wrong.
It is on Track when we learn to say: “Lives Like Mine Matter” (Because ‘I’ make a difference), We dig in, We work, and We bring Our Society to a better level.
And You do just That. You make your Life purposeful.
There are to many People opting out. ‘I’ve-got-Mine’, or just Grab-a-9(mm) and Make-My-Day (Clint calls them ‘Punks’).
Chaos knows no Sides, and has no Direction. It’s all irrelevant (Nihilistic).
Find a better way. Because We are loosing it, TIME.
OT
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?
Freedom of Ingestion – Compulsory Ingestion
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How is it possible for the government to deny citizens their freedom of substance ingestion per the 9th Amendment, then compel citizens to ingest a substance of dubious and unprovable efficacy as an injected vaccine?
Answer: Of course, the intelligentsia of the communist government is superior, knows all and knows better than the inferior peasantry, rubes and peons – Walmart shoppers.
And how about those wholly unconstitutional mask mandates?
To wit,
“…a chain-link fence to stop mosquitos…”
“The virus that causes COVID-19 is about 0.1 micrometer in diameter. (A micrometer (µm) is one one-thousandth of a millimeter.) The holes in woven cloth are visible to the naked eye and may be five to 200 micrometers in diameter. It is counter-intuitive that cloth can be useful in this setting — it’s been compared to putting up a chain-link fence to stop mosquitoes.”
The Constitution and Bill of Rights severely limit and restrict government, not individuals.
The American Founders formally and totally abrogated the wieldable superiority, tyranny, oppression and dictatorship of the British monarchy.
Americans really are free and free from government dictatorship, much to the chagrin of the global communist Deep Deep State agents and sycophants.
“Joe Biden Has $5.2 Million in ‘Unexplained’ Income. I Wonder Where It Came From?”
– Matt Margolis, PJ Media
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Garland must be impeached and convicted for crimes of high office.
Garland is not a patriotic, constitutionalist American, he is a rancid, corrupt, anti-American, globalist Deep Deep State puppet and sycophant.
It is not the Department of Justice, it’s the Deep Deep State Department of Injustice and Corruption – not the DOJ but the DOIAC.
But the president’s financial filings reveal that he declared almost $7million more income on his tax returns than he did on his government transparency reports, an analysis by DailyMail.com of the president’s financial records shows.
Some of that difference can be accounted for with salaries earned by First Lady Jill Biden and other sums not required on his reports – but still leaves $5.2million earned by Joe’s company and not listed on his transparency reports.
The ‘missing millions’ – combined with emails on Hunter’s abandoned laptop suggesting Joe would have a 10% share in Hunter’s blockbuster deal with the Chinese – raise a troubling question: did Joe Biden receive money from the foreign venture?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10728521/Financial-records-reveal-Joe-Biden-5-2million-unexplained-income.html
Joe to Hunter: Well gosh son, of course I’ll pay your legal fees. That’s the least I could do after you planted those magic “Chinese” beans that produced $5.2 million in “unrealized” earnings.
Professor Turley Writes:
“Given this mounting evidence, the position of Attorney General Garland has gone from dubious to ridiculous in evading the issue of a special counsel appointment”.
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With these words, Professor Turley could be a liberal-leaning columnist referring to the mounting evidence that January 6th was a well-organized insurrection planned from the White House.
The most recent disclosures involve the many, many texts sent to Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows from a wide range top conservatives demanding that something be done to stop the certification of Joe Biden.
But Professor Turley dwells in a sociopathic, far-right universe where conservatives are ‘always’ the victims of persecution by liberals. And no matter what mainstream headlines report, Turley is forever promoting some bitter grievance against mainstream society.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/26/marjorie-taylor-greene-texts-mark-meadows-martial-law-2020-election
@Anon
You wish to talk about Jan 6th as an insurrection.
The FBI dropped that term many moons ago finding no evidence of an insurrection having taken place.
(One could argue that they have no evidence of such an event is that they were too busy recovering from their Michigan fiasco and didn’t have enough deep cover agents to plan and plot said insurrection…)
But all kidding aside…
Its hard to have an insurrection when none of those accused had any type of weapon on their persons. In fact the only people who have been videotaped doing damage or urging people on seem to have been kept off the witch hunt roster. Some even appear to be associated w the FBI. While the US Government has been reluctant to release the countless hours of video from the cameras citing security concerns… none of the videos that have been released have shown anyone in that mob of protesters outside the capitol of being armed.
So show me one insurrection where people attempt to overthrow a government while standing there unarmed?
But please don’t let the simple facts get in the way of your rants.
Ian,
I’m a different Anon. than the one who posted the 3:52pm comment, but saw your comment and have some responses:
The DOJ has charged multiple people with seditious conspiracy — a charge related to insurrection: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1470536/download
Your claim that “none of those accused had any type of weapon on their persons” is false. Multiple people have been charged with weapons violations, which you can see by doing a text search on “weapon” and “firearm” here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases
Ian is the Blog Stooge
He is also Thinkthrough, James, Hullbobby, Ralph, Feldman, Pblinca and many, many more.
Anonymous keeps saying that I, Hullbobby, am some other entity, or group or whatever. I am me, just me and only me. Meanwhile Anonymous hides behind an amorphous moniker that makes it hard to ignore him…but we all do try.
Here is how a day starts for Anonymous: Wife-Anonymous dear, how come you didn’t go to work yesterday? Anonymous-How come Trump didn’t go to work yesterday? Wife-Anonymous, you lazy piece of garbage, how come you didn’t make any money last week? Anonymous-How come Trump made so much money last week?
In other words, Anonymous does nothing all day except commenting 100 times to answer questions that haven’t been asked.
Or maybe it is just that Anonymous is one of those bots we keep hearing about!!!!! A Democrat Bot.
Anonymous,
It’s relatively easy to spot you as the Anonymous with whom I can relate by virtue of your rational commentary. I was wondering if you have read Michael Luttig’s opinion which I posted here?
If mentioned at all on Fox News, the broadcasters predictably will undermine his bona fides. But for Turley, Luttig’s professional and conservative credentials are well established. I wonder if Turley can ignore such a damning analysis given Luttig’s academic stature. In the past on this blog, Turley has seen fit to respectfully challenge Luttig’s contentions over the power of the presidency to self-pardon. No doubt Fox would expect Turley to rebuff Luttig’s accusations. If Turley does not, it stands to reason that he can’t. However, if he agrees with Luttig, Turley is likely to keep his views to himself.
I’m guessing we’ll hear crickets from Turley, but I hope I’m wrong.
Hi Jeff,
I’ve now read the editorial, and my hope is that the J6 Committee will be recommending changes to the Electoral Count Act to make it harder for that plan to be enacted. I’m also hoping that the DOJ will eventually charge the fake slates of electors who submitted themselves as the true electors, sending documents to the National Archives through the mail, copies here: https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-obtains-seven-phony-certificates-of-pro-trump-electors
“Matt Sanderson, a Washington lawyer who represents many Republican clients, said the purported Trump electors might have committed the crime of making false statements by signing documents describing themselves as the “duly elected and qualified” presidential electors from their states and by claiming that they met to vote at their state capitols, although some were actually turned away. The submissions from New Mexico and Pennsylvania included a kind of disclaimer saying the submissions should be counted if courts later determined that they were, in fact, the qualified electors from their states.” But the electors in other states did not include that kind of disclaimer, and because they sent these through the US mail, mail fraud is another possible charge. My impression is that this multi-state fake electors conspiracy also involved others besides the electors. Time will tell.
The Self Pardon issue is doubly dead.
Trump did not pardon himself – or his family.
And separately there is historical precedent for a self pardon – a 19th century governor pardoned himself.
That is the legal state of the art. You can challenge that and you might win, but it will be an uphill battle.
I often argue for constitutional reading that is correct but not currently accepted, I understand that as an uphill battle.
But those of you on the left seem to think that any unusual constitutional interpretation that fits your wishes at the money – with very little thought for the 2nd and third order effects or how it will pay against your interests.
Right now the president most likely to pardon himself or family is Biden.
He is constitutionally free to do so.
But he would with near certainty be impeached and removed.
John Say claims:
“The Self Pardon issue is doubly dead. Trump did not pardon himself – or his family.”
Are you sure? I think you are wrong. People are saying- not just a few- but a lot of people are saying Trump pardoned himself. You had better check your sources.
@Different Anon.
And where are those charges today?
None of the convicted or those who took a plea deal were guilty of insurrection. Had they gone to trial on that charge… it would have ended w prosecutorial misconduct. The treatment of the people who were charged also shows prosecutorial misconduct as well as a potential breach in judicial cannons.
It will take years for the truth to come out.
Even it the GOP takes back house/senate… the damage is done and the FBI will continue to stonewall.
Ian,
You ask “where are those charges today?”
You know, you can follow all of the cases that interest you: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases
Of the group charged with seditious conspiracy, Joshua James chose to plead guilty and cooperate, and if I’m remembering right, the rest have chosen to plead not guilty and are awaiting trial.
“Had they gone to trial on that charge… it would have ended w prosecutorial misconduct”
That you believe something does not guarantee that it’s true. You’re assuming that, when you should instead be waiting to see whether your conjecture proves true or instead proves false.
“…many many…?” What are you, 12 years old? So you’re saying that the Dims control the Presidency and both Houses of Congress and the DOJ knows about Trump’s criminal actions but cannot or refuses to charge him? Do you do a lot of halucinogenics, suffer from chronic TDS and/or are you just dumb as rocks?
OT
Apparently, the European branch of the global Deep Deep State also steals elections in France.
What the —- happened to French patriots who enjoyed international prestige, cursed American tourists after WWII, and who loved their country, which has been “fundamentally transformed” into a North African cesspool?
Who elects an affected pseudo man who marries his mother over a patriot who loves her country?
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“Macron Pelted With Tomatoes in First Public Outing After Re-Election”
French President Emmanuel Macron was pelted with a flurry of tomatoes during his first public appearance since winning re-election on Sunday. During a a visit to a market in the commune of Cergy in the Parisian suburbs on Wednesday morning, President Macron was bombarded with tomatoes as he tried to meet members of the public. The French leader was said to have not been injured in the attack, with his security detail quickly covering up Mr Macron with umbrellas as the tomatoes came down upon him. According to a report from the French broadcaster BFMTV, the visit to the market in the Val-d’Oise prefecture was the first interaction the head of state has had with the public since securing a second five-year term on Sunday. The broadcaster went on to note that the visit was only announced early Wednesday morning. Prior to being subjected to spontaneous acts of fruit, Mr Macron said of his visit to Cergy: “This trip illustrates the will of the President of the Republic since 2017 to go on the ground, in contact with French people, to exchange with them, listening to their concerns, expectations and needs.” It is unclear whether the umbrellas used by Macron’s security detail to protect him from the improvised missiles were of the ordinary type, or the reinforced kevlar specials designed to slow blades, acid, and even bullets reported to have been created for then-president Nicolas Sarkozy a decade ago. Though Mr Macron handily secured victory over his right-wing populist opponent Marine Le Pen, by a margin of 58.5 to 41.5 per cent, France has already seen widespread unrest, with leftist groups staging protests and riots following the re-election of the former Rothschild banker as president. Despite the wide margin of victory, exit polling has indicated that the youth of France are turning away from the globalist policies of Mr Macron, with Le Pen securing nearly as many votes from Millennials. At the time of this reporting, it is unclear as to the identity of the perpetrator or indeed the motivation behind throwing cherry tomatoes at the French leader. It is not, however, the first time that Mr Macron has been assaulted while meeting with the French public. Last year, for instance, he was filmed getting slapped in the department of Drôme by a man who later described himself as a right-wing “patriot”. The man was later sentenced to four months in prison. In September of last year, President Macron was also assailed by a man throwing an egg at him, however, the egg bounced off his shoulder without breaking on the French president.
– Kurt Zindulka
More criminal conduct from a criminal administration. At least the tweets won’t be censored anymore and maybe more people will find out who love Country over Party
OT
“Durham May Have Enough to Pursue Conspiracy Charges in Russiagate Investigation”
“A former FBI special agent and federal prosecutor believes that special counsel John Durham “may have sufficient grounds to seek charges against multiple parties for conspiracy to lie to the government,” according to a report from The Epoch Times.”
“The question is, though, whether or not he will.”
– Matt Margolis, PJ Media
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John “Dudley Will-He-Do-Right” Durham is an agent, assignee and beneficiary of one William “Mr. Deep Deep State” Barr, a totally corrupt denizen of the D.C. “swamp” and Durham’s political benefactor.
The MSM are currently working feverishly to rehabilitate the traitor Barr by promoting his propagandizing “book” of biased prevarication and his factitious “status.”
John Durham will do as former Chief Justice Earl Warren did, follow Deep Deep State orders, and produce a colossal, comprehensive whitewash of the John F. Kennedy assassination.
Russiagate, or the Obama Coup D’etat in America, would be onerously exhaustive to reveal, and would include half of Washington D.C. and multiple world capitals, including Italy, United Kingdom, Australia et al.
The Deep Deep State prefers to simply make Americans fall asleep and forget.
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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
– Sir Edmund Burke
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“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
– Declaration of Independence, 1776
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The Obama Coup D’etat in America is the most egregious abuse of power and the most prodigious crime in American political history. The co-conspirators are:
Kevin Clinesmith, Bill Taylor, Eric Ciaramella, Rosenstein, Mueller/Team, Andrew Weissmann,
James Comey, Christopher Wray, McCabe, Strozk, Page, Laycock, Kadzic, Sally Yates,
James Baker, Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr, Priestap, Kortan, Campbell, Sir Richard Dearlove,
Christopher Steele, Simpson, Joseph Mifsud, Alexander Downer, Stefan “The Walrus” Halper,
Azra Turk, Kerry, Hillary, Huma, Mills, Brennan, Gina Haspel, Clapper, Lerner, Farkas, Power,
Lynch, Rice, Jarrett, Holder, Brazile, Sessions (patsy), Nadler, Schiff, Pelosi, Obama,
Joe Biden, James E. Boasberg, Emmet Sullivan, Gen. Milley, George Soros, John McCain,
Marc Elias, Igor Danchenko, Fiona Hill, Charles H. Dolan, Jake Sullivan, Strobe Talbot,
Cody Shear, Victoria Nuland, Ray “Red Hat” Epps, Don Berlin, Kathy Ruemmler, Rodney Joffe,
Paul Vixie, L. Jean Camp, Andrew Whitney et al.
Maybe you should first wait and see whether Durham can even win his case against Sussmann.
Sussman
A lawyers lawyer. He claims he was not working for Clinton, or her campaign, nor was he working for Fussion GPS. NOW Sussman is claiming all his emails and texts between Clinton, her campaign and Fussion GPS is all work product, protected bu client lawyer privilege.
He is competing with Avanati as lawyer of the decade.
You are either really ignorant about the details of this case, or you are lying.
Sussmann has never claimed that “he was not working for Clinton, or her campaign, nor was he working for Fussion GPS” in 2016. He claimed that he was not at the September 19, 2016 meeting with FBI Gen. Counsel Baker on their behalf.
Is the problem that you don’t understand the difference? (If so, you are ignorant.)
Or do you understand the difference, but you’re pretending that the case involves the former rather than the latter? (If so, you are lying.)
For the record, lawyers for a variety of parties are claiming that their communications with Sussmann are covered by attorney-client privilege or are protected work product. Which is why you see attorneys-who-are-not-Sussmann’s-attorneys submitting motions to intervene for those other parties. If you do not understand this, search the docket for “motion to intervene” and read their motions.
So Sussman was explaining Trump was communicating with Russia through Trump servers talking to Alpha bank. How does Sussman know? Money paid to Perkins Cioe, then paid to Fussion GPS, then paid to tech exec #1, with the money coming from the Clinton campaign. But there is NO connection between all of those parties. All those events.
But Trump a finds postage stamp on the street, while in Belgium, and the left screams emoluments!
“So Sussman was explaining Trump was communicating with Russia through Trump servers talking to Alpha bank.”
Who claimed that?
Not me.
Nor have I seen Sussmann claim that. Nor have I seen Durham allege that Sussmann said that. Did I miss it?
If you name whoever said it and quote what they actually said, then we can focus on what the person actually said and not your substitution.
I give. Why did Baker take a meeting from Sussman
Here’s the docket: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/60390583/united-states-v-sussmann/
You can see what both Durham and Sussmann’s lawyers have said about it.
“The indictment says that Sussmann, who is based in Washington, D.C., requested a meeting with the FBI general counsel at FBI headquarters in September 2016, in order to provide information that allegedly showed covert communications between the Trump Organization and the Russia-based bank. ”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/durham-report-probe-michael-sussmann-attorney-clinton-campaign/
The grand jury has ruled.
If not Sussman. Who did inform the FBI about Alpha Bank? The tooth fairy? Seems the FBI will believe anything if they get to spy on rivals to their Democrat overlords.
iowan, I gave you a link to the docket. It’s interesting that you prefer to quote CBS’s description instead of quoting what Durham himself said or what Sussmann’s lawyers said (or, for that matter, what Sussmann said in previous testimony).
And did you notice that your quote from CBS doesn’t substantiate **your** claim that “Sussman was explaining Trump was communicating with Russia through Trump servers talking to Alpha bank”?
You missed that it was not Trump servers, just servers in a building that Trump owns and is rented to others.
And that the data was faked.
Oh and those servers were just receiving spam, not sending anything.
True john.
I’m just trying to figure out why the FBI general counsel took a meeting from Sussman. Since he claims he was informing the General Counsel about Trump/Alpha bank. But Sussman was NOT doing so representing any clients. All the informantion he gave Baker, did NOT come from any of Sussmans clients. The information got stuck to the bottom of his shoe while using the restroom at Denny’s. NOT for any of his clients.
“All the informantion he gave Baker, did NOT come from any of Sussmans clients.”
Baker didn’t claim that Sussmann said that.
Are you again too ignorant to understand what Baker and Sussmann did say, and what the difference is between what they actually said and your false substitution?
Or do you instead understand the difference, but you’re choosing to lie about it?
Are you too lazy to read the docket files?
“Are you again too ignorant”
“you’re choosing to lie about it?”
“Are you too lazy to read the docket files?”
This is ATS. He whimpers about the incivility on this blog.
You are the one and only Anonymous the Stupid (ATS), aka Meyer the Troll Liar.
You mint need to correct that, even though, in this case, I was the one who commented. But do you not note how insulting you are?
Three separate insults: 1)“Are you again too ignorant” 2)“you’re choosing to lie about it?” 3)“Are you too lazy to read the docket files?”
Yet, all you do is complain about others insulting you. Did it ever cross your mind that the insults directed your way are justified and a response to one of the most insulting liars I have ever met? That is how Anonymous the Stupid became your name.
SM
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“THE REPUBLICAN BLUEPRINT TO STEAL THE 2024 ELECTION”
(Michael Luttig, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, formerly served on the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for 15 years. He advised Vice President Mike Pence on January 6. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.)
“Nearly a year and a half later, surprisingly few understand what January 6 was all about. Fewer still understand why former President Donald Trump and Republicans persist in their long-disproven claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Much less why they are obsessed about making the 2024 race a referendum on the “stolen” election of 2020, which even they know was not stolen.”
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“That objective is not somehow to rescind the 2020 election, as they would have us believe. That’s constitutionally impossible. Trump’s and the Republicans’ far more ambitious objective is to execute successfully in 2024 the very same plan they failed in executing in 2020 and to overturn the 2024 election if Trump or his anointed successor loses again in the next quadrennial contest. The last presidential election was a dry run for the next.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/opinions/gop-blueprint-to-steal-the-2024-election-luttig/index.html
Now before you Trumpists whine that Luttig is some liberal NeverTrumper, you should know that Turley holds Luttig in the highest regard:
“I have tremendous respect for many on the other side of this debate including former Judge Michael Luttig, who just penned a thoughtful column in the Washington Post arguing against such self-pardons. I recommend that you read the column in full but I wanted to respond to some of its more salient points.”
https://jonathanturley.org/2020/12/08/self-pardons-a-response-to-judge-michael-luttig/
Take Turley’s sage advice and read what Luttig has to say in case Turley will favor us with his response to Luttig’s good faith arguments tomorrow on this blog.
Jeff: I thought The Professor’s article here, was about The Bidens’ Joe and Hunter, allegedly taking illegal foreign emoluments? NO, your pungent hate of DT has to emitt the anti-DT-bile. Did you miss the FBI report issued subsequent to the 01-06-2021 protesting? Apparently so. What did said FBI report stipulate? Also, your assessements on who is stealing elections is way off track. You Dems want no laws to attempt to control the voting process to attempt to keep it legal. But your defense is really the ooofense of hurling as much mud on the wall, as possible, that the Repubs are utilizing laws to control (you say steal) and maintain legallity of the voting process. As I have posted previously, the period of August 2022 through October will see the removal of Joe Biden as POTUS. Disclosures will be a big part of that process. That channel locked tunnel Democrat vision keeps the blinders on you. Selah
What FBI report are you referring to?
Please link to it, so interested people can read it.
So many words penned on this blog. A few simple question should be answered. What was Hunter Biden being paid to do? What expertise had Hunter Biden acquired that would allow him to be a consultant to a petroleum company? Did Hunter graduate with a degree in petroleum engineering or any other degree that would apply to the operation of a company employed in the extraction of oil? If he had no such knowledge what was he being paid eighty three thousand dollars per month for? Was was his employer getting in return for what they were paying him? There was only one thing they were receiving. Access. They got it.
Hunter Biden, Jared Kushner, Don Trump Jr., … have all been paid for influence peddling, which is generally legal.
I’d rather that influence peddling be illegal, but I doubt that Congress will outlaw it.
Anonymous, I also agree that influence peddling should be illegal. But I believe congress won’t make it illegal since it benefits them as well and they would be vulnerable to criminal charges more often.
Turley demands Garland appoint a special counsel on the basis of this “raw” influence peddling he insinuates as criminal despite the fact that he knows it’s legal.
This is more about casting doubt on Biden in order to weaken his position as president by continuing to allege criminality where none exists.
Svelaz Are you igniorant? Just as the Fed Gov’t people traced, tracked, and compeled the Swiss Banks to belly up on US Individuals so-called private Swiss accounts, the Fed Gov’t has traced tracked the Hunter Binden funds from China, Ukarine, etc, through probably more than on-half dozen shell corporations, foreign and domestic until it hit the last Bank or financial account. The Gov’t already knows if any funds were directed and deposited in all the accounts including J Biden if he received such. One could very much allege that Joe Biden as VP utilized the US Taxpayers funds to extort funds away from Ukraine until the said prosecutor was fired. Big disclosures coming will bring a big deretcho wind and blow Biden’s arse out of the WH before 12-31-2022. Mark this on your wall, and calendar; August through October 2022. Selah
Proof?
Proof of what?
“Hunter Biden, Jared Kushner, Don Trump Jr., … have all been paid for influence peddling, which is generally legal.”
For example: https://www.vox.com/21527215/hunter-biden-jared-ivanka-eric-don-junior
Once again, Anonymous the Stupid is playing his linking game linking to long articles to waste the time of others. He might have a case for nepotism which is better proven than anyone receiving financial benefit from their actions. (However, Trump’s possible nepotism has proven to be a great benefit. Example: Kushner and the Middle East deals.)
This guy ATS can’t stop. Tell us the proof for your contentions and where that proof exists in the article.
I’ll quote from the article: “She has overseen hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants.”
Where did Ivanka use that money for her benefit? What I said earlier about your actions keeps being proven correct. You genuinely are Anonymous the Stupid.
Poor Meyer the Troll Liar, aka the true Anonymous the Stupid, you are not a good-faith discussant, and I will not treat you as a good-faith discussant.
Very long Vox article outling business continuing for the Trump operation. All of which happened long before President Trump threw his hat in the ring.
The Trump operation was part of the campaign. Vetted by the voters. No crirmes identified, no charges filed. The story even went on for many paragraphs explaining how the Trump Presidency forced Harvard to accept Kushner, as an incoming Freshman. (time lines, something vox hasn’t figured out yet)
LOL, I said “have all been paid for influence peddling, which is generally legal,” and you respond “No crirmes identified, no charges filed.” Duh. That’s the point! No charges have been filed against Hunter Biden either. Because influence peddling is generally legal, as I said.
That is ATS, standing behind what is legal (yet to be proven), not what is right or moral. We hear no condemnation of the failures that have hurt America and the American people.
Most of us live our lives differently. ATS is the outlier.
Meyer the Troll Liar, aka Anonymous the Stupid, I see that you’ve started your morning trolling with your lie that I don’t stand behind “what is right or moral.”
I said “I’d rather that influence peddling be illegal,” but you cannot admit that.
“I said “I’d rather that influence peddling be illegal,””
Anonymous the Stupid, there is a difference between actions and words. We have heard the types of actions you advocate. What you say over a prolonged period of time represents random mutterings.
VOX??? Bahahhahahaha…You may as well have posted something from Snopes.
Anything with two or more sides just as The Constitution requires and provides.
Always present in honest debate just as debating requires two or more sides. Differing sides. No dog and pony shows.
Let’s hear the proof. If anything the Trump’s have lost money based on his Presidency.
Known fact which reminds always check Just Facts
Aarethun — Over a billion:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-net-worth-fell-third-during-his-presidency-forbes-says-1581266
Еуыещнмф лшкшддшеыф
Thinkitthrough,
You don’t have to be expertly knowledgeable in order to be a consultant. Look at Jared Kushner’s position. He was hired to mediate a peace deal in the Middle East despite having zero experience in foreign affairs. Nobody really questioned that appointment except a few.
He could have just given advice on how to deal with the U.S. businesses or offered his expertise in structuring certain aspects of the business. Just because it’s an energy company it doesn’t mean all its decisions are strictly energy policy.
Having access to the president is not illegal. Just as Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner or Don Jr. did. They also made business deals AND profited from their father’s position as president. It was also not illegal.
The question really is is it illegal or not? If it is, why?
“ Jared Kushner’s position. He was hired to mediate a peace deal in the Middle East despite having zero experience in foreign affairs.”
One big difference Jared was competent and proved it with the Abraham Accords.
“You don’t have to be expertly knowledgeable in order to be a consultant. Look at Jared Kushner’s position. He was hired to mediate a peace deal in the Middle East despite having zero experience ”
Jared Kushner was a successful person, to begin with, as was Trump.
Svelaz, some people have it, and some people don’t. You don’t.
Please stop entertaining the “trolls and juvenile posters”. You all know who they are. Do not reply to them, even if they reply to your post. Ignore them. They add nothing constructive to the blog. They’re just agitators.
I consider S. Meyer to be one of the biggest trolls here. Every day he insults and lies about people he disagrees with.
I sometimes ignore him. But if one takes Justice Brandeis’s words to heart — “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” — then educating in response to falsehoods is also a legitimate response.
Anonymous the Stupid, I have learned that you have a glass jaw. What you complain about and what you say others do are all things you are doing or thought of doing. You are a liar, and though I understand what Sergeant says, it will never happen.
Therefore I will continue to post with my usual alias to most others. Still, in the stupid discussions, especially with you, I will remain with the same name you chose for yourself, Anonymous. Of course, I will use my alias if there is something more interesting. There is no need for others to waste their time dealing with anonymous posters, especially one like you who has anonymous pretend friends and even uses other names and icons.
Additionally, you knew which post the host was likely to delete at once, so you baited people who wrote long replies only to have them deleted. I proved it was predictable, and you stopped. Talk about insulting people. That action alone should have told others how repellent you are.
You and all the other lefties that cannot debate do not have to respond to me. When people are courteous, I am courteous back in return. Lying, deceitfulness and wasting another’s time isn’t courteous.
I will continue to refer to you as Anonymous the Stupid and ATS while encouraging others to do the same. I note some are already doing so, even one anonymous persona other than me.
You are the true Anonymous the Stupid, aka Meyer the Troll Liar.
Look at your comment, Anonymous the Stupid. In the end, you are nothing more than a whimpering fool.
Indeed you are.
Sergeant Major,
Perhaps you should make a list of all the trolls. I know that I’m at the top of your Blacklist, but you should identify all the subversives here so that no one is ignored who is not on the list.
Blog enemies:
1. Jeff Silberman
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Please stop entertaining the “trolls and juvenile posters”.
Those that entertain the trolls are just as bad as the trolls. The trolls need the blog to earn their troll for hire pay, and those that entertain the trolls need them just as badly to feed their addiction. This is our new normal in society. The blog would be so much more respectable and academic if the trolls were ignored as JT requests:
Like all sites, we attract trolls and juvenile posters who want to tear down the work of others. It is a sad reality of the Internet and the worst element of our species. Don’t feed the trolls. Ignore them.
Estovir, I think it would be interesting for you and Sergeant Major to list the people you consider trolls. My guess is that they’d all be liberals, but perhaps I’m wrong about that.
For some reason, you assume without evidence that the people you consider trolls are being paid to post here.
There is further evidence that Joe Biden was involved in the proposed deal with CEFC. Hunter told Bobulinsky that Joe rejected Bobulinsky’s proposals for corporate governance, apparently because they gave Bobulinsky too much power.
There is ample evidence that Joe has been lying shamelessly and repeatedly when he disclaims any knowledge of the family ventures.
But regarding the need for a special counsel, there are at least two questions. The first is whether the possible indictment of the President’s son is a sufficient reason. I would think so. The second is whether there is enough evidence of criminal conduct by the President himself to justify it. Here, I’m not sure what possible crimes the evidence is revealing that Joe Biden might have committed.
There is a risk that all this will end in a plea bargain with records sealed. That risk seems to me large enough to warrant the appointment of a special counsel.
On the other hand, William Barr also concluded there was no need for a special counsel. Since DOJ had been working the case for a long time when he made that decision it is probable that much of the evidence was known at the time.
Quoting Bill Barr: “Joe Biden knew the laptop was real. I was disturbed that Joe Biden would stand up and lie to the American people when confronted about it in the debates. The Intelligence letter was a baseless. Joe Biden knew it was a lie. This is INTERFERENCE in the election”
Daniel, if you need the video I will search for it.
I don’t doubt what he said, but he had the opportunity to appoint a special counsel and did not do so. He was willing to do so in the case of Durham but not here. I think Garland has been about as bad an AG as could be imagined, but those who criticise him here should at least consider why Barr made the same decision. Maybe substantial new evidence has emerged that Barr did not have, but I would question that.
“he had the opportunity to appoint a special counsel and did not do so.”
Daniel, I think Barr is a good person and intelligent. I don’t think he fits well where everything that he innocently has lived with and worked with suddenly looks crooked. He was the wrong man at that time for the job.
Dealing with people as dishonest as the one’s the Trump administration faced makes it difficult for almost anyone who is honest. Barr was also facing self-serving Republicans.
I don’t see Barr as a naive innocent. Nor do I see him as someone cowed by the potential for unfair criticism. He may have hesitated to intervene in a matter that was so personal to the incoming President of the opposition party, but I suspect that if he thought it necessary he would have made the appointment. By this time he had also gone to war with Trump over DOJ having stepped back from investigation of the 2020 election. So it’s a complicated question, and I find it puzzling.
I also don’t see Barr as an innocent, and neither do I see him cowed. I don’t think he was a man that could handle the situation at hand. Most men couldn’t. That is my response to this puzzling situation. I think we make things too complicated.
Think of it this way, what would have happened if Churchill was not Prime Minister during WW2 and Lord Halifax accepted the position. Halifax wasn’t an innocent.
Maybe, but Barr certainly understood enough about the potential criminality of the opposition and of the FBI to appoint Durham special counsel, so something else must have been at work here.
Are you suggesting that Barr had negative feelings against Trump that affected his judgment? Trump had a lot of problems with prior Bush appointees. We can also look at his history with Mueller, noting that he spent most of his working life as a federal employee in Washington.
There is evidence that has come to light that Barr actually interfered with election investigations by US attorney’s – directing that the US Attorney’s offices refer all election related investigations to the states.
In some cases that was appropriate. in others there was clearly an interstate component to the allegations.
Ultimately Barr, the DOJ, the courts did a disservice to the country by failing to scrutinize the 2020 elections.
Though the major error was made BEFORE the election.
At the last minute and without legislative actions states across the country changed dramatically the processes of their elections by executive fiat. The courts should have disallowed ALL of that. When they did not they made problems that could not be fixed after the fact.
Barr should have moved to block Zuckerbucks, at the very least he could have gotten courts to agree to oversee the process.
We are now finding that election officials in some places were replaced by people from NGO’s and that real time election data was provided to democrats prior to the election – allowing them to harrass people who had not yet voted. This made the Democrat GOTV efforts much more efficient and it involved local govenrments in the campaigns of one party.
This was information that is not normally made available until 3 months after elections, and normally – though available to the public requires payment.
What is slowly being uncovered is an end to end operation to tilt the election.
Whether it was “fraud” or not depends on how you define fraud. Whether it was an ORGANIZED politically biased collusion between election officials and one party running from state governors office all the way through to ballot harvestors who were paid for the ballots they illegally collected.
Ballot harvesting is illegal in most of the country. It actually should not need to be illegal in states with secret ballot election requirements – that is 4/5 of the country, because there is no oportunity to harvest ballots in a secret ballot compliant election.
Regardless, mailin voting is exponentially increases the oportunity for ballot fraud. Ballot harvesting bumps that again.
We already know that paying people to register voters – results in massively fraudulent voter registration rolls.
That is a huge problem – but it is not a direct step to election fraud – because a real person must still appear at the polls to vote and in most states provide photo ID.
Bult ballot harvesting means that harvestors can and will coerce or induce voters to vote.
Most states have laws that bar anyone but election officials and voters from getting near polls.
With mailin voting the poll is your home – an political party operatives are in the voting both with you.
But that is only the tip of the iceberg.
We already have voter registration rolls that are corrupted – filled with millions of non-existant voters. Now provide balot harvestors with real time access to registration databases and who has voted and they are able to fillin the ballots for voters that do not exist.
Couple this with unattended ballot boxes, and zero scrutiny of the identity of mailin ballots and you have a very simple end to end scheme for large scale election fraud.
And once ballots are removed from their envelopes – there is no possible remedy. Even if you can prove 100,000 fake people voted, their ballots are already in the pool and they can not be identified and separated.
This would have been very simple to thwart at several levels. Just oversight of Zucker officials participating with election officials would have created a major roadblock.
Barr’s role in the election process is hard to understand. Before the election he was warning that rampant mail-in voting would create huge opportunities for fraud. After the election he appears to have taken the view that the result was a fait accompli, to the point of declaring that the DOJ saw no evidence of fraud sufficient to change it. As we learn more, we are seeing substantial evidence of an organised manipulated result, some of the conduct almost certainly being criminal and much of it unlawful.
It may be that Barr saw no way of unraveling the illegality before certification and Congressional counting, so given that it would be best for the country simply to accept the result.
You’ve now officially become a laughingstock, Turley. Let’s see, now: you’re complaining about Merrick Garland, as head of DOJ, refusing to answer questions in his role as prosecutor, while STILL ignoring all of the Jan 6th fallout, including Mark Meadows repeatedly lying despite being caught on tape, Marjorie Taylor Greene suddenly having memory problems and Trump being found in contempt of court for refusing to cooperate with NY investigators, all of which are public and all of which have serious implications for our democracy? You supposedly teach law, so you know damn good and well, Turley, that prosecutors have absolute discretion as to what they will and will not prosecute. Merrick Garland isn’t REQUIRED by law to prosecute anyone for anything, and you know that Turley. As an attorney, you know damn good and well that lawyers, especially prosecutors, are NOT supposed to try their cases in the media, which includes discussing evidence, witnesses, etc.. By refusing to comment, Garland is complying with the Rules of Professional Conduct. And, it is especially amusing that your source for these salacious “allegations” is the New York Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch, which has NO credibility whatsoever.
After running through a carefully-worded litany of what he admits are “allegations”, Turley claims: “President Biden has long insisted that that his son did “nothing wrong.” That is obviously untrue. One can argue over whether Hunter committed any crime, but few would say that there is nothing wrong with raw influence peddling worth millions with foreign entities. The public has a legitimate reason to know whether the President or his family ran an influence peddling operation worth millions.” First of all, Biden wasn’t President when these “allegations” occurred. Secondly, Turley has previously admitted that influence peddling is NOT illegal, but if you want to talk about ACTUAL influence peddling, Turley, why not run though the list of countries and lobbyists who paid millions of dollars for booking rooms at his failed Trump international Hotel that were never occupied or used, all while Trump was occupying our White House? Trump refused to divest himself of this asset while in the White House, so he directly received income from this hotel. All sorts of secret meetings were held there, and who knows what foreign spies could have been listening?
Turley also claims: “Given this mounting evidence, the position of Attorney General Garland has gone from dubious to ridiculous in evading the issue of a special counsel appointment. He continues to refuse to acknowledge these conflicts with the President.” What “evidence”? Turley carefully words what he says as “allegations”. Nothing has been proven. Turley, since going on the Fox payroll, YOU have gone from “dubious to ridiculous”.
But, as it is abundantly clear, this piece was NOT written for any reason other than to once again try to resuscitate the “Hunter Biden Scandal”, and to attack President Biden, all show for the disciples, all as a fake news story to play against the absolute tyranny of the ReTrumplilcan Party and its role in attempting to overturn the legitimate election victory of Joe Biden.
Garland needs to be subjected to a massive and continuous pressure campaign bearing down on him, daily, by Republicans, NOW. Jen Psaki needs to be questioned daily, over and over and over. Get relentless in the pressure campaign, just like the Dems are. Where are the Republicans? Where are the corrupt media sleezebags? The Senators who have spent decades hanging around the Swamp of DC with good ol’ Joe are protecting their own. AS they always do. Congress should make us all sick to our stomachs. The corruption of the Biden family should alarm every single American citizen. Special Cousel NOW. Get loud and do not let up.
The media are outrage amplifiers, and the outrageous circumstance and proof of Joe Biden’s involvement in influence peddling is clear and now public.
The problem is only a few independent new sources are heralding this from the top of the towers, and the mainstream press are ignoring it, “nothing-to-see-here” to an obvious fault. So are the investigative services and DOJ. I makes no difference how obvious it is, how in-their-face it is; they have a full monopoly to ignore it and full discretion to pretend it just isn’t there. The ONLY pushback is public outrage, and they are doing all they can to tamp that down as well.
Biden et al expected/presumed that this info would never see the light of day, but due to Hunter’s inebriated state he made the biggest leak of all time to the public and press, essentially a road map of the corruption and influence peddling between himself and the President, as well as the whole family. (Something the FBI had since 2019, and now say they don’t know where it is at all.)
It is amazing to extent to what corruption the Bidens commit in clear daylight, all overflowing with evidence, with little commentary or criticism from public watchdogs; compared to Trump, who got impeached for having a conversation with another head of state, and then impeached again for giving a speech, investigated for 2 years on a political hoax, and then of course the litany of “breaking news” where every week we were told he had now committed some new felony, base on nothing but the imaginings of the reporters.
It was a bullet dodged when Garland was denied the SCOTUS nomination, his willingness to be a bald faced political hack shows how corrupt his Judgeship would have been.
And now he refuses to see what is right before him, like a child with his fingers in his ears shouting “I can’t hear you”.
Awful, simply awful.
“now say they don’t know where it is at all”
Please do provide a statement from the FBI confirming your allegation.
“Trump, who got impeached for having a conversation with another head of state”
He was impeached the first time for a conversation in which Trump attempted to extort that head of state to get an illegal campaign contribution.
“impeached again for giving a speech”
Not just the speech. The Article of Impeachment was for Trump’s attempt to “subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election,” and “prior efforts included a phone call on January 2, 2021, during which President Trump urged the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to “find” enough votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do so.”
Anonymous, pretend Trump doesn’t exist for a moment and tell us if you think that Biden was involved in his son’s nefarious business dealings with the CCP, Ukraine and Russia.
Fools and idiots like Anonymous are willing to ruin their shaky reputations by defending someone as obviously corrupt as Joes Biden. It is truly amazing,
Hullbobby what exactly is the crime here? Are business deals illegal? What exactly was “nefarious” about the business deals?
Nobody has been able to articulate what exactly is criminal about these deals. Can you?
Gary made a false claim about Trump’s impeachments, so I corrected his false claim.
Where did I defend Biden?
No one should be above the law. Not Biden, not Trump, not anyone else. I’ve already said more than once that I’d like Congress to pass legislation outlawing influence peddling. I don’t like it when Joe Biden’s family does it, I don’t like it when Trump’s family does it, I don’t like it when others do it.
@Anon
Clearly you’re regurgitating the MSM and Dem argument that really fell flat.
The transcript didn’t really support it and when it came to the ‘whistle blower’ you could see how the whole scam started to fall apart.
Trump was correct in asking what he did.
The laptop has ample evidence of corruption involving both Bidens plus Joe’s 2018 bragging about the incident.
Trump somehow seems to be ‘vindicated’ well after the fact when the truth comes out.
This is why History will be kind to Trump.
Not so to Obama or Biden.
(Or Hillary)
The truth always seems to come out in the end.
“Trump was correct in asking what he did.”
No, he wasn’t. As the former FEC Chair and current member Ellen Weintraub pointed out: “It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election.” “On “things of value” @FEC: ‘Indeed, the Commission has recognized the ‘broad scope’ of the foreign national contribution prohibition and found that even where the value of a good or service ‘may be nominal or difficult to ascertain,’ such contributions are nevertheless banned.’” Trump solicited a thing of value from Zelensky, a foreign national: an announcement of an investigation into Trump’s political opponent.
“The laptop has ample evidence of corruption involving both Bidens plus Joe’s 2018 bragging about the incident.”
To be clear: a small fraction of the documents that have been attributed to Hunter Biden have been confirmed as authentic, most have not, and many magically appeared on Rudy Giuliani’s purported copy of the hard drive postdated after the laptop had already been turned over to the FBI.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220413073629/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined/
“Trump solicited a thing of value from Zelensky, a foreign national: an announcement of an investigation into Trump’s political opponent.”
What garbage. As President, Trump was supposed to make sure that our money didn’t end up in corrupt hands. What words did Trump use to impugn Biden or claim Biden was a crook?
“To be clear: a small fraction of the documents that have been attributed to Hunter Biden have been confirmed as authentic”
Initially, the laptop was Russian disinformation. Now ATS is trying to say most is not proven. You and Hunter can tell the authorities what is false, but you and Hunter can’t because what is important is accurate.
Gary, influence peddling is not illegal. It’s not a crime.
So, you want to talk about “journalistic integrity”?
Sean Hannity on Tuesday laughed off criticism of a revelation that cast him as a Donald Trump campaign worker disguised as a media personality. (Listen below.)
In text messages from the day of the 2020 election revealed this week by CNN, the Fox News host dutifully agreed to orders from White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to stress to his audience the importance of every vote and to make strong pushes in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.
“Got it,” Hannity replied.
On his radio show Tuesday, Hannity defended his line-crossing from TV commentator to Trump campaign booster.
“It’s everything I say on radio and TV every day,” he said. “That’s my response.” He laughed for good measure.
“Sean Hannity wanted Donald Trump to win. There’s ― there’s a CNN alert for you. What a shocker,” Hannity added.
Hannity’s entanglements with Trump have come under scrutiny before. Fox News cautioned him after he appeared on stage with Trump at a 2018 rally. The network didn’t reply to Washington Post questions about Hannity’s newly disclosed texts.
Hannity has called himself a “talk show host” and not a journalist.
H/T Media Matters
The only reason the fat orange one even has a platform is the pro-Trump media that pose as journalists, and who are well-paid to downplay or lie about his foibles, to attack Democrats and actual mainstream media. They know the disciples don’t know the difference.
I think a Documentarian might consider creating a film whose cast of characters include a US President, the son of that president, and a supporting cast of professional interrogators. The film begins with an interrogation of the son, who at first reticent to provide truthful responses begins to provide them once enhanced interrogation techniques are employed. And the true facts begin to come out, and over the period of many hours, the whole truth is revealed. The next scenes are of the interrogation of the father. One can see flashes of intense fury, and the sudden shift to doddering old man who keeps asking ‘what am I doing here.’ It takes a while to crack open the father but in his moments of clarity, one can see his realization he’s been caught in lie after lie. At one point he appears to flash back to 1988 when he was caught in a lie and revealed as a plagiarist, ending his campaign for the Democrat nomination for president.
Just musing today, in light of AG Garland’s position re: the son of the man Garland works for. Maybe Garland is one of this country’s best AGs ever, or perhaps he’ll be written about in the future as one of the all-time worst. Impossible to know for sure right now when it’s still unfolding.
Thank you Professor Turley for tolerating all the disparate opinions in your blog —
Shame on the US to have used torture, and shame on you to advocate its use.
Turley says, “ President Biden has long insisted that that his son did “nothing wrong.” That is obviously untrue. One can argue over whether Hunter committed any crime, but few would say that there is nothing wrong with raw influence peddling worth millions with foreign entities. The public has a legitimate reason to know whether the President or his family ran an influence peddling operation worth millions.”
Biden is right. What Turley is insinuating is that the influence-peddling is the reason for investigating Biden. The problem is influence peddling is completely legal. The Supreme court ruled according to the conservative justices influence-peddling is protected speech under the 1st amendment. Turley readily admits that there is no crime being alleged. Just the “raw” influence peddling that he sees as the problem which he knows it’s legal. Garland won’t appoint a special counsel because the whole reasoning behind the demands for an SC is influence-peddling. The Trump children are just as guilty of engaging in “raw” influence-peddling as Hunter Biden. Hence, no need for a SC.
Influence peddling is indeed a federal crime. Of course it has to be proven, but the crime exists.
Honest services fraud, a form of federal mail and wire fraud, is the crime of defrauding citizens of the “intangible right of honest services.” Over the past four decades, the federal government has used the honest services theory of mail and wire fraud to successfully prosecute state and local public officials for a broad range of improper conduct, the most controversial of which is failure to disclose conflicts of interest.
Influence peddling is not a crime. The Supreme court ruled in McDowell vs. United States that influence peddling is protected free speech. It is legal.
“ Chief Justice Roberts wrote in McCutcheon that “[i]ngratiation and access” bought in this manner “are not corruption…. They embody a central feature of democracy.”
It was a unanimous decision.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/15-474_ljgm.PDF
Please stop replying to “trolls and juvenile posters”. They add nothing constructive to the blog. Ignore them. It is easy.
“influence peddling is completely legal. “
Svelaz, are you also saying influence peddling doesn’t lead to blackmail or actions that can cause harm to America?
How can you compare the Trump children (who worked outside of government) to the Hunter scandal (inside government) based on what we have learned from Biden partnerships, jail terms for Biden associates and the Biden laptop? Can you provide a factual comparison of both parties?
Svelaz, how about not registering as a foreign agent? Crime? How about not paying taxes on ill gotten gains? Crime? How about the Vice president of the United States taking his drug addict son on Air Force 2 to go make deals with our most dangerous enemy? Any issue with that? Amazing that partisan hacks will defend the indefensible because the miscreant is a Democrat. It is truly sickening.
Hullbobby
“ Svelaz, how about not registering as a foreign agent? Crime? How about not paying taxes on ill gotten gains? Crime? How about the Vice president of the United States taking his drug addict son on Air Force 2 to go make deals with our most dangerous enemy? Any issue with that?“
Hunter Biden was exempt from the requirements set out by FARA. He was not a government official representing the interests of the US. He was a board member as a private citizen.
He paid the taxes before Joe Biden took office. That’s no longer an issue.
Hitching a ride on AF2 is not a crime. Nor is it making business deals with foreign companies. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner also made business deals with foreign companies as government officials of the Trump administration. Was that a crime? Was that raw influence peddling?
Anonymous,
“ How can you compare the Trump children (who worked outside of government) to the Hunter scandal (inside government) based on what we have learned from Biden…”
That’s false. The Trump children worked inside the government. Ivanka Trump was an official advisor to the President and so was her husband Jared Kushner. Both of which were involved in influence peddling and having business deals while being officials of the Trump administration.
Hunter Biden was never a government official nor represented the U.S. government interests.
“That’s false. The Trump children worked inside the government. Ivanka Trump was an official advisor to the President and so was her husband Jared Kushner….”
Private business dealings continue in the Presidency with all Presidents, starting with George Washington. You didn’t know that. However, this doesn’t mean the Presidents or their families acted corruptly like the Bidens. They didn’t.
Trump was in office for four years (and heavily scrutinized). Document specific incidents of corruption with Trump that had to do with coercive behavior or the selling of American interests.
Trump has a hotel in Washington. So far, that has been your biggest complaint, but to date, you haven’t demonstrated anything done that was wrong. The left complained when a conference was held at the Doral owned by Trump. There were objections, so it was held elsewhere where the costs were higher and the atmosphere far less attractive.
What proof do you have about the Trump kids using the power of the Presidency to secure an advantage for themselves? Can you compare the Trump kids over four years and the Biden family over 50? Can you explain Hunter’s laptop and the jail terms for Hunter’s partners?
Anonymous (S. Meyer),
The nonsense word salad you just regurgitated has nothing to do with what you originally said.
“ How can you compare the Trump children (who worked outside of government) to the Hunter scandal (inside government) based on what we have learned from Biden…”
You claimed the Trump children worked outside of government which is not true. Ivanka and her husband were both official advisors to the president, government officials.
Hunter Biden was not a government official working for VP Biden. You claimed. Hunter Biden worked inside government which is not true.
The rest of your questioning is nothing more than multiple rabbit holes of endless assumptions and baseless allegations.
“You claimed the Trump children worked outside of government”
Yes, their father was President for only four years. Now tell us the proof Trump kids made their living because their father was a politician. Joe was in politics for almost 50 years. One can see the corruption for a long time, demonstrated on Hunter’s laptop.
I tried to clarify that:” Can you compare the Trump kids over four years and the Biden family over 50? ”
What proof do you have about the Trump kids using the power of the Presidency to secure an advantage for themselves? Can you explain Hunter’s laptop and the jail terms for Hunter’s partners? Kushner is mainly responsible for the Abraham Accords. Aside from knocking a woman up, what is Hunter known for?
Answer the questions instead of pretending to be dumb about what was said.