Below is my column in the New York Post on issuance of superseding indictments for Sen. Bob Menendez, his wife, and associates to include new charges related to his alleged work as unregistered foreign agents. The new charges not only highlight the alleged corrupt practices of Sen. Menendez, but also the absence of such charges for Hunter Biden.
Here is the column:
The Justice Department this week hit Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) with a superseding indictment including a new but all-too-familiar charge: being an unregistered foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
I cannot recall another sitting member of Congress being criminally charged as a foreign agent.
Yet even if this is the first such case, the charge has been freely used by the Justice Department in all but one case: Hunter Biden.
The indictment accuses Menendez of being a foreign agent on behalf of Egypt.
Also charged under the law is Menendez’s wife, Nadine, and Egyptian American businessman Wael Hana.
After they discussed various foreign policy priorities at one dinner, Nadine is quoted as asking her Egyptian counterparts, “What else can the love of my life do for you?”
The government alleges that the couple agreed to have Menendez “use his power and authority to facilitate such sales and financing to Egypt.” In addition to other benefits, the government alleges that Hana promised to put Nadine on the payroll of his company in a “low-or-no-show job.”
The indictment further alleges that the senator disclosed “nonpublic information about the United States’s provision of military aid to Egypt” during a dinner with Hana in 2018.
It also claims that the senator “secretly edited and ghost-wrote” a letter “on behalf of Egypt” trying to convince other senators to release a hold on $300 million in aid to the country.
The inclusion of the FARA charge against Menendez, his wife and his associate only highlights the absence of any such charge against President Biden’s son Hunter.
For years, some of us have raised the glaring contradiction in how the Justice Department has approached the Hunter Biden case with its treatment of past defendants like Donald Trump associate Paul Manafort.
The Justice Department has been quick to indictment Manafort and others on FARA charges, but continues to prevaricate over such a charge for the president’s son.
Indeed, when Menendez was charged, I wrote about the striking similarities in the cases, including the gifts and benefits showered on both men.
They remain similar in every way except the charges.
FARA covers anyone acting as “agent of a foreign principal,” including but not limited to (1) attempting to influence federal officials or the public on domestic or foreign policy or the political or public interests in favor of a foreign country; (2) collecting or disbursing money and or other things of value within the United States; or (3) representing the interests of the foreign principal before U.S. Government officials or agencies.
It is sweeping. So is the definition of what a “foreign principal” encompasses, including “a foreign government, a foreign political party, any person outside the United States (except U.S. citizens who are domiciled within the United States), and any entity organized under the laws of a foreign country or having its principal place of business in a foreign country.”
It is easy to see why FARA charges have been quickly brought in cases ranging from Manafort to Menendez. It is less clear why such charges remains strikingly absent from the Hunter case.
In Hunter’s case, he was selling what associate Devon Archer called the “Biden brand” and asking, to paraphrase Nadine Menendez, “What else can [my dad] do for you?”
The House committees have confirmed not only millions transferred to Hunter and other Biden family members, but direct contacts made by Hunter with federal officials and agencies in relation to his foreign clients.
Archer described how Burisma executives told Hunter that they were worried about the anti-corruption investigation of Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Viktor Shokin.
Archer testified that Hunter immediately “called D.C.” in response to the plea.
Shokin was later fired at Vice President Joe Biden’s demand.
In shaking down a Chinese source for more money, Hunter reportedly sent a WhatsApp message that reminded him that “The Bidens are the best at doing exactly what Chairman wants.”
The message was to Gongwen (“Kevin”) Dong, a CEFC China Energy executive with close ties to the Chinese government, and included a threat that “I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled … I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.”
Throughout his open influence-peddling, emails show Hunter was fully aware of the risk of being charged under FARA.
The problem with FARA is that it would require the Bidens to publicly acknowledge their work as foreign agents and, by extension, their massive influence-peddling operation.
In one message, Hunter addressed his work for the Chinese CEFC energy company and warned:
“No matter what it will need to be a US company at some level in order for us to make bids on federal and state funded projects. Also We [sic] don’t want to have to register as foreign agents under the FCPA which is much more expansive than people who should know choose not to know. James has very particular opinions about this so I would ask him about the foreign entity.”
“James” is his uncle Jim Biden, who has also been regularly accused of corrupt influence-peddling tied to Joe Biden.
In the message, Hunter gets it. The law is indeed “expansive.”
His uncle clearly gets it. The question is why the Justice Department gets it in every case except those with targets named Biden.
For many, the question is not whether Hunter has acted as an agent of foreign principals but whether the Justice Department is acting as an agent of the principal Biden.
Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.
Nice writing, for direct comparison.
I appreciated reading this in Zero Hedge
Given the Menedez case parallels, why shouldn’t Joe Biden be investigated for FARA violations when you think about it?
Remember that recent evidence indicates that Biden went against Administration policy to withhold funds from Ukraine and that the prosecutor who was fired was praised internally in the Administration for making progress against corruption with no allegations of corruption and yet Biden demanded that he be fired anyway. Think about it…$1B to fire a Ukrainian prosecutor–one very specific individual who just happened to be investigating Burisma and his son Hunter and had begun seizing assets in that case. So exactly why would Biden make that demand against one specific individual?
Pretty remarkable. Admission by omission.
Imagine if Donald Trump Jr. were accused of what Hunter Biden has done with the same set of evidence–how would the DOJ treat the matter? Well, unless you’re totally ensconced in the MSDNC echo chamber and have totally lost all semblance of cognitive function, you know that DT Jr. would be charged with tax, gun and FARA charges that could have him spend the rest of his life in prison….unless, of course, he gives the prosecutors what they want. Quelle difference!
I’ll always remember what Judge TS Ellis said in the highly analogous Manafort case: “You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort’s bank fraud, you really care about what information he might give you about Mr. Trump and what might lead to his impeachment or prosecution.” Never have truer words been spoken and these words are, in fact, truer today than they were then.
And just so we’re clear on lawfare and how the Democrat (aka Socialist) Party deals with things, just know this: ethics complaints were lodged against Judge Ellis and his conduct in Manafort’s trial was deemed to be “embarrassing” and perhaps indicative of “early onset dementia”.
People need to wake up. Seriously.
Ja
When the talking points on the boxes issue came out, from talking point central, I learned that Joe’s was different because he was coopperating and was innocent because he just forgot, an innocent mistake. Same for Hunter applies, because ol’ Bob is a perverted grifter, he’s wrong, but Hunter is just a rascal who has a drug problem, as such, he just forgot to file the paperwork is all, an innocent mistake. Talking points are all that matter, the rest is nonsense.
Who’s the beefy guy just to the right of Egyptian Official 3 in the bottom picture? Is that Joe’s brother?
What about the blonde just to the left? Is it the same woman wearing black go-go boots in the top picture, or is that somebody else?
Sharing a FARA article from the Hill that Professor Turley and others may be interested in reading.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4255308-menendez-case-signals-new-chapter-for-doj-on-foreign-agent-law/
“How About Hunter? Justice Department Adds FARA Charge to Menendez Prosecution”
Concerned Citizen says:
October 14, 2023 at 8:18 PM
First, Did you read and consider the comprehensive CRS report that I provided? Second, by the framers citing the Law of Nations in the Piracies clause and not citing it in the Presidential qualifications clause, shows an intent by the framers not to apply it to the qualifications clause based on standard principles of constitutional and statutory interpretation.
George says:
October 15, 2023 at 3:08 PM
That is very cute, very good. I have to admit. You made something, as flawed as it is, out of nothing; your problem is that it is, in fact, nothing. You might even influence a few biased ideologues and idiots. The Constitution clearly states that the president must be a “natural born citizen,” directly quoting the Law of Nations. The intent of that clear requirement is to preclude foreigners, such as the very Indonesian Barack “Barry Soetoro” Obama (check out the Soetoro statue in Jakarta and Barry’s H.S. application that claims Barry is an Indonesian citizen), whose father is Kenyan, and foreign allegiances from the U.S. governmental administration. The framers and every legal mind of the era knew the definition of the phrase “natural born citizen” because it was clear and evident in the singular legal text and reference of the era, the Law of Nations, 1758. It could not be more clear that the Framers employed the Law of Nations and its definition of “natural born citizen.” It is embarrassingly puerile of you to claim you don’t see the same bright sun that every person on the planet does. As for fully constitutional secession, you may ignore the fact that it is not prohibited and, therefore, reserved to the States, as powers are in the 10th Amendment, but please, by all means, locate and cite where secession is prohibited or otherwise denied in the Constitution. Of course, you cannot and will not.
“Hunter gets it. His uncle clearly gets it. The question is why the Justice Department gets it in every case except those with targets named Biden.”
We’ll consider that a rhetorical question.
For those on the left
What we saw in Israel was an actual insurrection
This is what real threats to democracy look like
Not chanting and marching through the capitol
While asking congress to do what it has the constitutional power to do and refuse to certify a rigged election
Iran seems to have a lot of time on its hands to meddle everywhere.
Maybe some state should send equipment and ammo to Iran’s Kurdish rebels.
Rumor is that the Afghans have a lot they can sell cheap.
Democrats support Hamas killing Jews.
Democrats still channeling their White Robed KKK
For those interested in watching a decent movie on the Yom Kippur War of Oct 6, 1973, consider watching Helen Mirren’s stellar performance as Prime Minister Golda Meir in the film, Golda. Actor Liev Schreiber played Henry Kissinger, and he and the rest of the cast were quite good. We just watched it at home and we learned a lot about the Prime Minister, since I was admittedly a child when the YKW occurred. Considering the recent invasion of Israel by Hamas/Iran, 50 year anniversary of YKW, the film provided good context.
Thanks. She is unreal in Prime Suspect, too. A series.
Iran is now saying it will get involved if Israel extends the ground fighting into Gaza.
They know their Biden. Moral eunuch.
They seem to have forgotten about Netanyahu who might have a say in what happens to Iranian fanatics. I imagine some already have crosshairs on them.
What does that mean since videos of Israeli special forces operating in Gaza have already been shown on cable news?
Ask Iran.
“Iran is now saying it will get involved if . . .”
But, mind you: Hamas is not Iran’s terrorist gang. It has no desire to obliterate Israel. It’s motivated purely by a desire to protect the “Palestinian” children.
Excuse me: Sam says Hamas is not interested in the obliteration of Israel—??? Doing exactly that is written in to the Hamas charter. Let’s keep the facts correct.
Imagine Hamas with atomic bombs.
Now remember that Hamas and Iran are essentially one.
Now ask why Obama and Biden are facilitating Iran’s nuclear program.
Whom do they serve?
Actually Iran and hamas are fairly distinct
Iran is Shiite while hamas is Sunni
It appears that hamas pulled the wool over Israel’s eyes by actually ratting out Shiite Islamic jihad forces in the lead up to this
There may be financial ties between Iran and Hamas but they are far from the same
Irans big client is hezbola
“Now ask why Obama and Biden are facilitating Iran’s nuclear program.”
Because their values align more with Iran’s dictatorship. And as a result, they hate Israel and American values such as individualism and independence. Their support for Iran is just one strategy toward their goal of fundamentally changing America. Into what? A fascist state (like Iran’s).
And of course, there is the “natural born citizen” problem with the constitutional qualification for president, which effectively eliminated Obama from American history.
Hamas is a genocidal death cult. Same for Hezbollah, ISIS, and the leaders of Iran.
Like Hitler they want all Jews dead, including babies. Unlike the Nazis they love their own death as well as that of their victims, as in “we live death more than the Jews love life.”
How do they “live death” exactly?
Was it correct and honorable for the Asiatic nomads, often known as Indians, in America to be furious at the cruel seizure by Europeans of the land they thought they were native to, rendering them virtually homeless?
Would Jesus Christ reject and condemn Palestinians?
Learn your history. The Jews are indigenous. Hamas terrorists are responsible for the carnage and are trying to increase the body count of their people.
Ignorance creates foolishness.
Would Jesus Christ condem burning and beheading babies ?
I suspect he would call all such perpetrators sinners…then he would forgive them.
“The Justice Department has been quick to indictment Manafort.”
A prime example of Professor Turley’s spin. Trump’s campaign manager, Manafort, was indicted, convicted, & sentenced when Trump was in office. He was convicted of filing false tax returns, bank fraud, hiding millions of dollars in a foreign bank account, & conspiracy to defraud the US among other charges. A federal judge ordered Manafort to pay $24.8 million in restitution.
Trump pardoned Manafort. No big deal when a Trump campaign manager gets convicted of filing false tax returns & hiding millions of dollars in a foreign bank account, right JT?
The Trump Justice Department also convicted Devon Archer of defrauding Native American tribes of $60 million. But that doesn’t damage Archer’s pristine credibility, right JT?
The Trump Justice Department dropped charges against Menendez in 2019, but the Biden Justice Department indicted Menendez 2 weeks ago. 24 Democratic Senators have called for Menendez to resign. And when Trump was indicted, Republicans called for the defunding of the FBI & Jack Smith & demanded Garland resign.
Look forward to more of Professor Turley’s carefully researched insights on all of this.
“A federal judge ordered Manafort to pay $24.8 million in restitution.”
– Aninny
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A “federal judge” and multiple Justices of the Supreme Court of 1973 committed gross and egregious corruption and fraud, falsely claiming that abortion was a constitutional right.
The Supreme Court of 1869 corruptly, erroneously, and high-criminally “decided” that secession was unconstitutional, understanding that it is not prohibited by the Constitution and is, therefore, reserved to the States, three States included secession in their Constitutions, President Buchanan allowed seven States to secede, and the American Founders effectively seceded from Great Britain.
Those courts of 1973 and 1869 must have been impeached and convicted for fraud, corruption, abuse of power, usurpation of power, subversion of the U.S. Constitution et al.
And you quote a “federal judge” as if it means something.
Next, you’ll quote Obama, who will never be a “natural born citizen” and who will never be eligible for the presidency, having a father who was a foreign citizen at the time of the candidate’s birth.
Correct on the last paragraph. The big demoncrat spin machine made it all about where and his birth cert ignoring the main problem.
Scalia made a public statement at some forum that the entire scotus was avoiding the issue.
The new morons of America willing elect ineligible probable traitors, and the overall political machine gives the clear history and Constitutional rules a big pass. We know exactly what natural born means in context, and we had one prior big national fight over it many years ago – a certain potus candidate – it was in argument about his Dad’s status, reportedly a Canadian Citizen at the time of the potus candidate’s birth, which he tried to deny to stay eligible.
Well, what do you know, the candidates house burned down and all the ancestry papers with it.
Strong disagreement with Supreme Court opinions, including in George’s case Texas v White (1869) and Roe v Wade (1973), is not sufficient grounds to impeach the majority justices of those opinions. In addition, Obama was eligible to be President for the two terms he served — see the linked Congressional Research Service report that has a different conclusion than George on the natural born citizen issue.
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R42097.html
CC, you fail to refute the facts with your circuitous non-argument. Your MO of obfuscation will fool merely a few. That you don’t personally like something does not cause it to be untrue. That you are a virulent Obama sycophant will never make Obama eligible. Obama will never meet the law established per the Law of Nations by the American Founders and Obama will never have two parents who were citizens at the time of the candidate’s birth as every single president before Obama did as they adhered to the constitutional “natural born citizen” requirement. More fundamentally, John Jay, George Washington and the members, now sitting of the Constitutional Congress would have never allowed the son of a foreign citizen to be president and commander-in-chief, read below. Of your personal fervor and zeal, you refuse to acknowledge the immutable truth.
Barack Obama will NEVER be eligible to be U.S. president.
Barack Obama’s father, one of the two citizen-parents required, was a foreign citizen at the time of his birth.
– A mere “citizen” could only have been President at the time of the adoption of the Constitution – not after.
– The U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5, requires the President to be a “natural born citizen,” which, by definition in the Law of Nations, requires “parents who are citizens” at the time of birth of the candidate and that he be “…born of a father who is a citizen;…”
– Ben Franklin thanked Charles Dumas for copies of the Law of Nations which “…has been continually in the hands of the members of our Congress, now sitting,…”
– “The importance of The Law of Nations, therefore, resides both in its systematic derivation of international law from natural law and in its compelling synthesis of the modern discourse of natural jurisprudence with the even newer language of political economy. The features help to explain the continuing appeal of this text well into the nineteenth century among politicians, international lawyers and political theorists of every complexion.”
– Law of Nations Editors Bela Kapossy and Richard Whatmore.
– The Jay/Washington letter of July, 1787, raised the presidential requirement from citizen to “natural born citizen” to place a “strong check” against foreign allegiances by the commander-in-chief.
– Every American President before Obama had two parents who were American citizens.
– The Constitution is not a dictionary and does not define esoteric words or phrases, while the Law of Nations, 1758, does.
– English Common Law and the Law of Nations were adopted, accepted or employed by the United States.
– The Law of Nations is referenced in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10, of the U.S. Constitution: “To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations;…”
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Law of Nations, Vattel, 1758
Book 1, Ch. 19
§ 212. Citizens and natives.
“The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights. The society is supposed to desire this, in consequence of what it owes to its own preservation; and it is presumed, as matter of course, that each citizen, on entering into society, reserves to his children the right of becoming members of it. The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens merely by their tacit consent. We shall soon see whether, on their coming to the years of discretion, they may renounce their right, and what they owe to the society in which they were born. I say, that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country.”
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Ben Franklin letter December 9, 1775, thanking Charles Dumas for 3 copies of the Law of Nations:
“…I am much obliged by the kind present you have made us of your edition of Vattel. It came to us in good season, when the circumstances of a rising state make it necessary frequently to consult the law of nations. Accordingly that copy, which I kept, (after depositing one in our own public library here, and sending the other to the College of Massachusetts Bay, as you directed,) has been continually in the hands of the members of our Congress, now sitting, who are much pleased with your notes and preface, and have entertained a high and just esteem for their author…”
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To George Washington from John Jay, 25 July 1787
From John Jay
New York 25 July 1787
Dear Sir
I was this morning honored with your Excellency’s Favor of the 22d
Inst: & immediately delivered the Letter it enclosed to Commodore
Jones, who being detained by Business, did not go in the french Packet,
which sailed Yesterday.
Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise & seasonable to
provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the
administration of our national Government, and to declare expressly that the Command in chief
of the american army shall not be given to, nor devolved on, any but a natural born Citizen.
Mrs Jay is obliged by your attention, and assures You of her perfect
Esteem & Regard—with similar Sentiments the most cordial and sincere
I remain Dear Sir Your faithful Friend & Servt
John Jay
First, Did you read and consider the comprehensive CRS report that I provided? Second, by the framers citing the Law of Nations in the Piracies clause and not citing it in the Presidential qualifications clause, shows an intent by the framers not to apply it to the qualifications clause based on standard principles of constitutional and statutory interpretation.
That is very cute, very good. I have to admit. You made something, as flawed as it is, out of nothing; your problem is that it is, in fact, nothing. You might even influence a few biased ideologues and idiots. The Constitution clearly states that the president must be a “natural born citizen,” directly quoting the Law of Nations. The intent of that clear requirement is to preclude foreigners, such as the very Indonesian Barack “Barry Soetoro” Obama (check out the Soetoro statue in Jakarta and Barry’s H.S. application that claims Barry is an Indonesian citizen), whose father is Kenyan, and foreign allegiances from the U.S. governmental administration. The framers and every legal mind of the era knew the definition of the phrase “natural born citizen” because it was clear and evident in the singular legal text and reference of the era, the Law of Nations, 1758. It could not be more clear that the Framers employed the Law of Nations and its definition of “natural born citizen.” It is embarrassingly puerile of you to claim you don’t see the same bright sun that every person on the planet does. As for fully constitutional secession, you may ignore the fact that it is not prohibited and, therefore, reserved to the States, as powers are in the 10th Amendment, but please, by all means, locate and cite where secession is prohibited or otherwise denied in the Constitution. Of course, you cannot and will not.
Democrats did not call on Bill Clinton to resign when it was shown that he had committed
perjury, nor did they demand that Ted Kennedy resign when it was shown that he had lied about his actions involving the death of of one of his interns, nor did they demand the resignation of Menendez when he was previously indicted, nor did they call upon Marion Berry to resign after his drug arrest. But now they have religion. Why? Because they want to fuel a narrative for use by their lackeys to the effect that the justice system is not stacked against Trump, as it obviously is.
Trump pardoned his longtime pal, Roger Stone, after he was convicted on 5 counts of making false statements to Congress, witness tampering, & obstructing a Congressional hearing.
Trump’s Attorney General, Bill Barr, verified that Trump lost the 2020 election & said Trump “knew well he lost the election.” Barr called Trump’s actions in the special counsels probe into 2020 election interference “nauseating” & despicable.” Barr added that “someone who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self-government shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”
You’re right about Bill Clinton commiting perjury, Edwardmahl. But the head of Trump’s Justice Department is obviously telling the truth about Trump.
1) Roger Stone should have been pardoned. Everyone swept up in that hoax political prosecution should have been pardoned. Letting Stone’s long sentence of servitude stand would only have rewarded the people who pushed and promoted that abuse of our judicial process.
2) Bill Barr has obviously turned against Trump, as his over-the-top rhetoric shows. His “verfication” that Trump lost the election is not determinative of anything. As far as I know, there has never been a forensic examination of the millions of mail-in ballots dropped off on the steps of voting centers. Unless and until that is done, we cannot know how many of those ballots should have been rejected. Furthermore, even if the mail-in ballots were all genuine, and Trump really did lose the popular vote, it does not change the fact that there is much to complain about in the way the 2020 election was conducted, e.g.: changes in voting laws by judicial fiat or concessions by election officials; adminstrative pressure on election officials to ignore problems with mail-in ballots; special funding of election officials in Democratic precints by Jeffrey Zuckerberg in Wisconsin; the FBI’s suppression of the investigation of the Hunter Biden laptop; the lie by deep-state actors that the laptop was “Russian disinformation”; the MSM’s suppression of the Biden laptop story.
Democrats did not call on Bill Clinton to resign when it was shown that he had committed perjury….
As I have stated many times on this forum, Democrats use people as widgets for attaining power. They could not care less about people, families, objective truth, science, nor good triumphing over evil. By any means necessary is their lived testimony. Republicans are panzies, castrated blowhards, eunuchs by no other name. Democrats are evil incarnate.
Democrats are well aware that Israelis were slaughtered, ambushed, decapitated and burned alive on Yom Kippur 2023 by Hamas/Iranians, but they dare not call their assassins terrorists, for fear of losing their votes. If you thought Ted Kennedy leaving for dead Mary Jo Kopechne, Democrats were only getting started. Ted Kennedy never apologized to Ms. Kopechne’s parents. He never took responsibility. Thus the following script was cast in titanium decades ago:
Babies burned alive
Democrats response: where is the evidence?
Israel defends itself
Democrats response: Cease fire!
The evidence against manafort was paltry
There is far far far more against the bidens and Menedez
While manafort is not someone most of us would call a hero or want to be associated with
That is not the same as being a criminal
His conviction would not have been possible without a biased judge and jury
I would note the same judge responsible for the jw v Nara decision that you left wing nuts ignore with respect to trump that says
A president can take whatever they want from the White House
Classified or not
PERIOD
Regardless if manafort was guilty
So was Tony podesta
So is hunter Biden
So is menedez
So is how Biden
Some of democrats defense of joe has been that some of this happened after he left office
But that means he was acting privately and subject to FARA
While joe has only tenuously been connected to money
He is thoroughly linked to influence peddling as senator
Vice president and private citizen
It is unnecessary to prove he was paid to prove he was acting as an unregistered foreign agent
Can you tell me how manafort was a foreign agent ?
Manafort did not lobby for foreign actors he paid Tony podesta to do that
As to manaforts tax problems
He loaned himself money from accounts outside the us that were not taxable and failed to properly document or repay the loans
That is small potatoes compared to hunters outright tax fraud
There is no way you can rant about manafort while defending the bidens and menedez without drowning in hypocrisy
The Daily Mail reports that Biden is calling the families of kidnap victims.
My God! Haven’t they suffered enough?
From the River to the Sea Palestine Will be Free–And Jewish!
Would you please flesh that out a bit?
I thought most of the folks here were smart.
Would you please flesh that out for dummies?
Are you Palestinian?
WWJD?
Would Jesus reject and condemn the Palestinians?
Does the Catholic church, including its endless parade of child molesters, reject and condemn the Palestinian people?
So what are the Palestinians; chopped liver?
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
– Mao Tse-Tung
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So what are the Palestinians; chopped liver?
Isn’t Israel a post-facto, false contrivance that was arbitrarily constructed by political authority obtained from the barrel of a gun—specifically, Western guns—encouraged by a resounding amount of Holocaust sympathy?
If you’re not sympathetic to the murder of 6 million people – murder, not collateral damage from war – you may be a MAGA-Nazi.
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
– Mao Tse-Tung
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So what are the Palestinians; chopped liver?
Isn’t Israel a post-facto, false contrivance that was arbitrarily constructed by political authority obtained from the barrel of a gun—specifically, Western guns—encouraged by a resounding amount of Holocaust sympathy?