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(04-28-2021 01:42 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote: (04-28-2021 01:22 PM)No Bull Wrote: Meanwhile Hunter Biden is giving speeches at Tulane.
Biden the great Uniter
Wrong man at the wrong time.
Don't forget Obama & Hillary!
2 crooks and a socialist.
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
(04-28-2021 01:04 PM)Jugnaut Wrote: (04-28-2021 11:52 AM)swagsurfer11 Wrote: Biden's America.
For sure. Biden's* America: Ginning up investigation against political enemies without merit. All the while killing investigations into the criminal conduct of his family members.
I believe this came from the SDNY and was an open request for quite some time that Bill Barr was blocking. So while you're complaining about federal government interference.....
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
(04-28-2021 02:02 PM)No Bull Wrote: (04-28-2021 01:42 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote: (04-28-2021 01:22 PM)No Bull Wrote: Meanwhile Hunter Biden is giving speeches at Tulane.
Biden the great Uniter
Wrong man at the wrong time.
Don't forget Obama & Hillary!
2 crooks and a socialist.
#lockthemup
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we'll see where this goes.
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
C'mon. This is just the next Matt Gaetz. Next week it will be another Republican.
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They must be trying to see if the copy of Hunter's hard drive is the same as the one they have.....had.....lost. And are trying to lose his copy also. What a joke our country has become. "An agent for Ukraine", while working for the POTUS. But John Kerry is working on behalf of Iran, which actually hates us and wants us destroyed.
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
(04-28-2021 01:08 PM)BlueDragon Wrote: (04-28-2021 12:06 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:
Dang it!!! They got Hunter Biden’s lab top back!
Probably the real target.
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(04-28-2021 12:05 PM)Claw Wrote: There is nothing to this. Why? Because Rudy's actions were public.
Sure there's something to this.
Let the political revenge prosecutions begin, much as we saw under zerO with the IRS, FBI and DOJ. Real crimes get laughed off and immunity handed out with impunity for real crimes, though.
Why? Well, remember, the Moderates are back in charge!
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(04-28-2021 12:05 PM)450bench Wrote: Lol. Good luck libs, you bunch of hypocrites!!!
Hypocrite? Why?
FrankenLurch Kerry was only palling around with the Moollahs while out of office and a private citizen, while we were in open conflict with them and increasing effective sanctions against them.
Maybe the Feds no-knocked the wrong Manhattan brownstone?
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Quote:Earlier today, the FBI raided Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s apartment in New York City. This supposedly has to do with Giuliani’s efforts to expose corruption in Ukraine, including by members of the Biden family. Like with past Trump associates, it appears the DOJ is looking to selectively enforce FARA regulations by claiming that Giuliani was an unregistered foreign agent.
Jen Psaki, Biden’s White House mouthpiece, was asked about the raid. Her answer was typical, and not at all believable.
There are many reasons to brush this claim of independence off as gaslighting, not the least of which is that Psaki is a known liar.
Past that, ask yourself why the FBI only seems to want to push the enforcement of FARA laws when it comes to Trump associates? We’ve got John Kerry literally tipping off the Iranians about Israeli military operations, but he’s not being investigated as a foreign agent. Hunter Biden was paid to testify for a foreign actor before Congress and never even registered as a lobbyist. Yet, Giuliani pokes around in Ukraine to try to expose corruption by Americans like the aforementioned Hunter Biden and that makes him an emissary of the Ukrainians? This is going to strike a lot of people as selective justice, and that’s assuming Giuliani even did anything wrong, of which no evidence of that exists publicly yet.
Besides, what exactly has Biden’s DOJ done to show it’s independent of the White House? After the mass shooting in Colorado, Merrick Garland waded out to share a podium with Biden to push gun control and proclaim and AR-15 pistol was “concealable.” We’ve also seen politicized investigations of police departments start back up again in the last several months. The idea that the DOJ is just floating above the fray, uninfluenced by the politics of the president is so absurd as to be laughable.
Heck, you don’t even have to look past this story for proof of that. Why was this raid immediately leaked to The New York Times so it could be reported through a left-wing, anti-Trump prism? Of course, the investigation into Hunter Biden is locked down like Fort Knox, though. Amazing how the leaks stop the moment a Democrat is the target, right? Tell me again how the DOJ isn’t politicized.
The raid against Giuliani looks like a revenge play, and Psaki’s “let me play dumb” routine comes across as sincere as Jeffrey Epstein giving parenting advice. We’ve seen this script before. The DOJ didn’t give two craps about FARA when Iranian associates were running around Washington throughout the Obama years. Only when Trump came onto the scene did this start, and FARA became a clever pretense to selectively target political enemies with backdoor criminal allegations. It’s happening again, and no one is buying these faux pronouncments of independence anymore.
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Quote:Wednesday on CNN, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) indicated that she was pleased about the developments involving former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani announced earlier in the day.
Giuliani, who had served as legal counsel for former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial, told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota she was “glad” the FBI had raided Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment.
“Well, going back to the first impeachment trial, Alisyn … we that knew Rudy Giuliani was a very important figure in everything that was happening,” she said. “And so I’m not surprised by this. I think it’s an important development and we have to keep people accountable. I’m glad the FBI is doing what they’re doing.”
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
So when is that Durham report coming out?
Bill Barr will forever be a traitor in my mind. At least these corrupt people in charge now don’t hide it. They just come right out and dare you to question it.
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
can’t have different standards of justice based on political affiliation ...
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
Just another political hit job by the usual suspects meant to distract people's attention. You'd think by now more people would be onto this tactic.
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Quote:As I reported earlier, federal authorities served a search warrant at the Manhattan apartment of Rudy Giuliani demanding that he turn over his electronic devices.
Now, more detail is in. The execution of this search warrant was apparently geared for maximum pain and embarrassment in media. Seven FBI agents came to Giuliani’s home at 6 a.m. and he handed over a phone, a laptop, and an iPad. Then multiple sources leaked about the raid to the media.
They appear to be looking into the question of lobbying on behalf of Ukrainian officials and not being registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. But in general, that’s been considered something of a back-bencher “crime” to go after, so the reaction appears very excessive if that’s what they’re claiming.
Giuliani’s attorney said exactly that. “This is totally unnecessary,” Costello told Fox News, claiming that the raid was done to “make him look like he’s some sort of criminal.”
But it gets more troubling.
From Mediaite:
Mr. Costello said authorities arrived at Mr. Giuliani’s apartment at 6 a.m. and seized his electronic devices. Mr. Costello said the search warrant describes the investigation as a probe into a possible violation of foreign lobbying rules. Mr. Costello said the warrant sought communications between Mr. Giuliani and individuals including John Solomon, a columnist who was corresponding with Mr. Giuliani about his effort to push for investigations of Joe Biden in Ukraine. Mr. Solomon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fox News anchor John Roberts reported that detail on air: “The warrants sought communications between Rudy Giuliani and individuals including John Solomon, who, of course, is a well-known columnist, who was in communication with Rudy Giuliani about efforts to push for investigations of Joe Biden in Ukraine.”
Solomon of course was instrumental in investigating Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian connections. So this is really starting to look retaliatory and perhaps even trying to figure out what was discovered in Solomon’s investigations. This is very concerning, not only going after President Trump’s lawyer and his communications (some of which likely included Trump), but seemingly trying to get the conversations of a journalist who was involved in investigating Joe Biden’s son.
Even worse, Giuliani wasn’t the only person served. They also served a search warrant on lawyer Victoria Toensing and asked for her phone, according to Fox News. Toensing is a former federal prosecutor and senior Justice Department official. Her law firm issued a statement saying she wasn’t the target and that she would have been happy to turn it over if they just asked, which is what would normally be done. But once again, that shows a troubling level of reaction in this case. Mediaite notes that she represented both Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash and John Solomon, but representing someone isn’t a crime. So it’s unclear what they are trying to find from her besides the “crime” of being in the Trump/Giuliani orbit. But the Solomon connection again would make it appear they’re trying to get conversations related to him. What the alleged “crime” in the conversations with Solomon would be is unclear.
Giuliani’s son, Andrew Giuliani, decried the action against his father and the “continued politicization of the Justice Department.”
From Fox News:
“I am speaking as a son and a concerned American–anybody, any American, whether you are red or blue, should be extremely disturbed by what happened here today by the continued politicization of the Justice Department,” Andrew Giuliani said. “This is disgusting. This is absolutely absurd.”
He added “It is the continued politicization of the Justice Department that we have seen and it has to stop– if this can happen to the former president’s lawyer, this can happen to anyone.”
Andrew Giuliani added that the Justice Department must be “independent of politics.”
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Quote:Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” he was “delighted” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment was searched by the FBI.
Federal investigators reportedly seized Giuliani’s electronic devices.
Schiff said, “What’s disturbing to me is, if there’s probable cause to believe there’s evidence of a crime at the Giuliani’s business or home last year and Bill Barr’s Justice Department wouldn’t do anything about it, it’s another indication of politicization at the very top of the Justice Department. We know that other decisions on sentencing, for example, with Roger Stone or even dismissing whole cases against Mike Flynn, were made on the basis of politics by Bill Barr. This appears to be yet another example.”
He continued, “I’m delighted to see that under the new leadership of that department, decisions will once again be made equally under the law. Everyone will be treated the same under the law. No one will be given a pass. No one will be pursued for political reasons. I think Merrick Garland has the exactly right background for that approach. ”
Anchor Nicolle Wallace asked, “Do you have questions of what might have been quashed under Barr in terms of other investigations?”
Schiff said, “Certainly.”
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
(04-28-2021 12:21 PM)BobcatEngineer Wrote: (04-28-2021 12:06 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:
Welcome to the new Union of Socialist Americans. That's exactly how it's done in socialist/communist nations. How come no one has gone after Kerry or Hunter?
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
(04-28-2021 03:02 PM)fsquid Wrote: we'll see where this goes.
If he did something criminal?...I hope they bust his ass. My guess is this is a nothing burger. 10-1 this goes nowhere.
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RE: Rudy...Rudy...Rudy...
Hopefully they didn't take away his Razzie.
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