Cash for pardons?
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wrote on 1 Dec 2020, 23:47 last edited by
Well we all know what a great track record CNN has for ferreting out the truth....
"Look over here for a while while we steal the election"......
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wrote on 1 Dec 2020, 23:56 last edited by
Is cash for pardons a crime? Because if it isn’t and this is true - we’re going to start hearing about how this is totally cool.
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 00:03 last edited by
Oddly, there's nothing on CNN about it so I guess we have to take this Harwood guy's word for it.
But that's how most stories from the Left get started...
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 00:04 last edited by xenon 12 Feb 2020, 00:05
Links to the court docs are embedded in this:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/doj-pardon-investigation-court-filing/index.html
And there’s like 3 articles on this already at CNN
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 00:12 last edited by Loki 12 Feb 2020, 00:14
Reading the CNN article it seems like it was on behalf of one person to be pardoned and no indication of whether there was any receptivity to the idea and the pardonee of interest may have done something with regard to campaign contributions.
So it’s not nothing but it possibly just went from a Hollywood thriller to possibly a failed pilot show.
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 01:44 last edited by
What Is the difference between bribery and a large donation to a political party?
I am (pretty) serious in asking this question.
When someone donates a large sum to a political party, they assume they are going to bet some sort of access, favorable treatment, etc.
Maybe with bribery, you are "guaranteed" to get the result you want, but with political donations, it is not guaranteed?
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What Is the difference between bribery and a large donation to a political party?
I am (pretty) serious in asking this question.
When someone donates a large sum to a political party, they assume they are going to bet some sort of access, favorable treatment, etc.
Maybe with bribery, you are "guaranteed" to get the result you want, but with political donations, it is not guaranteed?
wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 01:49 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Cash for pardons?:
What Is the difference between bribery and a large donation to a political party?
I am (pretty) serious in asking this question.
When someone donates a large sum to a political party, they assume they are going to bet some sort of access, favorable treatment, etc.
Maybe with bribery, you are "guaranteed" to get the result you want, but with political donations, it is not guaranteed?
Ask any "lobbyist."
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 01:50 last edited by
What’s the difference between going home with a guy who bought you some stuff vs a cash transaction bedside?
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 02:42 last edited by
Does anybody know how the DOJ found out about it?
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 02:55 last edited by
Somebody must.
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 03:03 last edited by
A Justice Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: "no government official was or is currently a subject or target of the investigation disclosed in this filing."
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wrote on 2 Dec 2020, 04:26 last edited by
Standard Big Whoop about nothing.
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What Is the difference between bribery and a large donation to a political party?
I am (pretty) serious in asking this question.
When someone donates a large sum to a political party, they assume they are going to bet some sort of access, favorable treatment, etc.
Maybe with bribery, you are "guaranteed" to get the result you want, but with political donations, it is not guaranteed?
wrote on 3 Dec 2020, 02:13 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Cash for pardons?:
What Is the difference between bribery and a large donation to a political party?
I am (pretty) serious in asking this question.
When someone donates a large sum to a political party, they assume they are going to bet some sort of access, favorable treatment, etc.
Maybe with bribery, you are "guaranteed" to get the result you want, but with political donations, it is not guaranteed?
Happen to read about this article on VOA.
(https://www.voanews.com/usa/mercenary-donor-sold-access-millions-foreign-money)
Opening paragraph
"As an elite political fundraiser, Imaad Zuberi had the ear of top Democrats and Republicans alike — a reach that included private meetings with then-Vice President Joe Biden and VIP access at Donald Trump's inauguration.
He lived a lavish, jet-setting lifestyle, staying at fine hotels and hosting lawmakers and diplomats at four-star restaurants. Foreign ambassadors turned to Zuberi to get face time in Congress.
He was a charming networker and an inveterate namedropper. His Facebook account was filled with pictures of him next to the powerful and famous: having dinner with Hillary Clinton and Robert De Niro and rubbing shoulders with Trump's then-chief of staff Reince Priebus outside Mar-A-Lago. Zuberi raised huge amounts for Clinton in the 2016 election before becoming a top donor to the Trump Presidential Inauguration Committee."
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wrote on 3 Dec 2020, 02:29 last edited by jon-nyc 12 Mar 2020, 02:29
Zuberi raised huge amounts for Clinton in the 2016 election before becoming a top donor to the Trump Presidential Inauguration Committee.
A conversion on the road to perdition.
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wrote on 4 Dec 2020, 12:08 last edited by
Earlier this week, a federal judge released documents showing that the Department of Justice was investigating a "bribery conspiracy scheme" this past summer. The names of the suspects were redacted and no one has been charged with a crime.
The status of the investigation is unknown.
In a statement on Wednesday, a DOJ official told Business Insider that "No government official was or is currently a subject or target of the investigation disclosed in this filing."
Earlier this week, a federal judge released documents showing that the Department of Justice was investigating a "bribery conspiracy scheme" this past summer. The names of the suspects were redacted and no one has been charged with a crime.
The status of the investigation is unknown.
In a statement on Wednesday, a DOJ official told Business Insider that "No government official was or is currently a subject or target of the investigation disclosed in this filing."