Chomper Higgot

Oh look, another anti immigrant thread.

There is a link between those two, but you missed it.

You need to re-visit reality. The mess Trump is in now is only the latest part of a continuous life of grift and law breaking. Put a pin in this: “If You’re Innocent, Why Are You Taking the Fifth?” (Donald J Trump) We’re going to come back to this later…. Time and time again.

Evidence of the intelligence or lack there of is one secret Trump could keep. He went to extreme lengths to hide his academic records.

Liz Truss’ Chief of Staff (she hand picked him for the job) Mark Fullbrook is ‘cooperating’ with the FBI with formal testimony in their investigations into conspiracy to bribe an American politician and influence an election in US Territory Puerto Rico The target of the investigation is one Julio Martin Herrera Velutini, who is alleged to have paired the bribe through Lobbyists CT Group, for whom Fullbrook was ‘Global Project Officer’ and did meet with the recipient of the bribe. There is no suggestion that the FBI’s target Julio Martin Herrera Velutini bribed the UK Government, though UK Electoral Commission records reveal a company he founded donated £650,604 to the Conservative Party. Perhaps Lizzy would like to review her assertion that she doesn’t need an ethics advisor. Regardless, the PM’s chief of staff caught up in FBI investigation into political bribery and election rigging, and she’s only been in the job two weeks. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liz-truss-mark-fullbrook-fbi-investigation-b2169756.html

In general es, but not necessarily so: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-boris-johnson-hires-unelected-23518890 https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/prime-minister-lost-seat-general-election

The public were totally unaware the FBI had searched Trump’s MaL home until Trump himself blasted it all over his failing ‘Truth Social’ scam-net.

What makes you think Trump is at all concerned about other people’s secrets? ….. on second thoughts…

She seems to think removing restrictions on Banker’s bonuses will sort the economy out. Borrowing money to fund help with fuel bills (tax payers get to pay it back later) while refusing to tax windfall profits of energy companies. So borrow to protect windfall profits and send the bill to the tax payers. Oh and of course, tax cuts, putting more cash into an economy already struggling with inflation. Look after the bankers. Defend energy company windfall profits. Give tax cuts to the already wealthy. The BoE is forecasting 18 months of recession and high inflation while at the same time Liz Truss is promising 2.5% annual growth.

Headaches you say, well here’s a real headache: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/33-Of-All-UK-Exporters-To-EU-Vanish-Due-To-Brexit-Related-Red-Tape.html

MEPs are elected.

The stuff Trump has petitioned the court for a ‘Special Master’ over. But let’s not pretend you are going to accept evidence.

I commented in another thread that as this investigation progresses, Trump’s supporters will cry foul, reject reality and claim a ‘set up’ at every strep along the way. The very people who objected to that prediction are doing precisely what I said they would do. Trump was right about one thing and one thing only. "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?"

Was Powell talking about Iran?

But you don’t link to any of these other studies.

Nobody is dawdling now. And look who’s getting mighty upset about the progress being made.

The FBI are investigating a serious crime, the theft of documents containing national security secrets. Trump’s lawyers made statements that all documents had been returned - this we now know was a lie. If Trump’s lawyers wish to claim they made their declaration on the base I’d of what a third party advised them, then they are not guilty of the crime of giving false statement, they are however witnesses to the crime of concealment (listed in the search warrant). As witnesses to a crime they may now be required to give testimony on who advised them all documents have been returned. They can of course refuse to give testimony at risk of being charged with obstruction of Justice. They can’t claim ‘attorney client privilege’ because the ‘Crime Fraud Exception’ applies. So they are in a trap of their own making. Had they recognized the serious of the matter, and the duplicity of their client, they would have checked themselves before submitting their statement. Obviously they did not, so now they need to point the finger at the person who was attempting concealment - who might that be? Their first mistake of course was going to work for Trump, all this trouble he’s brought upon them, and he probably won’t pay their invoices.

The job of the special master is to review documents seized in the ‘lawful search’ (not a raid) and advise if any the documents are subject to ‘privilege’. The special master does not get to examine the rational for the search (that was examined and approved by the judge who authorized the search warrant. The special master does not get to examine how the lawful search was conducted, that’s the job of the courts if Trump has evidence of illegal or non constitutional behavior by the lawfully authorized search team. The DoJ and US National Security agencies have a very clear reason to avoid any delay to this critically important investigation. I look forward to the appeal court ruling, all indications are they want to get this settled ASAP.

Apparently you think it’s not necessary to inform the sitting President that the home of his predecessor is about to be searched for stolen documents relating to national security. Perhaps you believe the, now private citizen, who has not accepted the results of the election that removed him from office, wouldn’t immediately respond to the lawful search by engaging in fermenting anger and discord amongst his millions of supporters. Perhaps you believe the risks relating to a former President, who together with many of his followers, does not accept the results of the election that removed him engaging in fermenting anger and discord is of no concern at all to the sitting President. Of course the DOJ ‘informed’ President Biden of the investigation and search. There are obvious reasons why it’s a good idea to keep the President informed of lawful actions by the DoJ might give rise to dangerous political stunts by the subject of their investigations and his millions of supporters. Not least of all his past behavior and the past response of many of his supporters. The politicization of this lawful search is all coming from Trump. Trump’s message to Garland which paraphrased read ‘nice country you’ve got there, shame if something happened to it’, is precisely why it is important for the DoJ to keep the sitting President informed of its moves against Trump.

The DOJ have lodged an appeal to overturn the Judge’s ruling with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal. The court has accepted the petition and has given Trump until Tuesday to respond.

It doesn’t look like the problem is the EU: https://www.ft.com/content/57c66a89-b046-4c3e-a8aa-d9099bd4da20

Leaving ‘Big Tech’ to police itself hasn’t worked out too well has it. Hostile governments hacking and trawling user data, then responding social media to run misinformation campaigns. Extremists using the internet to radicalize people. And big tech itself, running algorithms that target users with online feed that creates information bubbles in which users receive single sided views of issues they react to. It’s well past time for Big Tech to be made responsible for the content they distribute.

I don’t think any rational person hearing the woman’s account of her rapes and abuse, considers her to be making false allegations. Certainly the judge did not.

The disgrace here is Iowa law which mandates financial restitution. The judge himself ruled favorably for the accused where he has the leeway to do so, reducing the custodial sentence by time already held in juvenile detention and commuting the remain to probation with the possibility of the criminal record being wiped clean. Thousands of people have recognized the injustice this young woman has suffered, her legal fees and the restitution she must now pay have been met by generous donations to the ‘go-fund-me’ appeal set up by her old math teacher to help her. What needs to change is Iowa’s draconian laws. Two more full reports here: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/rekha-basu/2022/09/15/pieper-lewis-gofundme-sentence-iowa-justice/10376390002/ https://www.kuow.org/stories/a-teen-ordered-to-pay-150-000-to-the-family-of-her-rapist-is-flooded-with-donations

Since when did the rightful owners have to pay thieves to have their stolen goods returned?