Seems the indictment of Bolton has more to it, but it boggles my mind that Trump took all those boxes of documents, some top secret, and nothing was done.
I have read that bank fraud charges for these type of mortgage applications are rare, because they are viewed as a poor prioritization of investigatory and judicial resources
...and! Why are we all worrying over this sort of "bank fraud" dribble when we have pussy grabbing and other far more important transgressions to keep our minds occupied :-]]
The difficulty is we now have proof of government attorneys filing untrue claims in court and openly lieing to judges. Add on the blatantly political indictments of others and a reasonable person would likely have some doubt as to the legitamacy of the government's claims. John Bolton's indictment has the appearance of being the result of a criminally corrupt administration. I expect the defense will make the most of this should it come to trial. I agree that it is more likely than not that Bolton was recklessly careless with sensitive information but can the government convince 12 juriors that it's not lying this (one) time?
Love your columns. Excellent renderings of the innards of DC politics. However, next time, please opine that cases wend their way through the courts, not wind their way.
Real estate. H'mmm. So one guy commits bank fraud and gets fined >$300million and gets a little slack in the amount and now he says it's so unfair he had to pay a lawyer to stay out of jail the DOJ should pay him back??? anx oh yeah I'll give it to charity. He's never put a nickle in the pushke. How about a home for old underage sex slaves?
Then there's Ms. Jands who buys 3bd house in a Navy town for LESS than the average price of a studio condo in Brooklyn. It's commuting distance to DC where she goes a lot but her job is in NY. Being a busy person with an extended family up and down the Mid Atlantic it makes perfect sense to buy a modest (very modest) home to share with them. Seems the home became available and it took a few months for everybody to get moved in. It would seem stupid to just leave it vacant waiting if the terms of purchase and local zoning permitted short
term leasing.
But then,$19,000 is a LOTTA money compared
to Donald Trump's legal bills.
I know! Let's invitd Ms James and her family to move into the new East Wing!
Oh wait! There's no building permit! And the owner didn't
So what you are saying, minus the editorial parts suggesting that Trump is committing lawfare , similar to that practiced by the Dems(e.g. Russian collusion plus Dem collusion with the INtel Community which was at least unprecedented if not illegal-see referral for prosecution to the DOJ of the proven liar John Brennan) although a wee bit different, is that both of these cases have legal legs. Is that correct?
Because as a criminal trial attorney with 40 years of experience before the state and federal bar, I am willing to state and predict that all 3 of the cases will make it to trial and a jury, properly informed of the background of these 3 practitioners of scurrilous illegal lawfare and neocon warmongering, are likely to be found guilty. If only they would take on Hillary ( I mean with Slick Willie’s Epstein connections who knows what dirt she has on people)it would be a near clean sweep of the corrupt Dems that have attempted to impose their version of tyranny via lawfare, improper collusion between the IC and the Dems and censorship(see The Twitter files) upon this Republic.
Do a little research See who mentioned Russia more
The Senate committee said there were some problems with the Trump campaign and Russia People were indicted
Mueller is as straight as an arrow He certainly is not a partisan hack He was appointed because the AG had a conflict of interest Mueller was appointed by a Republican approved for the position by a republican controlled senate
Mueller cleared Trump personally of collusion but said he couldn't consider obstruction because it was banned by the law in regards to a president
All ,of this was during the first Trump administration not Biden
As for Brennan Jordan is as focused on revenge as Trump He has never met a good conspiracy he didn't like
Comey and James are going nowhere These are revenge prosecutions The initial US atty refused to indict Comey He said there was not enough there Three other attorneys resigned over the attempts to indict There is so much wrong with Halligan being nominated I will just lack of experience
Trump is the one practicing lawfare
There was exculpatory evidence in the James case that was not presented
Everybody is entitled to their own opinions Not everyone is entitled to their own facts
which is precisely the problem with your analysis- the facts undermine your conclusions, not mine. For instance , Brennan is an admitted liar. Prior to all the Russian collusion noise he admitted to spying on Congress while head of the CIA and did so with impunity, but only after having testified under oath that he had done no such thing. Spend some time investigating and reviewing facts, not CNN;s bald faced assertions supported by "unnamed sources”. Remember another anti-Trump stalwart Adam Schiff was censured by Congress for falsely claiming that Trump was guilty of Russian Collusion based on evidence Schiff claimed existed but could never produce.
Seems the indictment of Bolton has more to it, but it boggles my mind that Trump took all those boxes of documents, some top secret, and nothing was done.
I have read that bank fraud charges for these type of mortgage applications are rare, because they are viewed as a poor prioritization of investigatory and judicial resources
...and! Why are we all worrying over this sort of "bank fraud" dribble when we have pussy grabbing and other far more important transgressions to keep our minds occupied :-]]
Exactly and the sums are lower than are usually sought for indictment
The difficulty is we now have proof of government attorneys filing untrue claims in court and openly lieing to judges. Add on the blatantly political indictments of others and a reasonable person would likely have some doubt as to the legitamacy of the government's claims. John Bolton's indictment has the appearance of being the result of a criminally corrupt administration. I expect the defense will make the most of this should it come to trial. I agree that it is more likely than not that Bolton was recklessly careless with sensitive information but can the government convince 12 juriors that it's not lying this (one) time?
Love your columns. Excellent renderings of the innards of DC politics. However, next time, please opine that cases wend their way through the courts, not wind their way.
To be fair, though, it is a winding road.
Real estate. H'mmm. So one guy commits bank fraud and gets fined >$300million and gets a little slack in the amount and now he says it's so unfair he had to pay a lawyer to stay out of jail the DOJ should pay him back??? anx oh yeah I'll give it to charity. He's never put a nickle in the pushke. How about a home for old underage sex slaves?
Then there's Ms. Jands who buys 3bd house in a Navy town for LESS than the average price of a studio condo in Brooklyn. It's commuting distance to DC where she goes a lot but her job is in NY. Being a busy person with an extended family up and down the Mid Atlantic it makes perfect sense to buy a modest (very modest) home to share with them. Seems the home became available and it took a few months for everybody to get moved in. It would seem stupid to just leave it vacant waiting if the terms of purchase and local zoning permitted short
term leasing.
But then,$19,000 is a LOTTA money compared
to Donald Trump's legal bills.
I know! Let's invitd Ms James and her family to move into the new East Wing!
Oh wait! There's no building permit! And the owner didn't
agree to pay for it.
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Bolton. One crook indicting another crook.
Aloha.. On the Coconut Wireless......
This is what a dictatorship feels like:
You come home and find your house has been leveled.
So what you are saying, minus the editorial parts suggesting that Trump is committing lawfare , similar to that practiced by the Dems(e.g. Russian collusion plus Dem collusion with the INtel Community which was at least unprecedented if not illegal-see referral for prosecution to the DOJ of the proven liar John Brennan) although a wee bit different, is that both of these cases have legal legs. Is that correct?
Because as a criminal trial attorney with 40 years of experience before the state and federal bar, I am willing to state and predict that all 3 of the cases will make it to trial and a jury, properly informed of the background of these 3 practitioners of scurrilous illegal lawfare and neocon warmongering, are likely to be found guilty. If only they would take on Hillary ( I mean with Slick Willie’s Epstein connections who knows what dirt she has on people)it would be a near clean sweep of the corrupt Dems that have attempted to impose their version of tyranny via lawfare, improper collusion between the IC and the Dems and censorship(see The Twitter files) upon this Republic.
By all means, release the Epstein files and let the chips fall where they may, right? Right? 🤣
of course.
Do a little research See who mentioned Russia more
The Senate committee said there were some problems with the Trump campaign and Russia People were indicted
Mueller is as straight as an arrow He certainly is not a partisan hack He was appointed because the AG had a conflict of interest Mueller was appointed by a Republican approved for the position by a republican controlled senate
Mueller cleared Trump personally of collusion but said he couldn't consider obstruction because it was banned by the law in regards to a president
All ,of this was during the first Trump administration not Biden
As for Brennan Jordan is as focused on revenge as Trump He has never met a good conspiracy he didn't like
Comey and James are going nowhere These are revenge prosecutions The initial US atty refused to indict Comey He said there was not enough there Three other attorneys resigned over the attempts to indict There is so much wrong with Halligan being nominated I will just lack of experience
Trump is the one practicing lawfare
There was exculpatory evidence in the James case that was not presented
Everybody is entitled to their own opinions Not everyone is entitled to their own facts
which is precisely the problem with your analysis- the facts undermine your conclusions, not mine. For instance , Brennan is an admitted liar. Prior to all the Russian collusion noise he admitted to spying on Congress while head of the CIA and did so with impunity, but only after having testified under oath that he had done no such thing. Spend some time investigating and reviewing facts, not CNN;s bald faced assertions supported by "unnamed sources”. Remember another anti-Trump stalwart Adam Schiff was censured by Congress for falsely claiming that Trump was guilty of Russian Collusion based on evidence Schiff claimed existed but could never produce.
Are you seriously asserting T did NOT collude with R’s?
Or are you merely asserting he can’t be convicted under ‘his’ DOJ?
Believe your self-cited expertise relates to the latter only.
Again, your heroes Clinton, Comey, Brennan et al suffer far worse than does Tump under any fair analysis of the facts.