Geee Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 New Orleans' embattled Dem mayor LaToya Cantrell faces TWO more corruption scandals over her closeness to bodyguard, who flew first class with her to meet Brad Pitt, and a criminal investigation into her $175,000 'image consultant' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Sen. Bob Menendez’s Wife At Center Of Corruption Probe Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the wife of Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez received gifts or services from individuals seeking favors from him, according to a new report. Subpoenas issued by the U.S. Southern District of New York have been issued to associates of Menendez’s wife, Nadine Arslanian, who he married in 2020, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. They seek information related to Menendez and Arslanian, the people told WSJ. The WSJ report does not specify the information prosecutors seek related to Arslanian. Several months ago, prosecutors subpoenaed a New Jersey lawyer viewed as a longtime friend of Arslanian, WSJ reported. They have known each other for 25 years and they are both Armenian, the lawyer told the outlet. New Jersey media reported Arslanian is an international businesswoman when she married Menendez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Mother Of Disgraced Crypto Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried Is A Democratic Fundraiser Who Once Wrote Essay Blasting ‘Personal Responsibility’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 Outfit Of Alleged Crypto-Scammer Donated $300K To The House Committee Members About To Investigate Him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 Louisiana Democrats Get Prison Sentences For Orchestrating Vote Buying Scheme Former Democratic Amite City, Louisiana, police chief Jerry Trabona and City Councilwoman Kristian “Kris” Hart were sentenced to one year in prison Wednesday for violating federal election laws after it was discovered that they were buying votes, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. Trabona, 73, and Hart, 50, each received one year in prison following an investigation, led by the FBI’s New Orleans Field Office, which showed that Trabona and Hart worked to hire individuals to identify potential voters, transport the voters and offer payment to the voters – provided they voted in the requested manner, according to the DOJ press release. Alongside the one year prison sentence, Trabona was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and another unnamed conspirator was sentenced to four months in prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 Illinois lawmakers discuss legislation that could allow prisoners to vote Bill would overturn current law that states anyone serving a sentence in a federal or state prison, county jail, or on work release is ineligible to vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 #NewHampshire’s first elected transgender lawmaker—Democratic State Rep. Stacie Laughton, a biological male—has been in jail since Nov. 12 on stalking-related charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 34 minutes ago, Geee said: #NewHampshire’s first elected transgender lawmaker—Democratic State Rep. Stacie Laughton, a biological male—has been in jail since Nov. 12 on stalking-related charges. Quote Laughton was previously convicted for a myriad of other crimes including a bomb threat and texting fake 911 calls to police. Nevertheless, Democrat voters in Nashua, the state’s second-largest city, picked Laughton yet again in the recent midterm election to represent them in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. HELLO! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 BLM-backed Dem candidate sentenced to 22 months in prison for wire fraud scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 Major Democrat donor tied to Biden indicted for allegedly embezzling millions from suffering clients Tom Girardi rubbed elbows with country's most powerful Democrats A high-profile former lawyer who donated big money to Democrats and hosted a fundraiser for President Biden was indicted by federal grand juries on Wednesday in two states for allegedly embezzling more than $18 million from legal clients. The Justice Department announced that Tom Girardi, 83, was charged in Los Angeles with five counts of wire fraud, which carries a maximum 20-year federal prison sentence. According to prosecutors, the charges were part of an indictment accusing him of embezzling more than $15 million from clients and using the funds to cover his law firm's payroll and pay his personal expenses. The case also includes charges against Christopher Kamon, the former chief financial officer of Girardi's LA-based law firm, Girardi Keese, indicating they "devised, participated in, and executed a scheme to defraud victim clients" until the firm collapsed in late 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 Feb. 4 2023 LA Times Tom Girardi? Who is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted February 2, 2023 Author Share Posted February 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Valin said: Feb. 4 2023 LA Times Tom Girardi? Who is that? Thomas Girardi (born June 3, 1939) is a former attorney and co-founder of the now-defunct Girardi & Keese,[1] a downtown Los Angeles law firm. He was disbarred in 2022 after accusations of defrauding clients.[2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 7 hours ago, Valin said: Feb. 4 2023 LA Times Tom Girardi? Who is that? 5 hours ago, Geee said: Thomas Girardi (born June 3, 1939) is a former attorney and co-founder of the now-defunct Girardi & Keese,[1] a downtown Los Angeles law firm. He was disbarred in 2022 after accusations of defrauding clients.[2] Point being this will be a 1-2 day story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 hours ago, Valin said: Point being this will be a 1-2 day story. Well, if he was a big R donor it wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, Geee said: Well, if he was a big R donor it wouldn't be. 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 California Democrat Arrested, Charged With Mail-In Ballot Fraud A California city council member was arrested for allegedly committing election fraud. Lodi City Council member Shakir Khan, a Democrat, was arrested on Thursday for multiple election fraud charges, including allegedly stashing 41 mail-in ballots at his home, falsifying voter registration documents, and pressuring residents to vote for him. Investigators claim, based partially on body cam footage of police interviews, that Khan registered 23 people to vote at his home address and used his phone number to register 47 people to vote. These charges stem from the 2020 election, when Khan was elected to the District 4 seat for the Lodi City Council. Khan also faces charges in a separate criminal case with his brother that include illegal gambling, money laundering, tax evasion, and unemployment fraud. He’s due in court for another arraignment on that case on Feb. 21. Related to the election fraud charges, Khan was released from jail on Friday but must wear a tracking device and stay within California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 Ex-politician says bribery, official misconduct statutes are unconstitutional The 80-year-old man once called the "Velvet Hammer" for his successful dominance of Illinois politics is arguing the state's bribery and official misconduct statutes are unconstitutional ahead of his corruption trial. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021. From 1997 to 2021, he served as speaker of the Illinois House, making him one of the state's most powerful politicians. He faces 23 counts of racketeering, bribery and official misconduct as part of a federal indictment. Madigan said he was just doing his job as a politician and that the state's laws are overly broad. "Political officials routinely work with lobbyists and entertain outreaches from their constituents," Madigan's attorneys wrote in a pre-trial motion seeking to have many of the charges dismissed. "This conduct is central not only to the conduct of office but also to American democracy." His attorneys further argue that "statutes that impermissibly chill such interactions infringe on rights that go to the core of democratic government and violate the First Amendment." Madigan was initially charged along with co-defendant Michael McClain, in March 2022 with 22 counts of racketeering and bribery for his alleged improper dealings with the state's largest utility, ComEd. Prosecutors further alleged that he used his political power to unlawfully steer business to his private law firm, Madigan & Getzendanner. In October 2022, prosecutors filed a superseding indictment that charged Madigan and McClain with conspiracy related to an alleged corruption scheme involving AT&T Illinois. Madigan's attorneys said that federal prosecutors failed to make their case that Madigan engaged in quid pro quo transactions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Madigan held 'total control' over Illinois House, lawmaker tells jury (The Center Square) – Former House Speaker Michael Madigan had "total control" over the Illinois House and the Democratic Party of Illinois, a state lawmaker told jurors Monday in the trial of four former ComEd officials facing corruption charges. State Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita, D-Blue Island, testified late Monday afternoon during the trial of four ComEd executives and lobbyists accused of a long-running scheme to corruptly influence Madigan. Rita, who serves as the assistant majority leader in the Illinois House of Representatives, said Madigan exercised unchecked power over everything from committee assignments to when and if bills were called for a vote or left to die in the Rules Committee. At one point, prosecutors had to ask him to speak up. Asked by prosecutors how Madigan obtained that power, Rita responded: "Through fear and intimidation." Rita further said that getting elected as a Democrat in Illinois without Madigan's support "could be very, very difficult." Rita also told the jury what happened to people who didn't follow Madigan's orders. When former state Rep. Kenneth Dunkin sided with former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner on a vote, Rita said the Democratic Party of Illinois recruited and funded a candidate to run against Dunkin in the next primary election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 'Unprecedented case': Former Maryland Democratic mayor indicted on 80 counts of child porn The Democratic former mayor of College Park, Maryland, has been indicted on 80 counts related to child pornography. Patrick Wojahn, 47, faces 40 counts of possession of child pornography and 40 counts of possession with the intent to distribute, according to WJLA. The news outlet said court documents showed Wojahn uploaded the suspected child pornography to the social media website KIK under the account name "skippy_md" during the second week of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted March 30, 2023 Author Share Posted March 30, 2023 James O’Keefe Uncovers Possible Lucrative Money-Laundering Scheme for Dems “FEC data shows that some senior citizens across the U.S. have been donating thousands of times per year,” O’Keefe began. “Some of these individuals’ names and addresses are attached to over $200,000 in contributions. We went and knocked on a few of their doors to corroborate the data that we received from a group of citizen journalists called Election Watch in Maryland.” The video then showed O’Keefe visiting someone who is listed as donating over $217,000, through 12,000 separate contributions. This money was earmarked for various entities through leftist platform ActBlue over three years’ time. Some of the donations were made with variations of the person’s name and address, O’Keefe stated. The data he obtained was state and FEC data, O’Keefe said. “We’re wondering if these donors are victims of what appears to be a money-laundering scheme, or [if] these residents actually participated in the scheme. We’re making phone calls, we’re knocking on doors, these are things that you can do, we hope you do that.” There are “bizarre amounts of data” on homes and individuals making many thousands of dollars of donations, O’Keefe said, urging others to help him investigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 18 minutes ago, Geee said: James O’Keefe Uncovers Possible Lucrative Money-Laundering Scheme for Dems “FEC data shows that some senior citizens across the U.S. have been donating thousands of times per year,” O’Keefe began. “Some of these individuals’ names and addresses are attached to over $200,000 in contributions. We went and knocked on a few of their doors to corroborate the data that we received from a group of citizen journalists called Election Watch in Maryland.” The video then showed O’Keefe visiting someone who is listed as donating over $217,000, through 12,000 separate contributions. This money was earmarked for various entities through leftist platform ActBlue over three years’ time. Some of the donations were made with variations of the person’s name and address, O’Keefe stated. The data he obtained was state and FEC data, O’Keefe said. “We’re wondering if these donors are victims of what appears to be a money-laundering scheme, or [if] these residents actually participated in the scheme. We’re making phone calls, we’re knocking on doors, these are things that you can do, we hope you do that.” There are “bizarre amounts of data” on homes and individuals making many thousands of dollars of donations, O’Keefe said, urging others to help him investigate. More Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Leonardo DiCaprio testifies that CCP-linked Malaysian financier, now a fugitive, sent $30 million to Obama during 2012 campaign Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 Tweet See new Tweets Conversation Clinton Rarey @ClintonRarey I decided to look into @actblue in Austin, TX I spoke with Ann who is a 80+ year-old living in a retirement home. Over the last 6 years according to @FEC she has made 26,143 donations or 11.9 donations a day for 2,190 days straight on average. Totaling $161,541.70 in donations. Either someone is making donations on her behalf, has access to her bank account or @Actblue is using the elderly to launder money to politicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted May 13, 2023 Author Share Posted May 13, 2023 SDNY issues new subpoenas in Bob Menendez case as investigation expands A federal grand jury issued a new round of subpoenas concerning the criminal investigation into Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) this week, a sign the inquiry is widening. Menendez has been under investigation for months regarding his and his wife's relationship with the owners of IS EG Halal, a halal meat business based in Edgewater, New Jersey. Investigators have been probing whether the couple improperly accepted cash and other gifts from the business owners, as well as how the company secured an exclusive contract with the government of Egypt to certify halal exports. These newest subpoenas appear to be for unrelated parties, however, suggesting the investigation is expanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 These 4 Dems sent millions in earmarks to their spouses' employers At least four Democrats in Congress have sponsored millions of dollars in federal spending projects for organizations that employed their spouses over the last two years, according to a new report. Sen. Tim Kaine and Reps. Pete Aguilar, Jason Crow, and Mike Thompson – all Democrats – helped steer the money through earmarks, a political term for provisions that members of Congress write into law directing federal funds to specific local projects in their states and districts, The Messenger reported. The findings reportedly came from more than 1,000 pages of congressional appropriations records as part of an analysis comparing congressional records that identify sponsors of earmarks with the personal financial disclosure forms filed by lawmakers. The financial disclosure forms require lawmakers to identify sources of income for themselves and their spouses. Kaine sponsored two earmarks totaling nearly $3.5 million for George Mason University, where his wife, former Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton, worked as interim president from 2019-20. Holton is currently a professor in the university's Schar School of Policy and Government and its College of Education and Human Development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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