I may be lazy for not looking it up but isn’t Loeffler’s situation different in that she had her money in someone else’s hands and there’s probably more plausible deniability there?
It may be. I’m only wondering. Also, I don’t trust Bill Barr at all.
Burr's committee agreed with the intelligence agencies that Russia really did interfere with the 2016 election.
Totally different situations, in fact not really comparable. I went through this in detail 2-3 weeks ago. Burr is in trouble. Unless there is new, damning evidence on Loeffler, she will be ok.
I think they are both ok, unless new evidence is reveled. With the exception of Burr, my opinion is that this is, once again, media sensationalism to the nth degree. With just a little bit research and understanding, they would know this was nothing.
Especially when it is performed by the FBI on a Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee the same week that Republican Trump and Republican Barr are trying to get Republican Flynn off the hook by blasting the same Republican FBI that served the warrant on Republican Burr.
I said with the exception of Burr. Did you read that? I have been consistent with my thoughts on this from the beginning, that Burr was in trouble, the others not so much. Do you agree, disagree, or just have diarrhea of the mouth?
Okay. I didn't see what you wrote 2-3 weeks ago, and I can't keep up on all the Republican scandals, so I don't really know who's at risk here. But like you, I expect, I'm boggled that the FBI raided Burr's home.
My shithouse guess is that those decisions were made at the Bureau of Prisons level. I gather a lot of places are releasing a lot of offenders due to Covid. If others serving for similar non violent offenses minus the name recognition and notoriety are getting sprung, then it's nothing I'm going to be concerned about.
Technically, it might not be descriptive to say "the FBI raided Burr's home," though don't take that as a criticism. Every report I read today about this suggests that the only thing subpoenaed was his phone. I saw no mention that the FBI was looking for documents or anything else in the home.
I read somewhere that his brother or brother-in-law or somesuch also made some suspiciously timely sales. Perhaps they are looking for communication between the two.
Thanks.
I dunno. I'm not a criminal lawyer, but even so I know it's a huge deal to execute a search warrant at the home of a US Senator.
It’s political as hell, no doubt, although I do believe there is some merit when comparing an unhealthy 71 year old vs a healthy 53 year old.
I welcome you to explain to me -- in your own words if you can -- what exactly the scandal is. What criminal laws were broken? (I don't watch CNN or MSNBC, by the way, because I generally don't watch TV news.)
What exactly is it you think has been divulged the last few days? I haven't dug deep into #Obamagate yet, but from what I have read, it doesn't sound like there's anything there but a smear campaign designed to hurt Biden during the election.
1) Comey’s refusal to brief Trump on the Flynn investigation, basically ignoring DAG Yates to do so.
No, I am not an Obamagate guy. I think there are some real questions that need answered. Once again, do you want to find out answers, or do you just default to “Trump bad, Obama great” on everything?
1) I can't even find that claim now that you've offered it.
Indeed, but IUJIM says heads should roll, and if I’m not nauseous over this ginormous scandal I’m a blinkered partisan. I’m waiting for him to tell me why that’s so.
As for #3, one example.
As a lawyer, are you Ok with Comey withholding important info to the Flynn defensive team? It is a very simple question
Okay, well I can't really argue with Comey's rationale, there, and I'm not even sure that qualifies as "withholding information from the Trump team," but even if it does, the bigger bombshell in your original #3 was the second clause, not the first.
