The fun bit is that all of this is in the jurisdiction of the New York State attorney general and may involve state crimes as well as Federal offenses. A Presidential pardon may not help. 😈
]]>Cheeto Mussolini of course blew a fuse about how this was horrible attack on America blah blah. But nobody would have signed off on the search warrant unless there was already a money trail showing Russian money going into Cohen’s office, and an equal amount of money coming out the other side to benefit the Trump campaign. Raiding Cohen’s office at that point basically becomes a case of wrapping up the relationship between the two with actual financial records.
Basically, money laundering and embezzlement are the *only* two things that’ll get a lawyer raided. Attorney-client privilege is pretty comprehensive, but doesn’t cover actual participation of the attorney in a crime. If he laundered money for the Russians, well. I hope he has a good lawyer. :).
]]>Where in hell are the thousands of new Border Patrol agents that have been approved? They have 2 divisions worth of Border Patrol agents on the southern border and a battalion on the longer northern border [20k versus 500 for non military people]. Racism much?
]]>The issue with dispatching the National Guard under state jurisdiction is that thanks to Sheriff Joke Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, there is now a U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibiting states from enforcing federal immigration law, as well as another U.S. Supreme Court ruling prohibiting states from having their own immigration laws. If the Arizona National Guard under state control sees a hundred illegals swarming the border, all they can do is call the Border Patrol, because there’s no probable cause to believe these immigrants are violating any state law and while under state control they’re prohibited under law from enforcing federal immigration law. (And under federal control they’re *still* prohibited, thanks to Posse Comitatus).
So basically, you’re dispatching highly trained armed soldiers to the border to make phone calls to the Border Patrol. Yay.
]]>Having looked at the pictures, the black smoke and orange flame makes it look like an oil fire, although the oil was probably plastic or foam, which would explain why 6 fire fighters were injured – they weren’t wearing air packs.
Anyone who rents an apartment in a high rise building that doesn’t have sprinklers is crazy. Given what that apartment costs, there will probably be a law suit from the relatives of the individual who died, as well as those who can’t use their apartments because of smoke damage.
Torshin, the oligarch involved with the NRA, was building the structure for Putin to funnel money into US elections. NRA says they didn’t use foreign money in elections, but there are a lot of ways of laundering money.
]]>In other news, have you seen Maddow’s latest?
]]>Drumpf got on Twitter to to make the point that it is a well-built structure. That makes me suspect that the fire investigators are not going to be happy about what they find.
]]>I just read that apparently Trump Tower is on fire. Report was that there was a little smoke for awhile, then it suddenly expanded & is spreading.
That’s what happens when you overload the paper shredders! 😉
Haven’t seen it in the media yet, but this guy posted a couple vid’s on his Twitter feed:
]]>Many National Guard troops are cops and firemen or in other civil service jobs. Who does those jobs when they are gone? Usually no one, so essential services in their communities suffer for the raving of a moron. in La Casa Blanca.
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