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Report: Prosecutors ‘Determined’ to Jail Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin in College Bribery Case
Breitbart ^ | 4 April 2019 | Joshua Caplan

Posted on 04/04/2019 4:47:57 PM PDT by Steely Tom

Prosecutors are “determined” to see that Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman receive jail time for their part in the elite college bribery case, according to a report.

Deadline reported Wednesday that jail time for the actresses appears “more and more likely.” Sources told the Tinseltown-focused website that law enforcement officials have signaled that Loughlin and Huffman could serve between six months and just under two years behind bars. However, their level of cooperation with the investigation will ultimately dictate the length of their sentences and fines, Deadline’s source added. .
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The Hallmark Channel, where Loughlin starred in popular holiday movies and the series When Calls the Heart, cut ties with her a day after her arrest.

Huffman, the 56-year-old former Desperate Housewives star, is charged with paying the admissions consultant at the center of the scheme $15,000 to have a proctor correct the answers on her daughter’s SAT.

The two actresses and Giannulli said little during the brief hearing in a packed Boston courtroom and were not asked to enter a plea. They remain free on bail. Several other parents were given similar hearings of a few minutes each.

The proceedings came three weeks after 50 people in all were charged with taking part in a scheme in which parents bribed coaches and helped rig test scores to get their children into some of the nation’s most selective universities, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC.

The case — the biggest college admissions scheme ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — has roiled the world of higher education and amplified complaints the system is stacked in favor of the rich.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: admissions; college; felicityhuffman; loriloughlin; scandal
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To: Steely Tom

I’ll believe it when i see it.


21 posted on 04/04/2019 6:33:17 PM PDT by utax
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To: Steely Tom
My guess is they're democrats and will make the appropriate contributions to party members.

As far as either of them seeing the inside of a jail? As the Japanese say, "Nevaah haaapaan."

22 posted on 04/04/2019 7:25:00 PM PDT by LouAvul (Socialism is the logical conclusion of liberalism. Anarchy is the logical conclusion of socialism.)
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To: Steely Tom

I don’t understand the furor.

One third of college students are admitted because of skin color, gender, or sexual preference.

The people who paid bribes are being punished because they are white, attractive, and affluent.


23 posted on 04/05/2019 1:51:05 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Spot on; these crooks will serve as examples of what happens to wealthy whites who circumvent the preferential treatment of certain preferred minorities.

I have no sympathy; I’m a white guy who couldn’t buy my childrens’ way into those schools. No more of this “affirmative action for thee, but not for me” crap...


24 posted on 04/05/2019 3:00:09 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: ChildOfThe60s
These two, although rich, are not sufficiently politically connected. They will be the jail time scapegoats to satisfy the public

translation: Attention, Hollywood social climbers: Better ramp-up your contributions to Democrats NOW if you want to avoid any future unpleasantness.


25 posted on 04/05/2019 7:29:00 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Steely Tom

Are they going to jail the obamas? They and their kids (his step kids) did not get into college on merit.


26 posted on 04/05/2019 1:59:29 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (My sister said the only thing that did not was the clock. GE has spare parts)
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