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Steve Bannon arrested and charged with fraud over border wall campaign
The Guardian ^ | 08/20/2020

Posted on 08/20/2020 7:44:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Deep State Soviets. Unreal. AThisnis getting really really old! Not one damned corrupt pos democrat in the slammer.


21 posted on 08/20/2020 8:09:25 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: pepsi_junkie

We need more details. Its the Southern District of NY - the most leftist political Federal District AG in the country.

Pretty much every politician in DC runs a “non-profit” which pays them, and their friends, management fees or salaries.

How different is Bannon’s from others? Any political motivations 2+ months before an election? What angle will this D.A. take?

We need to see.


22 posted on 08/20/2020 8:10:26 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Religion and Politics

Now you can see exactly why Soros and Leftists are heavily targeting D.A., A.G. and law-enforcement positions.

When the law is vast and corrupt, the enforcement of law becomes a tyranny in itself - and the ability to pursue any crime, or ignore any crime, is the ultimate political weapon.


23 posted on 08/20/2020 8:11:08 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

So, these arrests are made in advance if the election, but not much happens with the Durham investigation.
Grand juries are meeting, thus these indictments. Where are the Durham indictments of the main criminals?


24 posted on 08/20/2020 8:15:58 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have never worked in at DOJ, but if the US Attorney’s office is like other prosecutorial offices, high profile cases such as this one would probably have to be cleared at the top, which would be at Main Justice ( the US Attorney in charge of the criminal division) or perhaps by the AG himself.


25 posted on 08/20/2020 8:18:06 AM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: Starboard

Yes, very convenient to have this happen before RNC Convention and so close to election. But Dems, i.e. Hillary, Charlie Rangel(offshore accts) are never held accountable. Wish Trump would have completely cleaned out top levels of all Agencies, FBI, DOJ, CIA, NSA...et al. Very sad that I do not trust any of them.

And, media will repeatedly now show pictures of Bannon with Trump, as Fox just did.

GOD help America!


26 posted on 08/20/2020 8:18:39 AM PDT by 4integrity (1)
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To: JudyinCanada

and Haiti relief


27 posted on 08/20/2020 8:23:17 AM PDT by shalom aleichem (Get movin' Durham!)
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To: Drew68

The Clinton Foundation proves that if you are going to run a fraud and extortion scheme, go big, go international, go for billions.

Then bribe or blackmail anyone who tries to prosecute you.

Life is simple when you know the rules!


28 posted on 08/20/2020 8:23:49 AM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: Sasparilla

I agree.


29 posted on 08/20/2020 8:24:19 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: 4integrity

This is nothing but a timed political hoax. When this turns into a big nothingburger after the election nothing will be done about it.


30 posted on 08/20/2020 8:27:50 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: SeekAndFind

Southern District of New York - anymore be said?


31 posted on 08/20/2020 8:28:29 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: PGR88

So very true, and we are seeing it right before our eyes. Throw in the Academia and all forms of Media into the mix and you have what we have now, because an honest media could stand up to corrupt rule of law, and Universities could teach ethics and a pursuit of Truth that apply to all. But that is no longer happening in the USA and who knows what the consequence will be.


32 posted on 08/20/2020 8:36:35 AM PDT by Religion and Politics (It is time for more than one denomination of "Political Correctness".)
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To: traderrob6

He had to keep the missus in bikinis!


33 posted on 08/20/2020 8:40:04 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: SeekAndFind
Looks like SDNY federal attorney is attempting to shut down "We Build the Wall" and tarnish the reputation of everyone involved. Yet they do not allege the project was unsuccessful or the work was not done.

When I donated, I didn't see the part where Kolflage wouldn't take any salary, I assumed he would be compensated for his work. To me, "100% of funds going to build the wall" implied proper compensation for everyone involved. The fact they were able to accomplish so much with such incredible pushback was very encouraging.

It did seem like Bannon rescued the project at the 11th hour after the fundraiser was sabotaged. From what the indictment alleges, they paid Kolflage's wife to maintain the letter of "Kolfage takes no salary" but keep Kolflage afloat, but they didn't indict his wife.

34 posted on 08/20/2020 8:53:47 AM PDT by no-s
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To: PGR88; MinuteGal

“Any political motivations 2+ months before an election?”

Of course, it is all politically motivated. Bannon’s website, The War Room, that advocated for Trump and his re-election, will now be compromised and possibly put out of commission unless there are others to carry it on.

Plus Bannon and his pro-Trump advocacy such as on Maria Bartiroma’s show on Fox on Sundays, where Bannon often appeared, will now be null. So, the left, in particular the corrupt New York AG’s office, has once again neutered a Trump friend and/or advocate right in the 3 months left leading up to the election. Another voice silenced.

Stone, Manafort, Bannon, Flynn, and I just heard that today a NY Judge has given a green light to that Cyrus Vance guy to pursue further getting Trump’s tax records that the NY prosecutor is after getting out to the public before the November election. The message is, never work for Trump because we will come after you with trumped up prosecutions to get rid of you.

They have weaponized the courts of law in NY to suit their political purposes. Our opponents are vicious, and Pubs better wake up real fast to counter what is happening in the DOJ/FBI and other deep state departments of gov’t that want to get rid of Trump and anyone who advocates for him, using any underhanded method they can. This is war folks, and we have to fight dirty in order to counteract those that hit under the belt all of the time, or we are doomed.


35 posted on 08/20/2020 8:54:34 AM PDT by flaglady47 (Donald Trump, President for Life (heh, heh))
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To: SeekAndFind

From what I read in another article it was Conservative Republicans who sounded the alarm for authorities.


36 posted on 08/20/2020 8:55:06 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: SeekAndFind

And yet the Clintons’ walk free.


37 posted on 08/20/2020 9:07:53 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SeekAndFind

And yet the Clintons’ walk free.


38 posted on 08/20/2020 9:07:53 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: VTenigma

And AOC and Omar are bit behind bars.


39 posted on 08/20/2020 9:11:31 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Pollard

Bannon was arrested on his yact. Yowsa.


40 posted on 08/20/2020 9:16:41 AM PDT by Engedi (SCOTU)
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