Buffalo_Gal Posted May 21, 2020 Posted May 21, 2020 Supreme Court blocks release of Russia probe documents The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the House of Representatives from getting secret grand jury testimony of ex-special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The court in an unsigned order kept previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election out of the hands of Democratic lawmakers at least until early summer. The high court will decide then whether to extend its hold. </snip> 2 2
Reality Check Posted May 21, 2020 Posted May 21, 2020 https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/the-arts-of-government-criminality/
Deranged Rhino Posted May 21, 2020 Author Posted May 21, 2020 Lee’s been on this from the start: https://mobile.twitter.com/LeeSmithDC/status/1263325210985615360 worth the time. 2
Deranged Rhino Posted May 21, 2020 Author Posted May 21, 2020 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP91-00901R000600400020-9.pdf https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/ciasuseofjournal00unit.pdf 1 1
Hedge Posted May 21, 2020 Posted May 21, 2020 Quote A former Judge of Elections has been convicted for his role in accepting bribes to cast fraudulent ballots and certifying false voting results during the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections in Philadelphia. Domenick J. Demuro, 73, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty during a sealed proceeding on March 16, 2020, before U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond to conspiring to deprive persons of civil rights, and using interstate facilities in aid of bribery. The court unsealed the matter today. Sentencing is scheduled for June 30, 2020. During his guilty plea hearing, Demuro admitted that while serving as an elected municipal Judge of Elections, he accepted bribes in the form of money and other things of value in exchange for adding ballots to increase the vote totals for certain candidates on the voting machines in his jurisdiction and for certifying tallies of all the ballots, including the fraudulent ballots. Demuro further admitted that a local political consultant gave him directions and paid him money to add votes for candidates supported by the consultant, including candidates for judicial office whose campaigns actually hired the consultant, and other candidates for various federal, state and local elective offices preferred by that consultant for a variety of reasons. Demuro also admitted that the votes he added in exchange for payments by the political consultant increased the number of votes fraudulently recorded and tallied for the consultant’s clients and preferred candidates, thereby diluting the ballots cast by actual voters. ... “Demuro fraudulently stuffed the ballot box by literally standing in a voting booth and voting over and over, as fast as he could, while he thought the coast was clear. This is utterly reprehensible conduct. The charges announced today do not erase what he did, but they do ensure that he is held to account for those actions,” said U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. “Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. If even one vote is fraudulently rung up, the integrity of that election is compromised. I want the public to know that this investigation is active and ongoing, and my Office is taking every possible step that we can to ensure the integrity of the upcoming primary and general elections in the nine counties of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.” Another piece from the Eastern District of PA DOJ: U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain Announces Charges and Guilty Plea of Former Philadelphia Judge of Elections Who Committed Election Fraud Quote During his guilty plea hearing, DeMuro admitted that an unnamed political consultant gave DeMuro directions and paid him money to illegally add votes for certain Democratic candidates. These candidates were individuals running for judicial office whose campaigns had hired the consultant, as well as other candidates for various federal, state, and local elective offices who were preferred by this consultant for a variety of reasons. The political consultant would solicit monetary payments from his clients in the form of cash or checks as “consulting fees,” and then use portions of these funds to pay Election Board Officials, including DeMuro, in return for tampering with the election results. After receiving payments ranging from between $300 to $5,000 per election from the consultant, DeMuro would add fraudulent votes on the voting machine – also known as “ringing up” votes – for the consultant’s clients and preferred candidates, thereby diluting and distorting the ballots cast by actual voters. DeMuro would add these fraudulent votes to the totals during Election Day, and then would later falsely certify that the voting machine results were accurate. 3
3rdnlng Posted May 22, 2020 Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Hedge said: Swallwell would make a good priest in the Middle Ages. 1 1
Taro T Posted May 22, 2020 Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said: How the #### can it have taken nearly 3-1/2 years for such a review to occur? Totally get it not happening even at any point earlier than a year ago, but this prosecution (persecution more accurately?) has appeared publicly to be going sideways for months now. This is beyond ridiculous that it's taken this long for such a review. With everything in the DoJ's case going sideways, how was there not an official review of the investigation it was based upon? Edited May 22, 2020 by Taro T 2 1 3
Tiberius Posted May 22, 2020 Posted May 22, 2020 Any investigation will show Flynn lied and admitted doing so 1
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