DOJ opens investigation into New York AG's office that brought fraud case against Trump

[Gatsby]

"Our country existed for fewer seasons than Seinfield".

I'm sure this makes sense to you. Martinis for lunch today?

Weird question.

 

[VySky]

And there were probably plenty of individual Germans who enlisted in the Wehrmacht for their own idiosyncratic reasons. That doesn't mean their descendants should wave Nazi flags to celebrate this. Or if they do, then they should expect to get a lot of scorn for it.

Ad Hominem - Non-Sequitur

 

[bomberfox]

They need to investigate trump for being a goddamn slaver. The UAE is a slaver kingdom.

 

[Gatsby]

Ad Hominem - Non-Sequitur

Welp, you do what you want. You obviously didn't create this thread to talk about Letitia James. You want to talk about the Confederate flag. Okiedoke!

 

[VySky]

Welp, you do what you want. You obviously didn't create this thread to talk about Letitia James. You want to talk about the Confederate flag. Okiedoke!

I didn't steer the thread this way. Go back and review it.

Start at #10. Complaints about my previous avatar of Obama.

So I made a change for him.

 

[Gatsby]

I didn't steer the thread this way. Go back and review it.

Start at #10. Complaints about my previous avatar of Obama.

You steered the thread this way when you made that your avatar. You don't put that as your avatar and then act surprised that anyone noticed. You obviously wanted people to notice and talk about it; that was the sole reason you did it.

 

[SavannahMann]

So by your own link you have proved my case

Flying the flag falls under the 1st Amendment.

First Amendment covers Government. Congress shall pass no law. That's fine. But if it is my property, I don't have to give you such freedoms. I can decide what is put out on my property. If my property is a Social Media Site, then I can ban images no problem. If you are an employee of mine, and you're flying it, I can fire you because you are expressing an opinion that could be problematic for the company. Government can't stop you, but that doesn't mean everyone else has to accommodate you.

 

[VySky]

But if it is my property, I don't have to give you such freedoms

Why are you folks staring the obvious? Did you also find out water is wet today?

I can decide what is put out on my property.

You think?

If my property is a Social Media Site, then I can ban images no problem.

But its not your site. And again, you're preaching to the choir.

If you are an employee of mine, and you're flying it, I can fire you because you are expressing an opinion that could be problematic for the company.

You're on a roll now.

Government can't stop you, but that doesn't mean everyone else has to accommodate you.

Correct. A+ for effort

 

[Airyaman]

In all likelihood, Ed Martin will have problems serving as a special prosecutor with respect to Adam Schiff.

#WYNK: Huxsters Like Adam Schiff Should Pay a Price

Phyllis Schlafly Eagles · #WYNK: Huxsters Like Adam Schiff Should Pay a Price | May 26, 2023 #ProAmericaReport The following is a transcript from the Pro America Report. Welcome welcome, welcome! Ed Martin here on the Pro America Report. Happy nearly weekend to you. Hope you have a great...

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[Athanasius68]

Looks to me like he’s weaponizing government against his perceived enemies. He’s even talking about arresting Obama. The dementia is getting bad.

I think we forgot here that President Biden actually prosecuted Mr. Trump--- tried to put him in jail.

 

[Athanasius68]

Neither then is Ed Martin. She ruled that Smith was not appointed by Trump and confirmed by the Senate. Ed Martin has not been appointed by Trump and approved by the Senate.

Sounds like he is not a special counsel, but some sort of roving prosecutor

 

[TamleeB]

And nothing will come of any of this. It's just designed to placate the rubes.

Why are you so sure “nothing” will come of any of this?

 

[911Sparky]

I wish they would switch up the setlist.

I know, they keep playing the same tunes over and over, and they were shitty tunes the first time.

 

[Airyaman]

Sounds like he is not a special counsel, but some sort of roving prosecutor

Lol, a guy who has never prosecuted a single case in his life is going to be a "roving prosecutor".

What a joke.

 

[The Brad Dad]

Why are you so sure “nothing” will come of any of this?

Cause it’s just to placate the rubes.

 

[TamleeB]

Cause it’s just to placate the rubes.

That’s it? So, with that being said, you are not willing to actually wait and see how this plays out? You decision is “made”, without actually waiting for the process to play out?

 

[Pyrite]

Justice Dept. Abruptly Escalates Pressure Campaign on a Trump Adversary

Letitia James, New York’s attorney general and a longtime nemesis of the president, is being investigated in two separate inquiries, in a remarkable use of executive power to pursue a foe.

www.nytimes.com

The Justice Department this week abruptly escalated its pressure campaign on Letitia James, New York’s attorney general and one of President Trump’s longtime adversaries, opening a civil rights investigation into her office and appointing a special prosecutor to scrutinize her real estate dealings.

Taken together, the developments concerning Ms. James mark a stark escalation of Mr. Trump’s retribution campaign against one of his foremost nemeses and a remarkable use of Justice Department power to pursue a foe.

The civil rights investigation, which had not previously been reported, is examining whether Ms. James’s office violated Mr. Trump’s civil rights in its successful fraud suit against him, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

The acting U.S. attorney in Albany sent Ms. James’s office two subpoenas, one of which was related to the civil fraud case, which led to Mr. Trump being penalized more than half a billion dollars, including interest.

The second subpoena is related to the office’s long-running case against the National Rifle Association, the people said. Ms. James sued the organization in 2020, winning the ouster of its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre, and sharply diminishing its power, which it had used on the president’s behalf.

Two of the people familiar with the matter said that the new subpoenas were part of a broader investigation to determine whether the office had violated the rights of Mr. Trump or others. It is a highly unusual use of a civil rights law more typically used to investigate potential racial, religious or sex discrimination, among other categories....

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Tripling-down on authoritarianism, this time, weaponizing the Federal Government to target and attack an elected state official who dared to hold trump accountable.

 

[eohrnberger]

Justice Dept. Abruptly Escalates Pressure Campaign on a Trump Adversary

Letitia James, New York’s attorney general and a longtime nemesis of the president, is being investigated in two separate inquiries, in a remarkable use of executive power to pursue a foe.

www.nytimes.com

The Justice Department this week abruptly escalated its pressure campaign on Letitia James, New York’s attorney general and one of President Trump’s longtime adversaries, opening a civil rights investigation into her office and appointing a special prosecutor to scrutinize her real estate dealings.

Taken together, the developments concerning Ms. James mark a stark escalation of Mr. Trump’s retribution campaign against one of his foremost nemeses and a remarkable use of Justice Department power to pursue a foe.

The civil rights investigation, which had not previously been reported, is examining whether Ms. James’s office violated Mr. Trump’s civil rights in its successful fraud suit against him, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

The acting U.S. attorney in Albany sent Ms. James’s office two subpoenas, one of which was related to the civil fraud case, which led to Mr. Trump being penalized more than half a billion dollars, including interest.

The second subpoena is related to the office’s long-running case against the National Rifle Association, the people said. Ms. James sued the organization in 2020, winning the ouster of its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre, and sharply diminishing its power, which it had used on the president’s behalf.

Two of the people familiar with the matter said that the new subpoenas were part of a broader investigation to determine whether the office had violated the rights of Mr. Trump or others. It is a highly unusual use of a civil rights law more typically used to investigate potential racial, religious or sex discrimination, among other categories....

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Tripling-down on authoritarianism, this time, weaponizing the Federal Government to target and attack an elected state official who dared to hold trump accountable.

What authoritarianism?
What weaponizing the Federal Government?

So far, the DOJ is only investigating.
If there's nothing there, there'll be no case.
If the DOJ does bring a case, they are going to have to prove it in a court of law.

Your assertions smells of 'Democrats should never be investigated nor held accountable' crap.
Sorry to burst your bubble, Democrats aren't 'special'.

 

[Pyrite]

What authoritarianism?
What weaponizing the Federal Government?

So far, the DOJ is only investigating.
If there's nothing there, there'll be no case.
If the DOJ does bring a case, they are going to have to prove it in a court of law.

Your assertions smells of 'Democrats should never be investigated nor held accountable' crap.
Sorry to burst your bubble, Democrats aren't 'special'.

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What's to investigate? The fact that the State of NY held trump accountable?

This just doesn't smell, it reeks of retribution. Of revenge. And of intimidation to those who in the future might consider holding trump accountable for any of his actions, whether in office or out of office.

Yeah, this is authoritarianism, on steroids. And MAGA applauds it, because its boy is the one threatening others.

 

[Pyrite]

Justice Dept. Abruptly Escalates Pressure Campaign on a Trump Adversary

Letitia James, New York’s attorney general and a longtime nemesis of the president, is being investigated in two separate inquiries, in a remarkable use of executive power to pursue a foe.

www.nytimes.com

The Justice Department this week abruptly escalated its pressure campaign on Letitia James, New York’s attorney general and one of President Trump’s longtime adversaries, opening a civil rights investigation into her office and appointing a special prosecutor to scrutinize her real estate dealings.

Taken together, the developments concerning Ms. James mark a stark escalation of Mr. Trump’s retribution campaign against one of his foremost nemeses and a remarkable use of Justice Department power to pursue a foe.

The civil rights investigation, which had not previously been reported, is examining whether Ms. James’s office violated Mr. Trump’s civil rights in its successful fraud suit against him, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

The acting U.S. attorney in Albany sent Ms. James’s office two subpoenas, one of which was related to the civil fraud case, which led to Mr. Trump being penalized more than half a billion dollars, including interest.

The second subpoena is related to the office’s long-running case against the National Rifle Association, the people said. Ms. James sued the organization in 2020, winning the ouster of its longtime leader, Wayne LaPierre, and sharply diminishing its power, which it had used on the president’s behalf.

Two of the people familiar with the matter said that the new subpoenas were part of a broader investigation to determine whether the office had violated the rights of Mr. Trump or others. It is a highly unusual use of a civil rights law more typically used to investigate potential racial, religious or sex discrimination, among other categories....

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Tripling-down on authoritarianism, this time, weaponizing the Federal Government to target and attack an elected state official who dared to hold trump accountable.

more from the nytimes article:

Two of the people familiar with the matter said that the new subpoenas were part of a broader investigation to determine whether the office had violated the rights of Mr. Trump or others. It is a highly unusual use of a civil rights law more typically used to investigate potential racial, religious or sex discrimination, among other categories.

On Friday, Attorney General Pam Bondi also appointed Ed Martin — the far-right former interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. — as a special prosecutor to supervise an ongoing investigation into Ms. James’s real estate dealings, according to two people briefed on the move.

Ms. James’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, on Friday called the investigation related to the fraud case against Mr. Trump “the most blatant and desperate example of this administration carrying out the president’s political retribution campaign.” He added that the appointment of Mr. Martin “makes it crystal clear this is a manufactured investigation to pursue political retribution.”

The White House declined to answer a question about whether it was directing the investigations into Ms. James.

Mr. Martin is also investigating the real estate transactions of Senator Adam Schiff, Democrat of California, another high-profile enemy whom Mr. Trump has singled out, the two people said....

 

[TangoNoCash]

I think we forgot here that President Biden actually prosecuted Mr. Trump--- tried to put him in jail.

It’s simple. Don’t commit fraud and crimes. Biden had an independent DOJ. I sorta wish he would have gone after Trump because Garland had no balls.

 

[VySky]

Biden had an independent DOJ

If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you.

 

[NolanVoyd]

Well, to the naysayers here again, they are dashed on the rocks.

I suspect they have a case against her. Wonder what size jumpsuit she wears. Likely XL.

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"Federal prosecutors are in the early stages of an investigation into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought a civil fraud case against President Donald Trump, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The probe is focused on whether or not the New York attorney general’s office caused a deprivation of legal rights under the color of law through its civil suits against Trump and his businesses as well as the National Rifle Association, these people said. It is being run out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York, two of these sources said."

DOJ opens investigation into New York AG's office that brought fraud case against Trump

Federal prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York are in the early stages of a probe into Letitia James' office, sources tell NBC News.

www.nbcnews.com

Its pure corruption

Why are you applauding the end of the rule of law in America?

Have you no patriotism?

 

[VySky]

Its pure corruption

Why are you applauding the end of the rule of law in America?

Have you no patriotism?

As she has said. "No one is above the law"

Not even her.

 

[Pyrite]

Its pure corruption

Why are you applauding the end of the rule of law in America?

Have you no patriotism?

Patriotism is a quaint and discarded notion in MAGAland.

Why does MAGA applaud the President's using the powers of the Executive Branch to target and attack those who have attempted to hold him (trump) accountable? Because they would like to be above the law themselves. Because their instincts for getting back at those who have not allowed them to do what they want are sated by trump's actions.

Because they, like far too many Germans in the last century, have come to believe that an authoritarian, so long as he pretends to be on their side, is what is needed to make the country, and them, great again.

Because MAGA uses its emotions as the basis for what's right and what's wrong, what's good and what's bad.