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Foggy wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:53 am :snippity:

But the conclusion of the 22 year old legal memo by the Office of Legal Counsel is not law, and courts are free to disagree, and their conclusions are pretty weak anyway IMHO. "We think our argument is at least plausible." Oh yeah, you can take that to the bank. :lol:
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Possibly true but note that the 1973 OLC memo from the Nixon era that a sitting president cannot be indicted has been cited multiple times since then. The 2000 memo would allow the DoJ to act against Trump without having to create new policy. Then it would be up to a judge to decide the Constitutional questions that an indictment might generate. I don't think an indictment is a done deal but we know a sitting grand jury is active and hearing testimony.

Recall that the Watergate grand jury wanted to throw the book at Nixon but Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski said he would not sign an indictment, most likely because of the OLC memo.
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Ok. But $cramblebrain is not President anymore. Shirley he can be indictred NOW for something that was inciting an insurrection against the Home Country.
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Slim Cognito wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:01 am My hope is his brainbone says that in his father's voice.
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On one side Avarice: greed in it's most pure and destructive form....

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/3 ... y-00048809
The RNC ‘election integrity’ official appearing in DOJ’s Jan. 6 subpoenas
At least three witnesses in DOJ’s investigation of so-called alternate electors in the 2020 election have received subpoenas demanding communications to and from Joshua Findlay.
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Who is Josh Findlay?

https://www.p2016.org/parties/rnc091217pr.html
Joshua Findlay, Georgia State Director
Josh Findlay joins the RNC with a decade of successful grassroots campaign experience across Georgia. He spent the last two and a half years serving as the Chief Legal Counsel and District Director for his hometown representative, Congressman Jody Hice. In 2013 Josh co-founded War Room Strategies, a full-service political consulting firm with clients at all levels of government throughout the eastern United States.
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Who is he...and why is he here?
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Garland's DoJ files a lawsuit against Idaho for criminalizing abortion in the case of medical emergency.
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Frater I*I wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:40 pm
Slim Cognito wrote: Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:01 am My hope is his brainbone says that in his father's voice.
Two things exist in his skull...

On one side Avarice: greed in it's most pure and destructive form....

On the other is the ghost of Fred Sr. saying "Loser!' over and over and over....
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/politics ... index.html
The former deputy counsel to President Donald Trump has been subpoenaed in the federal criminal probe of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

Patrick Philbin was subpoenaed for testimony and documents, according to one of the sources. Philbin worked in the White House counsel’s office under Pat Cipollone, who also was also subpoenaed for documents and testimony, according to sources.

Philbin did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Chickens are coming home to roost
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:popcorn:

Can we speculate if other phones were confiscated, but the owners of said phones haven't said anything yet?
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There's not enough popcorn on the planet...
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Why were 3 FBI agents traveling with his family? :think:
Out from under. :thumbsup:
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Slim Cognito wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:08 pm There's not enough popcorn on the planet...
And it's only Tuesday...
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Golly, Scott, did they have a warrant signed by a judge, huh, Scott? You haven't said whether they had a warrant signed by a judge.
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The famous, "Think of the children!!!" exception to complying with a warrant. :roll:

"For completeness," this is more likely about January 6 than yesterday's search warrant.
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Dr. Ken wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:04 pm Chickens are coming home to roost
Fuck with freedom, find out what happens.
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Inbox: DOJ charges a member of the IRGC with offering up to $300k for the murder of John Bolton

https://justice.gov/opa/press-release/f ... ovdelivery
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Foggy wrote: Tue Aug 09, 2022 7:14 pm Why were 3 FBI agents traveling with his family? :think:
This just shows to go you that our wise and respected elected leaders do not know how to construct the simplest of sentences. Wasn't it Groucho who once commented something like, "This morning I got up and saw an elephant in my pajamas. What it was doing in my pajamas, I'll never know."
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Kendra wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:30 am
Inbox: DOJ charges a member of the IRGC with offering up to $300k for the murder of John Bolton

https://justice.gov/opa/press-release/f ... ovdelivery
If convicted, will he get time off for good behaviour?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-11/ ... /101321304
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I don't have the link handy, but the same guy also wanted to send Pence along the way with Bolton.
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Kendra wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:30 am
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Inbox: DOJ charges a member of the IRGC with offering up to $300k for the murder of John Bolton

https://justice.gov/opa/press-release/f ... ovdelivery
If the U.S. under Joe Biden/Democrats is such craphole banana republic as the cult thinks it is, why would Justice bother prosecuting someone who tried to kill tfg's former adviser?
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I'll ask my wacko neighbor. It's always fun to see his jaw drop.
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