Court records unsealed Tuesday reveal the existence of an investigation into a “bribery-for-pardon” scheme, in which law enforcement is examining whether an unnamed defendant mounted a lobbying effort to receive a pardon or reprieve of sentence in exchange for “a substantial political contribution.”
The bell tolls for someone… pls let it involve Giuliani…
Adam Schiff says conspiracy, redactions to protect privacy of those involved
Judge Howell… this is going to be good!
August… is that when Barr went quiet?
Pretty please, let it involve Trump
Please let it involve Trump and his entire criminal mob, family and all.
I imagine if anyone was trying to do the same seeing this is going to scare them away from trying.
Barr had to know this was dropping today and that’s why he dropped Trump today.
And here I thought December would be pretty boring
I suspect this may cause Judge Sullivan to delay a decision on Mike Flynn’s pardon.
This would certainly make anyone wonder.
Hmm!
How interesting could this get?
Gonna have to refresh math knowledge on permutations and combinations.
Uh-oh. With no name, how is Trump going to pardon this person? Maybe he can just do a blanket pardon for everyone he has ever met or talked with over the past 4 years.
I just posted that this was a breaking news discussion on MSNBC. This is something, though, that happened this summer, according to Ari.
What was Rudy doing this summer?
What did Trump know and when did he know it? heh heh heh
Rudy?
Flynn?
Stone?
Miller?
Ivanka?
Lewandowski?
LaPierre?
Barr?
The beat goes on.
The beat goes on.
i’m shocked
Could they have laid a trap for Richard Burr? Or does Trump want to torpedo the GA Senate races by bagging Loeffler’s husband? Or was it Lori Laughlin trying to get out of that college bribery thingy? Oh, the possibilities. I feel like a kid devouring a Christmas toy catalogue.
Marcy Wheeler says this is the second investigation of pardon dangling/negotiating
Also note: Trump ALREADY is/was under investigation for a pardon quid pro quo wrt Assange. This is his second.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 1, 2020
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Doing this on the phone so hard to tag.
Holy crap! This is gold!
Okay, now we have to consider who is rich enough to actually pay a huge bribe to Trump?
Manafort was rich, but I don’t think he has any money left that wasn’t seized by the government? That’s unless the guy still has wire accounts in Eastern Europe?
Bannon might have the cash since he has that Chinese Billionaire friend that lets him live on a yacht.
Some people are speculating it’s Joe Exotic from Tiger King, but I don’t really see it.
To be completely honest, when I saw this story break, my wife and I looked at one another, shrugged, and said at the same time: “That makes sense.”