the Witch hunt continues ya think?
Drinking and gambling discovered in Joe’s Pool Hall. Details at 11.
“Anonymous U.S. officials briefed on the investigation told CNN…”
That is the real story which the media of course is failing to follow. “Anonymous” is almost certainly a GOPer and the story is an agenda. The donator had a green card so that means the donations were legal. But by putting the story out there, it creates lots of innuendo for the media to try to connect to Clinton. And the media is complicit to help the GOP. Very few of the stories about this mention that the donator had a green card. But they all hype the Chinese connection as if by default that is evil. And of course it spurs on the xenophobes.
Two thoughts.
First, the Supreme Court seems primed, in the Bob McDonnell case. to crack down on the government’s use of broadly written statutes to prosecute politicians for doing things for donors that they also do for non-donors. This is part of a broader trend in Supreme Court criminal law decisions, to deny the Government the opportunity to use vaguely worded statutes to prosecute or unduly enhance the sentences of defendant. (Truth be told, the statutes were written vaguely so that the prosecutors could be creative when it came to situations that were not yet contemplated, but the John Roberts court has had enough go that.) Therefore, what ever he did will have to have been blatantly one to get by a demurrer in federal court.
Second, McAuliffe never struck me as reckless. Unlike say, Bob McDonnell, he does not need to have a donor pay for his girl’s wedding or fly his wife on private jets. Forget what ever his morals and values are, he does not need to nickel and dime, and would not risk jail to do so.
“We friendship together.”
So, is that a typo? Or did he actually say that?
Exactly what I was going to bring up.
You can say whatever about T-Mac and I have in the past. One thing is certain: he’s a master fundraiser, knows all the ins and outs, hell he probably wrote some of them himself. No way he’d get sloppy enough to accept money that wasn’t legit.
As dswx said, in back of this most likely is payback from a Rethug. Count on it.
Apparently nobody “outreached” them either. Weird. Right up there with “taking” a decision instead of making one. Ugh.
Translations for those without their MSM to English decoder ring:
“Anonymous U.S. officials:” Borderline psychotic Republicans in Congress in the Darryl Issa range of pathology who burn the press again and again but never pay a price.
“briefed on the investigation:” some right wing ideologue in the FBI who may or may not have direct involvement in whatever is happening told the Republican a thing that had as much to do with partisan wishful thinking as fact.
“told CNN . . .” the network where willful misunderstanding blends seamlessly into bovine incomprehension to produce “content” to fill the spaces between commercials.
"Taking a decision " is British, and the way most Europeans say it, whether their first language is English or not. So if he’d been hanging out with Europeans lately, that isn’t unreasonable. But I can’t find any such reasonable cause for the others.
Wow. A 100 people donated to his campaign and also donated to a philanthropic foundation that battles AIDS, climate change, hunger, fostering women empowerment and entrepreneurship.
The scandal I tell you!
So are we to discourage people engaging in politics and supporting philanthropic endeavors because it is whispered as some sort of “scandal”…?
is there even a pile of bullshit the republicons didn’t think worthwhile to waste millions of dollars and man hours on…well except when it is investigating real crimes repubicons commit
Beats the hell out of “We are the world”
THAT actually happened. The rocker broke and we all fell off. 
I see- thanks for that!
“No one had outreached us.”
"We friendship together.”
I don’t know about the campaign finance stuff, but at a bare minimum he should be prosecuted for butchering the English language!
Yes.
According to the Federal Election Commission, political candidates are not allowed to receive campaign donations from foreign nationals. Foreign nationals include: foreign governments, political parties, corporations, associations, partnerships, persons with foreign citizenship, and non-permanent resident immigrants. Permanent residents, or “green card” holders, may donate to political candidates.
Just wondering…is he a green card holder???
That’s what McAuliffe is saying, and so far no one seems to be disputing it. So, we’ll see, but I will be pretty surprised if it turns out the guy isn’t a green card holder.