Jury Shockingly Unconvinced By GOP Rep’s Bad Cell Signal Defense

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.

A federal jury in California convicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) on Thursday on all three charges of concealing information (one count) and lying to the FBI about a foreign donation scheme with his 2016 campaign (two counts).


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1410526
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"the West Virginia senator wants to focus on climate change, prescription drug prices and deficit reduction."

Strangely, I don’t know if manch is in favor of raising or lowering drug prices. Will he demand increased coal usage to combat climate change?

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Honestly this feels like a badge of honor. If Kevin McCarthy wants someone gone they must be doing something right.

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So how long is Super Chicken Clarence going to hide in the hospital?

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I just read that Fortenberry can keep his seat.

How will he vote from prison?

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Here you go, folks. Faux News talks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and says “Thanks, Obama.”

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A federal jury in California convicted Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)

Bog-standard Republican.

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The House allows voting by proxy.

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Retiring Dem Rep. To Leave Early

Rep. Filemon Vela (R-TX),

So which is it?

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Putin banked on Trump’s cooperation and was eyeing Ukraine greedily should Trump be re-elected. Happily, that didn’t happen, and Biden was his own man and had his own ideas about the new world order. :slightly_smiling_face:

(Edited to drive some people crazier.)

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For how many years will Nebraska continue to elect him. Hard to bring home the bacon behind bars.

Also just read that proxy voting is in effect until the end of this month, but it seems popular for several reasons.

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FYI Headline on Fox news .See anything missing???

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To be fair, it HAS been done before. Even for a Presidential Election:

  • Eugene V. Debs was in an Atlanta penitentiary, serving a ten-year sentence, when he lost the 1920 presidential election. Two years earlier, Debs, a labor leader, had spoken out against America’s involvement in World War I. He was convicted of violating the Espionage Act of 1917, after the prosecution argued that his antiwar speech obstructed military enrollment. The 1920 loss didn’t come as a surprise to Debs, who had run four times before. His fifth and final run, promoted with a campaign button that read “For President Convict No. 9653,” brought him nearly one million votes, says Claire Jerry, curator of political history at the National Museum of American History. President Harding commuted his sentence in December 1921.*

(Bold is my emphasis)

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Thomas should have retired when Trump could have appointed a 22-year old 1L FedSoc member to replace him.

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Ha. Vela was one of the so-called “Unbreakable 9” conservative Democrats who killed Biden’s BBB bill.

Vela will resign early to join a lobbying firm.

Unbreakable but not unbuyable.

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It’s funny: we have long marveled at Mr. Trump’s admiration for Vladimir Putin. I think we figured that Mr. Trump just admired Mr. Putin’s governing style and wanted to emulate him. However, looking at Mr. Putin’s actions before and after the invasion of The Ukraine, it strikes me how similar Mr. Putin is to the former POTUS. Like Mr. Trump, Mr. Putin is angry and paranoid. He also seems to act based on a world view formed decades ago, and cherishes various delusions. At this point, I am not sure who was imitating whom…

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Until we stop talking about how he voted to hide Trump’s communications which would include those from his WIFE, hello!

And how stupid is he? He could have recused without much controversy, it’s not like his vote made the least bit of difference especially sans comment.

What a freaking tool.

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Fortenberry is going to appeal, so he’ll be out for now. Maybe this will be decided more quickly.

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As the convicted wing of the Republican party grows larger, we’re going to have to decide how their interests are represented in our political system. Even if you can’t vote yourself, you’re still here, with rights, even rights you’d take from others if you could. So we should discuss this, I would think.

But seriously folks, it’s rather pleasant to see things to approve of in the Morning Memo. Starts the day right! Representative Liar McLiarson is convicted of lying, one of the worst Supreme Court justices in history remains hors de combat, we have a proper President out in the world working with the good guys for a change, I do approve.

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He probably just wanted to get on record in order to preserve his domestic tranquility.

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