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Pardon me, are you Richard Burr, sir?
That depends. Who’s asking?
Oh, sure. Sir, I’m from the SEC.
Oh, you got the wrong guy, I’m definitely Alexander Hamilton.
Ooopsie! That conversation was just between family. I didn’t know that was illegal!
Family values, a conservative principle.
What could be wrong with that?
Lock 'em up. Lock them all up.
No insider trading to see here…
Yep, it was all insider family…
No shame.In another case this is how they fight charges.
" Kelly Loeffler embraces her wealth — and private jet — to jump-start campaign
The Georgia senator is spending $4 million in ads to counter weeks of attacks over controversial stock trades."
Amazing.
OT, but another insider deal.
USPS has just gotten the kiss of death…
And no matter how many times they say that nothing is wrong here, we can only repeat the old saying about ‘If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck for eff’s sake.’ It’s already been said but these people know no shame whatsoever. A pox on them and all their houses.
my surprised face.
Will any of these blatantly corrupt people be held accountable?
No wonder they fear the upcoming elections and will use all means necessary to thwart the electorate.
I’m SURE there is nothing to see here. Just another Republican screwing over the America public while INSISTING they are the victims.
Metaphorically speaking, of course.
So … will the new Biden administration support the DOJ in pursuing insider trading on Sen. Burr and brother-in-law, as well as the other Republican Senate criminals, or will it be more of the old ‘moving forward, not back’ bullshit? That decision will say much about the future of American politics.
Read from the Gospel of Prosperity.
These sorts of financial crimes are different than the political ones. Don’t see Burr getting away with this, not if prosecutors now have another person of interest that they can talk to about the coincidence of them both selling the same day, despite the brother-in-law trading irregularly…
This stinks! This stinks to high hell! This stinks to high hell and beyond!
Imagine how much worse this could have been if Mango Mussolini had not drained the Swamp?
I would have absolutely no problem with Biden keeping prosecution of all these MFs in his back pocket as a threat, in order to make sure the Republicans don’t obstruct him like they obstructed Obama. It’s how you use power, something that Obama–for all his wonderful qualities–never really got, while it’s the only thing that Trump actually understands.
edit added: The trick is that you need to make an example of someone, right away, to show that you are willing to do it. If Burr serves that purpose as an instructive example, great. I’d prefer it be Kushner, though.