The biggest problem with his indictment is that he is still trying to claim that the Dossier was instrumental in forming the basis/predicate of the Carter Page FISA and Crossfire Hurricane.
That is false, and it shows that his work has an agenda.
That said, the information in the indictment does appear to show intentional dishonesty by Sussman and others in this process.
Just because someone was trying to expose Trump doesn’t mean that they should get away with lying to/misleading investigators.
That hurts us all.
This is Barr’s original order appointing Durham as Special Counsel.
As broadly defined as it is, the only reason Durham can pursue these charges is because Carter Page was briefly associated with Trump’s campaign.
A very thin reed to justify this work.
This is key to understanding what’s afoot here - the timeline is important:
Also important to recognize that Durham is attempting to imbue his allegations with significantly more weight (and a greater sentencing threat) than any reasonable & informed person would think they deserve:
RAGA AGs - internally referred to as “generals” - held “war games” sessions before the election, to develop contingency operation plans for a Trump loss.
Every GOP office holder - political, law enforcement, judicial or otherwise - becomes an organ of the strategy.
Their algorithms promote people and content that are emotionally engaging, which means that this platform, by design, rewards those who excel at intentionally using language/content to emotionally manipulate others.
In an effort to investigate fraud, CA passed a law, requiring charitable nonprofits that solicit donations in the state to confidentially submit their IRS Schedule B forms to regulators, identifying donors who gave $5,000 or more.
Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska has been indicted.
Charged with concealing information and making false statements to federal authorities investigating 👉 illegal contributions made by a foreign national to his 2016 re-election campaign.👈
The indictment alleges that Fortenberry repeatedly lied to and misled authorities during a federal investigation into illegal contributions to Fortenberry’s re-election campaign made by a foreign billionaire (Nigerian Gilbert Chagoury) in early 2016.
The whole point of the child tax credit is to decrease child poverty - which it can cut in half.
Including a work requirement is basically making sure that some kids always stay on an unlevel playing field. It isn’t the kids’ fault that their parents are out of work.