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The DOJ is now talking about the SPLC investigation. Some of the stuff they're alleging are he-said, she-said: they're saying the SLPC paid the klan and other hate groups. The SLPC will claim they were merely paying informants. That charge could go either way, but this one
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-grand-jury-...In order to covertly pay the individuals, the SPLC opened bank accounts connected to a series of fictitious entities. The covert nature of the accounts allowed the SPLC to disguise the true nature, source, ownership, and control of the fraudulently obtained donated money the SPLC paid the individuals. In order to keep the scheme going, the SPLC made a series of false statements related to the operation of the accounts. ...will have at least some kind of paper trail behind it.
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In order to covertly pay the individuals, the SPLC opened bank accounts
SPLC laundered money, like CREEP and Trump the God did?
Of course, these charges are more credible than what Giuliani was floating, in 2020, right?
Steve
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SPLC laundered money, like CREEP and Trump the God did?
Don’t think that defense is going to hold up in court.
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Don’t think that defense is going to hold up in court.
It will, of course, depend on the evidence.
Steve
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That indictment is something else. The SLPC has been FUNDING these broke hate groups just so they can write articles and claim the US is full of white supremacists.
And then of course the democrats go along in lockstep and then broadly target anyone they can smear with the label.
Is there nothing about the political left that’s actually real? It’s one pile of fraudulent crap after another.
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Is there nothing about the political left that’s actually real? It’s one pile of fraudulent crap after another.
That’s rich coming from a person like you, who supports the fraud of Trump 100%, every single day.
Now, I know you’re excited because the DOJ FINALLY got an indictment, but as the saying goes, it’s easy to get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. It’s all one sided.
The fact that the current DOJ usually can’t even get an indictment, shows their incompetence.
Let’s see what happens when the SPLC gets to the discovery phase and the jury gets to hear from BOTH sides.
Odds are this “case” will fall flat on its face, if it doesn’t get thrown out before the trial.
This is just one more political hit job by Trump to help him rationalize is 34 fraud convictions where he was found guilty by a jury of his peers.
A big fat nothing burger.
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I see some of the lib white blood cells are reacting to this news. Good.
Some things were easily predicted, like how they're trying to go the "informants" route. Problem is the SPLC isn't a law enforcement agency and they don't have the role in society to fund crime to stop crime like actual law enforcement agencies can.
It's not my fault the SPLC decided to commit wire fraud and perpetuate yet more hoaxes that liberals swallow with their prune juice every morning.
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Thom Hartmann’s headline on the matter:
Trump’s DOJ Indicts the People Who Track Nazis
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Trump’s DOJ Indicts the People Who Track NazisI'm shocked!
JK...
The sacred bond of mutual loathing is the glue that binds MAGA:
"Nazi heaven: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat"
"The secretary of Miami-Dade County’s Republican Party started a group chat for conservative students last fall — and within weeks it was filled with racist slurs,
including dozens of ways of violently killing Black people. The chat was renamed after what one member described as "Nazi heaven."
"Participants used variations of the n-word, regularly described women as "whores," used slurs to talk about Jewish and gay people and mused about Hitler’s politics."
"You could argue even with some of them Trump executive orders about race he signed immediately after being sworn into office — I think it’s sending a signal that you don’t have to hide your racism anymore," said one MAGA poster.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-governme...
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It's not my fault the SPLC decided to commit wire fraud and perpetuate yet more hoaxes that liberals swallow with their prune juice every morning.
This is a great example of how we think differently.
Despite the fact that Trump and his administration have lied approximately 50,000 times (give or take 42), you believe everything they say. I’ve seen you twist yourself into a shape defending these lies that would make a pretzel look straight.
Now, in America, you have the right to believe lies. There’s no law against believing lies. So you believe the SPLC committed wire fraud despite the fact that the Trump administration is blatantly dishonest.
I, on the other hand, don’t believe the SPLC committed wire fraud. Why? Because the Trump administration has lied to me approximately 50,000 times (give or take 42).
Now here’s the crux of the biscuit (ok, I listened to too much Frank in my youth): Neither of us knows the correct answer to “has the SPLC committed wire fraud?” At least not yet.
You, will continue to believe that the SPLC committed wire fraud even if the case is dismissed or if they are found not guilty (there must be a conspiracy!!)
I, on the other hand (how many damn hands do I have?) will believe the SPLC committed wire fraud if they are convicted of the crime by a jury of their peers.
You will continue to believe the lies while I will follow the facts to the truth.
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For those who are interested, the indictment is here:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dlFWIW, I think the wire fraud charges are the least supported. Basically, they appear to be premised on the SPLC's statements that they were working to dismantle hate groups, and argue that those statements were deceptive because the SPLC ended up paying informants for information and documents. I think that's going to be a heavy lift, once SPLC mounts a defense. They should be able to credibly argue that paying informants can be (and
were) understood to be part of their efforts to dismantle the hate groups, such that they believed their statements were correct and accurate.
The other charges, though, are more difficult. They relate to making false statements to banks and money laundering. DOJ is claiming that they gave false information to the banks about whose money it really was, including false affidavits relating to the ownership and/or operation of the business entities. I think that's going to be far more problematic for SPLC. They have a good faith argument for why they weren't deceiving donors when they said the funds would be used for dismantling hate groups, but I
don't see a readily apparent good faith argument that they weren't deceiving
the banks.
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This is just one more political hit job by Trump to help him rationalize is 34 fraud convictions where he was found guilty by a jury of his peers.Those 34 indictments remind me of what I just heard recently: trump's approval rating is now lower than his felony indictments!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/polls-show-...LOL
Pete
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hom Hartmann’s headline on the matter:
I'm sure that's amusing.
However: the SLPC used to a be an org that did good work. But as they kept winning in court, and kept whacking white supremacists...they started to become a victim of their own success. Donations dwindled.
But after the "very fine people" lie (still believed as The Gospel around here)? Their donations doubled.
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It's almost surreal how the media and Democrats are whitewashing the allegations against the SPLC, casting them as the good guys who just happened to pay informants. Here's a quick sample of what's actually in the indictment:
� "active promotion of racist groups"
� "made racist postings under the supervision of the SPLC"
� "coordinate transportation to the event for several attendees"
� "directly paying leaders" (because nothing says "informant" like paying the guy in charge)
� "high-level SPLC employee who had knowledge the documents had been stolen"
� "donated funds would be used in the commission of state and federal crimes"
� "SPLC opened bank accounts connected to a series of fictitious entities"
All of that will have to be proven in court, but these are nonetheless extremely serious allegations. The indictment describes a sprawling scheme involving money laundering through fictitious front companies, multi-million dollar fraud against donors, conspiracy, the commissioning of burglary and theft, as well as tax and 501(c)(3) violations tied to funding the activities which the SPLC publicly claims to oppose.
The SLPC paid for the "Unite the Right" riot, bussed the rioters there, created the chaos, then got to fundraise off the hate rally they created.
You can't make this stuff up.
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created the chaos, then got to fundraise off the hate rally they created.
So, Jan 6 "equal riot" opportunity--and already fully pardoned.
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You will continue to believe the lies while I will follow the facts to the truth.
Here are some facts and truth:
Trump said we would be getting checks from the DOGE savings. The famous “DOGE checks” have not arrived, and never will.
Trump said we would be getting checks from the tariffs he imposed, in fact the revenues might be so big it could replace the income tax. The “tariff checks” have not arrived and never will.
Trump said he would start lowering prices “on Day One”. That did not happen.
Trump promised to replace the Affordable Care Act with “something better.” We still don’t have “the concept of a plan”, much less a plan, much less something that could pass in legislation.
Trump said he would eliminate the Federal Debt. As if.
Trump promised to “bring manufacturing back”, instead it continues to slip away, at a pace about equal to that of the past 50 years.
He promised not to cut Medicare or Medicaid, yet his budgets show cuts to both.
He promised “no new wars”, yet we are spending over $2,000,000,000 a day on the useless war we started with Iran and are not winning.
And American drivers are spending 30% more for gasoline, truckers 45% more for diesel for the privilege of watching this moron destroy the credibility of the United States.
To quote a line not heard nearly enough from “A Few Good Men” “These are facts, and they are not in dispute.”
A good one for Dope is the more famous one “You can’t handle the truth”.
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A good one for Dope is the more famous one “You can’t handle the truth”.
That's a great list of the lies that MAGA conveniently ignores/forgets about. But then God-Trump works in mysterious ways that must not be questioned.
Dope is a prime example of that peculiar MAGA denial of reality. LM is even worse.
Whatever happened to BHM?
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