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Faceplams: meanwhile, unrelated to the FBI search but still just as sleezy:
"Vince McMahon's newly discovered payments might be connected to Donald Trump "
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/20...nia-23-scandal
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meanwhile, unrelated to the FBI search but still just as sleezy:
"Vince McMahon's newly discovered payments might be connected to Donald Trump "
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/20...nia-23-scandal
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maybe the Trump Epilogue thread should make a grand reappearance?
And why does Brietbart have the exclusive on this?
A warrant is issued on date A, it can be acted upon for up to two weeks later. This is common for warrants and not the gotcha they think it is.UPDATE 2:21 p.m. ET:
Another interesting fact from the warrant is that Judge Reinhart gave the Justice Department and FBI a lot of time to execute it. While the DOJ and FBI took their time–waiting three days to do it–technically the document says that Reinhart authorized the feds to wait even longer all the way until next Friday on Aug. 19 to execute it. While we still do not have the underlying affidavits that represent what the FBI and DOJ took to the judge to seek and gain his approval for the warrant, that seems to indicate that the judge did not think this is so serious that immediate or urgent action was needed to be taken as he gave the authorities two full weeks–or 14 full days–in which to execute the warrant.
Why whatever are those, I wonder.UPDATE 2:25 p.m. ET:
Attachment B to the warrant delineates the three statutes which agents are pursuing evidence under. They are: 18 U.S.C. § § 793, 2071, and 1519.
18 USC 793: Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
Text contains those laws in effect on August 11, 2022From Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDUREPART I-CRIMESCHAPTER 37-ESPIONAGE AND CENSORSHIP
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§793. Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
(a) Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, goes upon, enters, flies over, or otherwise obtains information concerning any vessel, aircraft, work of defense, navy yard, naval station, submarine base, fueling station, fort, battery, torpedo station, dockyard, canal, railroad, arsenal, camp, factory, mine, telegraph, telephone, wireless, or signal station, building, office, research laboratory or station or other place connected with the national defense owned or constructed, or in progress of construction by the United States or under the control of the United States, or of any of its officers, departments, or agencies, or within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or any place in which any vessel, aircraft, arms, munitions, or other materials or instruments for use in time of war are being made, prepared, repaired, stored, or are the subject of research or development, under any contract or agreement with the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or with any person on behalf of the United States, or otherwise on behalf of the United States, or any prohibited place so designated by the President by proclamation in time of war or in case of national emergency in which anything for the use of the Army, Navy, or Air Force is being prepared or constructed or stored, information as to which prohibited place the President has determined would be prejudicial to the national defense; or
(b) Whoever, for the purpose aforesaid, and with like intent or reason to believe, copies, takes, makes, or obtains, or attempts to copy, take, make, or obtain, any sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, document, writing, or note of anything connected with the national defense; or
(c) Whoever, for the purpose aforesaid, receives or obtains or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain from any person, or from any source whatever, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note, of anything connected with the national defense, knowing or having reason to believe, at the time he receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain it, that it has been or will be obtained, taken, made, or disposed of by any person contrary to the provisions of this chapter; or
(d) Whoever, lawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or
(e) Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the possessor has reason to believe could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the same to any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer or employee of the United States entitled to receive it; or
(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer-
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(g) If two or more persons conspire to violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy.
(h)(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the United States, irrespective of any provision of State law, any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, from any foreign government, or any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, as the result of such violation. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "State" includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the defendant forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(3) The provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (e) through (p) of section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853(b), (c), and (e)–(p)) shall apply to-
(A) property subject to forfeiture under this subsection;
(B) any seizure or disposition of such property; and
(C) any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation to such property,
if not inconsistent with this subsection.
(4) Notwithstanding section 524(c) of title 28, there shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund in the Treasury all amounts from the forfeiture of property under this subsection remaining after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 736 ; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, §18, 64 Stat. 1003 ;
Pub. L. 99–399, title XIII, §1306(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 898 ;
Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147 ;
Pub. L. 103–359, title VIII, §804(b)(1), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3440 ;
Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §607(b), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3511 .)Historical and Revision Notes
Based on sections 31 and 36 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National Defense (June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title I, §§1, 6, 40 Stat. 217 , 219; Mar. 28, 1940, ch. 72, §1, 54 Stat. 79 ).
Section consolidated sections 31 and 36 of title 50, U.S.C., 1940 ed., War and National Defense.
Words "departments or agencies" were inserted twice in conformity with definitive section 6 of this title to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of section.
The words "or induces or aids another" were omitted wherever occurring as unnecessary in view of definition of "principal" in section 2 of this title.
Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996-Subsec. (h)(1).
Pub. L. 104–294 inserted at end "For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'State' includes a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States."
1994-
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $10,000" in undesignated par. after subsec. (f).
Subsec. (h)(3).
Pub. L. 103–359 substituted "(p)" for "(o)" in two places.
1986-Subsec. (h).
Pub. L. 99–399 added subsec. (h).1950-Act Sept. 23, 1950, divided section into subdivisions, inserted laboratories and stations, and places where material or instruments for use in time of war are the subject of research or development to the list of facilities and places to which subsection (a) applies, made subsection (d) applicable only in cases in which possession, access, or control is lawful, added subsection (e) to take care of cases in which possession, access, or control, is unlawful, made subsection (f) applicable to instruments and appliances, as well as to documents, records, etc., and provided by subsection (g) a separate penalty for conspiracy to violate any provisions of this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indictment for Violating This Section; Limitation Period
Limitation period in connection with indictments for violating this section, see note set out under section 792 of this title.§2071. Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
(a) Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b) Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term "office" does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 795 ;
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, §552(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1566 ;
Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, §330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147 .)Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§234, 235 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §§128, 129, 35 Stat. 1111 , 1112).
Section consolidates sections 234 and 235 of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed.
Reference in subsection (a) to intent to steal was omitted as covered by section 641 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994-
Pub. L. 103–322 substituted "fined under this title" for "fined not more than $2,000" in subsecs. (a) and (b).
1990-Subsec. (b).
Pub. L. 101–510 inserted at end "As used in this subsection, the term 'office' does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States."
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title V, §552(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1567 , provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective as of January 1, 1989."§1519. Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
(Added
Pub. L. 107–204, title VIII, §802(a), July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 800 .)Except you can't declare declassification like you're Michael Scott just because you want it. and even the president can't declassify nuclear secrets. and finally you can't put a god damn lock on a door and call it good.UPDATE 2:43 p.m. ET:
All of this is technically irrelevant anyway because Trump–who as president has original and absolute declassification authority–said he declassified all of these documents. “Number one, it was all declassified,” Trump said on Truth Social moments ago. “Number two, they didn’t need to ‘seize’ anything. They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago. It was in secured storage, with an additional lock put on as per their request.”
EDIT for Breitbart explanation:
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Well unless Melania hid nuclear readiness footnotes in her shoeboxes I'm pretty sure the FBI didn't give a flying fuck about her closet.
Now if the safe was there, yeah, tough luck, you gonna have to Marie Kondo that back yourself.
"Horrifying"... scoff
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These people should see what cops do to black people’s homes.
Oops, sorry, wrong house.
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Past a certain level of privilege I think people are barely tethered to the rest of us humans. They end up sounding like offended greek gods, ready to kill or off themselves as soon as a fly farts in their vicinity. A messy closet, the horror...
Well no; I know that's not what's happening here. They're trying to churn more outrage by turning Melania into an innocent, collateral victim queen, sullied by the gaze and inquisitiveness of these corrupt agents of the enemy.
Totally read this in Jello Biafra's voice.Originally Posted by allegro
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Omit the sorry and it's more accurate. Also, throw in demanding ID so that they can see if the residents have any outstanding warrants.
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Republicans: "How can those Dems say defund the police!!??"
Also Republicans: "Defund the FBI!! "
Trump: "I have nothing"
Also Trump: "OBMNA HAD DOCUMENTS TOO"
....too?
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MTG introduces articles of impeachment and the guy who came in seconds place here - JoeCuntKent - said when he's elected he'll do the same.
Best and brightest.
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Redlined
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I was thinking more of this case here in Chicago.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...sn-ncna1252123
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ung-s-n1251756
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tempus est umbra in mente
the truth is... you can't just jump in the limousine and wipe those tears away, because this time, everyone is fucking SICK of his shit, and we're not going to let Liz get thrown under the bus.
At this point I will jump under a bus for Liz, and I don't want to do it. But if you make me and there's a bus nearby, I'm under it at this point.
Fuck you republicans. You had a breakup, you had your stupid party, now man the fuck up and try again, but ditch that ex.
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Yes! Please cancel student debt, at least a significant amount. I have over 140K in debt and it's really depressing. I feel like I'll never be able to be a homeowner, or get a new car in a few years when the one I have will fall apart basically. I feel like I can't breathe.
Sad thing is, there's people out there who have it even worse when it comes to student loan debt.
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I did not know Louie Gohmert was this big of a loser. I mean I knew he was a loser, but come on.
Now he’s leaving Congress because he opted to run for Texas attorney general instead of reelection for his seat — which he presumably would have won easily.
He entered the Republican primary for attorney general last November — months after the other candidates, including incumbent Ken Paxton — and raised by far the least amount of money. He came in last place.
He exits office as Texas’ ninth most senior member of Congress, having made a mark — but not legislatively. In nine congressional terms, he’s passed just one bill into law, a measure in 2017 that simplified the process for calling 911.
and it's his birthday today? ah, wow.
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No one wants to represent him, they must know he's in deep shit.
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They also know he never pays any bills, and he demands they do what he says which opens attorneys up to sanctions and possibly losing their law license.
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I'd love for Demings to take down Rubio.
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For the teachers here, or people in public service with Federal student loans where this might apply, there is relief available.
My neighbor was a special Ed teacher for many years; she retired and the entire balance of her loan was wiped out, AND now there’s no taxes on that income.
It’s likely that this is extended.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/publicser...ource=pslf.gov
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Thank you for that. I will look into signing up for it this weekend and see if it helps. I have a long way to go to reach the 10 year mark and I am strongly considering leaving education, I don't even think I can make it 10 years, tbh, but I will certainly give this a shot. Either way, the next 10 years at the very least are going to be incredibly brutal for me. But I'm still thankful though.
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You don't have to work as a teacher for 10 years; you just have to make 10 years' worth of payments while working for a "qualified employer." It says the specific job doesn't matter.
What counts as a government employer for the PSLF Program? Any U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government agency is considered a government employer for the PSLF Program.Any U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government agency is considered a government employer for the PSLF Program. This includes employers such as the U.S. military, public elementary and secondary schools, public colleges and universities, public child and family service agencies, and special governmental districts (including entities such as public transportation, water, bridge district, or housing authorities).
A government contractor isn’t considered a government employer.You need to apply before October 31st.Do $0 payments count for PSLF?
Yes. Any month when your scheduled payment under an income-driven plan is $0 will count toward Public Service Loan Forgiveness if you also are employed full-time by a qualifying employer during that month.
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Hang in there. You do important work that sadly is taken for granted to a hideous degree. Old saying about people with kids & dogs: people with them always want to share their problems, haha. Joke, I actually like kids & dogs but don't have any myself.
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