[Daily Caller] A House committee is referring the head of a company that managed Hillary Clinton’s private email server to the Justice Department for obstruction of justice and making false statements.
Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, the chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the referral for Treve Suazo, the CEO of Platte River Networks.
"With a new administration in place, I am hopeful that the Department of Justice will appropriately respond to the referral. We cannot allow companies with valuable information to stonewall us in our oversight efforts," Smith said in a statement.
Platte River, which is based in Denver, took over management of Clinton’s server in June 2013, several months after Clinton left the State Department. Prior to that, the email system, which housed thousands of classified documents, was managed by State Department IT worker Bryan Pagliano. Any bets on how long it will be until we discover PRN has ties to the intelligence community and the 'National Security' cone of silence must be lowered ?
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Not the same thing, I know, but have the "three Iranian brothers" who did so much IT work for various dems "moved on" to some local where extradition is not an option?
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[DAILYCALLER] Prosecutors in Florida say a former congresswoman took money from a charitable foundation for poor children and instead used it to pay for concert tickets and Beverly Hills shopping sprees.
Federal attorneys on Wednesday opened their case in the trial of Corrine Brown, who from 2013 to 2017 was the Democratic representative from Florida’s 5th congressional district. Brown stands accused of multiple fraud and conspiracy charges for allegedly funneling contributions from the scholarship charity she started, One Door for Education, to her personal bank accounts.
Between 2012 and 2016, Brown and two close associates raised more than $800,000, much of which they transferred to their personal accounts, prosecutors say. The trio allegedly spent the money on vacations, luxury goods and tickets to a Beyonce concert, among other expenses. A case or two of MD 20/20 just wasn't good enough.
"She knew exactly how to lie to these donors, and knew exactly where the cash money was going," Assistant U.S. Attorney A. Tysen Duva said in his opening statement.
Brown’s defense team disputed the prosecution’s characterization of Brown as a manipulative, venal politician.
Defense counsel James Smith told jurors that his aging client was swindled by her former chief of staff, Elias "Ronnie" Simmons, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.
Brown, 70, didn’t know how to email or text, he added, and could not have been responsible for generating the emails cited by the prosecution as evidence of collusion.
The prosecution countered by highlighting Brown’s firsthand participation in One Door’s fundraising efforts. Its first witness, local real estate developer John Picerne, testified that Brown personally talked to him on the phone about a $10,000 donation.
Prosecutors may ultimately be aided in their case by Simmons and Carla Wiley, the former president of One Door.
Both have already pleaded guilty to charges related to Brown’s case and are expected to testify against their former boss.
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didn’t know how to email or text, he added, and could not have been responsible for generating the emails cited by the prosecution as evidence of collusion.
Horsefeathers. I bet she could dictate.
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took money from a charitable foundation for poor children and instead used it to pay for concert tickets and Beverly Hills shopping sprees.
The problem is that Dems view charity money or money in government coffers as their personal piggy bank.
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Her replacement in the newly shaped district is Alan Lawson. Still, liberal, black and a democrat. Still a pretty good guy tho. Bet he surprises some.
[DAILYCALLER] Baltimore’s mayor asked the FBI to send in reinforcements Wednesday to help the city get its murders under control.
Mayor Catherine Pugh, speaking at a news conference, explained she went to the FBI’s Baltimore office for extra agents to join with police officers in combating a skyrocketing murder count, reports CNN.
“Murder is out of control. There are too many guns on the streets. We’re looking for all the help we can get,” Pugh said.
The city already has 101 murders for the year, a number not seen in almost 20 years. The mayor’s spokesperson warned the violence could rise in the summer months.
“The summers in Baltimore tend to be very violent,” Anthony McCarthy told CNN. “And the mayor wants to get a handle on all the murders, the flood of guns on the streets and the gang activity.”
On top of an over 30 percent increase in murders, the city is also experiencing a shortage in police officers. The city is operating with the lowest number of officers in about a decade — 2,500 police officers. Usually, the department has 2,900 officers.
“You get in a crisis mode like we’re in right now with crime out of control and not enough uniformed officers on the street, I would say it’s at a crisis point,” Baltimore’s Fraternal Order of Police President Lt. Gene Ryan said.
The department is paying out $1 million in overtime just to make up for the difference.
“We continue to work with all of our federal partners to address the repeat violent offenders who have been the source of much of the increased violent crime that we have experienced this year,” the Baltimore Police Department spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement.
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On top of an over 30 percent increase in murders, the city is also experiencing a shortage in police officers. The city is operating with the lowest number of officers in about a decade — 2,500 police officers. Usually, the department has 2,900 officers.
Unexpectedly -- if you are a (D).
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Denied, democrat idiots.
You need a basic functioning Police force before Agents gallantly grace your democrat sh!thole with their presence. And if you had not noticed, we are pretty short handed right now because the Feds were also stocked up with democrats - so they would do you no good anyways.
Idiot democrats.
Do like Camden did.
Or just vote democrat more. Idiots.
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Some people weren't around in the 60s. You use the state's National Guard, not subject to Posse Comitatus. There are conditions lesser than Martial Law dealing with significant restrictions in movement and access/egress and assembly. Use the Guard for security/patrols and the cops for enforcement arrests. That is all up to the governor not the Feds. Welcome to the Reservation.
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Agree P2K and Besoeker, If Trump sends in Federal authority and it goes bad, you would never hear the end of it from the Dems. It would blow into the biggest scandal in our history according to the media and Dems. Let the Maryland send the state's National Guard handle this.
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And if he doesn't do something you will get the same thing.
See Katrina.
The democrats and their media allies will make shit up no matter what he does. Just like they did with Bush. Except rump won't just sit there and take it like Bush did.
See "Trump is a Racist!" (no actual proof - quite the contrary)
See "Trump is homophpbic!" (no actual proof)
See "Trump lies all the time!" (no actual proof)
See ...
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Send them some dough, radios, tactical gear, MRAP's (no weapons). They will quickly pi** it away or pawn it, and POTUS can say he supported their Law Enforcement efforts. Stand back and watch the Detroitification. Notify Ken Burns and have the documentary film crews ready.
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It's the city's problem and then the state's problem. They are responsible for governing. Congress cannot govern itself so no answers there.
In the next world you are on your own. Get used to having to take responsibility for a change.
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It's a tricky situation. Perhaps Fred could enlighten us. I can imagine a lot of reasons why Gov. Larry Hogan (R, yeah, R. Second one in 50 years. The other one was an exterminator.) would only get involved if there were something in it for the state. Hogan has survived stage 3 cancer, did not endorse Trump and sent troops in after the Freddie Gray rioting. He's not going to be a pushover.
Charm City is history. Now it will be Detroit on steroids without a bailed out auto industry to create the semblance of a comeback. Underarmor just won't do it. Whoever called it the reservation was right.
Sad, because it really was the land of pleasant living once upon a time. RIP Carl Christ.
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Inmates have more rights than guards. The gangs use Moslem pray meetings for drug and general trouble efforts. Then in the city they have videos of police actions. Officers don't get out of the cruiser many times I understand in Baltimore as a result. Several lock downs in Western Maryland prisons this month already. Each prisoner has to be feed. This takes time and is tedious. A guard was stabbed 12 times with a shank hidden in a prosthetic leg. This inmate has done this before. Sent officer to local hospital where equipment was out of service(many hospitals are in a cash flow problem situation, insurances don't want to pay for anything). Shipped him out to shock trauma at Maryland University hospital for care. May never speak again because of a stab wound in voice box. His recovery is excellent. Police are not supported so this will continue. Go ahead and send in the Feds but they will be frustrated as well. As long as you have Democrats running things there nothing will improve. They are fighting Trump at every opportunity. So it will be business as usual. People will leave if they can. The state is paying people $2000. dollars to relocate. Exporting their problems. The crime goes with them. They lease a vehicle to transport drugs so if they are caught their private property is not confiscated. They return in a private vehicle or leased vehicle. They get more for their drugs out of Baltimore. We are involved in a die off event. The herd is being culled. Planned parenthood for adults.
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The proper way to do this is to ask Local counties, If they refuse (for various reasons including lack of financial resources) then ask the governor to send the State Patrol to come in and give them a hand. The Governor is the only one that can legally ask the fed to come in. National Guards is used for riots ans such, murders, not so much.
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Well, seeking, if the murder rate continues to go up, eventually there will be riots. Then the gov can call out the Nat Guard.
Of course, this is all an attempt to make Trump look bad. "We asked for help, and the big meany racist wouldn't give it."
Actually, a lot of this is Marilyn Mosby's fault. That and Obama's DOJ coming down on them like a ton of bricks. And they wonder why they are short 500 officers!
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A bit overwrought to ask the FBI to deal with murders resulting from local disputes over matters of commerce and personal insult. Can't you just hire some more cops? Oh yeah, *that*.
Having made their bed so thoroughly, it only seems fair to let Baltimore sleep in it for at least a little while, but perhaps we could help out by sending in the CIA. They could overthrow the City Council and install a government more... yeah, you're right. We'd end up with another Bay of Pigs.
[BlabberBuzz] Tom Price, secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks during a news conference last year while he was still in Congress. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill Friday to close "ethics loopholes" in a five-year-old law that has failed to stop members of Congress from taking advantage of exclusive stock deals that are not available to the general public.
Slaughter, a co-author of the 2012 STOCK Act, said she decided that amendments to the law are needed because of controversial, discounted stock purchases that were made by Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and former House member and now Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price in 2015 and 2016.
In one of Collins’s stock trades in 2013, he took part in an initial public offering (IPO) in a foreign market and did not disclose it on financial disclosure forms. A possible loophole is that ethics officials and members are interpreting that requirement to only apply to the U.S. market.
The trades led to accusations of "insider trading" on the part of Collins and Price.
"We are blessed people and we are here to do good for the country; we are not here to do good for ourselves," Slaughter said in an interview.
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He's still living in his fantasy world, where he'll always be the smartest guy in the room.
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If O-Care is so popular, then why did Trump get elected running on a ticket of repealing the Un-ACA? Why do the Pubs control both Houses? Dipwad failure as a POTUS; (way south of Jimmy Carter, Chester B. Arthur and whoever else is in the basement).
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Not only did Obama lose both houses in DC, he lost 1000's of seats at the state level. Of the 99 state legislative bodies Democrats now control only 30.
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It's not popular, it's more like a third mortgage a senile relative stuck on the family home. Just because you can't afford to get rid of it doesn't mean you like the damn thing.
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[DAILYCALLER] Prosecutors in Florida say a former congresswoman took money from a charitable foundation for poor children and instead used it to pay for concert tickets and Beverly Hills shopping sprees.
[DAILYCALLER] Baltimore’s mayor asked the FBI to send in reinforcements Wednesday to help the city get its murders under control.
