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On 3/31/24 8:39 AM, FPP wrote:
> On 3/30/24 4:13 PM, trotsky wrote:
>> On 3/30/24 11:28 AM, FPP wrote:
>>> On 3/29/24 1:48 PM, trotsky wrote:
>>>> On 3/29/24 9:07 AM, FPP wrote:
>>>>> On 3/28/24 3:44 PM, shawn wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:41:20 +0000, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 26, 2024 at 4:04:09 AM PDT, "FPP" <fredp1571@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 3/25/24 8:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   Wait a minute. Trump's civil fraud verdict was based on the 
>>>>>>>>> notion he
>>>>>>>>>   systematically gave an incorrect valuation to his properties 
>>>>>>>>> in order to
>>>>>>>>>   deceive lenders (even though all lenders were repaid and none 
>>>>>>>>> of them ever
>>>>>>>>>   made complaints against him and all said they'd do business 
>>>>>>>>> with him again).
>>>>>>>>>   Now, the New York Times admits that reaching a proper 
>>>>>>>>> valuation for Trump's
>>>>>>>>>   buildings is a "guessing game".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bullshit.  He lied.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For loans, he inflated his valuations.  For taxes, he lowered his
>>>>>>>> valuations.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So when Trump takes out a loan and pays it back with interest, 
>>>>>>> that's a
>>>>>>> crime.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As Jon Stewart pointed out in his video Trump did pay the loan back
>>>>>> with interest but much less than he would have if he had given the
>>>>>> properties the proper valuation. Which amounted to a lot due to the
>>>>>> sums involved.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And he made the people of New York pick up the tab to make up for 
>>>>> what he shorted the state.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shorted on taxes, cheated banks out of their profits... profits 
>>>>> that COULD have been lent out to other New Yorkers, who didn't lie 
>>>>> and cheat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trump cheated and made those that didn't cheat pick up the slack.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a reason it took this long to bring him to justice?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah.  Not a good reason... but the reason is Merrick the Mild 
>>> doesn't want to ruffle any feathers.
>>>
>>> He's part of the plan...
>>
>>
>> I don't think Garland was ever cut out for this, he belonged on SCOTUS 
>> but McConnell screwed him by committing an act of sedition.
>>
> 
> Do you know Garland's background?  If you did, you wouldn't even ask...
> 
> https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-of-the-mafia-state?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true


What was I asking?


> 
>> GOP extremists have long praised Garland. In 2017, after Trump fired 
>> James Comey, Mitch McConnell suggested that Garland become the FBI 
>> director.
>>
>> “I have spoken with the president about it. I recommended Merrick 
>> Garland,” McConnell said in May 2017. He recited the propaganda line 
>> that Garland “was the prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing case.” 
>> (Garland was not. The lead prosecutor in the Oklahoma City bombing 
>> case was Joseph Hartzler, and how that lie gets circulated will be 
>> explained later.) McConnell added that Garland “would make it clear 
>> that President Trump will continue the tradition at the FBI of having 
>> an apolitical professional.”
>>
>> McConnell is not the only Republican linked to Russian oligarchs to 
>> praise Garland. In 2010, when Garland was being considered for the 
>> Supreme Court, Republican operative Joseph DiGenova commended Garland 
>> as “a profoundly serious guy” who would be a great addition to the court.
> 
>> In October 2021, Donald Trump praised Garland as “a good man” and said 
>> he was glad Garland was Attorney General.
> 
> Garland is a stooge.  God, I hope Jack Smith isn't one too...
> 
> 
>