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I haven’t found any sources saying she had a blind trust or any other plausible explanation why the DOJ and senate abruptly dropped all investigations into her impossibly timed trades.
AlfredDPrince
TheActualDonKnotts
What did anyone expect, when senators get to investigate senators instead of an impartial body?
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
I can name one. Literally anyone who reads imgur saw this crash coming. The idea that it is "insider" is laughable.
SunAnvil
TheMechanick
It was dropped because the system is corrupt RE: Just a few bad apples argument
TwoStupidDogs
Woof.
alexcoldt
Gotta love when senators get to decide if senators are being ethical.
Kahedhros
Surprise surprise they decided everything they do is blessed by Christ himself
Tmissfrizzle
"Ethics committee"
bripi
the quotes should end at ethics, but fair enuf.
malachilenomade
Ethics committee.... It's time to drink heavily...
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yourbassist
Given that her husband is the chairman of the fucking NYSE you'd think the SEC would be up somebody's ass too.
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
bripi
THIS. This woman should not be allowed to serve in Congress for this *very* reason. If I were in the SEC I'd have a guy at their house 24/7.
hollower
When civilians do this we get thrown into jail, but its ok for scumbags like these to do it. Our country is as fucked up as the rest
bripi
possibly even *more* so, since the framers of the Constitution wanted so much better for us.
ILiekToCookAndBake
Guillotine
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
VegasBT
The statute of limitations has yo extend WELL past January 2021.
Hoobajoo
I'd say it;s hard to prove as you have to prove she did it due to inside info and not something else. All she has to say is "I watched the/
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
Hoobajoo
news and followed trader advice" and how can you prove otherwise? I think she stinks, but it's the burden of legal proof sadly.
RealityIsOftenDisappointing
Investigation being dropped and being concluded with her innocence confirmed are two different things, no?
sweetfeetpete
What’s she referencing by saying “again”?
NoneOfThemKnew
Bill Barr at the DOJ also dropped his investigation. They *are* still investigating the one senator too dumb to conceal his crimes.
bripi
clearly she's been pretend-investigated before.
yourethinkingtoohard
ribnag
Aww, but I kind of feel bad for Melania. Sure, she has bad taste, but clearly SHE hates that man far more than any of us ever could.
ChickenFingerFingers
Its cause Republicans like killing anything good. Pensions? Fuck that! Oversight? Not on their watch! Fix healthcare cause we pay the most?
ChickenFingerFingers
Fuck no!
bripi
Don't know why you got d/v unless it was some GOP jackass; you're spot-on. Anything moral or decent and the GOP wants nothing to do with it.
Vitrifiedcurvluvr
ThrockmortonTheSkateboarder
Your country is being held hostage.
AgamemnonsMemes
"And nothing changed."
iwalkedintoabar
I'll give her inside her trading
nsaladbar
I'm not sure what you mean
bripi
sex. he means sex. "inside her" was the clue.
palatinusmusic
There is a level of sh*tf*ck*ry that no amount of rolling eyes, being upset online, sharing posts will solve. Action is needed.
CidColetti
Is it possible for politicians not to be completely rotten, corrupt cunts?!
bripi
Yes. Al Franken was one. He was shuffled out by his party's boss without due process and he regrets it. He was a beacon.
wellladeedaa
Yes but it requires structural change we're unequipped to handle. Most countries needed to overthrow their leaders several times to progress
Tumescentpie
Yes, but typically only after they have been dead for a while. Like James Buchanan isn't currently being a cunt.
adamrac
Because she, like Sen. Diane Fienstein, had a blind trust, she knows nothing about the trades. They were both exonerated.
NoneOfThemKnew
Her trust's trades were pretty dubious, but yeah, it's hard to prove anything when she has a blind trust.
bripi
I don't recall anything said about a blind trust in her case. Fienstein, yes.
PaintedSlate
Oh dang, Loeffler specifically had a blind trust? Do you have a source? Thought it was just 2 of the others.
jackwagon311
Who TF cares? Her husband or someone she knows could be the trustee. It's simply too coincidental.
unflavoured
Thank you. Such an obvious answer, yet all top responses are about how evil the process and people must be.
zenmaster11
Fuck her
grailtemplar
Nailed it
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
lokazaks
No way not that dead eyes fish lady
ThatCanadianViking
If i could i would. Im not picky on business time.
ProfessorPoopyButthole
You sure you want to go inside a Trump supporter? Bold move.
gripped86
I bet she could teach you a thing or two. She looks like she gets down
Bugdaze
Okay. That's punishment enough.
Dave830108
Exonerated "again " says about all you need to know.
anotherprosaicusername
She was investigated by Senate and DOJ. Exonerated by both. Turns out it is legal for your investment manager to manage your investments
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
neomagus00
Dangerous logic, see Hilary Clinton.
RealFuckinNeeto
Ig that’s what happens when you don’t fight the charges people will always use them as an example as someone worse
FastTrackToAssCrack
HURRR BUTTERY MALES
Inkfinger
Its almost like we need an entirely different investigative branch that exclusively investigates our government
bripi
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Don't know that the Constitution forbids this, but if not....?
f1photog
We could call them Inspector Generals, but I'm sure they can still be fired by the people they're investigating.
Inkfinger
I see a slight problem with your plan. We couldn't call them generals because they arent in the army.
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
fizzlebuns
Her husband donated $1,000,000 to a pro-Trump SUPERPAC in the week following the allegation. That's why this was dropped.
deltaalphakilo
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/kelly-loeffler-trump-super-pac-272626
CaldariBob
I'm not sure that certain Republicans are using the word "exonerated" right.
Gestalt7
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
ddkong86
Allegedly
Variadicism
Causation might be alleged, but the donation happened. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/kelly-loeffler-trump-super-pac-272626
Weedies617
They all seem to fade away once you provide evidence. Good on you trying to shine the light
ambiencenever
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/kelly-loeffler-trump-super-pac-272626
orangearcadi
That has nothing to do with the Senate Ethics Committee...
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
AllysiaAiua
I love this.
ddkong86
Can't, conspiracy
Variadicism
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/kelly-loeffler-trump-super-pac-272626
StatisticallyInsignificantCanadian
You mean the same husband who is the Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange? That husband?
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Sauce?
Weedies617
You asked for proof. No thanks?
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
acidburn1415
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kelly-loefflers-husband-jeff-sprecher-pours-dollar1-million-into-pro-trump-super-pac there are more articles
softsuit
Well Rape my Lizard if it isn't true! The swill runs deep in the hog troughs of politics.
JobbyJabber24
Aw gee thanks ,love the "daily beast"
Wombatish
The link to the official FEC record is in the first fucking sentence.
acidburn1415
Google Jeffrey Sprecher donation
ahorseelbowdeepinme
Asked and answered! Thank you!
TruncatedAppendages
I'm not reading that.
jackhunterjones4
MollyInanna
Curious as to context of original
PoisonHugs
Fucking Asshole
whaleblood
Weedies617
Human garbage. Just like his lame boss
PennsylvaniaPalindrome
Hate this guy; love this gif-- it captures him and his attitude perfectly
Nicalanius
Sofakingwetoded
That pinky draw fills me with so much rage. I pray that he'll be running in a hamster wheel during rec time. Fuck that swamp monster.
cforcalvin
very punchable face
JCstormz
republicans say republicans don't have to follow the law (yet again)
Galk
And Democrats don't have to respect democracy https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/05/21/philly-dem-official-charged-w-election
TheMechanick
Ultimately it's politicians say politicians don't have to follow the law, it just shifts based on majority power
lokazaks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EewyxUQpYls
bdm0417
This would hold water if the ethics committee members were majority Republican, but they're not. This is politician protecting politician.
backrideup9
Handjobs for everyone, apparently.
CoarseAndSalty
That is kind of the theme for the last four years..
ManWithFace
...i'm just spitballin here, but is the DOJ a branch of the republican party? op's text there says they're the ones droppin investigations
I8THECAKE
Your logic has no place here!
Geistbar
Under Bill Barr? Yes, yes it is.
animatronicChristmasChickens
Executive branch. There have been a whole bunch of investigations dropped with sketchy reasons lately
JCstormz
Barr and his cronies have politicized it, so yes it is.
ManWithFace
ah cronyism. fair point, actually. but then... why, after the '08 crash did we only arrest one banker? dunno if it's a one party thing
JCstormz
That goes back to the deregulation of the banking industry, which while Clinton opened the door, Bush smashed them to the ground
ManWithFace
yeah, but, my boy rocky bombers was in the white house. didn't the D take both the senate and congress too? but your response here sounds-
DanAndsome
They also dropped the charges against the democrat that was implicated.
coyotemedic
Easier to sweep both under the rug
illbethere
In the words of George Carlin it's a big club and you ain't in it!
joshuNoodleDriver
The people who downvoted your comment are drinking the same koolaid as the super trumpers, just a different flavor. Fuck all politicians
alanrails
She had a blind trust