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Trump election fraud investigation heads to grand jury in Georgia

A criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia is set to intensify this week, as a grand jury convenes, offering the local district attorney her first shot at seeking subpoenas for records and interviews.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis made her investigative intentions clear with a round of letters to Georgia state officials in February, asking them to preserve documents relevant to election interference as she investigated potential state crimes including the solicitation of election fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering.

According to the letters, none of the Georgia officials are targets of the investigation.

"What I was doing, as a courtesy to people that I respect very much, is simply putting them on notice that when a grand jury convened, which would be in March, that they could expect to receive subpoenas," Willis told MSNBC in February.
Two grand juries are set to convene in Fulton County on Thursday, opening a path for Willis' next phase in her probe. A person familiar with the investigation said they are likely to rely heavily on subpoenas rather than voluntary requests for records and interviews, in part to establish a clear court record of their pursuit of evidence.

In the meantime, some officials in Georgia have already hired personal attorneys amid the fallout from Trump's efforts to upend the election results.

While Willis' investigation launched from the now-infamous call in which Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to "find" him enough votes to win the state, it's expected to stretch well beyond that single call.

"There may be nothing there," said a person familiar with the investigation, "or it may be more extensive that we thought."
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Nothing there? I can't believe this "very stable genius" would even make a call like that without considering it would be taped, big thumbs up for Brad,CHEETOMAN a stupid MF.ccguns
 
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Separately, Vance has put intense pressure on Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer.

In addition to scrutinizing Weisselberg’s role in Trump-linked potential wrongdoing, Vance has asked questions about his two adult sons, according to multiple reports — a tactic often used by prosecutors seeking to get a witness to cooperate in an investigation in exchange for leniency.

“They want him to turn” on Trump, a person familiar with the probe told Reuters on Sunday.

“He’s quite curious about his businesses and his employees, his organization, and is eager to look under the hood,” the source told the Daily News. “He’s not entirely sure of the role he will play, but he misses it, for sure.”
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Finding out who will turn on him.
 
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The law is closing in on fat Donnie, the real Teflon Don. Donald is gonna be spending quite a bit of time in NY soon.
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Trump’s Odds of Getting Away With Tax Fraud Just Took a Nosedive | Vanity Fair

TRUMP’S ODDS OF GETTING AWAY WITH TAX FRAUD JUST TOOK A NOSEDIVE
The Manhattan District Attorney’s criminal probe is closing in.

Since leaving office in January, Donald Trump has apparently laid out a number of goals for himself. One of them is to scam as much money as possible out of his supporters. Another is to maintain relevance despite his social media banishment. Yet another, and probably the most important of the bunch, is to avoid prosecution for his cornucopia of alleged crimes. And on that last front, things aren’t looking great for the ex-president.

Weeks after the Supreme Court rejected Trump’s bid to keep his tax returns out of the hands of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office—a turn of events he reacted to like a man who knows prison is in his future—the D.A. has expanded its criminal investigation of potential insurance, bank, and tax fraud outside of New York City. On Monday, CNN reported that Cy Vance’s office has subpoenaed documents from Fortress Investment Management, which loaned the Trump Organization $130 million to build his Chicago tower and then, seven years later, forgave a cool $102 million of that debt. While Trump ended up getting a sweet deal not having to repay a huge chunk of money, investigators are reportedly interested to know if he paid taxes on the forgiven amount, as required by the IRS. Per CNN:

Investigators’ interest in how Trump and his company treated the Chicago loan is an expansion of an inquiry that encompasses multiple aspects of the Trump business. Prosecutors are examining whether the company misled lenders or insurance brokers about valuations for certain properties.
New York Attorney General Letitia James first raised questions about Trump’s handling of the Fortress loan last fall when her office disclosed in a court filing that it was investigating whether Trump and the Trump Organization recorded the forgiven amount as income and paid taxes or whether there was some explanation as to why that wouldn’t be required. The attorney general’s office said at the time that information about the transactions was “significant” to its civil investigation.
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In addition to the Chicago tower, Vance’s office has also taken an interest in Seven Springs, a Westchester County estate owned by Trump that he unsuccessfully attempted to develop into a luxury subdivision in the late ’90s. While local tax assessments show the market value of the property as roughly $19 million, Trump has valued it at up to $291 million. Which is…curious! Per The Wall Street Journal:

Inflating assets to help secure loans or other financial benefits can be a state criminal offense, legal experts said…. Prosecutors in recent weeks have sent subpoenas to land-use lawyer Charles Martabano and engineer Ralph Mastromonaco, both of whom were involved in planning the Trump Organization’s proposal for Seven Springs, the people said. Mr. Mastromonaco confirmed he had received a subpoena and said he had given the district attorney’s office materials including communications with others involved in the project.
The district attorney’s office also requested recordings of planning-board meetings in Bedford, N.Y., one of three towns on which the Seven Springs estate sits, people familiar with the matter said. Messrs. Mastromonaco and Martabano appeared before the board with Mr. Trump’s son, Eric Trump, in 2012 and 2013, meeting minutes show.
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According to one of the New York Times’ bombshell reports re: Trump’s taxes published last year, in 2014, Trump classified Seven Springs as an investment property and has subsequently been able to write off $2.2 million in property taxes as a “business expense.” The problem? Eric Trump has publicly stated that the estate is a family retreat, telling Forbes in 2014 that “this is really our compound,” recalling the summers and weekends he spent fishing and riding ATVs around the property with Donald Trump Jr. So that’s probably something else Vance’s office is looking into.

The Trump Organization did not respond to CNN or the Journal‘s requests for comment. Last month, the Manhattan D.A.’s office hired Mark Pomerantz, who successfully put away John Gotti and others involved in organized crime, to work on the Trump case. Among other things, Pomerantz has reportedly been working on getting Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s longtime CFO who knows where all the bodies are buried, to flip.
 
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Trump's 'Fraud' Exposed: New Call Evidence Revealed In Criminal Case

New audio evidence released by the Wall Street Journal reveals former president Trump pressured the lead investigator of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office to find proof of voter fraud during an audit of mail-in-ballots in an effort to help him win the election. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on the significance of the evidence.
 
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Trump Card For NY Feds?: Growing Probe Of Citizen Trump's Money Trail

Citizen Trump has new legal trouble in New York as the Manhattan D.A. expands his probe into Trump’s business practices. The D.A. has subpoenaed documents from an investment company that loaned the Trump Organization millions of dollars for its Chicago skyscraper. This comes as feds are now probing Trump’s “Seven Springs” estate after his former fixer Michael Cohen said Trump manipulated property values.
 
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www.huffpost.com

John Dean Warns Trump That Prosecutors Are Closing In: 'Only A Matter Of Days'

The Watergate figure reveals a key sign the former president's in deep.
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John W. Dean

From personal experience as a key witness I assure you that you do not visit a prosecutor’s office 7 times if they are not planning to indict those about whom you have knowledge. It is only a matter of how many days until DA Vance indicts Donald & Co.

A matter of days? I hope he's right but more than that I hope Vance gets it right.
 
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www.huffpost.com

John Dean Warns Trump That Prosecutors Are Closing In: 'Only A Matter Of Days'

The Watergate figure reveals a key sign the former president's in deep.
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John W. Dean

From personal experience as a key witness I assure you that you do not visit a prosecutor’s office 7 times if they are not planning to indict those about whom you have knowledge. It is only a matter of how many days until DA Vance indicts Donald & Co.

A matter of days? I hope he's right but more than that I hope Vance gets it right.
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Vance doesn't need to hit a target, just the side of a wall! I'm sure he's going for some pretty low hanging fruit, there's plenty laying on the ground at his feet.
 
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Vance doesn't need to hit a target, just the side of a wall! I'm sure he's going for some pretty low hanging fruit, there's plenty laying on the ground at his feet.
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I thought putting the leaders of the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Reserve that terrorized the town of Burns, Oregon would be a slam dunk too. There is/was no question about what they did. No question they were there and that they were leaders of the illegal occupation made by force of arms. Not a doubt that they disturbed Native American graves with a backhoe. I still don't understand why the jury unanimously said not guilty.


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All 7 Defendants Found Not Guilty In Refuge Occupation Trial

Ammon and Ryan Bundy have been found not guilty of conspiracy. Their five co-defendants Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil Wampler have all been found not guilty as well.
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All 7 Defendants Found Not Guilty In Refuge Occupation Trial


The end of the six-week trial for seven people who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon can be summed up in two words: not guilty.
A 12-person jury found occupation leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy not guilty Thursday of the government's primary charge: conspiracy to impede federal officers by force, threat or intimidation. Their five co-defendants — Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil Wampler — have all been found not guilty as well.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on Ryan Bundy's theft of government property charge.
Lisa Ludwig, standby counsel for pro se defendant Ryan Bundy, said her client and the rest of the defense attorneys had a simple approach.
"He appealed to common sense," Ludwig said.

One man's common sense is another man's lunacy.
 
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Fogdog said:
I thought putting the leaders of the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Reserve that terrorized the town of Burns, Oregon would be a slam dunk too. There is/was no question about what they did. No question they were there and that they were leaders of the illegal occupation made by force of arms. Not a doubt that they disturbed Native American graves with a backhoe. I still don't understand why the jury unanimously said not guilty.


www.opb.org

All 7 Defendants Found Not Guilty In Refuge Occupation Trial

Ammon and Ryan Bundy have been found not guilty of conspiracy. Their five co-defendants Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil Wampler have all been found not guilty as well.
www.opb.org
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All 7 Defendants Found Not Guilty In Refuge Occupation Trial


The end of the six-week trial for seven people who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon can be summed up in two words: not guilty.
A 12-person jury found occupation leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy not guilty Thursday of the government's primary charge: conspiracy to impede federal officers by force, threat or intimidation. Their five co-defendants — Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil Wampler — have all been found not guilty as well.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on Ryan Bundy's theft of government property charge.
Lisa Ludwig, standby counsel for pro se defendant Ryan Bundy, said her client and the rest of the defense attorneys had a simple approach.
"He appealed to common sense," Ludwig said.

One man's common sense is another man's lunacy.
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Better laws more clearly written with a lower bar for conviction. The cops ran a guy over with a bulldozer over a handful of pot plants.

State To Pay $475K To Family Man Run Over By Police Bulldozer While Being Chased For Illegally Growing Pot Plants – CBS Pittsburgh (cbslocal.com)
 
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Attorney General Garland, Day 1: A Celebration of Justice. Then, Which Trump Crimes to Tackle First

Merrick Garland arrived on day one as Attorney General to the cheers and applause of the Department of Justice employees. Indeed, celebrations erupted across social media platforms.

We The People deserve to take a moment to celebrate the arrive of a law-abiding, law-enforcing attorney general who will represent the interests of the American people rather than representing the interests of a failed businessman and aspiring dictator.

But now, AG Garland will have to tackle the issue of how to prioritize his investigations of the unabated crime and corruption of the Trump administration. Here is a recap of some of the crimes that AG Garland will need to address.
 
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