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  • FBI confirms IRS Whistleblower story

    From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 18 09:32:53 2023
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hldfbi-tipped-biden-team-secret-service-about-plan-interview-hunter

    A recently retired FBI supervisory agent told Congress behind closed doors Monday that the bureau tipped off Joe Biden's team and the Secret Service in late 2020 about a plan to interview Hunter Biden in his criminal tax probe, corroborating allegations
    from two IRS whistleblowers.

    "The night before the interview of Hunter Biden, both Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the planned interview," Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. said. "On the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal
    agents were told to stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation.

    So toads....you feeling the heat yet?

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Tue Jul 18 15:04:58 2023
    On 7/18/23 11:32 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hldfbi-tipped-biden-team-secret-service-about-plan-interview-hunter

    A recently retired FBI supervisory agent told Congress behind closed
    doors Monday that the bureau tipped off Joe Biden's team and the
    Secret Service in late 2020 about a plan to interview Hunter Biden in
    his criminal tax probe, corroborating allegations from two IRS whistleblowers.

    "The night before the interview of Hunter Biden, both Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the
    planned interview," Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. said. "On
    the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal agents were told to
    stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his
    call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal
    investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation.

    So toads....you feeling the heat yet?

    Not at all. The called-off interview is old news and attributable to
    concern that an ambush at Hunter's house would lead to unwanted
    publicity at a time when the investigation was secret.

    You'll recall the Secret Service was given warning before the Mar-A-Lago search.

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 18 15:24:35 2023
    On 7/18/23 3:04 PM, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/18/23 11:32 AM, ScottW wrote:

    So toads....you feeling the heat yet?

    Not at all. The called-off interview is old news and attributable to
    concern that an ambush at Hunter's house would lead to unwanted
    publicity at a time when the investigation was secret.

    From June 29:

    https://www.vox.com/2023/6/29/23772637/hunter-biden-whistleblowers-irs-merrick-garland

    ...the Washington Post had published an article extensively describing
    the thinking of certain “agents” on the Hunter Biden investigation,
    saying these agents had concluded there was sufficient evidence to
    charge him. The article made clear the agents had come to this
    conclusion months ago, implying the holdup was prosecutors’ fault. There
    had been minor leaks before, but this one was quite detailed, it came
    about a month before the 2022 midterms, and it seemed transparently from
    an internal source and designed to try to force prosecutors’ hand...

    Later in October, DOJ asked Shapley and the IRS agent to provide their
    internal documents and emails about the case for discovery purposes.
    Both professed outrage over this, saying such a thing was highly unusual
    at the supervisor level...

    Afterward, Shapley and the IRS team were essentially cut out of the loop
    on the investigation going forward and were eventually officially
    removed from it. “We were told that the prosecutors had found some
    emails that concerned them if they could actually charge the case,” the
    IRS agent testified.

    But putting these tidbits together, it appears to me [Andrew Prokop]
    that there are the seeds of another story here — one in which the pre-midterms leak destroyed DOJ’s trust in the IRS team, and in which,
    after investigating, they found concerning emails of some unspecified
    nature.

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  • From Fascist Flea@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 18 13:18:26 2023
    mINE109 wrote:

    So toads....you feeling the heat yet?

    Is Super Shitty projecting Dumpster's guilt onto mere onlookers?

    Not at all. The called-off interview is old news and attributable to
    concern that an ambush at Hunter's house would lead to unwanted
    publicity at a time when the investigation was secret.

    You'll recall the Secret Service was given warning before the Mar-A-Lago search.

    Uh-oh. Using the legalistic word "search" is likely to trigger an Shmoo-plosion.
    The only MAGA-approved terms are "raid" and "invasion".

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 18 15:55:35 2023
    On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 1:05:03 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/18/23 11:32 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hldfbi-tipped-biden-team-secret-service-about-plan-interview-hunter

    A recently retired FBI supervisory agent told Congress behind closed
    doors Monday that the bureau tipped off Joe Biden's team and the
    Secret Service in late 2020 about a plan to interview Hunter Biden in
    his criminal tax probe, corroborating allegations from two IRS whistleblowers.

    "The night before the interview of Hunter Biden, both Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the planned interview," Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. said. "On
    the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal agents were told to
    stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the investigation.

    So toads....you feeling the heat yet?
    Not at all. The called-off interview is old news

    You keep using that line....it's getting old.
    Having been reported before doesn't make it irrelevant.

    You probably think crimes committed before the statute of limitations expires are really crimes.
    (snip more irrelevant whataboutism).

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Wed Jul 19 09:27:08 2023
    On 7/18/23 5:55 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 1:05:03 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/18/23 11:32 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hldfbi-tipped-biden-team-secret-service-about-plan-interview-hunter

    A recently retired FBI supervisory agent told Congress behind closed
    doors Monday that the bureau tipped off Joe Biden's team and the
    Secret Service in late 2020 about a plan to interview Hunter Biden in
    his criminal tax probe, corroborating allegations from two IRS
    whistleblowers.

    "The night before the interview of Hunter Biden, both Secret Service
    headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the
    planned interview," Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. said. "On
    the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal agents were told to
    stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his
    call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal
    investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the
    investigation.

    So toads....you feeling the heat yet?
    Not at all. The called-off interview is old news

    You keep using that line....it's getting old.

    The longer I use it, the older the news gets.

    Having been reported before doesn't make it irrelevant.

    It does affect whether there's increasing heat as you wish to be so.

    You probably think crimes committed before the statute of limitations expires are really crimes.

    No, those are crimes. Hunter should definitely pay up and plead to
    whatever charges remain.

    Oh, that's right: he did.

    (snip more irrelevant whataboutism).

    What about the credibility of the whistleblowers? What if their email
    history contains something that would tank a prosecution if revealed to
    the defense in discovery?

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 19 16:09:30 2023
    On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 7:27:11 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/18/23 5:55 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 1:05:03 PM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/18/23 11:32 AM, ScottW wrote:
    https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hldfbi-tipped-biden-team-secret-service-about-plan-interview-hunter

    A recently retired FBI supervisory agent told Congress behind closed
    doors Monday that the bureau tipped off Joe Biden's team and the
    Secret Service in late 2020 about a plan to interview Hunter Biden in >>> his criminal tax probe, corroborating allegations from two IRS
    whistleblowers.

    "The night before the interview of Hunter Biden, both Secret Service
    headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the
    planned interview," Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky. said. "On
    the day of the Hunter Biden interview, federal agents were told to
    stand by and could not approach Hunter Biden—they had to wait for his >>> call. As a result of the change in plans, IRS and FBI criminal
    investigators never got to interview Hunter Biden as part of the
    investigation.

    So toads....you feeling the heat yet?
    Not at all. The called-off interview is old news

    You keep using that line....it's getting old.
    The longer I use it, the older the news gets.
    Having been reported before doesn't make it irrelevant.
    It does affect whether there's increasing heat as you wish to be so.
    You probably think crimes committed before the statute of limitations expires are really crimes.
    No, those are crimes. Hunter should definitely pay up and plead to
    whatever charges remain.

    Oh, that's right: he did.

    (snip more irrelevant whataboutism).

    What about the credibility of the whistleblowers? What if their email history contains something that would tank a prosecution if revealed to
    the defense in discovery?

    Really? What if? What if your momma liked to kickbox while pregnant?
    That explains a lot.

    ScottW

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  • From Art Sackman@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 19 19:11:03 2023
    Really? What if? What if your momma liked to kickbox while pregnant?
    That explains a lot.

    ScottW


    And often against well developed trans females

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to Art Sackman on Wed Jul 19 20:31:18 2023
    On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 7:11:04 PM UTC-7, Art Sackman wrote:
    Really? What if? What if your momma liked to kickbox while pregnant?
    That explains a lot.

    ScottW
    And often against well developed trans females

    She liked to rumble with real men.

    ScottW

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  • From mINE109@21:1/5 to ScottW on Thu Jul 20 07:40:49 2023
    On 7/19/23 6:09 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 7:27:11 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/18/23 5:55 PM, ScottW wrote:

    (snip more irrelevant whataboutism).

    What about the credibility of the whistleblowers? What if their email
    history contains something that would tank a prosecution if revealed to
    the defense in discovery?

    Really? What if?

    I'm not making stuff up out of the blue. It's what the "whistleblowers"
    were told.

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  • From ScottW@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 20 09:41:52 2023
    On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 5:40:52 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/19/23 6:09 PM, ScottW wrote:
    On Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 7:27:11 AM UTC-7, mINE109 wrote:
    On 7/18/23 5:55 PM, ScottW wrote:

    (snip more irrelevant whataboutism).

    What about the credibility of the whistleblowers? What if their email
    history contains something that would tank a prosecution if revealed to >> the defense in discovery?

    Really? What if?
    I'm not making stuff up out of the blue. It's what the "whistleblowers"
    were told.

    I'm sure they were told a whole lotta BS why.

    But liars can't keep their story straight.

    ScottW

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