Laptop connected to Hunter Biden linked to FBI money laundering probe

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  1. hawgsalot

    hawgsalot Well-Known Member

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    The freaking receipt for the drop off and the fbi seizure has been shown here many times, try to keep up and it says alot about your posts on this subject if you didn't even know these facts.
     
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    No, it was expedited to get the prime National Security threat to the United States out of office...
     
  3. hawgsalot

    hawgsalot Well-Known Member

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    And now we know it was completely unfounded because there are definitely some things with the Bidens that "needed to be looked into". That's the line you impeached on. Everyone knew it then yet you ignored, Russia Russia Russia.
     
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    Ah! That's different from what you said.

    "The intel agencies have said these emails aren't Russian misinformation....and the FBI confirmed the laptop is part of a large money laundering probe"

    Doesn't surprise me that Giuliani turned in a laptop and the FBI found information related to money laundering.
     
  5. ChiCowboy

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    True, but the proper way to do that, in this case, would be to let the court cases play out regarding Trump's refusal to honor subpoenas. If it were the first year of Trump's term rather than the fourth, that's what would have happened.
     
  6. struth

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    Oh sorry...I thought I had provided that link already

    https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/ivanka-trump-brand-company/index.html

    DNI Ratcliffe said Hunter Biden's laptop is "not part of some Russian disinformation campaign" and said "there is no intelligence that supports that."

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    In a letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, exclusively obtained by Fox News, the FBI said they “have nothing to add at this time to the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence.”

    “As you may know, the Office of the Director of National intelligence has advised the Ameircan public that, in advance of the 2020 election, a number of nation-states plan to use covert and overt influence measures in an attempt to sway voter preferences and perspectives, sow discord in the United States, and undermine the confidence of Americans in our democratic process,” FBI Assistant Director Jill Tyson of the Office of Congressional Affairs wrote to Johnson.

    “The FBI is the primary investigative agency responsible for the integrity and security of the 2020 election, and as such, we are focused on an array of threats, including the threat of malign foreign influence operations,” Tyson wrote. “Regarding the subject of your letter, we have nothing to add at this time to the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence.”
     
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    Well......I'mma let you get back on that because we sort of dealt with that for 3 1/2 years ;)
     
  9. struth

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    haha sorry...she closed her businesses on her own to do work in teh WH

    but I think I provided you the wrong link....obviously it didn't match the quote I provided you

    Here is the correct link with that quote I provided for you: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-says-they

    DNI Ratcliffe said Hunter Biden's laptop is "not part of some Russian disinformation campaign" and said "there is no intelligence that supports that."

    In a letter to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, exclusively obtained by Fox News, the FBI said they “have nothing to add at this time to the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence.”

    “As you may know, the Office of the Director of National intelligence has advised the Ameircan public that, in advance of the 2020 election, a number of nation-states plan to use covert and overt influence measures in an attempt to sway voter preferences and perspectives, sow discord in the United States, and undermine the confidence of Americans in our democratic process,” FBI Assistant Director Jill Tyson of the Office of Congressional Affairs wrote to Johnson.

    “The FBI is the primary investigative agency responsible for the integrity and security of the 2020 election, and as such, we are focused on an array of threats, including the threat of malign foreign influence operations,” Tyson wrote. “Regarding the subject of your letter, we have nothing to add at this time to the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence.”

    Tyson added: “If actionable intelligence is developed, the FBI in consultation with the Intelligence Community will evaluate the need to provide defensive briefings to you and the Committee pursuant to the established notification framework.”

    Ratcliffe, on Monday, said that Hunter Biden’s laptop and the emails on it “is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign," despite claims from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

    “Let me be clear: the intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that," Ratcliffe said. "And we have shared no intelligence with Adam Schiff, or any member of Congress.”
     
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    You do understand that Ratcliffe is playing politics and in full Trump campaign mode, right? Intelligence agencies don't comment on anything related to the elections two weeks before election day. I know Comey broke that rule. But it only underlined why that policy exists.

    If it wasn't clear, yesterday Ratcliffe left no doubt during his "surprise" news conference political speech.

    Anyway... we knew this was coming. I don't understand how there are still people so gullible that they still pay attention to "October surprises". But, other than within Trump's core base, nobody is really interested.
     
  11. struth

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    This wasn't related to the election.

    The FBI confirmed his statement
     
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    Possibly, but you realize it's now almost a full year after the impeachment started, and any administration witnesses have yet to appear.

    McGahn is still twisting in the wind.

    Plus there is zero chance this GOP Senate would have cared about what anybody in the administration would have said anyway.

    House did it mostly right... They had an ironclad simple case, without bringing in all the baggage and confusion from the Mueller report.

    I suspect we haven't heard the last of the Trump OOJ anyway...
     
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    Oh... Ok. So if it's not related to the elections, why are we talking about it? We'll see where it goes after the elections. I don't bet, but if I did I'd put all my money on it fizzling out the day after election day. I mean, the Hunter Biden part. The Russia intervention part will definitely need to be investigated.
     
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    because it's news...the election isn't the only thing in the world today. A money laundering probe is newsworthy.

    I think it depends who wins...there is no doubt that Big Guy Biden will shut down any probe into the money laundering that he is involved in.

    What Russia intervention? The FBI and the DNI said this has nothing to do with Russia....did you not read the quotes I provided you? Why did you ask for them if you were simply going to ignore them?
     
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    Even if Biden wins he won't be President for almost 3 months. I'm predicting it will fizzle out the day after the elections.... if not sooner.
     
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    I guess it depends on when the FBI finishes up...
     
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    You keep talking about Rudy.

    I'm not asking you about Rudy. I'm asking if YOU believe those emails and pictures are fake.

    Because the Biden campaign does not. So if you do, I'd like to ask why.

    Because the Biden campaign and the FBI absolutely believe they're real.
     
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    The FBI didn't confirm his statement:

    The FBI, in its letter to Johnson, wrote that "consistent with longstanding Department of Justice (Department) policy and practice,
    the FBI can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any ongoing investigation or persons or entities under investigation, including to Members of Congress."

    "As the Inspector General firmly reminded the Department and the FBI in recent years, this policy is designed to preserve the integrity of all Justice Department investigations and the Department’s ability to effectively administer justice without political or other undue outside influences," Tyson wrote. "Therefore, the FBI cannot provide any additional information in response to the enumerated questions in your letter."

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/laptop-hunter-biden-linked-fbi-money-laundering-probe


     
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    Yes they can't confirm or deny any on going investigation....but his statement wasn't about an investigation.

    They did however confirm, his statement about this not being a Russian disinformation campaign

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-says-they

    “As you may know, the Office of the Director of National intelligence has advised the Ameircan public that, in advance of the 2020 election, a number of nation-states plan to use covert and overt influence measures in an attempt to sway voter preferences and perspectives, sow discord in the United States, and undermine the confidence of Americans in our democratic process,” FBI Assistant Director Jill Tyson of the Office of Congressional Affairs wrote to Johnson.

    “The FBI is the primary investigative agency responsible for the integrity and security of the 2020 election, and as such, we are focused on an array of threats, including the threat of malign foreign influence operations,” Tyson wrote. “Regarding the subject of your letter, we have nothing to add at this time to the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence.”
     
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    There is nothing in your quote saying that they agree it's not Russian disinformation.

    And your quotes are from the same letter as my quotes, in which they say that they neither confirm not deny anything, and that they are not going to provide "any additional information" because it is policy not to do so:

    the FBI can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any ongoing investigation or persons or entities under investigation, including to Members of Congress."

    "As the Inspector General firmly reminded the Department and the FBI in recent years, this policy is designed to preserve the integrity of all Justice Department investigations and the Department’s ability to effectively administer justice without political or other undue outside influences," Tyson wrote. "Therefore, the FBI cannot provide any additional information in response to the enumerated questions in your letter."
    How much clearer can it be that they are neither confirming nor denying anything - not an investigation, not a person, not an entity. Nothing to say either way about anything at all.
     
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    Yes there is....this line: “Regarding the subject of your letter, we have nothing to add at this time to the October 19th public statement by the Director of National Intelligence about the available actionable intelligence.
     
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    Why are you asking me that? What difference does it make?

    What is fake is the "October surprise" that the wingnut media is trying to fabricate. And very transparent. I predicted it in April
     
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    Joe Biden used his position as vice president to advance his son’s business interests in Ukraine and make some money for himself.

    A fact.
     
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    The belief that this equates to agreement that it's not Russian misinformation is your (self-serving) interpretation.

    They have explicitly stated that they neither confirm nor deny anything.

    There is nothing to misunderstand about this statement. It means they have no comment, either way.
     
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    Mhmm. Do you also believe that there is a cabal of baby-eating child porn traffickers led by high-level Democrats?
     

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