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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Aug 21, 2018 - 12:30pm PT
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Faafo
Trad climber
California
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Aug 21, 2018 - 12:45pm PT
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"Oh cool a political thread in the climbers forum" said no one ever.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Aug 21, 2018 - 01:46pm PT
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Manafort guilty on 8 counts.
The contards are not going to like this.
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Loom
climber
Neither here nor there.
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Aug 21, 2018 - 01:47pm PT
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Accounts de-activated.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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Aug 21, 2018 - 01:49pm PT
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So long, Chiefy.
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jstan
climber
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Aug 21, 2018 - 01:52pm PT
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Within the last hour we have a report M. Cohen is to be given a plea deal in the Russia probe. It seems
very clear this Congress will not vote for impeachment of this president. In that case we may have a constitutional question.
Can a president convicted of crimes in state or federal jurisprudence remain in office?
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:01pm PT
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Can a president convicted of crimes in state or federal jurisprudence remain in office?
No one really knows, but there's a good argument (and likely a winning one) that the president is immune to trial when he's in office, the only thing that can be done is impeachment. (He could be tried for crimes after his term ends, either by impeachment or otherwise.)
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Trump
climber
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:03pm PT
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I am shocked! shocked I say! that anyone would dare use the word respect, now that Aretha is dead. I wonder if I’ll be able to get over it?
8 ball says reply hazy, try again. Let’s do the same in 2020.
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dirtbag
climber
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:18pm PT
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You mean, this isn’t a witch hunt?
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Heyzeus
climber
Hollywood,Ca
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:21pm PT
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Who's this johnny come lately, anonymous troll sea2summit?
I thought it was "Radical". I forget what his later incarnations were.
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SusanA
Sport climber
Bay Area
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:25pm PT
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How many Trump cohorts have been convicted?
Trump may not have been convicted himself but I think it is fair to now to call him corrupt.
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Trump
climber
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:36pm PT
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On the other hand, the experts who claim to have carefully studied the evidence seem to agree that Manafort is as guilty as they come and clearly so (and I have no good reason to doubt that), so that would point toward a conviction for 17 if not 18 . . .
I could while away the hours,
Conferrin’ with the flowers,
Consulting with the rain.
If only I had as much expert information as I think I do.
Ah hell, I guess I can do it anyway. And if you can too, OK. This make belief stuff has been working for us so far.
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:44pm PT
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SusanA
How many Trump cohorts have been convicted?
Three worked out plea deals. No sure. but I believe Manafort is the first to be found guilty by trial.
I don't think anyone has been sentenced.
Curiouser and curiouser...
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SusanA
Sport climber
Bay Area
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Aug 21, 2018 - 02:54pm PT
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Three worked out plea deals. No sure. but I believe Manafort is the first to be found guilty by trial.
I don't think anyone has been sentenced.
Curiouser and curiouser...
A guilty plea is still a conviction though, right? I think it is curious that people keep making excuses for these crooks or try to make them sound less guilty even after they have been caught, tried, and convicted.
I used to work for Theranos and saw the same thing happen with the CEO. She was a total fraud, but many still defend her because they want to believe in the dream she was selling. I can finally say that I never liked her.
These people never go to jail long enough.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 21, 2018 - 03:09pm PT
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Uh-oh, little Donnie is in big twouble.
I’m sure crazy uncle Rudy will fix it though.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 21, 2018 - 03:20pm PT
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One more twitter tantrum will probably cook little Donnie’s goose.
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dirtbag
climber
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Aug 21, 2018 - 03:21pm PT
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3 take homes:
Trump will be tweeting up a storm tomorrow, more former intelligence officials will lose security clearances, and republican senators have new topics they will not want to talk about
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Aug 21, 2018 - 03:33pm PT
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PENCE. 2020.
Lol.
Sweet!
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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Aug 21, 2018 - 03:44pm PT
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wilbeer
PENCE. 2020.
Lol.
Careful what you mock. We could have President Pence sooner than imagined.
Props to Robert Mueller on the timing of the Cohen deal. Well executed one-two punch.
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Norton
climber
The Wastelands
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Aug 21, 2018 - 03:44pm PT
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U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and his wife, Margaret Hunter, were indicted Tuesday on charges of improperly using campaign funds for private use.
A grand jury in San Diego indicted the Hunters on charges of filing false campaign finance records, saying the couple misused more than $250,000 after a 1½-year investigation. The Justice Department said the pair used political money to pay for their children’s tuition and spent thousands of dollars at shopping malls, Washington restaurants and surf shops, among other expenditures.
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