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So, Now We Know Why Preet Was Fired

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Just follow the money

One month before Election Day, Jared Kushner’s real estate company finalized a $285 million loan...The lender, Deutsche Bank, was negotiating to settle a federal mortgage fraud case and charges from New York state regulators that it aided a possible Russian money-laundering scheme. The cases were settled in December and January.

Deutsche Bank loans to Trump and his family members have come under scrutiny. As Trump’s biggest lender, the bank supplied funds to him when other banks balked at the risk. As of last year, Trump’s companies had about $364 million in outstanding debts to the bank.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...rce=huffingtonpost.com&utm_term=.02b3f0b93d32
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That huge loan was not on Kushner's financial disclosure either
 
Let me know when this WaPo story actually results in something tangible.

Until then, it's just more noise to make people think there is something to see here. :coffeepap:
 
Captain Adverse said:
Let me know when this WaPo story actually results in something tangible.

Until then, it's just more noise to make people think there is something to see here. :coffeepap:
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"Nothing to see here, move along--hey, Eeemails!!!"

:lol:
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
A lot of people think Preet got "fired" for theatrics, so he could run for office.
That's what I'm putting my money on.
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A lot of people believe the earth is flat too.
 
calamity said:
lol...they didn't even get the firing right, calling it a "resignation." Now that is fake news. :lol:
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Depends really.
It's customary for incoming presidents to ask for resignations from At. Generals.
Which they refuse most of them, the thing is that prior to this Preet met with Trump personally iirc.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
Depends really.
It's customary for incoming presidents to ask for resignations from At. Generals.
Which they refuse most of them, the thing is that prior to this Preet met with Trump personally iirc.
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Preet was fired.
 
calamity said:
Just follow the money
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ok your article mentions that the bank was being investigated not trump or Kushner.
so I don't understand why the article even mentions them. they have nothing to do with the illegal acts of a bank.

your dishonesty is shown for what it is again. maybe you should verify your articles before you start screaming for the hanging.
 
Old Preet is a democrat, and that's reason enough. Party affiliation was sufficient for Clinton and Obama to dismiss AG's, so it's sufficient for Trump too.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
Depends really.
It's customary for incoming presidents to ask for resignations from At. Generals.
Which they refuse most of them, the thing is that prior to this Preet met with Trump personally iirc.
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Gee, then why did Trump ask him to please stay on back in late Nov. after Trump was elected President?

From the New York Times:

After meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, Preet Bharara agreed Wednesday to remain at his post as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in the new administration.

Mr. Bharara, who was appointed by President Obama, confirmed that he accepted Mr. Trump’s offer to stay on the job after a meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

“The president-elect asked — presumably because he’s a New Yorker and is aware of the great work that our office has done over the past seven years — asked to meet with me to discuss whether or not I’d be prepared to stay on as the United States attorney to do the work we have done, independently, without fear or favor for the last seven years,” he told reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower.

Mr. Bharara runs one one of the most important U.S. attorney’s office in the country, handling a heavy load of corruption, white-collar, cybercrime and terrorism cases.
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Donald Trump asks Preet Bharara to stay on as U.S. attorney for New York - Washington Times
 
calamity said:
Just follow the money
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First of all, Preet wasn't even mentioned in the article. What makes you think this has anything to do with that guy or him being fired?

Second of all, this article makes reference to contentions made in previous WaPo articles that are based on unnamed sources and acts as if those contentions are true. You'll excuse me if I hold the position that nothing WaPo says is true until they provide proof.

Finally, as someone mentioned, the bank was under some kind of investigation from various organizations and those cases were settled...before Trump was even inaugurated. What makes anybody think any Trump had something to do with that?

Tell you what, calamity...there's nothing to "follow" here.

/thread
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
Theatrics.
He resigned to gain more cred with the #resistance.
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He was abruptly fired in March , he's going to be the Vice President of his brother's media company , and he's writing a book.
Oh, and he will also host a pod-cast.

Since Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney in Manhattan, was abruptly fired in March by President Trump, speculation has swirled about what he would do next. Would he join a white-shoe law firm, as many former prosecutors do? Would he run for office?

As it turns out, Mr. Bharara is becoming something of a media Renaissance man. On Monday, he will officially announce that he is joining his younger brother’s media company, Some Spider Studios. He is writing a book. And he has not stopped tweeting.

Mr. Bharara will become an executive vice president at Some Spider, which Vinit Bharara started in 2014. He will also host a podcast called “Stay Tuned With Preet.” (The phrase “Stay Tuned” will sound familiar to anyone who attended his news conferences.)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/25/...rosecutor-media-firm-some-spider-studios.html
 
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calamity said:
lol...they didn't even get the firing right, calling it a "resignation." Now that is fake news. :lol:
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The best part is how Harry thinks that article somehow demonstrates anything about AG Bharara when all it talks about is how *other* people think he will run for office in the future based on exactly nothing
 
minnie616 said:
Gee, then why did Trump ask him to please stay on back in late Nov. after Trump was elected President?

From the New York Times:



Donald Trump asks Preet Bharara to stay on as U.S. attorney for New York - Washington Times
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I think you really know the reason, not sure why anyone would play dumb. Trump thought he could do business with Schumer. Preet is tied to Schumer so it was a gift to Schumer. It did not take long to understand that Schumer could care less about trying to do things to fix the country, just another political hack. So Preet went like the rest of Obama's DAs.
 
Harry Guerrilla said:
It's my opinion and I have no shame in being wrong.
If I am, then I am.
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This site is called DebatePolitics because that is what we do; We debate politics. How you feel is fodder for a chat room, not political debate. Feel free to post your opinion, but debate involves backing up opinions with facts, evidence, etc

You can do better
 
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