ElectricBlanketFire
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That's not what Metroidvania said at all...just that this may not be the smoking gun. A very reasonable position to take right now.
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FBI searching Annapolis GOP fundraising firm
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That's not what Metroidvania said at all...just that this may not be the smoking gun. A very reasonable position to take right now.
Username1198
Member
NO! He is really one of shillarys emails GET HIM
Blargonaut
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Meanwhile, Comey--
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BackLogJoe
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Bernie was playing 9 dimensional chess all along.
This is the best ever.
"I'm not going go along with a random twitter account with no evidence purely because I want it to be true"
*evidence comes through*
"That's good. But it's still speculation to assume it's directly tied to Trump or Russia"
*waits for further evidence*
Look at those silly people, deciding their views based on evidence!
Squirrel Killer
Member
Not to be a wet blanket, but did the Strategic Campaign Group even work for Trump? From their site and LinkedIn account, this firm looks like any number of small generic partisan consulting firms offering services to any candidate affiliated with their preferred party. Frankly, it looks like they're more of a state-level consultant than a federal one.
That's the first time in a long time I've seen this crap referred to as "technology."
Graphics Horse
Member
Sounds ropey when earlier they claimed the thing wasn't physically in Annapolis
https://mobile.twitter.com/ALT_uscis/status/862725019238936576
The Jackdog
Member
after EVERYTHING thats happened, can you fault people for being skeptical?
I think were all on the same side here pretty much.. Nobody wants it to NOT be an FBI raid on GOP offices lol.
Waiting for properly vetted sources and reports with further details is not a bad thing. In fact considering this administrations love of declaring everything fake news i think its 100% necessary.
RPGCrazied
Member
How come this isn't on news channels yet?
There may be zero activity outside, but that's because all the activity is inside. This isn't going to be like the movies with a constant stream of detectives marching in and out.
super-heated plasma
Member
If rumors are right, they are basically a money laundering front for Russia.
yep, there are tons of posts in GAF threads quoting random tweets about "something big going down" or "It's going to drop sometime later this week". Even tweets saying Trump is going to resign because he hates the workload. Nothing ever came of them. This thread could turn out to be the next Watergate and it's still just a single result against hundreds of failures.
Because it's likely nothing notable
Unclear how big this is and what they will actually find. Could just be looking into previous misdoings this firm has done in the past.
It's more about money laundering than anything.
I could see the timing as a definite message to the administration.
Netherscourge
Banned
You don't usually get multiple official sources to confirm a FBI raid is going on DURING an FBI raid.
Fenderputty
Banned
Unless they removed all their hard drives and drilled holes through them, I would imagine a lot could be recoverable.
Squirrel Killer
Member
They've got an amazing cover as a small crappy 3 man firm doing junk mail and autocalls.
Lonewulfeus
Member
They have a disbursement listed from the Trump Victory PAC for $13,208.34 for consulting services on 8/19/16. That week manafort resigned. Is it coincidence? Pay off for something? Who knows?!
(This is all wild speculation obvs)
https://beta.fec.gov/data/disbursem...paign&min_date=01/01/2015&max_date=12/31/2016
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I didn't care for this news until I saw local news confirming, then pictures to top it off. There is no point in saying you're not going to put weight unto anything until it had happened. A fucking random Twitter account brought this news to the front. Nothing matters and everything is possible.
Yes, the FBI accidentally sent too many people to raid them. It's all a misunderstanding.
Don't the FBI typically only handle federal cases? If this was a state-level case why would the FBI be involved?
Lord Frieza
Member
I mean, it was clearly something. The FBI doesn't raid a place and tape it off for no reason at all. The fact that it was so fast tells me they probably knew exactly what they were there for, got it, and left. We may not get to know what this is for a long time.
Definitely an interesting coincidence there.
Definitely an interesting coincidence there.
The Jackdog
Member
right, including them being raided for health inspection violations or something dumb.
we have no idea why they are there. just that they are there.
errybody callllm down
WarMacheen
Member
Meanwhile, Comey--
Yep, lost it, excellent post sir.
Also what would happen, hypothetically speaking, if the entire GOP apparatus was to crumble leaving one legitimate party. I know there is the green party and independents, but really only the Republicans and Democrats have a legitimate shot at the Presidency.
also watching, Designated Survivor, I vote for Keifer Sutherland as President.
All of that shit is copy/pasted from a conspiracy blog https://patribotics.blog/
Lord Frieza
Member
I mean, in that super fantasy scenario I really have no idea what would happen. I would say Congress would call for a special election in which every absent seat is open. But it's such an out there thing, it's impossible to really say what would happen.
Kitsunebaby
Member
Damn, I'm stuck at work. Wish I could head to Main Street and see if anything's happening.
Huh, they paid em a decent amount
Isaac Otherworld
Member
That's weird. Trump usually stiffs contractors on the bill.
TheExecutive
Member
Well let's hope the FBI has the end in sight because a lot of paper shredders and delete buttons are getting heavy use right now if this is larger than this particular raid.
Squirrel Killer
Member
Um... actually that was a disbursement to Strategic Campaign Consulting based in Georgia, not Strategic Campaign Group based in Maryland. As are all of the Trump Victory disbursements. That said, $13k is a totally reasonable invoice for campaign consultants. It might be something nefarious, but it might also be a direct mail piece.
The FBI sends teams for all sorts of cases, not just LIL HANDS IS GOIN DOWN! ones.
I'm not saying it's a state case, I'm saying it's a predominantly state-level consulting firm. Most of their federal level clients are B-tier primary losers. FLS-DCI this is not.
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Is that the same company? It's listed as "Strategic Campaign Consulting" and they are listed as a Georgia company.
ThreePiMatt
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I 'd imagine Trump is going down with the ship and taking Pence with him. But Ryan comes across as a sniveling little weasel and maybe he steps down in an attempt to save his own ass before shit hits the fan. In that case, the House would have to chose a new Speaker pretty much immediately, so who knows who could be next in line.
Yeah you're right
Strategic campaign consulting's web presence/lack of existence is even more baffling
http://strategiccampaignconsulting.com/
Lord Frieza
Member
That's some shady shit
this is sketchy as fuck.