[JustTheNews] The new indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday and brought by a California grand jury, accused Smirnov of concealing more than $2 million between 2020 and 2022, which allegedly came from multiple sources.
Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, whose testimony contributed to the House GOP's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, has been indicted on multiple tax charges.
Smirnov has now been indicted on 10 separate tax-related charges, according to NBC News. He was also charged in February with lying to the FBI about the Biden family's involvement with Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy firm at the center of an alleged bribery scheme.
The new indictment, which was unsealed on Tuesday and brought by a California grand jury, accused Smirnov of concealing more than $2 million between 2020 and 2022, which allegedly came from multiple sources. He has been charged with tax evasion, and filing false tax returns, per ABC News.
Smirnov allegedly used the secret funds to pay for “a $1.4 million Las Vegas condominium, a Bentley, and hundreds of thousands of dollars of clothes, jewelry and accessories for himself and [a] Domestic Partner purchased at high-end retailers in Los Angeles and Las Vegas," the indictment reads.
Smirnov's attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, said their client intends to fight the new allegations "with the same intensity as he has fought the original indictment.”
The former informant, who had been a confidential human source for the FBI since 2010, has pleaded not guilty to all charges so far. He is expected to stand trial in his statements case on January 8, 2025.
#1
While she is looking kinda worn-out, drunk or stoned, in V-clips I've seen sine mid-Nov.
I got the impression her controllers, are trying to use what little power her image has, to set the stage for future, maybe violent opposition to MAGA.
#4
All that $1.4B spent and worker bees staffers are pink slipped with one day notice and no severance.
A stone could cry.
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#5
Madam VP- the shallow kindergartenmarm schtick ain’t cutting it.
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Some of the money was legally stolen with the help of staffers. Kamala was doing advertising buys in Florida at the end. It was totally fruitless, but no ad buy, no cut for the middle thief. Her campaign was acting like a mini version of the Ukraine government.
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She been smoking pakalolo over in Hawaii?
So I went to the link and I was able to watch the video because I don't have my speakers connected to the computer just now. If I had to listen to her voice I wouldn't have been able to watch.
But for those who think she'll become California's next governor, check this out:
I guess that's what happens when you blow a billion dollars on a campaign that never had a snowball's chance in hell, go into debt and then can't pay your staff. I wondered about that when I saw her campaign ads on TV here in deep blue California when the outcome in this state was never in doubt. What was the purpose of those ads?
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This is what you get from someone whose staff hates her and wants to damage her permanently!
#3
Because much of the Mexican government is under cartel control or coercion, this will not end well. Trudeau is also a puppet of tge CCP. For the foreseeable future America is under siege like Ripcord or Khe Sahn.
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[10News - AyPee via Scripps, so delusionary] I don't think you want to play this game, Bitch
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate if Trump goes forward with a plan to institute blanket tariffs on Mexican goods in the U.S.
President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border.
Sheinbaum said she was willing to engage in talks on the issues, but said drugs were a U.S. problem.
"One tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses," Sheinbaum said, referring to U.S. automakers that have plants on both sides of the border.
She said Tuesday that Mexico had done a lot to stem the flow of migrants, noting "caravans of migrants no longer reach the border." However, Mexico's efforts to fight drugs like the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl — which is manufactured by Mexican cartels using chemicals imported from China — have weakened in the last year.
Sheinbaum said Mexico suffered from an influx of weapons smuggled in from the United States, and said the flow of drugs "is a problem of public health and consumption in your country’s society."
Sheinbaum also criticized U.S. spending on weapons, saying the money should instead be spent regionally to address the problem of migration. "If a percentage of what the United States spends on war were dedicated to peace and development, that would address the underlying causes of migration," she said.
Sheinbaum’s bristly response suggests that Trump faces a much different Mexican president than he did in his first term.
Back in late 2018, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was a charismatic, old-school politician who developed a chummy relationship with Trump. The two were eventually able to strike a bargain in which Mexico helped keep migrants away from the border — and received other countries’ deported migrants — and Trump backed down on the threats.
But Sheinbaum, who took office Oct. 1, is a stern Commie leftist ideologue trained in radical student protest movements, and appears less willing to pacify or mollify Trump.
"We negotiate as equals, there is no subordination here, because we are a great nation," Sheinbaum said, while adding, "I think we are going to reach an agreement."
But Gabriela Siller, director of economic analysis of the financial group Banco Base, fears the personality clash could escalate things into brinkmanship; Trump clearly hates to lose.
"Trump may have just tossed the threat out there, as he does," Siller said. "But Mexico's response, that we're going to respond to you with tariffs, that will make Trump really impose them."
It's not clear how serious Trump’s threat is. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement forbids just imposing tariffs on other member countries. And it’s not clear whether the economy could even tolerate sudden levies on imports: Auto plants on both sides of the border rely on each other for parts and components, and some production lines could screech to a halt.
"It is unacceptable and would cause inflation and job losses in Mexico and the United States," Sheinbaum said, while offering to talk about the issues. "If tariffs go up, who will it hurt? General Motors," she said.
"Dialogue is the best path to achieve understanding, peace and prosperity for our two countries," Sheinbaum said. "I hope our teams can meet soon." Not likely. Just close the border for a bit. See how tough she is
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#1
What a Tariff on:
* exported Illegal drugs?
* Liberals & Celebrities moving to Mexico?
* Illegals being deported back?
#15
They gonna put a tariff on the sewage that flows into the Tijuana River and ends up in Imperial Beach, California?
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Throttling remittances would have an immediate, devastating impact on Millions of Mexican families for whom it is much of their monthly income. Actually sealing even the more porous parts of the border would have immediate impact on cartel revenue from human and drug trafficking. Poof, she gets a phone call she has to take or else. She starts a trade war with the Donald and she is gone in a week or less!
[FoxNews] 'How does this s--- happen?... I think a three-year-old would see a potential conflict in this,' an MSNBC staffer tells Fox News Digital
The growing scandal plaguing MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton has been "ricocheting around the halls" of 30 Rock with his colleagues calling it a "bridge too far" for them, Fox News Digital has learned.
On Tuesday, MSNBC said it was "unaware" that Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign paid $500,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network nonprofit ahead of a friendly interview with the Democratic nominee just weeks before the election.
"MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network," an MSNBC spokesperson told the Washington Free Beacon, which first broke the story.
Harris sat down for a friendly interview on Oct. 20 with Sharpton, an open supporter of Harris and the Democratic Party. Following Harris’ defeat to President-elect Donald Trump, FEC filings revealed the Harris campaign gave two $250,000 donations to Sharpton’s nonprofit organization in September and October. However, the MSNBC weekend host did not disclose to viewers the apparent conflict of interest before or after the interview. Neither did he disclose the donations to his bosses at the network, according to the Free Beacon.
"No one's surprised that anybody at MSNBC was rooting for Harris. This feels like another level of nonsense. Like, you're kidding me, right? This is weird," a current MSNBC employee reacted to Fox News Digital.
"Harris could have given Al Sharpton an interview, and it would have gone the same way," they continued. "But what are you paying for?... There's no way that this can't seem weird."
"Everybody knows who Al Sharpton is… but this feels like a bridge too far. A big bridge too far… This is not landing well," the MSNBC staffer said. "Everybody knows what Al Sharpton is, and yet MSNBC still employs him"
"This has a bit of a dirty feel to it... These things happen and they don't bounce around MSNBC all that much. Like people just don't care," they continued. "This one feels, I'd say, there's a deeper disappointment. There's a sense of like, 'Ugh, we don't need this. This feels kind of grifty and gross.'"
The insider says everyone at MSNBC knows Sharpton is given a "wide berth" and that he's "not held to the same journalistic standard" as others at MSNBC since he's far more known outside the network for his high-profile political and social activism. That said, the controversy reeks of a "pay-to-play" scheme.
"There is a sense among the people I've spoken to that this feels like something wrong and that something should be done about it," the MSNBC employee said. "I don't know what that something is… That's a lot of money! That's not a small matter… It just doesn't sit well with people."
They, however, cast doubt that Sharpton will face any consequences, telling Fox News Digital "Generally speaking, people do things and they kind of get away with them at MSNBC, I mean, other than in the Me Too era."
"I don't care whether somebody does something to Al. I'm more interested in where does this fit into who we are," the MSNBC insider said. "How does this s--- happen? How does half a million dollars change hands?… How can you possibly think you're holding somebody to account in an interview when they donate money to you? We're told not to take tickets to a ballgame!"
"It's got a real bulls--- feel to it. People who like Al and respect him and understand what his value is… it ranges from disappointment to disgust. Not a whole ton of surprise, I will tell you that," they continued. "There are some organizational rules- I understand he has different rules, but they can't be that, that you donate money and then you get an interview. That can't be acceptable… I think a three-year-old would see a potential conflict in this."
The MSNBC staffer was taken aback by the network being caught flat-footed by the controversy.
"For MSNBC to start by saying they weren't aware of otto start with, like, wow. That's something… Everything about this stinks," they said. "Like, why did the campaign not think that this would come out and be a really bad look for them? I mean, if Kamala Harris had become president, it'd be a scandal!… You're not gonna sway my opinion for tickets to a ballgame but for half a million dollars? You might!"
"That kind of money should not be changing hands to people who are cosplaying being a journalist. Maybe that's not a fair term because I don't know, is he a journalist? I don't know. But that just feels a little bit like pay to play, and it doesn't feel right in an organization that we're all still part of. I understand that not everyone is held to the same standard, but there should be a set of common rules. And my understanding of this is that this would be breaking a rule… it feels like I couldn't get away with that," the employee added.
MSNBC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Sort of like what Hillary was doing as Secretary of State.
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I am going to defend Kamala on this one. She started at about a 26% approval rating. All she had going for her was $1.4 billion and a partner in leftist media. If she had to rely on actual support it would not be forth coming. All she had was the grifting, bribing and fakery. She outperformed. IMHO
[JustTheNews] ”If they don’t get that $20 billion that is at risk they would run out of enforcement money at the current pace sometime in fiscal year 2025,” Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said.
Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said Tuesday that the national deficit would increase by $140 billion if another $20 billion is taken from the IRS budget. He also said the agency would have to go on a hiring freeze and there would be 2,000 fewer audits of large corporations, as well as 6,000 fewer audits of wealthy individuals. Some dirt poor individuals would be happier without their annual audit.
When you hand your phone to someone to police your social media posts when y’all go hard, you wanna hand it to someone who likes you https://t.co/wtAGIOZekx
#1
As has been pointed out so many times over the last 20 days. The Liberals & Democrats ran the 2024 Harris campaign the same way they ran the US economy and US Budget these last 4 years.
Screwing over the little people to enrich themselves and other Liberal Elites.
When you stop and think about. To millions of their low income voters and supporters. That $25 donation likely meant the difference of cutting back on even basic table food, or a few hours of work and their life.
The Big Name Stars should be publically persuaded into donating the shamefully acquired $$ MILLIONS, back to food banks and shelters.
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[FoxNews] 'How does this s--- happen?... I think a three-year-old would see a potential conflict in this,' an MSNBC staffer tells Fox News Digital
