Trump asks Sessions to consider prosecuting Oakland mayor over ICE raid

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  1. The Mello Guy

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    Im not sure if you think being a money launderer for a long time is a defense of Manafort, but it’s not lol
     
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    Do you know the video Im speaking of? I dont think so because if you did, you couldnt possibly call that foreign policy and talking to russians collusion. Do you really not see how insane that is. Obama was caught on video and mic colluding with russia. Its not open to debate.
     
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    Your argument is circular. It's why Lois Lerner was never prosecuted for what she did. There's far more evidence against her than Trump but the DOJ never went after her. I they didn't because it likely would have exposed Obama.

    Why else would the DOJ get so political except at the behest of the person in power?
     
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    Money laundering sure sounds nefarious! ... :roflol: Manafort supposedly offshored cash as a means to avoid taxes. Later, he supposedly spent some of that tax exempt cash on personal expenses w/o reporting it as personal income. That's illegal. Reports I read though, say Manafort contends his expenditures were business related, and that he properly reported those expenditures. Muellers trying hard to portray Manafort in the worst light possible. Media is happily assisting. Ukraine is not Russia. Putin did not appoint Yanukovych. Manafort might be a tax cheat, and he did fail to register as a lobbyist, but he is not Trumps conduit to Russia.
     
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    A post mentions the Deep State in a serious manner and gets 7 likes.

    This forum is beyond any hope at all.
     
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    So the updates he was giving Russia on the campaign were just to appease his Russian handlers? Lol
     
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    That’s what this forum had become in the era of trump. A lifelong conservative like Sessions is now a Soros cuck lol
     
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    Imagine that! A prosecutor actually "trying hard to portray a defendant in the worst light possible"...lol...He must be stopped, I tell ya!
     
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    A lot of these guys get their information from Alex Jones and Sean Hannity who now seem to be completely on the same page.
     
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    Attorney General Jeff Sessionszzz issued a directive to immigration judges Thursday telling them they can no longer shunt deportation cases off onto permanent wait lists and leave illegal immigrants free to roam the U.S.

    Known as administrative closure, the wait list had become a favorite tactic of the Corrupt Obama administration, serving to protect low-priority illegal immigrants from deportation.

    Rather than pursue those cases, government attorneys would propose — and judges would grant — administrative closure by shipping more than 200,000 cases to the suspension list in what analysts said became a de facto amnesty.

    Mr. Sessions, flexing his attorney general powers, ruled Thursday that the policy rested on shaky legal ground. He issued a precedent telling judges to decide the cases in front of them rather than rely on administrative closure.

    “No attorney general has delegated such broad authority, and legal or policy arguments do not justify it. I therefore hold that immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals lack this authority except where a previous regulation or settlement agreement has expressly conferred it,” Mr. Sessions said in his decision.

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/17/jeff-sessions-ends-obama-era-de-facto-court-amnest/
     
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    Who cares about what updates Manafort gave anyone? Check Muellers indictments. Mueller doesn't allege any improper information was exchanged by anyone, or with anyone. Manafort talking to Deripaska is inconsequential, and not unusual for Manafort who's dealt with him for years. The inuendo you're peddling isn't at all consistent with the charges in the indictment(s).
     
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    Judge Ellis stopped him ...
     
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    His oligarch updates weren’t necessarily illegal but certainly suspicious
     
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    and so is this.
     
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    As the Obama Administration proved in it's case against Arizona, States cannot nullify, invalidate, or supersede Federal Laws. This is enumerated in the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution.

    While it is true states cannot be compelled to enforce Federal Laws, they equally cannot adopt their own laws and policies that supersede, or otherwise invalidate, Federal Law.

    On what basis do you arbitrarily declare there is nothing illegal about sanctuary states/cities, considering that these laws seek to nullify and otherwise invalidate Federal Laws?
     
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    Correct. Sanctuary states/cities, are not nullifying federal law. they are simply not permitting state funds/resources be used to enforce federal law. That isn't illegal.
    which these states are not doing.
    The fact they are not nullifying or invalidating federal law.
     
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    You are making claims. I asked on what basis are you making those claims.

    Are you aware of the legal citations made in the suit the DoJ filed against the State of California?
     
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    I am not making claims. I'm explaining constitutional law.

    I'm aware they are baseless and unable to be enforced, as the state of California is not violating any laws.
     
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    Last attempt, and if this continues I have the final answer.

    On what basis, even the Constitution, are you making your claims?

    You haven't explained Constitutional Law in the slightest. You've just made blanket claims and inserted the word "constitution" as if that is sufficient.

    If you can answer the question, I'd like to discuss it. If you aren't going to answer it, then that is your answer, and I will move on.
     
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    Who’s “human rights” are at risk of being violated, and how?

    Your last sentence is flat out BS.
     
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    The ruling should speed up deportation of the hordes that have illegally entered the U.S. over the past five years.

    Reynaldo Castro-Tum was nabbed illegally breaking into the country in 2014. He was sent to live with his brother-in-law while he awaited deportation.

    Mr. Castro-Tum was supposed to come back for his hearing but disrespected all five summonses sent from the court to his brother-in-law’s address. Rather than order him deported in absentia, the immigration judge granted an administrative closure, essentially giving the illegal immigrant a tentative pass.

    Obama administration’s response was to circumvent the Constitution. Lawless Obama ordered his aides to find other ways to protect illegal immigrants from deportation through “prosecutorial discretion.”
     
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    That there is no law that compels a state to enforce federal law.
    you are confusing your comprehension issues, with me having explained it.
    I've done no such thing.

    I've answered it.
     
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    as well as this
     

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