Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 14:00     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
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Anonymous wrote:There were protesters dressed up as KKK.


And, Sessions has been associated with cases prosecuting KKK. He also pushed the death penalty and saw that it was carried out. He also helped campaign against George Wallace. I don't understand why they are doing this.


And he's thrown white collar, including financial, criminals in jail. BHO and E. Holder could learn from his example.


Err. Are you aware, PP, that president and prosecutor are two entirely different jobs?


Really? Why was his DOJ awol on the biggest white collar fraud in history?


What are you referring to?


naughties mortgage fraud crisis, which is by appearances, a truly staggering act of crime, I can't think of any financial crime that has come close.

yes, BHO was a Pres, and Holder a prosecutor, but AFAIK, the only guy they prosecuted was a banker with a seemingly Muslim name: Serageldin. And the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission named, inter alia, Robert Robin as someone who should be prosecuted. And Bharara may have said that Holder and co. decided to not prosecute, which if even a little true, is a very damning thing for both Holder and BHO.

I get that it is easy for many to find Sessions distasteful, but viciousness and virtuousness are never wholly any one politico's preserve


https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/enf-actions-fc.shtml


I love it! Criticize lawyers and get the most pedantic defense ever: check out our list of wet-noodle lashings of FIRMS complete with fines that are small fraction of the $$$$ amount in question. Of course all of the individuals involved, many of who got frightfully rich off the crime, walk around freely

Sessions actually put financial execs in jail, maybe it's the only good thing he's done in his life, but I do give him credit for that
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:54     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There were protesters dressed up as KKK.


And, Sessions has been associated with cases prosecuting KKK. He also pushed the death penalty and saw that it was carried out. He also helped campaign against George Wallace. I don't understand why they are doing this.


And he's thrown white collar, including financial, criminals in jail. BHO and E. Holder could learn from his example.


Err. Are you aware, PP, that president and prosecutor are two entirely different jobs?


Really? Why was his DOJ awol on the biggest white collar fraud in history?


What are you referring to?


naughties mortgage fraud crisis, which is by appearances, a truly staggering act of crime, I can't think of any financial crime that has come close.

yes, BHO was a Pres, and Holder a prosecutor, but AFAIK, the only guy they prosecuted was a banker with a seemingly Muslim name: Serageldin. And the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission named, inter alia, Robert Robin as someone who should be prosecuted. And Bharara may have said that Holder and co. decided to not prosecute, which if even a little true, is a very damning thing for both Holder and BHO.

I get that it is easy for many to find Sessions distasteful, but viciousness and virtuousness are never wholly any one politico's preserve


https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/enf-actions-fc.shtml
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:50     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There were protesters dressed up as KKK.


And, Sessions has been associated with cases prosecuting KKK. He also pushed the death penalty and saw that it was carried out. He also helped campaign against George Wallace. I don't understand why they are doing this.


And he's thrown white collar, including financial, criminals in jail. BHO and E. Holder could learn from his example.


Err. Are you aware, PP, that president and prosecutor are two entirely different jobs?


Really? Why was his DOJ awol on the biggest white collar fraud in history?


What are you referring to?


naughties mortgage fraud crisis, which is by appearances, a truly staggering act of crime, I can't think of any financial crime that has come close.

yes, BHO was a Pres, and Holder a prosecutor, but AFAIK, the only guy they prosecuted was a banker with a seemingly Muslim name: Serageldin. And the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission named, inter alia, Robert Robin as someone who should be prosecuted. And Bharara may have said that Holder and co. decided to not prosecute, which if even a little true, is a very damning thing for both Holder and BHO.

I get that it is easy for many to find Sessions distasteful, but viciousness and virtuousness are never wholly any one politico's preserve
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:39     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There were protesters dressed up as KKK.


And, Sessions has been associated with cases prosecuting KKK. He also pushed the death penalty and saw that it was carried out. He also helped campaign against George Wallace. I don't understand why they are doing this.


And he's thrown white collar, including financial, criminals in jail. BHO and E. Holder could learn from his example.


Err. Are you aware, PP, that president and prosecutor are two entirely different jobs?


Really? Why was his DOJ awol on the biggest white collar fraud in history?


What are you referring to?
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:32     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There were protesters dressed up as KKK.


And, Sessions has been associated with cases prosecuting KKK. He also pushed the death penalty and saw that it was carried out. He also helped campaign against George Wallace. I don't understand why they are doing this.


And he's thrown white collar, including financial, criminals in jail. BHO and E. Holder could learn from his example.


Err. Are you aware, PP, that president and prosecutor are two entirely different jobs?


Really? Why was his DOJ awol on the biggest white collar fraud in history?
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:28     Subject: Re:Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Blumenthal commenting on abandoning vetting practices for cabinet nominations, especially financial conflicts.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:25     Subject: Re:Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Pat Leahy says it sounds like a classic "confirmation conversion", typical of those up for nomination who suddenly claim to have seen the light.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:25     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:Victims' rights!

Supposedly victims groups support Sessions? According to Flake


What about justice-involved individuals who may have suffered a conviction? They have rights too you know.

We need to ban the box and move forward with criminal justice reform to empty our prisons.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:21     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:Al Franken's up!


Is he dressed in a diaper?
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:18     Subject: Re:Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
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Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen coverage of the protesters removed from the hearings. I've been watching C-Span.


Yes, it was on C-SPan. They were just escorted out by security, nothing wild.


My point was what happened to those protesters after they were removed.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:16     Subject: Re:Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Hebert said much more than that. He said without doubt Sessions was NOT involved. The other atty, Rich, said he had never even met Sessions.


Don't know who Rich is. However, Hebert's words seems to vary. Sessions is known to be honest.

Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:16     Subject: Re:Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Gohmert referring to protesters as anarchists, and defends throwing out photographers if they stand up to take photos.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:15     Subject: Re:Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone seen coverage of the protesters removed from the hearings. I've been watching C-Span.


Yes, it was on C-SPan. They were just escorted out by security, nothing wild.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:13     Subject: Re:Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
He can barely keep himself from laughing when protesters are led out.
Anonymous
Post 01/10/2017 13:12     Subject: Anyone listening to Sessions' confirmation hearing?
Anonymous wrote:This made me laugh.

"Holding foam fingers with “KKK” and “Go Jeffie Boy” written on the hands, protestors dressed in white robes interrupted the confirmation hearing of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, the president-elect’s choice for attorney general, just as it began on Tuesday. ... white men cloaked in white robes yelled, “You can’t arrest me! I’m white!” with Capitol police escorted them out."


Not funny. The KKK shouldn't be given any attention AT ALL--negative or otherwise. It gives them an inkling of credibility that shouldn't be shown. Same for Nazis.