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ancianita

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27. LOL ... like his federal public defender would run cash interference for him? Cute. You have to know this is about
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 11:06 PM
Jan 3

Maduro accessing USD currency, not offshore holdings. You do realize Maduro's outside his usual money network, right? And so his federal public defender doesn't have jurisdictional power to get money for him from across the border.
You also realize that our government is a kakistocracy, right? You think they don't know how these things work?

You think the guys the felon removes from another country are for the benefit of that country's people? or ours?
Superficially the Trump administration loves putting on a veneer that it’s protecting U.S. interests and national security, but you and I know Trumpism is proven pay-to-play kakistocracy and a bottomless well of assorted lazy hustles and grifts. These are not serious people.
To your point about Maduro not being smart ... A LOT of rich people aren't smart; they don't have to be when they can hire smart people. We've witnessed frontmen for both domestic & international oligarch war games for years now. And in this round, Maduro's out. The felon's playbook is thick from a lifetime of chipping away at rule of law. And so...
Using a Spanish speaking right wing Sec of State (U of Miami Law) from an old Batista stronghold (Cuba), the felon's hit list for the Americas is just getting started. It's another playbook narrative to give his doj more time to redact the names of the felon's pedophile "friends who'd be hurt."

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something about possession of machine guns... lapfog_1 Jan 3 #1
Start locking up military people Historic NY Jan 3 #26
Cool EarlG Jan 3 #2
Don't be silly. This ain't your father's DOJ. Trumpdumper Jan 3 #3
Lol, good point EarlG Jan 3 #5
A juror could reasonably have a 'reasonable doubt' just because it's Trump et al Jack Valentino Jan 3 #24
But guess who did the first indictments - BILL BARR BumRushDaShow Jan 3 #11
NOW it all makes sense. Thank you for the Panama/Barr precedent. ancianita Jan 3 #16
IMHO, this is a BILL BARR PRODUCTION BumRushDaShow Jan 3 #18
I hope you're right. AND I hope there's intel that can prove you're right. ancianita Jan 3 #20
There was an article back in 2019 about his handling of the Mueller report BumRushDaShow Jan 3 #21
Thanks. These days, justifications, however flimsy, are made as deterrents to any of this ever seeing a courtroom ancianita Jan 3 #22
I heard a CBS news radio report this morning BumRushDaShow Sunday #34
Interesting... now I wonder who CBS's likely source was. ancianita Sunday #38
Is there a price tag on the pardon yet? Vinca Jan 3 #4
Bidding started at COL Mustard Jan 3 #6
Piker. Igel Jan 3 #10
LOLOLOL!!!! COL Mustard Jan 3 #12
Show me the hard proof, Bayard Jan 3 #7
Ya don't have to call me NAMES!!!! COL Mustard Jan 3 #13
Maduro, as President, should get the same delaying powers that Trump had. GreenWave Jan 3 #8
That would mean Maduro has to have enough funds on him for those kinds of legal moves. He doesn't. But the felon did. ancianita Jan 3 #17
If he's REALLY some kind of 'major drug kingpin', wouldn't he have some third-country bank accounts Jack Valentino Jan 3 #25
LOL ... like his federal public defender would run cash interference for him? Cute. You have to know this is about ancianita Jan 3 #27
Quite possibly you are smarter than me. You are obviously much better at 'word salad'. Jack Valentino Jan 3 #29
Okay. I understand we have different exposures to stuff. Sorry for the "you have to know." I didn't intend to patronize, ancianita Jan 3 #31
Thanks. I'm good with you also. Jack Valentino Sunday #32
Nah. Sometimes I just get carried away... ancianita Sunday #33
I think the question is, how much will Maduro have to give Trump for the pardon? LiberalArkie Jan 3 #9
"transport tons of cocaine to the United States," KS Toronado Jan 3 #14
It's because the coke is don jr. fav dope... Justice matters. Jan 3 #15
Good and reasonable question re fentanyl. But more often the felon broadly mixed it up, saying it was about drugs. ancianita Jan 3 #19
"Narco-terrorism" is not a thing. It is just a slogan. Bluetus Jan 3 #23
"They have no intention of this ever going to court. That's why Trump moved it to New York. He wants to blame Mamdani" BumRushDaShow Sunday #35
What's you r point? Bluetus Sunday #39
Well we know he is a pathological liar BumRushDaShow Sunday #40
Sure, but Trump will still blame "New York" Bluetus Sunday #42
That may be coming BumRushDaShow Sunday #44
"Narco-terrorism" is the latest in the grab words R's use to give their favorite media (Fox) something to hold onto. ificandream Sunday #41
Won't we have to prove Maduro was shipping drugs here and killing Americans? JohnnyRingo Jan 3 #28
Yep. Which is why the chances of him being convicted on those charges is extremely small. Wiz Imp Jan 3 #30
I don't see how they can convict Maduro of anything discussed in the indictment. Bluetus Sunday #43
The administration's conflation of The Wizard Sunday #36
Bullshit. Trump just freed two narcoterrorists. I hope the defense uses this in the trial. travelingthrulife Sunday #37
Maduro isn't a saint.. but ImmigrantsWGTJD Sunday #45
I hope they are tried in NYC. The Grand Illuminist Sunday #46
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