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[Lord Frieza]

As much as I hate Trump, I think I prefer him to President Paul Ryan.

You shouldn't. Ryan is scum and all, but at least it would be a stable Presidency, and we would (probably) lack literal fucking treason going on. And Ryan is also a giant bitch anyway, so it's not like he'd get any real shit done, especially if he came into power after a Pres and VP resigned.

With Trump, you don't even fucking what is going on from day to day.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

Already planned if you believe the old reports of grand juries being convened in NY and Eastern Virginia...

To be honest, I'm a little terrified... The rumor mill is that they're going after the entire Republican party...

I hope the nation's soul can recover from Trump in my lifetime.

Wait really? What's been said exactly?

That would be something to see.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

As much as I hate Trump, I think I prefer him to President Paul Ryan.

It'd be Pence.

 

[KernelPanic]

Dennis Whitfield, senior advisor at @scgpolitical, has ties to BKSH & Assoc. That's a Paul Manafort company. strategiccampaigngroup.com/about-scg/denn…

https://twitter.com/fawfulfan/status/862741119242784770

On BKSH:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BKSH_&_Associates_Worldwide

The firm came into being in 1996 through the merger of D.C. firms Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly and Gold & Liebengood by Martin B. Gold.

And yes that's Roger Stone.

There's your Trump connection

 

[Blizzard]

As much as I hate Trump, I think I prefer him to President Paul Ryan.

I think there's less chance of literal nuclear war or other insane crap from Ryan, no matter how bad he may be.

 

[Lord Frieza]

It'd be Pence.

If Trump goes, Pence goes

 

[Herr Schwarz]

Man can you imagine senior republicans like Paul Ryan and Mitch McDongle getting lead away in hand cuffs.

They should release them to the public in some kind of Logans Run trial.

Hey you're free if you can make it past this throng of people that seem pretty pissed.

Enjoy!

 

[Ludovico]

Ryan is scum and all, but at least it would be a stable Presidency, and we would (probably) lack literal fucking treason going on.

What a time to be alive...

 

[Slime]

Yeah you're right
Strategic campaign consulting's web presence/lack of existence is even more baffling
http://strategiccampaignconsulting.com/

It's here:

http://strategiccampaigngroup.com/

 

[Staccat0]

Is it true that Maddow said that something with Manafort might break today? I don't watch cable.

 

[Felix Lighter]

People that want Trump over Pence or Ryan, first of all, are crazy because Trump is going to rubber stamp the GOP agenda anyway and is also an irrational lunatic, and second of all, missing the point that any GOP member that takes his place will be lame duck unable to push any agenda and will be stuck dealing with the aftermath of a President from their party being removed from power for massive corruption.

 

[Buckle]

Ryan or Pence would be shitty presidents but they wouldn't be on the verge of burning the country down like Trump.

I would take them in a heartbeat if I was forced to choose between them and Trump.

 

[Skatterd]

It's here:

http://strategiccampaigngroup.com/

Right, that's the firm being raided
This is the website for the GA consulting firm that the trump campaign paid over 150k to that there was some confusion about due to the similar names

https://www.linkedin.com/company/strategic-campaign-consulting-llc

 

[mysocksarepink]

It's here:

http://strategiccampaigngroup.com/

different company mate. the linked company with the fake front website is the one responsible for this


https://beta.fec.gov/data/disbursem...paign&min_date=01/01/2015&max_date=12/31/2016


y'all this too spicy I'm glad we can share these moments together

 

[Lord Frieza]

https://twitter.com/fawfulfan/status/862741119242784770

Super interesting. And Manafort has been pretty absent from the news lately with the focus being so much on Flynn, with sprinkling of Page here and there.

 

[Slime]

Right, that's the firm being raided
This is the website for the GA consulting firm that the trump campaign paid over 150k to that there was some confusion about due to the similar names

https://www.linkedin.com/company/strategic-campaign-consulting-llc

different company mate. the linked company with the fake front website is the one responsible for this


https://beta.fec.gov/data/disbursem...paign&min_date=01/01/2015&max_date=12/31/2016


y'all this too spicy I'm glad we can share these moments together

Nvm, sorry folks, missed that earlier quoted post somehow. Thanks for clearing that up.

That is super shady.

 

[ChemicalCutthroat]

I posted this in the other thread, but can confirm there are a boatload of police from all sorts of jurisdictions with SUV's and trailers rolling through town.

Haven't seen any guys in the trademark FBI jackets, but I gotta work so I can't go be nosy.

 

[Host Samurai]

Man can you imagine senior republicans like Paul Ryan and Mitch McDongle getting lead away in hand cuffs.

They should release them to the public in some kind of Logans Run trial.

Hey you're free if you can make it past this throng of people that seem pretty pissed.

Enjoy!

In all fairness, I'd be surprised if the both were compromised. IMO if either were compromised than it would be McDangus. I don't believe that Ryan is, but again nothing surprises me anymore.

 

[Lord Frieza]

I posted this in the other thread, but can confirm there are a boatload of police from all sorts of jurisdictions with SUV's and trailers rolling through town.

Haven't seen any guys in the trademark FBI jackets, but I gotta work so I can't go be nosy.

Oh wow. Yeah, definitely something going down or has went down. Doubt we'll hear about it for a good while, though.

 

[Bunta]

http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-fbi-raid-0512-20170511-story.html

Rogers, who said his firm represents the campaign committees for Maryland House and Senate candidates, told reporters that the FBI investigation concerns work the firm performed during the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial campaign of former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican.

 

[DonShula]

That's some shady shit

Somebody took shell company to an entirely new level with that website.

 

[John Rabbit]

I think there's less chance of literal nuclear war or other insane crap from Ryan, no matter how bad he may be.

There's also the part where Paul Ryan speaks in complete sentences, is articulate, can dress himself properly, etc.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Super interesting. And Manafort has been pretty absent from the news lately with the focus being so much on Flynn, with sprinkling of Page here and there.

Hmm... Yeah, this is about Manafort, I'm betting.

 

[Blizzard]

So a ton of vehicles and taped-off windows were sent to...get documents about a 4-year-old governor campaign? I wouldn't have expected that.

 

[Lord Frieza]

http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-fbi-raid-0512-20170511-story.html

Ah well, that deflates that I guess, unless this place has other ties to other candidates.

2013, wow. That's really a sad reminder at how long these kind of things can take.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

So a ton of vehicles and taped-off windows were sent to...get documents about a 4-year-old governor campaign? I wouldn't have expected that.

Show of power.

 

[KernelPanic]

Super interesting. And Manafort has been pretty absent from the news lately with the focus being so much on Flynn, with sprinkling of Page here and there.

Not just Manafort

 

[Slime]

http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-fbi-raid-0512-20170511-story.html

Here's an article about that case:

https://www.courthousenews.com/cuccinelli-claims-scam-pac-rolled-him/

 

[ChemicalCutthroat]

So a ton of vehicles and taped-off windows were sent to...get documents about a 4-year-old governor campaign? I wouldn't have expected that.

Well if it is about the VA Governor, that would explain why one of the SUV's I saw had Lynchburg on it. I don't remember what the others were.

 

[Lonewulfeus]

Is that the same company? It's listed as "Strategic Campaign Consulting" and they are listed as a Georgia company.

Yep in my haste I made a mistake, Whois registrations for each website don't seem linked either. Only name with the Consulting LLC is Sonya Harrison but nothing to link her to the Md group that I could find with brief searching.

Not going to discount a connection yet though lol

Edit: Sonya Harrison was Newt Gingrichs Director of Georgia Operations for his 2012 campaign

 

[Duane Cunningham]

different company mate. the linked company with the fake front website is the one responsible for this


https://beta.fec.gov/data/disbursem...paign&min_date=01/01/2015&max_date=12/31/2016


y'all this too spicy I'm glad we can share these moments together

This Pat McDonough sure is heavily tied to them.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Not just Manafort

Woah...if this really is just about that 2013 race, that is some really freaky coincidence. Can't help but wonder if there's not something else to this. Seems like a lot of work for such a minor thing.

 

[Lord Frieza]

You know, with all these connections to Manafort, and now it looks like others who are possibly involved with Russian dealing, I can't help but put the tinfoil hat on here, because man, that just seems way too coincidental, and way too much effort and manpower over some misappropriated funds to a state election.

Okay, tinfoil hat off...probably just that race.

 

[ChemicalCutthroat]

It is crazy how often I walk by that place and just ignore it. It's right next to a really great whiskey bar. Apparently an old buddy of mine had lunch at the place next to it while this was all going down today.

 

[Staccat0]

It is crazy how often I walk by that place and just ignore it. It's right next to a really great whiskey bar. Apparently an old buddy of mine had lunch at the place next to it while this was all going down today.

now you know where to pee

 

[n00bsauce87]

We do know that this raid revolves around the VA governor race in 2013 right?

Granted, they may find other stuff, but I don't think this has to do with anything with what's happening now.

 

[DietRob]

We can really tell that Trump is fucking shook. Just look at how much he's used Twitter in the past 48 hours. He's pissing his pants.

 

[Staccat0]

We do know that this raid revolves around the VA governor race in 2013 right?

Granted, they may find other stuff, but I don't think this has to do with anything with what's happening now.

Oh interesting. Source?

 

[Lord Frieza]

We do know that this raid revolves around the VA governor race in 2013 right?

Granted, they may find other stuff, but I don't think this has to do with anything with what's happening now.

Someone just posted about it a few posts up. Still weird, though, considering the connections to Manafort this place seems to have.

I mean, is it a common thing for the FBI to do this over a state level race? I dunno, I have never heard of it before. It just feels weird considering everything.

 

[KHarvey16]

We do know that this raid revolves around the VA governor race in 2013 right?

Granted, they may find other stuff, but I don't think this has to do with anything with what's happening now.

That is (apparently) solely according to the president of the company that was raided. The ties to Roger Stone and Paul Manafort may be a coincidence, but it's enough to hold off a minute on accepting that guys explanation.

 

[Bolivar687]

 

[Kusagari]

It's interesting how the only other presidential candidate linked to them in those FEC filings is Carson.

 

[Rival]

Just hypothetically speaking here but let's say they find enough damning evidence to impeach Trump and overthrow the GOP entirely based on their findings, who becomes president in that scenario?

In this impossible and weird scenario I'm guessing James Mattis. I hope you really don't think what you said is how it works.

 

[n00bsauce87]

Someone just posted about it a few posts up. Still weird, though, considering the connections to Manafort this place seems to have.

I mean, is it a common thing for the FBI to do this over a state level race? I dunno, I have never heard of it before. It just feels weird considering everything.

And that's why I'm not completely poo poo about this raid because I think the FBI does believe this raid would check a lot of boxes they had about the republican party. So they might as well do it and grab everything they can to make connections on multiple assignments.

I just find it interesting that no one on the cable news outlets picked up on it. Maybe it'll be something for more investigative journalists to pick up on because there's a path to take.

Something tells me if Maddow reads up on this, she could do something with this story. It's something up her alley.

 

[Moofers]

Already planned if you believe the old reports of grand juries being convened in NY and Eastern Virginia...

To be honest, I'm a little terrified... The rumor mill is that they're going after the entire Republican party...

I hope the nation's soul can recover from Trump in my lifetime.

Where have you seen this and what exactly does that mean? "The entire party" as in who?

 

[Sephzilla]

Given some of the connections in place, plus the timing, I think this is going to be connected to Trump/Russia somehow

 

[EatinOlives]

The FBI doesn't do search raids for shits and giggles. There was obviously something of interest in there that they couldn't have acquired through other more covert means.

 

[Staccat0]

Where have you seen this and what exactly does that mean? "The entire party" as in who?

In the other thread this stupid conspiracy site triggered pages of talk. Some of it was copy/pasted to reddit and then reposted here later.
https://patribotics.blog/

 

[Stinkles]

Where have you seen this and what exactly does that mean? "The entire party" as in who?

 

[ThreePiMatt]

So a ton of vehicles and taped-off windows were sent to...get documents about a 4-year-old governor campaign? I wouldn't have expected that.

Yeah, maybe I'm looking into this a bit too much, but those statements by the two employees/owners/whatever could have been fed to them by the FBI to keep this lower profile. But ultimately it seems like way too big a response for such an old case.