Dennis Hastert Is Indicted!

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Depends.................paying a bribe to keep someone silent can be a crime as well.

If you did the crime, you should do the time, not pay someone to keep you from the consequences.

He's not being charged with a real crime. He's being charged with "structuring withdrawals" and "lying to the FBI". Bullshit charges .......

Another ridiculous lie from the right.

 

[Zander]

Depends.................paying a bribe to keep someone silent can be a crime as well.

If you did the crime, you should do the time, not pay someone to keep you from the consequences.

He's not being charged with a real crime. He's being charged with "structuring withdrawals" and "lying to the FBI". Bullshit charges .......

The irony is just too sweet.

When the PATRIOT Act was passed, I told the rubes they were very naive if they thought it was only going to be used against terrorists.

How delicious it is now being used against the guy who was Speaker of the House when it was passed. Talk about "hoisted by his own petard"!

Sorry G-tard, but these charges against Hastert have nothing to do with the Patriot Act.....The "bank Secrecy act" was passed in 1970.



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[Zander]

I see the resident leftist loons are quickly rushing to judgement.....again!

Hastert may be charged with additional crimes, but so far he is only charged with "structuring" and lying to the FBI.

I'll wait for all the facts to come out.

 

[g5000]

Is "lying to the FBI" an indictable offense? If it is, the federal prisons should be overflowing. Why wasn't Bill Clinton and his wife indicted for lying about the DNA on Monica's dress?

This tu quoque post is hilariously ignorant on so many levels!

 

[g5000]

Depends.................paying a bribe to keep someone silent can be a crime as well.

If you did the crime, you should do the time, not pay someone to keep you from the consequences.

He's not being charged with a real crime. He's being charged with "structuring withdrawals" and "lying to the FBI". Bullshit charges .......

The irony is just too sweet.

When the PATRIOT Act was passed, I told the rubes they were very naive if they thought it was only going to be used against terrorists.

How delicious it is now being used against the guy who was Speaker of the House when it was passed. Talk about "hoisted by his own petard"!

Sorry G-tard, but these charges against Hastert have nothing to do with the Patriot Act.....The "bank Secrecy act" was passed in 1970.



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Sorry, Z-tard, but the Patriot Act beefed up the law.



Federal Statutes - Money Laundering

Title 31, USC Section 5331 – was passed in 2001 as a result of the USA Patriot Act and duplicates the reporting provisions of IRC, Section 6050I (Form 8300). Dual reporting of this information will now be made to both the IRS and the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

Title 31 USC Section 5332 –Also as a result of the USA Patriot Act was the passage of Title 31 USC 5332, Bulk Cash Statute. Criminal Investigation has jurisdiction to investigate violations of this statute. This affects anyone who transports or attempts to transport currency or other monetary instruments of more than $10,000, from a place within the United States to a place outside of the United States, or from a place outside the United States to a place within the United States, and knowingly conceals it with the intent to evade the reporting requirements of 31 USC 5316.

Hoisted by his own petard.

ETA: Dennis Hastert Pushed For The Patriot Act That Led To His Indictment

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who has taken credit for the passage of the Patriot Act in the House of Representatives in 2001, has been indicted on charges related to paying $3.5 million in "hush money," which federal law enforcement was able to detect, using the provisions in the Patriot Act.

 

[boedicca]

Any leftie who retains at least a vestige of integrity should recognize that the Clinton Foundation is a far more egregious crime than whatever Hastert did.

 

[g5000]

Any leftie who retains at least a vestige of integrity should recognize that the Clinton Foundation is a far more egregious crime than whatever Hastert did.

There sure are a lot of Too Cookie Brigade members, Pa!

A-yup.

 

[Camp]

Any leftie who retains at least a vestige of integrity should recognize that the Clinton Foundation is a far more egregious crime than whatever Hastert did.

Nah, white collar dipping into funds is not nearly as bad or serious as a teacher or coach buggering young boys or child rape.

 

[g5000]

Any leftie who retains at least a vestige of integrity should recognize that the Clinton Foundation is a far more egregious crime than whatever Hastert did.

Suppose it turns out Hastert was paying off some guy who was molested by him as a child? How are you going to feel rushing to his defense so reflexively just because of the letter after his name?

 

[g5000]

Any leftie who retains at least a vestige of integrity should recognize that the Clinton Foundation is a far more egregious crime than whatever Hastert did.

Nah, white collar dipping into funds is not nearly as bad or serious as a teacher or coach buggering young boys or child rape.

This has not been established as a fact.

 

[Zander]

Depends.................paying a bribe to keep someone silent can be a crime as well.

If you did the crime, you should do the time, not pay someone to keep you from the consequences.

He's not being charged with a real crime. He's being charged with "structuring withdrawals" and "lying to the FBI". Bullshit charges .......

The irony is just too sweet.

When the PATRIOT Act was passed, I told the rubes they were very naive if they thought it was only going to be used against terrorists.

How delicious it is now being used against the guy who was Speaker of the House when it was passed. Talk about "hoisted by his own petard"!

Sorry G-tard, but these charges against Hastert have nothing to do with the Patriot Act.....The "bank Secrecy act" was passed in 1970.



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Sorry, Z-tard, but the Patriot Act beefed up the law.

Federal Statutes - Money Laundering

Title 31, USC Section 5331 – was passed in 2001 as a result of the USA Patriot Act and duplicates the reporting provisions of IRC, Section 6050I (Form 8300). Dual reporting of this information will now be made to both the IRS and the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

Title 31 USC Section 5332 –Also as a result of the USA Patriot Act was the passage of Title 31 USC 5332, Bulk Cash Statute. Criminal Investigation has jurisdiction to investigate violations of this statute. This affects anyone who transports or attempts to transport currency or other monetary instruments of more than $10,000, from a place within the United States to a place outside of the United States, or from a place outside the United States to a place within the United States, and knowingly conceals it with the intent to evade the reporting requirements of 31 USC 5316.

Hoisted by his own petard.

Now you're just drinking your own piss.

Hastert was in violation of the 1970 bank secrecy law law and lying to the FBI. Neither have squat to do with the Patriot Act. The bank reported Hastert's withdrawals as suspicious. Banks have been doing that since 1970.....

 

[Camp]

Any leftie who retains at least a vestige of integrity should recognize that the Clinton Foundation is a far more egregious crime than whatever Hastert did.

Nah, white collar dipping into funds is not nearly as bad or serious as a teacher or coach buggering young boys or child rape.

This has not been established as a fact.

I'm just using SOP rw standards. It hasn't been proven not to be a fact.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

Good!

He was Speaker of the House during the G.W. Bush Administration and I despise that gluttonous, arrogant bastard. I hope he is convicted, sent to prison, and dies there.

Hastert is a waste of skin... but no worse than any other Progressive.

If it get's him out of any affiliation or influence in the GOP that's worth the entire exercise.

 

[g5000]

For the Tu Quoque Brigade, you are standing on very, very shaky ground.

Dennis Hastert was willing to pay $3.5 million to keep someone quiet about something he had done to them. It is unknown whether he was being blackmailed or if he made the offer in order to hush the victim up.

In any case, he is a wealthy person who was trying to buy his way out of some seriously deep shit. Ask yourselves to honestly appraise how you would be treating someone of the opposite party in such a situation.

You might want to wait and find out what he was attempting to bury before jumping on the Tu Quoque bandwagon.

 

[g5000]

Depends.................paying a bribe to keep someone silent can be a crime as well.

If you did the crime, you should do the time, not pay someone to keep you from the consequences.

He's not being charged with a real crime. He's being charged with "structuring withdrawals" and "lying to the FBI". Bullshit charges .......

The irony is just too sweet.

When the PATRIOT Act was passed, I told the rubes they were very naive if they thought it was only going to be used against terrorists.

How delicious it is now being used against the guy who was Speaker of the House when it was passed. Talk about "hoisted by his own petard"!

Sorry G-tard, but these charges against Hastert have nothing to do with the Patriot Act.....The "bank Secrecy act" was passed in 1970.



.

Sorry, Z-tard, but the Patriot Act beefed up the law.

Federal Statutes - Money Laundering

Title 31, USC Section 5331 – was passed in 2001 as a result of the USA Patriot Act and duplicates the reporting provisions of IRC, Section 6050I (Form 8300). Dual reporting of this information will now be made to both the IRS and the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

Title 31 USC Section 5332 –Also as a result of the USA Patriot Act was the passage of Title 31 USC 5332, Bulk Cash Statute. Criminal Investigation has jurisdiction to investigate violations of this statute. This affects anyone who transports or attempts to transport currency or other monetary instruments of more than $10,000, from a place within the United States to a place outside of the United States, or from a place outside the United States to a place within the United States, and knowingly conceals it with the intent to evade the reporting requirements of 31 USC 5316.

Hoisted by his own petard.

Now you're just drinking your own piss.

Hastert was in violation of the 1970 bank secrecy law law and lying to the FBI. Neither have squat to do with the Patriot Act. The bank reported Hastert's withdrawals as suspicious. Banks have been doing that since 1970.....

Dennis Hastert Pushed For The Patriot Act That Led To His Indictment

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who has taken credit for the passage of the Patriot Act in the House of Representatives in 2001, has been indicted on charges related to paying $3.5 million in "hush money," which federal law enforcement was able to detect, using the provisions in the Patriot Act.

 

[g5000]

It hasn't been proven not to be a fact.

Double negative.

A claim he molested a kid must be proven, otherwise you are making an argument from ignorance.

All we have at this point are dots which have not been authoritatively connected.

 

[g5000]

From the Patriot Act:

SEC. 372. FORFEITURE IN CURRENCY REPORTING CASES.

(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 5317 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Forfeiture.--
``(1) Criminal forfeiture.--
``(A) In general.--The court in imposing sentence
for any violation of section 5313, 5316, or 5324 of this
title, or any conspiracy to commit such violation, shall
order the defendant to forfeit all property, real or
personal, involved in the offense and any property
traceable thereto.

From the indictment:

 

[Katzndogz]

For the Tu Quoque Brigade, you are standing on very, very shaky ground.

Dennis Hastert was willing to pay $3.5 million to keep someone quiet about something he had done to them. It is unknown whether he was being blackmailed or if he made the offer in order to hush the victim up.

In any case, he is a wealthy person who was trying to buy his way out of some seriously deep shit. Ask yourselves to honestly appraise how you would be treating someone of the opposite party in such a situation.

You might want to wait and find out what he was attempting to bury before jumping on the Tu Quoque bandwagon.

It doesn't have to be deep shit. Just embarrassing shit. Suppose it's an illegitimate child.

 

[Camp]

It hasn't been proven not to be a fact.

Double negative.

A claim he molested a kid must be proven, otherwise you are making an argument from ignorance.

All we have at this point are dots which have not been authoritatively connected.

OK, I apologize and admit my mistake. But, I would still give odds that he was buggering some young boy or molesting some kid ala Sandusky style.

 

[ClosedCaption]

For the Tu Quoque Brigade, you are standing on very, very shaky ground.

Dennis Hastert was willing to pay $3.5 million to keep someone quiet about something he had done to them. It is unknown whether he was being blackmailed or if he made the offer in order to hush the victim up.

In any case, he is a wealthy person who was trying to buy his way out of some seriously deep shit. Ask yourselves to honestly appraise how you would be treating someone of the opposite party in such a situation.

You might want to wait and find out what he was attempting to bury before jumping on the Tu Quoque bandwagon.

It doesn't have to be deep shit. Just embarrassing shit. Suppose it's an illegitimate child.

you dont pay that much money just because you'll be "embarrassed"