racer254 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Seems that Hillary Clinton lost her appeal and will now have to sit for a deposition. Freeman, the DOJ attorney, said the federal government is not taking a position in the case. “The State Department’s approach for all of these cases, from the beginning, has been to just get through them,” he said of the Clinton FOIA litigation. And he said DOJ was not backing Clinton’s petition as the government itself had not sought the relief. “We chose in the interest of the executive branch, balancing pros and cons, not to do so here,” Freeman said. https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/06/02/this-is-no-longer-secretary-clintons-state-department-judges-wary-of-her-deposition-over-emails/?slreturn=20200510132208 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 It’s all the repubs have left. Pathetic really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, Mainecat said: It’s all the repubs have left. Pathetic really. LOL. Did you forget about the Russian collusion investigation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 41 minutes ago, Mainecat said: It’s all the repubs have left. Pathetic really. You would think you would be mad at the Obama administration people and others who were involved in the Russia hoax as they spent three years lying to you in public but telling the truth under oath in closed door depositions. Remember Adam Schiff and his claims that turned out to be empty? You should be mad that someone with you independent credentials was so easily fooled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 THIS IS IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 It's almost like when the walls are closing in on democrats the country goes to shit. Odd that. Coincidence is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer254 Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 minute ago, Snake said: It's almost like when the walls are closing in on democrats the country goes to shit. Odd that. Coincidence is awesome. They know how to distract their base. Look at the ones on here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Those emails died with Epstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, Snake said: It's almost like when the walls are closing in on democrats the country goes to shit. Odd that. Coincidence is awesome. Hopefully Trump fixes that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Mainecat said: It’s all the repubs have left. Pathetic really. you just put that out with zero self reflection . fucking snoriders great grandfather 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Benghazi is next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Benghazi is next. yeah can we circle back around to Russia after that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC.Morrison Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, Ez ryder said: yeah can we circle back around to Russia after that? We need to wait till a new administration is in charge that won't prevent the prosecution from earnestly looking into Deutsche Bank. They've got a proven track record of Russian money laundering among other shady dealings over the years and were basically the only lenders willing to lend to Trump. Controversies[edit] Deutsche Bank in general as well as specific employees have frequently figured in controversies and allegations of deceitful behavior or illegal transactions. As of 2016, the bank was involved in some 7,800 legal disputes and calculated €5.4 billion as litigation reserves,[91] with a further €2.2 billion held against other contingent liabilities.[65] Tax evasion[edit] Six former employees were accused of being involved in a major tax fraud deal with CO2 emission certificates, and most of them were subsequently convicted. It was estimated that the sum of money in the tax evasion scandal might have been as high as €850 million. Deutsche Bank itself was not convicted due to an absence of corporate liability laws in Germany.[92] Espionage scandal[edit] From as late as 2001 to at least 2007, the bank engaged in covert espionage on its critics. The bank has admitted to episodes of spying in 2001 and 2007 directed by its corporate security department, although characterizing them as "isolated".[93] According to the Wall Street Journal, Deutsche Bank had prepared a list of names of people who it wanted investigated for criticism of the bank, including Michael Bohndorf (an activist investor in the bank), Leo Kirch (a former media executive in litigation with bank), and the Munich law firm of Bub Gauweiler & Partner, which represented Kirch.[93] According to the Wall Street Journal, the bank's legal department was involved in the scheme along with its corporate security department.[93] The bank has since hired Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, a New York law firm, to investigate the incidents on its behalf. The Cleary firm has concluded its investigation and submitted its report, which however has not been made public.[93] According to the Wall Street Journal, the Cleary firm uncovered a plan by which Deutsche Bank was to infiltrate the Bub Gauweiler firm by having a bank "mole" hired as an intern at the Bub Gauweiler firm. The plan was allegedly cancelled after the intern was hired but before she started work.[93] Peter Gauweiler, a principal at the targeted law firm, was quoted as saying "I expect the appropriate authorities including state prosecutors and the bank's oversight agencies will conduct a full investigation."[93] In May 2009, Deutsche Bank informed the public that the executive management had learned about possible violations which occurred in past years of the bank's internal procedures or legal requirements in connection with activities involving the bank's corporate security department. Deutsche Bank immediately retained the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Frankfurt to conduct an independent investigation[94] and informed the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). The principal findings by the law firm, published in July 2009,[95] found four incidents that raised legal issues, such as data protection or privacy concerns. In all incidents, the activities arose out of certain mandates performed by external service providers on behalf of the Bank's Corporate Security Department. The incidents were isolated, no systemic misbehaviour was found and there was no indication that present members of the Management Board had been involved in any activity that raise legal issues or have had any knowledge of such activities.[95] This was confirmed by the Public Prosecutor's Office in Frankfurt in October 2009.[96] BaFin found deficiencies in operations within Deutsche Bank's security unit in Germany but found no systemic misconduct by the bank.[97] The bank initiated steps to strengthen controls for the mandating of external service providers by its Corporate Security Department and their activities.[95] Black Planet Award[edit] In 2013, the CEOs Anshu Jain and Jürgen Fitschen as well as the major shareholders of Deutsche Bank were awarded the Black Planet Award of the Foundation Ethics & Economics (Ethecon Foundation).[98][99] April 2015 Libor scandal[edit] See also: Libor scandal On 23 April 2015, Deutsche Bank agreed to a combined US$2.5 billion in fines – a US$2.175 billion fine by American regulators, and a €227 million penalty by British authorities – for its involvement in the Libor scandal uncovered in June 2012. It was one of several banks described as colluding to fix interest rates used to price hundreds of trillions of dollars of loans and contracts worldwide, including mortgages and student loans.[100][101] Deutsche Bank also pleaded guilty to wire fraud, acknowledging that at least 29 employees had engaged in illegal activity. It was required to dismiss all employees who were involved with the fraudulent transactions.[101] However, no individuals will be charged with criminal wrongdoing. In a Libor first, Deutsche Bank will be required to install an independent monitor.[100] Commenting on the fine, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority director Georgina Philippou said "This case stands out for the seriousness and duration of the breaches ... One division at Deutsche Bank had a culture of generating profits without proper regard to the integrity of the market. This wasn't limited to a few individuals but, on certain desks, it appeared deeply ingrained."[101] The fine represented a record for interest rate related cases, eclipsing a $1.5 billion Libor related fine to UBS, and the then-record $450 million fine assessed to Barclays earlier in the case.[101][100] The size of the fine reflected the breadth of wrongdoing at Deutsche Bank, the bank's poor oversight of traders, and its failure to take action when it uncovered signs of abuse internally.[100] Role in 2007–08 financial crisis[edit] See also: Financial crisis of 2007–08 In January 2017, Deutsche Bank agreed to a $7.2 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over its sale and pooling of toxic mortgage securities in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. As part of the agreement, Deutsche Bank was required to pay a civil monetary penalty of $3.1 billion and provide $4.1 billion in consumer relief, such as loan forgiveness. At the time of the agreement, Deutsche Bank was still facing investigations into the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange rates, suspicious equities trades in Russia, as well as alleged violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran and other countries. Since 2012, Deutsche Bank had paid more than €12 billion for litigation, including a deal with U.S. mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.[102] 2015 sanctions violations[edit] On 5 November 2015, Deutsche Bank was ordered to pay US$258 million (€237.2 million) in penalties imposed by the New York State Department of Financial Services and the United States Federal Reserve Bank after the bank was caught doing business with Burma, Libya, Sudan, Iran, and Syria which were under US sanctions at the time. According to the US federal authorities, Deutsche Bank handled 27,200 US dollar clearing transactions valued at more than US$10.86 billion (€9.98 billion) to help evade US sanctions between early 1999 until 2006 which are done on behalf of Iranian, Libyan, Syrian, Burmese, and Sudanese financial institutions and other entities subject to US sanctions, including entities on the Specially Designated Nationals by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.[103][104] In response to the penalties, the bank will pay US$200 million (€184 million) to the NYDFS while the rest (US$58 million; €53.3 million) will go to the Federal Reserve. In addition to the payment, the bank will install an independent monitor, fire six employees who were involved in the incident, and ban three other employees from any work involving the bank's US-based operations.[105] The bank is still under investigation by the US Justice Department and New York State Department of Financial Services into possible sanctions violations relating to the 2014–15 Ukrainian crisis and its activities within Russia.[106] Dakota Access Pipeline[edit] See also: Dakota Access Pipeline protests Environmentalists criticize Deutsche Bank for co-financing the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, which is planned to run close to an Indian reservation and is seen as a threat to their livelihood by its inhabitants.[107][108] Deutsche Bank has issued a statement addressing the criticism it received from various environmental groups.[109] 2017 money-laundering fine[edit] In January 2017, the bank was fined $425 million by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS)[110] and £163 million by the UK Financial Conduct Authority[111] regarding accusations of laundering $10 billion out of Russia.[112][113][114] Relationship with Donald Trump[edit] Further information: Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (January–June 2017), Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (July–December 2017), Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019), and Wealth of Donald Trump Deutsche Bank is widely recognized as being the largest creditor to real-estate-mogul-turned-politician Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States, holding more than US$360 million in outstanding loans to the candidate in the months prior to his 2016 election. As of December 2017 Deutsche Bank's role in, and possible relevance to, Trump and Russian parties cooperating to elect him was reportedly under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.[115] As of March 2019, Deutsche Bank's relationship with Trump was reportedly also under investigation by two U.S. congressional committees and by the New York attorney general.[116][117][118] In April 2019 House Democrats subpoenaed the Bank for Trump's personal and financial records.[119][120][121][122][123] On 29 April 2019, President Donald Trump, his business, and his children Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One bank to block them from turning over financial records to congressional committees that have issued subpoenas for the information.[124] On 22 May 2019, judge Edgardo Ramos of the federal District Court in Manhattan rejected the Trump suit against Deutsche Bank, ruling the bank must comply with congressional subpoenas.[125] Six days later, Ramos granted Trump's attorneys their request for a stay so they could pursue an expedited appeal through the courts.[126] In October 2019 a federal appeals court said the bank asserted it did not have Trump's tax returns.[127] In December 2019 the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Deutsche Bank must release Trump's financial records, with some exceptions, to congressional committees; Trump was given seven days to seek another stay pending a possible appeal to the Supreme Court.[128] The New York Times reported in May 2019 that anti-money laundering specialists in the bank detected what appeared to be suspicious transactions involving entities controlled by Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, for which they recommended filing suspicious activity reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department, but bank executives rejected the recommendations. One specialist noted money moving from Kushner Companies to Russian individuals and flagged it in part because of the bank's previous involvement in a Russian money laundering scheme.[129][130] On November 19, 2019, Thomas Bowers, a former Deutsche Bank executive and head of American wealth management, was reported to have committed suicide in his Malibu home.[131] Bowers had been in charge of overseeing and personally signing over $360 million in high-risk loans for U.S. president Donald Trump's National Doral Miami resort.[132] The loans had been subject to criminal investigation by special council Robert Mueller in his investigation of the president's 2016 campaign involvement in Russian election meddling. Documents on those loans have also been subpoenaed from Deutsche Bank by the House Democrats together with financial documents of the president. A relationship between Bowers’ suicide and his responsibilities has not been established and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner - Coroner has closed the case giving no indication to wrongdoings by third parties.[133] Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein[edit] Deutsche Bank lent money and traded currencies for the well-known sex offender Jeffrey Epstein up to May 2019, long after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea in Florida to soliciting prostitution from underage girls, according to news reports.[134][135][136] Epstein and his businesses had dozens of accounts through the private-banking division.[137][138] According to The New York Times, Deutsche Bank managers overruled compliance officers who raised concerns about Epstein's reputation.[135] The bank found suspicious transactions in which Epstein moved money out of the United States, the Times reported.[137] Criminal cartel charges in Australia[edit] On 1 June 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that criminal cartel charges were expected to be laid by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) against ANZ Bank, its Group Treasurer Rick Moscati, along with Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and a number of individuals.[139][140] Alleged involvement in Danske Bank money-laundering scandal[edit] On 19 November 2018, a whistleblower on alleged money-laundering activities undertaken by Danske Bank stated that a large European bank was involved in helping Danske process $150 billion in suspect funds.[141] Although the whistleblower, Howard Wilkinson, did not name Deutsche Bank directly, another inside source claimed the institute in question was Deutsche Bank's U.S. unit.[142] Improper handling of ADRs investigation[edit] On 20 July 2018, Deutsche Bank agreed to pay nearly $75 million to settle charges of improper handling of "pre-released" American depositary receipts (ADRs) under investigation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Deutsche Bank didn't admit or deny the investigation findings but agreed to pay disgorgement of more than $44.4 million in ill-gotten gains plus $6.6 million in prejudgment interest and a penalty of $22.2 million.[143][144] Malaysian 1MDB fund[edit] U.S. prosecutors are investigating Deutsche Bank's role in a multibillion-dollar fraud scandal involving the 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB, according to news reports in July 2019.[145][146] Deutsche Bank helped raise $1.2 billion for the 1MDB in 2014.[146] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 He’s going to jail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 27 minutes ago, Mainecat said: He’s going to jail. bet you 2 grand he never even goes to a holding cell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 the same evil deutsche bank that was the only bank lending to American buisnesses on 08 and 09 to keep America running . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Mainecat said: He’s going to jail. THIS IS IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, SSFB said: THIS IS IT! now cool it, you can't do that twice in 1 thread. It's too damn confusing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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