Current Events > Source of allegation against Bernie Sanders' wife admits info was hearsay

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http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/source-of-allegation-vs-bernie-sanders-wife-admits-info-was-hearsay

A Republican lawyer who reported independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and his wife to federal officials was passing on information he heard from a GOP lawmaker who said he didn't have direct knowledge of the allegations.

The lawyer, Brady Toensing, sent letters to the U.S. attorney for Vermont and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. alleging that Sen. Sanders pressured a bank to approve a loan to a now-closed college run by Sanders' wife.

The source of that information was Republican State Rep. Don Turner, the minority leader of the Vermont House. Turner told WCAX-TV that friends at the bank described pressure from Sanders' office, but he says those friends didn't have direct knowledge of the negotiations. Turner says he told Toensing about it in May 2016, adding that he would not have brought it to the attention of federal investigators.

Toensing, an attorney who served as Donald Trump's Vermont representative during last year's presidential campaign, said Monday he was standing by the allegation.

"This was not a country store, cracker-barrel rant," Toensing said. He noted that hearsay is used by investigators to develop direct evidence.

Turner did not immediately return a message left by The Associated Press on Monday.

The Vermont weekly newspaper Seven Days first reported late Friday that Turner was the source of Toensing's information.

In early 2016, Toensing sent a more extensive letter to federal authorities alleging that in 2010, when Jane O'Meara Sanders was president of Burlington College, she made fraudulent claims while seeking $10 million in financing for a real estate deal.

The college, which closed last year, later sold the property. Officials cited debt from the land deal as a major reason.

Federal law enforcement officials have refused to confirm or deny the existence of any investigation, let alone what led them to open one. But Bernie Sanders confirmed an investigation was underway after it was revealed last month that Jane Sanders had retained attorneys. No charges have been filed.

During a Sunday appearance on CNN's State of the Union, the Vermont senator and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate cited Turner's comments as proof that the allegations against his wife were politically motivated.

"Sadly we are in a moment where parties not only attack public officials, they have to go after wives and children," Sanders said. "You know, this is pathetic and that's the way politics is in America today."

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Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?
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Imagine believing any of those allegations were true in the first place
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

Don't worry. I got it covered.

@Mal_Fet
@Gojak_v3
@Caution999
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Bloodychess posted...

Imagine believing any of those allegations were true in the first place

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ChromaticAngel posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

Don't worry. I got it covered.

@Mal_Fet
@ Gojak_v3
@ Caution999

Wanna see me do something no leftist ever does?

Given this new evidence, my views on this subject are changed to conform with them.
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Doesn't matter. We need to investigate the possibility of evidence for another year, at least!
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

FrenchCrunch posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

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Remember that time a Liberal on this board admitted the Russia-Trump connection was fake?


I don't either


Mal_Fet posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

Don't worry. I got it covered.

@Mal_Fet
@ Gojak_v3
@ Caution999

Wanna see me do something no leftist ever does?

Given this new evidence, my views on this subject are changed to conform with them.

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Caution999 posted...

Remember that time a Liberal on this board admitted the Russia-Trump connection was fake?


I don't either

there's kinda no reason to think it's untrue

FrenchCrunch posted...

there's kinda no reason to think it's untrue

What about Trump's feelings though? :(
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

What's really funny here is how you wanted to minimize the topic on actual violence by leftist, but are shocked a nothing story like this gets ignored. I'll say it again the left has no perspective.
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FrenchCrunch posted...

Caution999 posted...

Remember that time a Liberal on this board admitted the Russia-Trump connection was fake?


I don't either

there's kinda no reason to think it's untrue

Will you at least admit it on your death bed? I mean, with the way things are hacked these days and the technology at our disposal, surely SOMETHING would have been uncovered by now.
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Mal_Fet posted...

ChromaticAngel posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

Don't worry. I got it covered.

@Mal_Fet
@ Gojak_v3
@ Caution999

Wanna see me do something no leftist ever does?

Given this new evidence, my views on this subject are changed to conform with them.

A specific group of liberals do that all the time. They're called scientists.
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Knew it.

Funny, that the type of people that think false accusations are ruining society were so quick to jump on this.

Just SSJ4.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

Mal caution and the typical swill find some way to spin it
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You guys are still hanging onto Russia after Trump has been vindicated.

Just putting that one out there.

And in fact, if any one of you want to put your balls on the table, I'm open to an ACTUAL REAL MONEY bet that Trump had no connection to Russia to help him win the election.

But that's if you're man enough.
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Caution999 posted...

You guys are still hanging onto Russia after Trump has been vindicated.

Ask @CruelBuffalo if I've been "hanging onto Russia."

I'm open to an ACTUAL REAL MONEY bet that Trump had no connection to Russia to help him win the election.

I agree! If Trump knew anything about it, he would have blurted it out at a campaign rally the very next night.
"Folks, I've gotta tell ya, these Russians, they're wonderful people. Vladimir Putin told me personally, I mean this, great guy, president of Russia, he's doing a fantastic job, he told me that they're going to do what they can to help me win. Can you believe that? Amazing."

If the guy was around in the 40s, he'd be on a poster saying "Loose Lips Sink Ships" with a big red circle crossed out over his face
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Caution999 posted...

You guys are still hanging onto Russia after Trump has been vindicated.

Just putting that one out there.

And in fact, if any one of you want to put your balls on the table, I'm open to an ACTUAL REAL MONEY bet that Trump had no connection to Russia to help him win the election.

But that's if you're man enough.

Don't you have some pizza shops to investigate?
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Caution999 posted...

You guys are still hanging onto Russia after Trump has been vindicated

"If I say it enough times maybe it'll start being true!"
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Caution999 posted...

You guys are still hanging onto Russia after Trump has been vindicated.

Just putting that one out there.

And in fact, if any one of you want to put your balls on the table, I'm open to an ACTUAL REAL MONEY bet that Trump had no connection to Russia to help him win the election.

But that's if you're man enough.

Nobody is saying without a shadow of a doubt that Trump himself colluded with Russia. In that regard, people are trying to figure out is if this scandal is more like Teapot Dome or Watergate.
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Shadowplay posted...

Teapot Dome or Watergate

i mean teapot dome is still pretty god damn bad
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Antifar posted...

Caution999 posted...

You guys are still hanging onto Russia after Trump has been vindicated.

Ask @CruelBuffalo if I've been "hanging onto Russia."

I'm open to an ACTUAL REAL MONEY bet that Trump had no connection to Russia to help him win the election.

I agree! If Trump knew anything about it, he would have blurted it out at a campaign rally the very next night.
"Folks, I've gotta tell ya, these Russians, they're wonderful people. Vladimir Putin told me personally, I mean this, great guy, president of Russia, he's doing a fantastic job, he told me that they're going to do what they can to help me win. Can you believe that? Amazing."

If the guy was around in the 40s, he'd be on a poster saying "Loose Lips Sink Ships" with a big red circle crossed out over his face

Lol fine fine mr Antifar. I still haven't figured out your game, yet. You're like a mystery wrapped in an enigma.
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Cool article, bro.
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And yes, I am open to the idea that Trump during the election did not directly collude with Russia

It's incredibly likely his campaign/administration was/is. The question then becomes what Trump did know, and when did he know it?

His behavior over the last few months with regards to the scandal and investigation is incredibly suspicious. Were I a betting man, I'd wager that if he didn't know something then, he certainly knows it now.
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Antifar has not been hanging onto Russia. My only assumption is that Trump has money in Russia and just wants to remove restrictions. I don't believe Trump himself is smart enough to partner with Putin in some elaborate hacking but there is something fishy among the members in his campaign and that needs to be found out.

Gojak_v3 posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

Funny how everyone ignored this topic, isn't it?

What's really funny here is how you wanted to minimize the topic on actual violence by leftist, but are shocked a nothing story like this gets ignored. I'll say it again the left has no perspective.

I couldn't possibly be cheapening the events any more than the people who make topics and posts solely because they haven't reached their weekly quota of smug jabs at liberals yet.
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bump for bernie
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Someone should go to jail for that.
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byron posted...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html

Meeting with a lawyer from Russia != being complicit in illegal hacking of the DNC.
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