Report: Joe Biden Calls for DOJ to Resume
Obama-Era ‘Slush Fund’ Payouts to
Left-Wing Groups
Breitbart,
by
Katherine Rodriguez
Original Article
Posted By: OhioNick,
1/21/2021 12:19:13 AM
President Joe Biden is looking to the Justice Department to reinstate a controversial Obama-era practice that allowed prosecutors to make settlement agreements where defendants paid outside groups instead of the government or victims, according to a report.
The Trump administration stopped these payments in 2017, as outlined in a Justice Department manual that initially came from a memo from former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
“When the federal government settles a case against a corporate wrongdoer, any settlement funds should go first to the victims and then to the American people — not to bankroll third-party special interest groups or the political friends of whoever is in power,” Sessions said in 2017.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Nimby 1/21/2021 12:56:18 AM (No. 668615)
With 19% for the big guy?
39 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
kennedylaw 1/21/2021 12:57:00 AM (No. 668616)
Making under the table slush funds great again!
29 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Trigger2 1/21/2021 1:07:05 AM (No. 668622)
Slush funds for commies, just like he uses China as a slush fund.
38 people like this.
Let's just call it what it is- Obola's third term. Plugs is Charlie McCarthy.
45 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
lakerman1 1/21/2021 1:26:47 AM (No. 668634)
Couldn't judges stop these settlements?
24 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
subal 1/21/2021 2:23:28 AM (No. 668671)
Good move Joe - every thing for every one except tax paying native Americans.
A** Hole!
32 people like this.
Apologies for a second post. Is this the same slush fund they pay the victims of sexual abuse by Senators and Congressmen ?
26 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 1/21/2021 3:11:14 AM (No. 668684)
A Judge, #5? You mean like the judges which jumped in to stop the massive voter fraud? LOL! The judges work for the left now, and laws are only used to punish conservatives, NEVER Deep State criminals or leftists.
42 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
web 1/21/2021 3:41:24 AM (No. 668689)
That's what government is to these leftists. Just one big piggybank that they can siphon off taxpayer dollars in to their various criminal schemes and conspiracies. Where did hundreds of billions go from Obama's "stimulus" plan? Nobody knows. Environmentalists conspire with the EPA and Interior Department to sue companies, and then get a piece of the proceeds. The DOJ conspires with leftist groups to go after corporations and people with deep pockets. Talk about racketeers! It's all a big racket to these people, and Congress and the DOJ never looks at them with RICO statutes, because they are in on it.
19 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 1/21/2021 4:35:44 AM (No. 668697)
That was something that Eric Holder was good at doing. These organizations include BLM and Antifa.
27 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Rinktum 1/21/2021 6:10:51 AM (No. 668731)
Corruption is the currency of our government. The corruptocrats stealing tax dollars know the deal and theft of tax payer dollars is how the system works. The American taxpayer is nothing more than a slave of the state. We have no voice, zero power over our own destiny, and freedom is an illusion. I look at Washington DC and see nothing but graft and self-serving corruption.
33 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Clinger 1/21/2021 8:05:26 AM (No. 668822)
What the hell why not start committing my great great grandchildren to a life of debt servitude since the future of the next three generations is sewed up already.
6 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Muguy 1/21/2021 8:09:58 AM (No. 668833)
Notice the folks getting the 'settlements' are actually friendly to lib causes...
#4, with apologies, in my opinion, Plugs is more like Mortimer Snerd with strings being manipulated by Nobama/Soros
9 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Daisymay 1/21/2021 8:17:36 AM (No. 668845)
We all know it won't stop at political friends and special interest groups. There will also be a Slush Fund for good old "Pops"! He won't leave the Presidency without Millions in his own Pocket. Count on it!
8 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 1/21/2021 9:04:53 AM (No. 668916)
Joe Biden is a Catholic. Is he a practicing one? I have no idea because that is God's determination not mine. With that said, he has practices that point me to somewhat of an answer. He seems to be walking in earthly ways and not God's ways. If one of these left-wing groups is connected to abortion, and since babies are a blessing from God I would venture to say he is caught up in earthly ways.
6 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/21/2021 9:34:10 AM (No. 668948)
'peach fo-six!
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Zigrid 1/21/2021 10:01:13 AM (No. 668975)
Obama's at it again....reinstating his "bad America policies"...fortunately President Trump had the foresight to add some wording that will make the reinstating difficult for obama and his mental toadies in the basement...funny thing happened to me yesterday... my apple phone insisted that I should watch the inauguration on my phone... which I had no intention of doing...made me wonder... how many other Americans were instructed by apple what to do... I had a great day... I watched President Trump's speech thanks to Newsmax... and spent the entire day watching movies and drinking Irish tea... it was fabulous...
4 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
NotaBene 1/21/2021 11:36:18 AM (No. 669114)
The Democrat-Marxist corruption is back. Hunter Xiden should make another trip to China and get 10% of payments for Grandpa Badfingers.
3 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
JimBob 1/21/2021 12:07:17 PM (No. 669151)
NotaBene (#18)..... The Fee was 10% when the Big Guy was VeePee.
Now that the Big Guy is really the BIG GUY, the Fee is now 25%.
3 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/21/2021 12:51:33 PM (No. 669193)
When the Democrats throw money at a problem the money always ends up in the pockets of Democrat supporters or groups. This is the same. In order to continue doing that the Democrats must remain in political power.
1 person likes this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
4Justice 1/21/2021 9:58:38 PM (No. 669751)
He is just making everything more corrupt by th e second
0 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
red1066 1/21/2021 10:34:20 PM (No. 669794)
What the communists are doing just proves the majority of voters did not vote for Biteme. They had to cheat and create millions of phony ballots to get plugs elected. No one can convince me this is what the average voter wanted.
0 people like this.
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "OhioNick"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)