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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge grants request for George Santos's bond sponsors to be unsealed
A federal judge Tuesday granted media organizations requests to unseal the names of the people who cosigned Rep. George Santoss (R-N.Y.) $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.
The order is a blow to Santos, whose attorney Monday asked a judge to keep the names of the bond cosigners sealed. The congressmans lawyer, Joseph Murray, expressed concern for the sponsors should their identities be revealed, citing a media frenzy around the Santos case.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4036947-judge-grants-request-for-george-santoss-bond-sponsors-to-be-unsealed/
Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)jimfields33
(15,797 posts)Even if little Jimmy got the bail money from parents for theft, the parents names should be known or a bail bondsman company or wherever the money came from.
Ohio Joe
(21,756 posts)I expect that in 99.9% of cases, nobody would care or even bother to look but... In those cases where people do care, I expect it would be in the public interest to have it be public knowledge.
ProfessorGAC
(65,038 posts)In fact, I admit to being confused as to why it is ever non-public information.
I can't see how it negatively impacts the suretor unless they themselves have something to hide.
kimbutgar
(21,148 posts)It would be interesting if the payee had a Russian surname!
Bev54
(10,052 posts)Tetrachloride
(7,842 posts)except when you need money.
erronis
(15,253 posts)since you need to broadcast your good deeds;
except when you need to hide
your affairs and your participation in activities which you publicly deplore
your unreported untaxed financial dealings with russian oligarchs
your lying on multiple forms
your spouses links to anti-democracy groups
your bribes received and kickbacks for "services rendered"
Quakerfriend
(5,450 posts)I didnt see the deadline. By when?
sheshe2
(83,758 posts)Quakerfriend
(5,450 posts)what had originally been decided on last week.
Harker
(14,018 posts)Not to me, anyhow.
I agree!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,231 posts)Cha
(297,220 posts)The Tweet!
gab13by13
(21,337 posts)there's Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society.
there's Harlan Crow
there's a Koch brother still alive.
there's Putin.
RandySF
(58,814 posts)MayReasonRule
(1,461 posts)RandySF
(58,814 posts)MayReasonRule
(1,461 posts)Any groups or individuals that you'd calculate as more likely than another?
erronis
(15,253 posts)Deriposvka seems to be a constant meddling threat to democracy.
Hekate
(90,683 posts)gopiscrap
(23,760 posts)KPN
(15,645 posts)some distance between them and the bond surety name-wise though. They are pretty practiced at corruption.
Cheezoholic
(2,022 posts)mitch96
(13,904 posts)poli-junkie
(1,002 posts)moondust
(19,981 posts)Blue Owl
(50,373 posts)And fuck Santos -- throw his lying ass in jail
MayReasonRule
(1,461 posts)That's a great bet for fun!!!
SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)that is was not DJTrump.
MayReasonRule
(1,461 posts)diva77
(7,640 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,038 posts)A beer type product known for a pronounced hop flavor.
mitch96
(13,904 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,038 posts)Best ale I ever had was a true cask ale at a pub in Hyde, England. I forget the brewer, but they were local to Manchester.
Fantastic!
I don't drink much, so I prefer NA or Zero beers. I like beer, but don't care for the alcohol buzz.
But, if I could get that ale here, I'd have one every day.
mitch96
(13,904 posts)Fizzy water with pine needles with a bad finish.
I'm now leaning to a lighter lager and my all time fav is Guinness.
Two and I'm done and it has a nice flavor.
I cant remember if it was better in St James Gate or here... All good to me. YMMV
m
diva77
(7,640 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)I call it Stinky Beer.
If you have had regular American beer all your life, the IPAs are probably going to be hard to take.
SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)I call it Stinky Beer.
If you have had regular American beer all your life, the IPAs are probably going to be hard to take.
MayReasonRule
(1,461 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 6, 2023, 08:57 PM - Edit history (1)
It's a tasty beast!!!Come on down y'al! The beer is cold and the food is plenty!!!
Bev54
(10,052 posts)machoneman
(4,007 posts)...some R zillionarie.
NowISeetheLight
(3,943 posts)Hekate
(90,683 posts)erronis
(15,253 posts)Make me think of when my mother started feeding us kids artichokes. I didn't understand the leafy bits so I just happily scooped the salted butter.
Hekate
(90,683 posts)Grins
(7,217 posts)usonian
(9,797 posts)Looks to be an upstanding dude.
One of Guo's and Bannon's projects is the New Federal State of China, which purports to be a government in exile that will take over China once the Chinese Communist Party is overthrown. Prosecutors allege Guo illegally took money from the Rule of Law Foundation and the Rule of Law Society, two nonprofits he founded that have similar policy objectives. (Guo and Bannon have both pleaded not guilty in their respective cases.)
The judge overseeing Guo's case denied giving him bail, siding with prosecutors who argued he was a flight risk because of his vast wealth, ties abroad, and connections to powerful people.
"Miles Guo has been detained since March 15 without bail? The #CCP corruption runs deep," Santos tweeted on May 4, using another one of Guo's many names. (An affinity for using multiple names, which are variations of each other, is something Guo shares with George Anthony Devolder Santos.)
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Surely they posted George's bail out of the goodness of their hearts, and not with any expectation of favorable consideration by a sitting member of Congress.
Right?
barbtries
(28,794 posts)and go away. shoulda done it a long time ago.
mitch96
(13,904 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)calimary
(81,264 posts)Well, Im okay with that, too!
VERY okay with that, too. The public deserves to know where those who claim to represent us get their money. Thatll always reveal who those representatives are beholden to.
Pas-de-Calais
(9,904 posts)I really dont know