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Angry Dragon

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7. Tom Emmer (R MN-6) says if you can not prove it you are doing something illegal

Reply to meow2u3 (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2018, 12:39 PM

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NRA admits moving money from accounts with foreign donations to US campaign accounts [View all] meow2u3 Mar 2018 OP

lock em up crazycatlady Mar 2018 #1

Oh yes,so busted. Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #2

Russian mob money. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #3

This is clearly money laundering to hide foreign contributions to campaigns blake2012 Mar 2018 #4

Their punishment needs to be Office Space! Initech Mar 2018 #37

That is illegal I believe as we watch the congressional watchdogs look the other way. spanone Mar 2018 #5

All the more reason to vote for ANY democrat NO MATTER WHAT Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #10

And watch out for the recent "cross-overs" - those that have "found the truth" erronis Mar 2018 #25

Ahem... Elizabeth Warren continentalop2 Mar 2018 #27

An organization can't use its own lack of tracking to say it's not guilty More_Cowbell Mar 2018 #33

Fucking yes, lock em up njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #6

Tom Emmer (R MN-6) says if you can not prove it you are doing something illegal Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #7

Weird they would admit this at this stage. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #8

It's just so confusing! gratuitous Mar 2018 #9

"SOME CONTRIBUTIONS" Seems to need clarification. Are they 2,000 $5 ones or twenty $10 Million ones? TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #11

Breaking: nra insists money laundering is perfectly legal unblock Mar 2018 #12

+1, looks like the Russian way uponit7771 Mar 2018 #19

The NRA tax exempt status needs to vanish. 2019 is going to be full of House investigations. sarcasmo Mar 2018 #13

First they denied it, though. louis-t Mar 2018 #14

That's fundamentally disloyal to America and American democracy. Achilleaze Mar 2018 #15

Corruption! UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #16

Dems should pounce on this in an effort to kill the NRA SpankMe Mar 2018 #17

Speaking of acorn, why don't we demand they be brought back. rainin Mar 2018 #24

So to early for "Lock them up"? cstanleytech Mar 2018 #18

Money is fungible. They can divert dues to campaigns if foreign money pays other stuff. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #20

Damn - you beat me to the fungibility issue :-( (nt) matt819 Mar 2018 #23

Naive DUers - always remember NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #21

Money is fungible matt819 Mar 2018 #22

Yeah.....Is this legal???? LeftInTX Mar 2018 #29

Well this $ucks: LeftInTX Mar 2018 #32

Deep proctological forensic accounting looms in the NRA's future. mulsh Mar 2018 #26

Criminals JDC Mar 2018 #28

What if NRA money did end up in the Trump campaign?... Stuart G Mar 2018 #30

Why isn't the Media reporting this? UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #31

The NRA + Money Laundering peggysue2 Mar 2018 #34

Fine them into oblivion!! . . . . n/t annabanana Mar 2018 #35

Wow! Just, wow. spicysista Mar 2018 #36

Oh, and send a $30M contribution directly to the NRA for lawful purposes. Marcuse Mar 2018 #38

I wonder about THE evangelicals who are pals with Putin and the NRA. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #39

Wyden is brilliant. Amaryllis Mar 2018 #40