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In reply to the discussion: Woman who accused Fauci of sex assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
(70,105 posts)53. Lee Atwater? It goes back waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay earlier than that.
Imagine a cross between Jacob Wohl and Martin Shkreli. Bonus: he learned from the master. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you:
Donald Segretti - Wikipedia
Revisiting Watergate -- Donald Segretti
A former military prosecutor and civil lawyer, Segretti ran a campaign of political sabotage against the Democrats for Nixon's reelection effort. In 1974, he served 4 1/2 months in prison after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts of distributing illegal campaign literature, including a letter falsely claiming that former senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson had fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl.
Segretti briefly threw his hat into the ring as a candidate for Superior Court judge in Orange County, Calif., in 1995 but withdrew after a week, saying the shadow of Watergate hung over the campaign. "It was supposed to be a low-key campaign and a non-partisan office," Segretti said. "But it wasn't treated that way."
A former military prosecutor and civil lawyer, Segretti ran a campaign of political sabotage against the Democrats for Nixon's reelection effort. In 1974, he served 4 1/2 months in prison after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts of distributing illegal campaign literature, including a letter falsely claiming that former senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson had fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl.
Segretti briefly threw his hat into the ring as a candidate for Superior Court judge in Orange County, Calif., in 1995 but withdrew after a week, saying the shadow of Watergate hung over the campaign. "It was supposed to be a low-key campaign and a non-partisan office," Segretti said. "But it wasn't treated that way."
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Woman who accused Fauci of sex assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie [View all]
UCmeNdc
May 2020
OP
democratic party and progressive orgs have been ignoring it for 30 years while
certainot
May 2020
#64
i wish that the fcc would have taken away sinclairs broadcasting licenses ,
AllaN01Bear
May 2020
#43
Yes there should be some kind of law for people like Wohl and Burkman who continue to falsely accuse
KS Toronado
May 2020
#45
The Jacob Wohl Report. This is NOT Jacob Wohl's Twitter account. He was banned from Twitter.
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2020
#61
She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her. Now She Says Wohl and Burkman Paid Her to Lie.
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2020
#63