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9th May 2018, 08:57 PM | #121 |
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Thanks for posting that, it really helps to clarify things quite a bit! You know what would else help to clarify things quite a bit, the following quotes from the California Supreme Court:
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Yet you said: "One of either two things needs to occur: 1) the Bar Association, after investigation and a hearing, declares the member not to be in good standing; or 2) the censure action is brought in an actual real court (usually the attorney sues the bar after receiving discipline)." And the California Supreme Court said that IT "enters the first and only disciplinary order." It seems that what you just claimed was directly inconsistent with the California Supreme Court's holdings quoted above, and therefore, it appears that I am the one who is correct. Of course, perhaps the California Supreme Court had cats walking across their keyboards when they wrote In Re Rose? |
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9th May 2018, 09:16 PM | #127 |
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So badly? By a plus 3 million votes so badly?
No it's people who thinks he is on their side when he clearly isn't. The guy who said he was going to drain the swamp and yet spends all his time filling it. Trump is a master at one thing and one thing only, headline porn. He gets the press to chase his absurdities jumping from one thing to the next. While all the time he is lining his pockets and destroying the republic. |
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Okay, let me just try this:
"Created by the Legislature in 1927, the State Bar is an arm of the California Supreme Court, protecting the public by licensing and regulating attorneys." That is from the State Bar of California's own website, which I hope is cats on keyboard free! |
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In the end, arguing minutiae over the potential illegality of Avenetti's obtaining info on Essential Consultants, L.L.C. is moot because Mueller et al have had this info for several months at least, and have been acting on it. If anything, the early publication of this damaging Intel should sooner help the crooks get their lies straight.
In the public arena, Avenatti is filling the role of the deplorably derelict House investigation committee. The sycophantic, partisan, boot-licking majority (Rs) prematurely terminated their sham 'investigation' so transparently in service of the Liar in Chief. At least now we have, in good time, additional insight into the degraded, fetid cesspool that is the current White House and its toadying Congressional menagerie, further stoking the fervor of those who will bring on a crashing blue tsunami this November. |
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Y'all are so cute in your ignorance. Treasury is investigating a leak. They are not investigating Avenatti.
Perhaps you could, either of you, link to a statement from the U.S. Department of the Treasury stating that they are investigating Avenatti. Or just admit that you chose to word it that way because it sounds so much more dramatic. |
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https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/...82779260194825
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"Us vs them" tribalism depends only on there being an other to hate. Facts, logic, or ethics have absolutely nothing to do with it. The dangers of growth based on massive deficit spending, in turn dependent on the dollar as reserve currency, and the rapidly weakening support for the dollar as such, frankly, is waaay over the heads of this crowd.
By the way, the cash is coming in (for now), the international bullying is seeming to bear fruit (for now), meaning the voting public is being paid off and ego-stroked, so Trump may very well succeed at keeping and enhancing his power in 2020. In fact, he may very well beat Mueller and pound the rule of law into submission, the level of open support for fascism in America now being so high in and out of Congress and SCOTUS. Nothing can protect democracy from voter madness on this scale, a cancer that has only grown since 1865. My only complaint: Hurry up already with the name and flag changes to CSA and its Stars and Bars. *** Back to Stormy and her lawyer: Ironically, the class act in all this. |
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The court case you cite says exactly what I said, There is first a determination by the State Bar's office. Only then is an adverse decision brought to the state court to be confirmed. You literally just posted a case that agrees with me. There must be a feral cat somewhere that you can ask for help. You're just doing a terrible job on your own. |
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Avenatti on his accuracy on Twitter:
Hey @IngrahamAngle - stop embarrassing yourself. Out off of approximately $3 million worth of transactions we listed, you claim we are wrong on less than $25,000 and thus we are inaccurate? So we are only 99.0% right? What a joke. |
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Actually you claimed that "The state bar is not a disciplinary proceeding in state or federal court. It's entirely internal to the Bar Association." and in response completely ignored my two citations explicitly stating it was an arm of the California Supreme Court. To the extent that the above quoted is supposed to be a summary of the disciplinary process in California it is not accurate as stated in detail in In Re Rose.
Now to the larger point, to suggest that a lawyer does not have to disclose pending ethics investigations in the State Bar of California because of a technical (and completely wrong interpretation) of the procedure is absolutely specious. If anyone needs further help understanding the procedure, I suggest that you ask a Big Dog. |
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Avenatti is in complete ass covering mode. He claims his percentage was high, but given that he was at best 1 out of 4 in identifying the correct Michael Cohen in his purloined documents, that is not very high at all.
Oh well, scumbags gonna scum. |
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Just to wrap this up, since we all know TBD is going to ignore it ...
From the article linked: It is not uncommon for journalists, lawyers and others in the public eye to receive unauthorized leaks of sensitive information, and there is nothing improper in receiving such information What exactly does TBD claim Treasury Dept. investigation of Avenatti is for ? We will all be waiting with bated breath... |
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In this case? Getting the Stormy payment and the Russian money right is sufficient. If a perfectly accurate accounting of the money flowing into and out of that account made him look any better Cohen would have leaked it himself, so we know it only gets worse the more accurate it becomes.
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Not if you are the three people he improperly exposed, or the banks whose financial information he is improperly using, or Mueller for that matter.
The whole thing was a public relations grandstanding event by a publicity thirsty lawyer with questionable ethics. Mueller has all the information that someone stole and gave to Avenatti, so other than evidence that Avenatti is reckless and a self promoting showman, nothing was actually accomplished. |
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Wow, what an amazing cognitive dissonance train wreck by Trump supporters.
Shooting on 5th Avenue, coming right up... |
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Three ways, not two, to fund an operation:
1. Equity - Oh look, no Ruskies! GOP fans cry innocent. 2. Debt - Oh look, no Ruskies! GOP fans cry innocent. ... 3. Sales - Oh look, fake invoices to launder money or bribe, or both. [belly-button deep dive silence] Fox&Friends were supposed to be business-savvy and know the ins and outs of law and order, calling out every flaw in all things (dem). Oops. |
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