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OCD, love you bro, but the more news comes out about Bernie and his peeps, the more obvious it is that dude wasn't the right guy.

probably one of a few reasons why Obama didn't endorse him.


https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jane-sanders-apos-fraud-investigation-150226560.html

Bernie Sanders’s wife, Jane Sanders, has reportedly hired lawyers following a federal investigation into her time as president of the now-defunct Burlington College in Vermont. She is accused of fraudulently obtaining a $10 million bank loan that was purportedly used to buy 33 acres of land for the school. But, the full story is a little stranger than that.

In a lengthy feature, Politico magazine reports that the investigation into Jane Sanders began in 2016 under then U.S. President Barack Obama. His administration was notified of Sanders’s alleged financial irregularities by Brady Toensing, a Republican lawyer who headed up Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Vermont.

Toensing was alerted to the story after a local Vermont paper, Seven Days, published an article about the $10 million of debt Burlington College was in. Toensing looked at the school’s loan documents and allegedly saw that Jane Sanders had convinced a bank that the college—which had an annual budget of $4 million—could repay the sum. He passed his findings on to VTDigger (another local news site), which found Sanders had assured the bank and a state agency that donors had pledged $2.6 million to secure the loan. In reality, two donors had been listed as pledging more than they had, while a third—who had authorized a donation to be made after she died—was down as willing to donate it over the next few years.

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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders stands with his wife Jane at a rally in Burlington, Vermont on March 1, 2016. Federal investigators are examining claims that Jane Sanders may have fraudulently obtained loans.
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In January 2016, Toensing reportedly passed this information onto the U.S. attorney for Vermont, with a follow-up letter to federal investigators in March. In that second document, he alleged that Bernie Sanders’s office had put pressure on the bank to authorize his wife’s loan. Speaking to Politico, Sanders’s adviser, Jeff Weaver, said the charge was “ridiculous.”

News of the investigation into Jane Sanders is bound to rile left-leaning supporters of her husband. When asked about the allegations against him in May, Bernie Sanders said it would be improper to comment, though he added: “There is a process going on, which was initiated by Trump’s campaign manager, somebody who does this all of the time, has gone after a number of Democrats and progressives in this state.”

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That the Sanders’s have now hired lawyers is not unusual, nor a sign of guilt. The investigation has gone on for a year and a half and that it has reached federal level is a sign it may be serious, and counsel is needed. The question is how the Department of Justice will deal with the case.

As Politico notes, the department will decide whether to prosecute Jane Sanders, the wife of one of Trump’s more outspoken opponents. It also has yet to appoint a state attorney for Vermont—the person who would lead the case strategy if it went to trial. Among the rumored candidates, one name stands out: Brady Toensing is reportedly in the running for the coveted role.

I don't see that at all. If Jane screwed up or lied, that's on her. Bernie is going to stand with her of course, but we'll have to see how this all shakes out. If she's guilty, she's guilty. Smacks of political hit job to me though. We'll see.

I was going to say something, but the Jehovahs Witnesses In Crimea story sounds a lot more interesting. lmao

i dunno. it would be hard for me to believe that Bernie didn't know about this.

i won't go as far as to say he was directly involved....but ya never know.

I scratched my head on that one too. Had to double check the source of the story.

yo i clicked on it too lol

Time for another investigation in Washington!!!

Special Prosecutor perhaps!

HAHAHAHAHA...I posted early on that he was a shameless ahole by lyin to the poor young low info voters and chiseling millions of dollars from them..hell he even had the knowledgeable on this board fooled LMAO

Oh and by the way Bernie and his crooked wife LOVES RUSSTA ALSO FYI.

Ummm, SHE is not a politician. She's a politician's wife. We are asking for Special Prosecutors in DC for that now? Come on, gmab.

But it looks like Vermont may be looking at a this and still has to appoint a State Attorney to lead the case. It might be the REPUBLICAN that made this a big deal, Brady Toensing. If Trump's investigation and the liberal staff investigating is unfair, how are you okay with this? lol double standards, the GOP way.

Well you just picked a different shameless, lying ahole to vote for.

Sanders, wife Jane, hire lawyers amid FBI probe on loan application: report

Jane Sanders purportedly distorted school donor levels in the loan application she filed to People’s United Bank, according to the January 2016 complaint. The liberal arts college closed that same year.

Politico also reports that federal prosecutors could be looking into allegations that Sen. Sanders' office tried inappropriately to get the bank to approve the loan.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/...ion-report.html


Well an FBI investigation will just have to do for now.

The difference between President Trunp and the Clintons and Sanders is he admits he makes money, and pays taxes. These people take it under the table and call themself common people. Sticking up for the working person.....LOL

Yep, Trump has never done anything illegal-ish to amass his fortune. EXCEPT:

- Swindle people out of their life savings with a fake university.
- Hire small business contractors to work for him and then not pay them.
- Shady deals with the mafia.
- Screwing over lenders time and time again.

The list goes on but you get it. Saint Trump ain't no saint.

When I said knowledgeable I didn't mean you TROLL.... LMFAO.

She hired a lawyer, she must be guilty... isn't that how the logic works?

It gets tougher for you when it hits closer to home doesn't it? lmao

That's what the police tend to say. I think it's common sense to protect your rights and hire a lawyer. That goes for Trump, Pence and everyone else under investigation.

Unnamed Sources agree with this!

True Pence hired a team of lawyers a mo ago.

that's what flynn and trump said, so yea.

Ok, in that case, lock her up.

ok?

The other ones too.. lock them all up. Anybody who has retained a lawyer... lock them all up.

fine with me.

I'm saving my lock her up chant for when its Hillary's head on the block. Coming soon!