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Trump to demand Congress release sexual harassment payment info if he is charged.(Vanity)
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Posted on 12/10/2018 4:32:09 AM PST by tired&retired

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To: Toespi

Why doesn’t Trump take this to the people.

Time for mobs to riot and seek entry into the Pelosi, Shummer.... houses and ask why the gates/doors are locked. Fair at the border is fair at their homes.

Where are the strategists who use the Dem tactics against them.


21 posted on 12/10/2018 5:10:18 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
16. Wisconsin: Rep. Josh Zepnick, removed from legislative committees in December after being accused of kissing two women against their will at political events several years ago.

17. Democrat state senator Jeff Woodburn. Indicted for beating and biting his girlfriend.

Lots of pictures and other evidence.

She was then ousted from her seat as chair of the Coos County Democrat party.

The "warring on women" democrats of northern New Hampshire supported the alleged beater and biter who was narrowly defeated by Republican David Starr.

22 posted on 12/10/2018 5:12:09 AM PST by Mogger
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To: Mogger
"Beating and biting" Woodburn had also been the NH Senate minority leader.

H never missed a photo op, and took credit for anything and everything, much of which had nothing to do with him.

23 posted on 12/10/2018 5:14:39 AM PST by Mogger
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To: GOPJ; Jane Long; RitaOK; Grampa Dave; stephenjohnbanker; Arthur Wildfire! March; TADSLOS; ...
Trump needs to publish the numbers..... the tax dollars co-opted by Congress over the years,
used as hush money to silence sexual abuse victims......

AMERICANS DEMAND TO KNOW THE SCOPE AND DIMENSION
OF TAX DOLLARS EXTORTED FOR POLS' SEXUAL ABUSE PAYOFFS-----
It came in many forms:

<><> tax-paid hush money disguised as bonuses to victims

<><> tax-paid severances to victims

<><> no-show jobs to silence victims

<><> tax-paid legal assistance to victims

<><> payouts from the Office of Compliance

<><> payouts from tax-paid office budgets

<><> all other forms of tax-paid bribery

<><> all other forms of tax-paid hush money.

====================================

ACTION NOW-----Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

U.S. Department of Justice Comment Line: 202-353-1555 Switchboard: 202-514-2000

24 posted on 12/10/2018 5:16:24 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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KAMALA'S EXITING AIDE: "200 years of oppression and I cant even look up an intern's dress?"

25 posted on 12/10/2018 5:19:51 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: tired&retired

I wonder if we’ll find out the real reason Paul Ryan is resigning...?


26 posted on 12/10/2018 5:26:13 AM PST by FLvoter
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To: Liz

The fools in Congress don’t realize that Trump plays for keeps.


27 posted on 12/10/2018 5:29:26 AM PST by RoosterRedux ("Workers of the world unite"...behind Trump.)
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To: thoughtomator

Of those known, it’s a mix.

1. Alaska: Rep. Dean Westlake (D), submitted resignation letter Dec. 15 after being accused by several women of inappropriate behavior.

2. California: Assemblyman Matt Dababneh (D), resigned effective Jan. 1 after a lobbyist said he pushed her into a bathroom during a Las Vegas social event and engaged in lewd behavior in front of her.

3. California: Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra (D), resigned in November after allegations that he had kissed or groped multiple women without their consent.

4. Florida: Sen. Jack Latvala (R), resigned effective Jan. 5 following allegations of sexual misconduct raised by multiple women.

5. Minnesota: Sen. Dan Schoen (D), resigned effective Dec. 15 following several allegations from women.

6. Minnesota: Rep. Tony Cornish (R), resigned effective Nov. 30 following several allegations, including from a lobbyist who said he repeatedly propositioned her for sex.

7. Mississippi: Rep. John Moore (R), resigned in December after multiple women made complaints against him; the House speaker’s office said he had been facing an investigation led by an outside lawyer.

8. Nevada: Sen. Mark Manendo (D), resigned in July after a law firm concluded that he violated the Legislature’s anti-harassment policy and behaved inappropriately toward female staffers and lobbyists.

9. Ohio: Sen. Clifford Hite (R), resigned in October after being accused of sexually harassing a female state employee.

10. Oklahoma: Rep. Dan Kirby (R), resigned in February after two former assistants alleged he sexually harassed them, including one with whom he had reached a confidential wrongful-termination settlement that included a $44,500 payment from House funds.

11. Oklahoma: Sen. Ralph Shortey (R), resigned in March and later pleaded guilty to a federal charge of child sex trafficking after being accused of hiring a 17-year-old boy for sex.

12. Oklahoma: Sen. Bryce Marlatt (R), resigned in September after being charged with sexual battery for allegedly groping an Uber driver who picked him up from a restaurant in the capital city.

13. South Dakota: Rep. Mathew Wollmann (R), resigned in January 2017 after admitting to sexual contact with two interns, which a legislative panel said was a violation of rules.

14. Tennessee: Rep. Mark Lovell (R), resigned in February as a House ethics panel concluded that he had violated the Legislature’s sexual harassment policy.

Related

How states are rethinking sexual misconduct policies after months of complaints
By David A. Lieb, Associated Press
OTHER ACTIONS

1. Arizona: Rep. Don Shooter (R), suspended in November as chairman of the appropriations committee pending an external investigation into allegations that he sexually harassed a female colleague.

2. California: Sen. Tony Mendoza (D), agreed Jan. 3 to take a one-month paid leave of absence during an investigation into allegations that he behaved inappropriately with three young women who worked for him.

3. Colorado: Rep. Steve Lebsock (D), replaced Jan. 9 as chairman of the House Local Government Committee after allegations he sexually harassed a female lawmaker.

4. Illinois: Sen. Ira Silverstein (D), resigned in November as majority caucus chairman after a victims rights advocate publicly accused him of sending inappropriate messages to her.

5. Kentucky: House Speaker Jeff Hoover (R), resigned from his leadership post Jan. 8 after secretly settling a sexual harassment complaint with a female legislative aide and acknowledging he sent inappropriate text messages to her.

6. Kentucky: Rep. Jim DeCesare (R), removed from a legislative committee chairmanship in November after signing a secret sexual harassment settlement.

7. Kentucky: Rep. Brian Linder (R), removed from a legislative committee chairmanship in November after signing a secret sexual harassment settlement.

8. Kentucky: Rep. Michael Meredith (R), removed from a legislative committee chairmanship in November after signing a secret sexual harassment settlement.

9. Massachusetts: Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D), stepped aside in December from his leadership position pending an investigation by an independent law firm. The firm is looking into whether he violated any rules following a media report alleging that his husband sexually abused several men, including some who had dealings with the Legislature.

10. New Mexico: Sen. Michael Padilla (D), ousted in December as Democratic majority whip by the caucus after decade-old allegations that he had sexually harassed women in a prior job. Padilla also dropped out of the lieutenant governor’s race.

11. New York: Assemblyman Steven McLaughlin (R), formally sanctioned in November by a legislative ethics panel after allegations that he asked a female legislative staffer for nude photos and leaked her name when she filed a harassment complaint.

12. Oklahoma: Rep. Will Fourkiller (D), advised in February to get sensitivity training and blocked from interacting with the Legislature’s page program for a year after being accused of making inappropriate comments to a high school page in 2015.

13. Oregon: Sen. Jeff Kruse (R), removed from committees in October and told in a letter from the Senate president not to touch women after new accusations that he had inappropriately touched female colleagues. He faces an ongoing Senate investigation.

14. Pennsylvania: Sen. Daylin Leach (D), announced in December that he will “step back” from his campaign for a congressional seat after allegations that he behaved inappropriately toward female employees and campaign aides. Also facing a call from Gov. Tom Wolf to resign.

15. Washington: Rep. Matt Manweller (R), resigned as assistant floor leader and was removed as ranking member of a House committee in December. Manweller also was placed on paid leave from his job as a political science professor at Central Washington University and barred from contacting past and present students while the university investigates allegations of sexual harassment against him.

16. Wisconsin: Rep. Josh Zepnick (D), removed from legislative committees in December after being accused of kissing two women against their will at political events several years ago.

ALSO OF NOTE

1. Idaho: Rep. James Holtzclaw (R), accused in a complaint of making inappropriate comments to at least two people during the 2017 session.

2. Pennsylvania: Rep. Tom Caltagirone (D), facing calls by Gov. Tom Wolf to resign after reports that House Democrats authorized paying about $250,000 to settle a sexual harassment claim from a legislative assistant against Caltagirone in 2015.

3. Rhode Island: Rep. Teresa Tanzi (D), publicly alleged in October that a more senior legislator had suggested that sexual favors would allow her bills to go further, but Tanzi has not publicly identified the lawmaker.

4. Florida: Sen. Jeff Clemens (D), resigned in October after an extramarital affair with a lobbyist. The House speaker had said that because a lobbyist is dependent on legislators, “the facts here raise a very real question of sexual harassment.”

5. Kentucky: Rep. Dan Johnson (R) killed himself in December, just days after being publicly accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 2013.
Left: Activists participate in a 2017 “#MeToo Survivors March & Rally” in Hollywood, California. Photo by Sarah Morris/Getty Images


28 posted on 12/10/2018 5:30:29 AM PST by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party.)
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To: tired&retired

Here is my $.02 worth: I spent nine years inside the Evil Beltway lobbying for the National Retail Sales Tax.

I was on Capitol Hill several times a week, and here is what I observed, but NEVER was a party to!

Most everyone (not all, mind you) who works inside the Evil Beltway is there to improve their station in life; IOW, they are NOT THERE to improve We the People’s life, contrary to the “Public Service” BS you hear them spout whenever they get near a microphone or a camera.

So, sex rears its ugly head, and many Inside the Evil Beltwayers use sex to, naturally, improve their station in life.

Mostly, they get away with it.

FRom time to time, they get caught.

I hope POTUS pursues this matter vigorously! And takes down some of the pompous, self-aggrandizing, noxious, venomous men and women!

America will be a better place!


29 posted on 12/10/2018 5:35:45 AM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: tired&retired

Release the info first, Pres Trump-—PLEASE.

The entire country has a right to know who has been filching $$$ from the taxpayers to payoff their sexual appetites.


30 posted on 12/10/2018 5:49:11 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: b4me; Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

I know the Minnesota references were accurate. Tony Cornish has been known to be vulgar and inappropriate for decades, from when he was a young deputy in the Sheriffs department. I guess we all just vote by party no matter what.


31 posted on 12/10/2018 5:52:31 AM PST by NorthstarMom
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To: tired&retired

Trump can demand all he wants but he can’t force them to.


32 posted on 12/10/2018 5:55:03 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

the $17 million is already out there in the public and Pelosi and Ryan essentially agreed to not talk about it to keep the cheap labor express going. What, possibly, could Pelosi or retired RINO Ryan do to stop Trump from talking about it now? $17 Million and the careers or guys like Blake Farenthold and John Conyers. It’s a winning issue for Trump and he has all of the ammunition he needs.


33 posted on 12/10/2018 6:00:33 AM PST by jyo19
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To: FrdmLvr

Bingo. Using government information as a personal bargaining chip is inappropriate. Either it should never be revealed under any circumstances or it should all be released right now.


34 posted on 12/10/2018 6:07:09 AM PST by Tax-chick (Ask me about my Marine!)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’ll believe that when he finally releases something... anything that implicates the enemies within. At this point he has nothing to lose. He needs to ignore the advice of those around him telling him not to release. He should just do it! And not in a tweet but in a well thought out, well written list of all of the wrongdoings and explain to the American people what’s really going on. Threaten them all with the release. Threaten them they way they have been threatening him since day one.


35 posted on 12/10/2018 6:18:47 AM PST by jersey117
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To: jersey117

Do it in a press conference.


36 posted on 12/10/2018 6:19:36 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
Congress can't be counted on to discipline its own. Remember Rep. Gerry Studds, MA (D)? He got caught bending over a male page, and the best they could muster censure, not boot him out of the House.

And, he even turned his back on them while the House voted on, or finally censured him.

37 posted on 12/10/2018 6:31:39 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: jyo19

Trump can talk about it all he wants. He can’t get the Democrats or Republicans in Congress to release anything that they don’t have to release.


38 posted on 12/10/2018 6:39:06 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Spiridon; reg45
Payments because of sexual activities are out there involving all kinds of big time people from big time clergy to big time politicians to big time business people and the list goes on and on and on.

Are you intentionally trying to confuse and dilute the importance of this issue? If you are not, see reg45's post upthread for a better understanding of the issue:

"The difference is that President Trump used his own money, while Congress used taxpayer money."

39 posted on 12/10/2018 6:44:57 AM PST by frog in a pot (Result of many state bailouts? Taxpayers elsewhere in America get to finance the Left's growth.)
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To: Liz

More items the MSM hide cover up in full swing.
Call being made.


40 posted on 12/10/2018 7:03:45 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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