Posted on 03/05/2023 12:06:58 PM PST by fightin kentuckian
I find this extremely intriguing and if true, which it likely is, then this is unethical at least and certainly illegal.
Kari said this person called her and told her that he would come to her house in Arizona because it had to be discussed in person.
Kari claimed she was offered a position, title and money by a man from out east, to stay out of politics for the next two years.
This would keep her out of contention, for the Arizona Senate seat and as VP Candidate for whom ever wins the nomination.
The reason for this thread is to discuss who it could have been.
Kari's only clues were that it was a man and that he was from out east and that he visited her in Arizona just before CPAC.
Which political and/or influential donor visited Arizona just before CPAC?
Influential Man from the east....Mitch McConnell, Trump, DeSantis, etc.... Could be lots of people.
What say you?
True, but a job offer is very difficult to prove as a bribe, if not impossible.
GO GET ‘EM KARI!
HOBBIT WILL GO DOWN SOON.
YES, I’M SHOUTING!
It’s just a quid pro quo.
Nothing illegal as it does not involved taxpayer money or law breaking.
It is a politically intriguing story, that is why she shared it.
This is laughable. No different than media people making up fake anonymous sources for stories.
“The Bribe is illegal. It’s illegal to bribe a person to drop out of a race or keep them out of a race.”
If she held public office or worked in some other capacity that held the public trust, it could be a bribe.
However, the moment, Lake is not a public official or in any way employed in a manner that is in the public trust.
She says that someone offered her something of value if she did not seek pubic office.
That is not a bribe and is not against the law.
or Michelle Bachman after claiming she talked to someone before the debate.
Close than Kamalala
Offering someone a job is a “quid”.
Nothing wrong or illegal about that.
But when that offer comes with a condition, that the person must refrain from presuming some future opportunity, or something like that, then that is the “pro quo”.
This for that.
And it is right in there that the ernest offer of an employment opportunity becomes a bribe.
Were the offer an unconditional one, with no requirement that she reject any future political opportunity or appointment, then there would be no way to characterize it as a bribe.
But when it is a this-for-that, quid pro quo, it does become a bribe. But, as she is simply a public figure and not a public office holder, it is indeed questionable as to whether there is any illegality involved.
It might or might not be a bribe, but our ‘Justice’ Dept. Would not prosecute it.
Well, she is at CPAC, amongst a crowd who enjoy nothing more that a juicy conspiracy theory.
Play to the crowd. Sing the songs they came to hear.
I will take the man’s offer. Give me a job and I promise to stay out of Arizona electoral office runs.
Exactly. I’m surprised this wasn’t the baitway pundit.
The part where you say THIS IS ILLEGAL.
I believe a bribe has to be to a person in government or similar organization that conducts public policy...(cop/judge/politician/bureaucrat)
Definition of bribe is: "Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person in charge of a public or legal duty."
This would not be considered a bribe, not in the prosecutable sense.
Is it another crime? I do not know. But it is not a bribe.
Tic tock….😂
“Unless she names names, her story is as useless as a Hannity story. All we need is “BOMBSHELL” in the headline.”
Okay, drip drip drip. Leo Terrell 2.0 will be here later to give his insights...
Has the Freeper community lost their freakin minds? Why is everyone talking about whether this was a bribe and which law it possibly broke and Kari is a no good journalist or some ones name has a weird spelling???
People, listen, it was in fact a bribe. Kari Lake is at CPAC which means that she’s influential and very much in politics.
Another fact is she was offered a bribe, plain and simple, to stay out of politics and NOT RUN for anything for two years. That’s called ELECTION INTERFERENCE!
All that aside, I started this thread to speculate on who offered the bribe but amazingly the FR community isn’t interested in political corruption.
Someone throw me a bone! In your opinion, offered the bribe.
What IF, China offered Biden a “position” and he could “name his price” to NOT run for re-election?
Would that be a bribe or election interference?
Bingo.! In fact, I think she has a duty to expose said person ASAP..
The definition of bribery is: "Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person in charge of a public or legal duty."
The person transmitting this offer would be guilty of bribery, because Biden is an government official in charge of public duties.
It would be difficult to prosecute the entire nation of China, but certainly they could be sanctioned if it was official Chinese policy. They'd also be vulnerable for the election interference charge.
Kari Lake is not an official, or other person in charge of a public or legal duty. The act is smarmy and ugly but it is not a crime.
The definition of bribery is not the point. Yet this somehow more important to you and the freeper community than who did it?
Regardless of what it’s called, it is smarmy and ugly.
This is political corruption and election interference, the important thing is WHO.
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