Q Anon: 11/16/18 Trust Trump's Plan

For the financially astute among us (not me!), does this have import?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/manhattan-us-attorney-announces-criminal-charges-against-soci-t-g-n-rale-sa-violations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 19, 2018

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Criminal Charges Against Société Générale S.A. For Violations Of The
Bank to Pay Total Penalties of more than $1.3 Billion as part of Resolution with Federal and State Prosecutors and Regulators

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James D. Robnett, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), and Mark Bialek, Inspector General, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“IG-FRB/CFPB”), announced criminal charges against Société Générale S.A. (“SG” or the “Bank”) consisting of a one-count felony information charging SG with conspiring to violate the Trading with the Enemy Act (“TWEA”) and the Cuban Asset Control Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Cuban Regulations”) for SG’s role in processing billions of dollars of U.S. dollar transactions using the U.S. financial system, in connection with credit facilities involving Cuba (the “Cuban Credit Facilities”). The case is assigned to United States District Judge P. Kevin Castel.

Mr. Berman also announced an agreement (the “Agreement”) under which SG agreed to accept responsibility for its conduct by stipulating to the accuracy of an extensive Statement of Facts, pay penalties totaling $1,340,165,000 to federal and state prosecutors and regulators, refrain from all future criminal conduct, and implement remedial measures as required by its regulators. Assuming SG’s continued compliance with the Agreement, the Government has agreed to defer prosecution for a period of three years, after which time the Government will seek to dismiss the charges. The $1.34 billion in penalties represents the second largest penalty ever imposed on a financial institution for violations of U.S. economic sanctions.

The penalty shall be collected, in part, through SG’s forfeiture to the United States of $717,200,000 in a civil forfeiture action also filed today. Of that amount, one-half shall be transferred to the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, pursuant to the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act. In addition, SG has reached separate agreements with the New York County District Attorney’s Office (“DANY”), United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (collectively the “Federal Reserve”), and the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), under which it shall pay additional penalties of $622,965,000 as follows: $162,800,000 to DANY; $53,900,000 to OFAC; $81,265,000 to the Federal Reserve; and $325,000,000 to DFS.

The Government entered into this resolution due, in part, to SG’s acceptance and acknowledgement of responsibility under the laws of the United States for its conduct, as exhibited by its undertaking of a thorough internal investigation, collecting and producing voluminous evidence located in other countries to the full extent permitted under applicable laws and regulations, and its enhancement of its compliance program and sanctions-related internal controls both before and after it became the subject of a U.S. law enforcement investigation. These factors and SG’s willingness to enter into the commitments set forth in the Agreement, along with all other relevant factors and considerations, collectively weighed in favor of deferral of prosecution, and outweighed in this particular case SG’s failure to self-report all of its violations of United States sanctions laws in a timely manner, as described below.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Today, Société Générale has admitted its willful violations of U.S. sanctions laws – and longtime concealment of those violations – which resulted in billions of dollars of illicit funds flowing through the U.S. financial system. With today’s resolution, the Bank has accepted responsibility for its criminal conduct and demonstrated its commitment to remedying these failures and enhancing its compliance programs and internal controls. Other banks should take heed: Enforcement of U.S. sanctions laws is, and will continue to be, a top priority of this Office and our partner agencies.”

IRS-CI Special Agent in Charge James D. Robnett said: “Today, Société Générale is being held accountable for illegal transactions made through the U.S. financial system on behalf of entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions. Sanctions enforcement is of vital importance to our national security and the integrity of our financial system. IRS-CI will continue to work closely with partner law enforcement agencies, federal regulators and prosecutors to ensure compliance with federal banking laws to promote integrity across financial institutions worldwide.”

FRB/CFPB Inspector General Mark Bialek said: “As today’s agreement makes clear, Société Générale’s knowing and willful violation of U.S. economic sanctions through structuring and concealment has resulted in an agreement to pay over $1.3 billion in monetary penalties. I commend our agents in New York and their law enforcement partners for their hard work, along with the coordination of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Reserve Board, which resulted in this outcome.”

According to the documents filed today in Manhattan federal court:

SG’s Operation of U.S. Dollar Credit Facilities to Finance Cuban Business

[rest of statement at link]

921 posted on 11/19/2018 11:11:09 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

To: ransomnote; All

922 posted on 11/19/2018 11:13:25 AM PST by outinyellowdogcountry

To: little jeremiah

The Fake News is showing old footage of people climbing over our Ocean Area Fence. This is what it really looks like - no climbers anymore under our Administration! pic.twitter.com/CD4ltRePML— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018

923 posted on 11/19/2018 11:14:08 AM PST by TXBubba ( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)

To: JockoManning

THANKS for your kind encouragement. God’s best to you and those you love.
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Why thank you, JM. I receive that blessing for me and mine and give you one back.

924 posted on 11/19/2018 11:18:29 AM PST by John4.11 (WWG1WGA)

I was wondering why she didn’t hire Geraldo.

What was the actual outcome ? I didn’t see anything on this.
She announces her retirement and this all of a sudden goes away ?

925 posted on 11/19/2018 11:19:21 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)

To: TruthWillWin

Wonder why he is bringing this up now? Was anything in news about this recently? .

I was at the dentist this AM. The MSM is trying to spin this as Trump blaming the SEALS for not finding bin Laden quicker. Not sure why POTUS is bringing it up now But I am sure there is a reason. :)

926 posted on 11/19/2018 11:20:12 AM PST by defconw ("The truth is like a lion. You don't have to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.")

To: outinyellowdogcountry

Remember all the pedo investigations in Australia? Maybe this is part of that?

https://pulpitandpen.org/2018/11/19/police-closing-in-on-hillsongs-brian-houston/?fbclid=IwAR3zTAIoleZ8ktZforWfcgktea35cL6C81NsaGQOi99CDBf4pCsdXfxew_8
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Sounds about right. The “good ole” days when they could snuff out any investigation they wanted may be going away. I am hopeful. Looking at the picture of the victim when he was a boy, I’m struck by the youthful joy, and saddened that it’s this joy that these sickos want to grind into the dust and destroy.

Still, it’s great news the investigation is being reopened. :)

927 posted on 11/19/2018 11:22:01 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)

To: JockoManning

With apologies to God...

Now the sham-wow was more crafty than any of the chanfags. He said to Jocko, “Did Q really say, ‘Everything I say will come to pass.’?”

Huh, Jocko’s smarter than da woman; who-da thunk.

928 posted on 11/19/2018 11:24:10 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)

The Fake News is showing old footage of people climbing over our Ocean Area Fence. This is what it really looks like - no climbers anymore under our Administration! pic.twitter.com/CD4ltRePML— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2018

929 posted on 11/19/2018 11:29:41 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

"> Trump’s agenda is at a standstill because of this.
Nope. Go re-read the constitution as to what kind of bills can originate from which house of congress."

Not so sure about this. I think standstill is more likely than not. Remember, the bottom line is to stall,deny,refuse,litigate everything Pres. Trump does.

Experience tells us that the RATs will attach amendments to everything coming out of the senate. If it ever gets out of the congressional conference committee, Pres. Trump will sign stuff he doesn't want to get what he does want.

I'm thinking we need to watch the "the wall" negotiations for a clue.

930 posted on 11/19/2018 11:31:13 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)

931 posted on 11/19/2018 11:34:43 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

To: little jeremiah

Considering his connections, I’d think that he’d take the $3.8B and quietly slink off to Little St. James.

Careful what you ask for.

932 posted on 11/19/2018 11:37:19 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)

Article isn’t written clearly, imho.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house-moves-to-strip-cnns-jim-acosta-of-press-credential-after-court-order

White House moves to strip CNN’s Jim Acosta of press credential after court order

Melissa Quinn
| November 19, 2018 10:15 AM

The White House is charging ahead in its attempt to revoke CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press credential after a federal judge ordered it restored.

In a court filing Monday with the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., lawyers for CNN and Acosta said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and White House communications director Bill Shine sent a letter to the correspondent informing him they revoked his “hard pass” access to White House grounds. The Trump administration officials cited his conduct at a contentious post-election press conference with President Trump this month.

The letter was sent just hours after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, ordered the White House to restore Acosta’s press pass for 14 days.

“Your behavior at the November 7 press conference violated the basic standards governing such events, and is, in our preliminary judgment, sufficient factual basis to revoke your hard pass,” Sanders and Shine wrote in their letter to Acosta, which was included in the filing.

The White House officials told Acosta they would “be pleased to consider any material you would like to submit in response to it.”

The letter from Sanders and Shine appears to be an attempt to address concerns highlighted by the judge in Acosta’s legal dispute with the White House. Kelly found that Acosta’s due process rights had been violated as the White House did not grant him a process to appeal its decision to revoke his hard pass, or provide him with notice of that decision.

Acosta was given until Sunday evening to contest the White House’s decision to strip him of his press credential.

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told Fox News in an interview Monday morning she was unaware of the administration’s decision to moving forward with its efforts to revoke Acosta’s press pass.

“I am not aware of that,” she said. “I am not aware of anything happening in the last hour.”

In a statement, CNN accused the White House of “continuing to violate the First and 5th Amendments of the Constitution.”

“These actions threaten all journalists and news organizations,” the network said. “Jim Acosta and CNN will continue to report the news about the White House and the president.”

Acosta’s lawyers said in their filing that the White House was attempting to “provide retroactive due process” but said they “remain hopeful the parties can resolve this dispute without further court intervention.”

They also asked the court to schedule a hearing on a preliminary injunction next week.

933 posted on 11/19/2018 11:39:36 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I’ve been reading a bit about what’s going on in Haiti right now and it sounds like hell on earth.

934 posted on 11/19/2018 11:45:29 AM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)

To: Cletus.D.Yokel; bagster

Did not get the meaning of any of your comments.

I took Bagster’s response at face value, although I wondered if I missed an nuance.

I do want to note that I love Bagster’s references to pop culture in his Oracle (e,g, same time, same Q channel). I believe we are of similar age (I’m 66) so they are usually familiar to me.

935 posted on 11/19/2018 11:48:37 AM PST by TakeChargeBob

To: Wneighbor; TEXOKIE

Thank you for your great post on the world financial situation. I am woefully inadequate at deciphering such. And yet I find family and friends asking me questions because they think I have the knowledge. Unfortunately IMO, this general ignorance is part of the reason we’ve allowed our strings to be pulled (personally, nationally and worldwide) by the global financial cabal.
I’ve run my personal life by paying cash primarily due to being raised by grandparents who married in ‘32. They constantly advised that I use the methods tbey’d learned to survive. In that, there was the underlying idea to never trust a bank. Because of their advice I’ve tried to stay informed about economics but it isn’t an industry that is readily understandable, at least to me.
I know you have background in finance. I appreciate your posts which break this down to my elementary level.
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You are welcome. I just felt I needed to sort of alert my FReeQ friends that a rough patch might be on the way.

There are powerful deflationary forces and inflationary forces at work right now. No way to predict which one wins, so prepare for both scenarios.

And there are signs that Derps are going to go all out trying to collapse the economy. In addition, Stocks are over priced, and some companies are overleveraged-they will have trouble servicing the debt as interest rates rise.

It feels a bit like 2007. In Dec of 2007, I liquidated half of all my stocks and mutual funds, stashed a months worth of cash in my safe at home, and bought 20 Silver dollars, and stocked up 6-18 months of food staples, because the price of oil had spiked up.

Shortly after that, a jar of peanut butter went from 98 cents to $1.69. I didn’t run out of that stash till it went down to $1.25, and by watching sales was able to purchase it at a buck to keep a supply on hand.

Another example was coffee. I ran across a sale at half price. So I bought 2 years worth. And so forth.

So when the crisis came, I wasn’t too worried about it. I knew that I was prepared to weather the storm. With countries buying physical gold at current rate, I take that as a signal that they are also preparing for a transition from the current international settlement systems.

936 posted on 11/19/2018 11:49:41 AM PST by greeneyes

To: Cletus.D.Yokel

938 posted on 11/19/2018 12:01:33 PM PST by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)

“Q is a LARP, wrong and wasted a lot of time. Move on.

If you are too embarrassed to publically admit you can’t back up your claims, private mail me:

1. Specific Q drop
2. What it means/how you know
3. Proof it was false
4. Proof it wasn’t intended as disinformation to the deep state.

If not, it seems you are just a hystrionic poster.

Perhaps a Midol?

939 posted on 11/19/2018 12:01:40 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion

I was wondering why she didn’t hire Geraldo.

What was the actual outcome ? I didn’t see anything on this.
She announces her retirement and this all of a sudden goes away ?
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I see that they made their Sunday noon deadline.

“Applause as Broward meets final Florida recount deadline; Palm Beach County slides in 1 second before deadline

Broward elections officials met their noon deadline Sunday, submitting their final election tallies to the state with 52 minutes to spare. Palm Beach County delivered its final tally in the nick of time, just one second before noon.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-florida-manual-recount-sunday-20181118-story.html

940 posted on 11/19/2018 12:03:08 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)

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