UPDATE: You may want to skip the information below the double lines - it was a trail of documents I was following before I discovered the indictment for a corrupt DHS official (Ciccione, who was charged in September 2017), was based on his unlawfully getting an indictment dropped against a drug cartel kingpin (PIEDRAHITA) in exchange for money, prostitutes etc. That drug kingpin was a fugitive until October, 2011.
“PIEDRAHITA remained a fugitive on these charges from the time he was indicted on June 20, 1996, through October 21, 2011, when Indictment #93-470 was dismissed.”
So that must mean the dirty DHS agent who got charges dismissed way back in 2011 thought he got away with it until one Donald J Trump became president and then BAM! 6 months later he himself is indicted! HOW MANY CROOKS like this dirty DHS agent has the Trump Administration investigated, indicted etc? They went back 6 years??? That had to frighten alot of government criminals who thought they got away with things YEARS before POTUS arrived.
FANTASTIC! I like the smell of back-dated PAIN in the evening!
Here’s DHS agent Ciccione’s indictment:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/999442/download
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Checking the DOJ press releases for May 10, 2019, I also see the following:
“Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Pleads Guilty for Bribing Former Federal Agent to Dismiss Indictment
A Colombian Cali Cartel cocaine trafficker pleaded guilty today for bribing a former Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent to secure the dismissal of a drug trafficking indictment filed against him, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
Jose Bayron Piedrahita-Ceballos, 60, of Medellin, Colombia, was extradited from the Republic of Colombia on April 5, 2019, and will be sentenced on July 19, 2019, before U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. of the Southern District of Florida.”
There’s more at the link.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/colombian-narcotics-kingpin-pleads-guilty-bribing-former-federal-agent-dismiss-indictment
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I wondered if that corrupt Homeland Security Agent, who surely must have been caught too, was working on Obama’s watch or on POTUS’. I tried to find out by looking for an arrest document.
I found an article in the FederalTimes.com dated September 2017 when they were charged, but that didn’t state when the crimes occurred either. Just curious - I know POTUS hit the ground running - his administration has been busy, busy, busy. Here’s an excerpt and a link:
“A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent has been charged with aiding Colombian drug traffickers.
Special Agent Christopher V. Ciccione II, 52, and two Colombian nationals were charged by a federal grand jury in Florida with conspiracy, corruption and obstruction of justice. Ciccione allegedly participated in a bribery scheme that resulted in charges being dismissed against one of the Colombians.”
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/doj-fbi/2017/09/28/dhs-agent-accused-of-working-with-colombian-drug-traffickers/
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I found a little more on the DOJ website from Sept. 2017 regarding the Homeland SEcurity agent, Christopher V. Ciccione:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-agent-colombian-narcotics-kingpin-and-colombian-national-indicted-conspiracy
“The indictment further alleges that while maintaining contact with Piedrahita, Ciccione misled the U.S. Attorney’s Office and HSI management and altered DHS records to represent to decision makers that Piedrahita was “unidentified” and that his case should be dismissed because “all investigative efforts” were “exhausted.” In addition, Ciccone falsified the concurrence of several other federal agents and even attempted to parole Piedrahita into the U.S. “
Just more evidence that POTUS has been going back many years to clean up Obama’s “scandal free” administration:
Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage
Excerpt:
Beginning sometime in May 2010 and continuing into at least 2011, Lee received requests for information, or taskings, from the Chinese IOs. The majority of the taskings asked Lee to reveal sensitive information about the CIA, including national defense information. On May 14, 2010, Lee made or caused to be made a cash deposit of $138,000 HKD (approximately $17,468 in USD) into his personal bank account in Hong Kong. This would be the first of hundreds of thousands of dollars (USD equivalent) in cash deposits Lee made or caused to be made into his personal HSBC account from May 2010 through December 2013.
“This is the third case in less than a year in which a former US intelligence officer has pled or been found guilty of conspiring with Chinese intelligence services to pass them national defense information,” said Assistant Attorney General Demers. “Every one of these cases is a tragic betrayal of country and colleagues. The National Security Division will continue to prosecute individuals like Lee who abuse their former access to classified information for financial gain while threatening the security of America. Many thanks to the agents, analysts and prosecutors whose work led to today’s outcome.”
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-cia-officer-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-commit-espionage