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Private investigator charged for illegal pre-election attempt to get Trump's tax returns.
Canada Free Press ^ | 05/25/17 | Robert Laurie

Posted on 05/25/2017 9:32:09 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Well, that worked well....

In the brutal 2016 cage-match between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, tax returns emerged as something of a broken bottle tossed into the ring. If Hillary could grab it, she’d be able to pull herself off the ropes and lash out with a deadly weapon.

Democrats were sure the returns would show that Trump A: wasn’t rich, B: had been colluding with secret ex-Soviet forces, and C: had been dodging his federal responsibilities for something close to 20 years. The hunt was on.


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: illegal; privateinvestigator; taxreturns; trump

1 posted on 05/25/2017 9:32:09 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony
click bait google
2 posted on 05/25/2017 9:35:17 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: ptsal

click bait
try searching
“private investigator, trump, tax return, arrest”


3 posted on 05/25/2017 9:35:53 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Sean_Anthony

His tax return would only prove how much he paid in taxes.

It isn’t possible to glean wealth from a tax return.


4 posted on 05/25/2017 9:47:33 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: ptsal

He gets paid for posting, not for searching.


5 posted on 05/25/2017 10:37:01 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: ptsal
According to testimony, authorities used an undercover agent posing as a potential client to lure (Jordan) Hamlett to the hotel. Instead of meeting the client, he encountered the agents — one from the FBI and the other from the Treasury Department.

Hamlett agreed to an interview in the hotel's atrium and the agents questioned him for hours in hushed tones inside the crowded lobby, authorities said.

Hamlett immediately took credit for his “genius idea” to seek Trump's tax returns from a U.S. Education Department financial aid website before he was accused of anything, Treasury Department Special Agent Samuel Johnson testified.

“He sounded somewhat, I would describe it as proud,” Johnson said. “We spoke in lower voices because there was a number of people passing by and the information that we're discussing at this time relates directly to ... presidential candidate Trump and his tax returns.”

Hamlett apparently tried to use Trump's Social Security number on a program that allows people seeking financial aid to locate their tax records, and transfer the information to the education website. The U.S. Education Department has not returned messages for comment.

It's not clear how he got the Social Security number, but agents did question him about the internet hacking group known as Anonymous, which had released some of Trump's personal information, Johnson said.

Neither Hamlett nor his lawyer, Michael Fiser, has returned phone and email messages from The Associated Press.

Hmmm ... Again, FAFSA proves that there are just too many ways to cheat an honest man. The feds have been oft criticized for the lack of security on government websites, and this is just another example of why.

Next question - why would a Trump even bother with a FAFSA application anyway? A. It's required by almost all schools.

6 posted on 05/25/2017 3:20:56 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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