Posted on 09/15/2011 12:13:56 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
First Lady MICHELLE OBAMA is being accused of breaking the law over a gift she gave French First Lady CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY!
Michelle presented Carla with a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar in 2009 – but the problem is that it may have been made from wood that was illegally obtained.
The guitar, which Michelle took from the U.S. to Strasbourg and gave to the supermodel-turned-singer wife of France’s president, has a fretboard made from rare rosewood – and that’s why Michelle could wind up singing the blues over it.
In fact, if the first lady was aware that the guitar contained illegally obtained wood she could conceivably face up to five years in jail and a $250,000 fine for breaking a conservation law called The Lacey Act!
Ironically, it was under her husband President Obama’s direction that armed agents from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) raided Gibson Guitar factories in Memphis and Nashville on Aug. 24.
The Feds removed 24 pallets of Indian rosewood and ebony, claiming it was illegal to import the wood because it had not been “finished” by Indian workers.
If so, Gibson may have violated The Lacey Act, which bans interstate trade in wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, transported or sold.
In 2008, the act was amended to include illegally sourced wood products, which has put Michelle in a difficult situation.
Hey, lookout! You’ve got a starfish crawling on you!
FUBO GTFO! 492 Days until Noon Jan 20, 2013
I noticed her jawline. She better be glad she wasn’t alive in Samsons time.
I’m reporting her to ATTACKWATCH.COM in hope the FBI will raid her home .
Given Cala’s being a singer and the high quality of Gibson guitars, as reported here, it actually seems (Gasp! Surprise!) actually to have been a good, thoughtful gift.
That’s OUR HOME. LOL.
Remarkable Similarities!
Maybe Darwin was correct after all???????
YIKES!!
Turn that ‘Let’s Move’ sign upside down and it looks like MO in a REALLY ill-fitting outfit.
Wondering how much Us Taxpayers have picked up for Moochie’s New Face?
Mooch has obviously invested in more Plastic Surgery and Rebuilding than Michael Jackson ever dreamed of in his wildest fantasies! YUK!
Yep, that’s all it amounts to.
These people are criminals making their own rules as they go along.
The pre-sent administration, that is.
The guitar company did nothing wrong.
Who is doing the accusing?
I believe she had this new job before she went on vacation, maybe that is why she flew separately to MA. and she only has been out and about the past week or so..
and where is her mom? did they have work done in California when she flew to OR. to brothers place?? one will not know, the MSM covers for them... ‘Out ward appearance can be changed..its what is in side that is scary’
Good question.
How are all these politicola getting a hold of these guitar? This is not the first time I have read of some one politically connected getting a hold of these guitars. Is someone in the FBI giving evidence to their buddies?
,,,, There’s a stranger in my house ,,,, sounds like a country song .
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