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Sessions investigating ‘slush fund’ used by left-wing groups
New York Post ^ | 5 Aug, 2017 | John Aidan Byrne

Posted on 08/08/2017 8:43:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is investigating up to $6 billion in legal settlement money that the Obama administration steered toward progressive causes and allies in left-wing advocacy groups.

A memo sent to US attorneys on July 28, published Friday by Breitbart news, ordered a review of a decade’s worth of payouts that Congressional Republicans have called a political slush fund.

Former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch regularly arranged for major corporations to make large “donations” to left-leaning groups like UnidosUS — formerly the National Council of La Raza — and NeighborWorks America during settlement negotiations to end banking, environmental, civil-rights, and other federal lawsuits.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: agsessions; bhodoj; corporateamerica; cultureofcorruption; ericholder; fundingtheleft; laraza; leftism; lorettalynch; obama; slushfund; trumpdoj
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1 posted on 08/08/2017 8:43:03 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Go get them Jeff.


2 posted on 08/08/2017 8:43:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Can anyone say BP oil spill extortion???


3 posted on 08/08/2017 8:47:07 AM PDT by BobinIL
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If there are any of these agreed upon shakedown payments not yet made, Sessions should ask IMMEDIATELY that they not be distributed until his investigation is complete. They probably should then NEVER be made to these leftist, corrupt organizations.


4 posted on 08/08/2017 8:48:46 AM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: MtnClimber
Kimberly Strassel of the Wall Street Journal originally (and solely) reported this back in December 2015, WSJ. You have to have a subscription to view the entire article.

However, another website copied and pasted the article and can be found HERE.

5 posted on 08/08/2017 8:49:51 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: MtnClimber
Is this the Jeff Sessions that so many FReepers feel a need to demonize?

Get'em Jeff!

6 posted on 08/08/2017 8:52:54 AM PDT by blam
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Can anyone say BP oil spill extortion???

Billions have been squeezed out of JP Morgan, B of A and other banks. The money's been used to fund Black Lives Matter riots, left-wing protests and an wide assortment of other left-wing subversive activities.

I'm also willing to bet there are hundreds if not thousands of congress-critters, judges, civil servants, etc. around with big fat offshore bank accounts with very large balances thanks to these shake-downs.

7 posted on 08/08/2017 8:55:46 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: MtnClimber

When he actually does something lets us know.


8 posted on 08/08/2017 8:56:31 AM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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I’m hoping he’s just biding his time and by the time the next election cycle comes along he’s going to let loose with everything.


9 posted on 08/08/2017 9:02:17 AM PDT by ex91B10
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To: MtnClimber

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a good man... and one tough cookie...


10 posted on 08/08/2017 9:03:39 AM PDT by GOPJ (Jeff Flake - when only a shallow empty suit willing to trash fellow Republicans will do...)
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You don’t even need Soros. No cloak and dagger here. You can get all the political bidding done on the streets that you need with slush-funds, right out in the open.


11 posted on 08/08/2017 9:03:43 AM PDT by z3n
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To: Carry me back

“When he actually does something lets us know.”

Exactly.


12 posted on 08/08/2017 9:03:50 AM PDT by gibsonguy (THE)
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To: MtnClimber
bttt and a thank you to Attorney General Sessions!!!
13 posted on 08/08/2017 9:06:28 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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“slush fund”

It’s called the Clinton Foundation.......right Chels?


14 posted on 08/08/2017 9:18:19 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: blam

Have been saying right along. AG work is done behind closed doors until something is ready for disposition.


15 posted on 08/08/2017 9:21:14 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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pssst....Jeff.....look into the MOTHER of all Slush Funds....The CLINTON FOUNDATION!!


16 posted on 08/08/2017 9:22:45 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: GOPJ
I call Sessions...."The Mouse that Roars".

We're not used to soft spoken southern gentlemen.

Lov'm

17 posted on 08/08/2017 9:22:56 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Sessions investigating ‘slush fund’ used by left-wing groups

He's investigating the Clinton Family Foundation?

IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!

18 posted on 08/08/2017 9:23:25 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: MtnClimber

The Democrat Party has sold out The United States of America.


19 posted on 08/08/2017 9:23:41 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Sessions should stop announcing that he’s looking into things. That means zilch. His next announcement should be indictments. Some of these perps have publicly confessed to their crimes [Comey]. Rather than letting them waltz around making book deals and organizing the Resistance, indict them.

Talk is cheap. Is anything ever going to come of it?


20 posted on 08/08/2017 9:24:09 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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