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EXCLUSIVE: FBI opens investigation into Harvey Weinstein on orders from Trump's Justice Department
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 10/11/2017 3:18:13 PM PDT by TigerClaws

The FBI has opened an investigation into Harvey Weinstein, DailyMail.com has exclusively learned.

DailyMail.com understands the move came at the behest of the Department of Justice, run by Donald Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which instructed the bureau to investigate the mounting allegations leveled at the movie mogul.

While it is unknown whether the DOJ order came directly from Sessions, the move is likely to be seen in a political light given Weinstein's friendship with Trump foe Hillary Clinton.

The move by the DOJ came amid rumors that Weinstein plans to head to Europe for sex rehab – leading to fears of a Roman Polanski-style situation where he dodges prosecution in the U.S.

The FBI can both look at whether he has committed any federal crimes in the U.S. and prepare extradition proceedings if he remains in Europe.

Among the allegations against Weinstein, which the FBI is expected to examine, is that he forced Lucia Evans, a student who wanted to be an actress, to perform oral sex on him in New York in 2004.

New York State has no statue of limitations on rape and criminal sexual acts - its legal term for forced oral or anal intercourse.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4971192/FBI-Harvey-Weinstein-probe-ordered-Trump-Justice-Dept.html#ixzz4vEyxeXc5 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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To: TigerClaws

How is any of what’s alleged a federal beef?


61 posted on 10/11/2017 4:14:14 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Took awhile.......


62 posted on 10/11/2017 4:14:35 PM PDT by Liz (Four boxes to defend liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo; used in that order.)
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To: TigerClaws

...or why Harvey is hiding out in Europe.


63 posted on 10/11/2017 4:15:24 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: jjotto
Looks to me like shameless grandstanding to entertain barking seals. What’s the federal crime?

Just some possible crimes:

1. Income Tax Evasion if payoffs to victims deducted as business expense

2. Bribery if any federal official was given anything of value, including campaign contributions, to cover up his actions

3. Kidnapping if any of his victims were detained against their will

4. Communication from one state to another state with the purpose of covering up a state crime could become a federal issue. This could include conspiracy laws if some other person assisted in intimidation or payoff to cover up a crime.

64 posted on 10/11/2017 4:15:27 PM PDT by etcb
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To: Aria

You think Trump got the NYT to write this story? Why?

...

Not necessarily, but he could have played some role. Not the least of which was keeping the Clintons out of the White House. I don’t think this story would have happened if they were in power.

And i do believe Trump has fed information to the NYTimes before, like his tax returns.


65 posted on 10/11/2017 4:15:55 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: mewzilla

.....some of it happened across state lines......


66 posted on 10/11/2017 4:16:04 PM PDT by Liz (Four boxes to defend liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo; used in that order.)
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To: TigerClaws

Another fine example of pay to play.


67 posted on 10/11/2017 4:17:33 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: etcb

Beautiful deconstruction.......


68 posted on 10/11/2017 4:18:35 PM PDT by Liz (Four boxes to defend liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo; used in that order.)
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To: Publius

He’s already in France at “rehab.”


69 posted on 10/11/2017 4:19:25 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Liz

Well, if that’s enough, fine by me. Especially since so many of CA’s and NYS’s AGs turned a blind eye.

Hope the FBI puts the AGs under a microscope while they’re at it. That kind of corruption is just begging for federal scrutiny.


70 posted on 10/11/2017 4:19:45 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: TigerClaws

The calm before the storm.


71 posted on 10/11/2017 4:21:41 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: beergarden

She will never get locked up for anything. waste your time.


72 posted on 10/11/2017 4:21:41 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: mewzilla

hat tip etcb-—Just some possible crimes:

1. Income Tax Evasion if payoffs to victims deducted as business expense

2. Bribery if any federal official was given anything of value, including campaign contributions, to cover up his actions

3. Kidnapping if any of his victims were detained against their will

4. Communication from one state to another state with the purpose of covering up a state crime could become a federal issue.

5. This could include conspiracy laws if some other person assisted in intimidation or payoff to cover up a crime.


73 posted on 10/11/2017 4:23:33 PM PDT by Liz (Four boxes to defend liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo; used in that order.)
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To: etcb

Time was I would think the feds knew something.

Now I think it’s just PR.


74 posted on 10/11/2017 4:24:12 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Liz

Well, they can bootstrap away with my blessing. As long as they go after any pols who enabled that SOB.


75 posted on 10/11/2017 4:26:03 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Moonman62
Oh for sure I think this story is an example of the Clintons losing power...in fact the entire left is being exposed to be a bunch of lunatics.

But I read an article this a.m. in which the author said maybe this is because HW violated one of the cardinal rules of left wingism...he gave a speech about how the Israelis are doing a good job of protecting themselves because they have guns and he was about to make a movie about the ghetto in Warsaw during WWII and how not being armed at all led to the massacre there. Of course the left can't have anyone say that! And this would explain why HW right away came out and said that he would make an anti-NRA and anti-Trump movie to atone for his sins.

To me that makes a ton of sense.

76 posted on 10/11/2017 4:26:38 PM PDT by Aria
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To: TigerClaws

Anything to avoid investigating stuff that actually means something to the country and future of the country, like the decade-long dissemination of security secrets by the Awans; the sale of same by Hillary Clinton. Yes, Harvey W. was and is a turdball. Every woman who was abused over the past 30 years by him was justifiably outraged and felt threatened but unfortunately is nothing they are not used to. And most became profoundly wealthy in their chosen field.


77 posted on 10/11/2017 4:28:27 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Jonty30

She said her father raped her


78 posted on 10/11/2017 4:28:29 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Aria

LOVE IT-——this story is an example of the Clintons losing power...in fact, the entire left is being exposed to be a bunch of lunatics.


79 posted on 10/11/2017 4:32:52 PM PDT by Liz (Four boxes to defend liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo; used in that order.)
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To: jjotto

You never know about these things. Sometimes they can take a life of their own. I didn’t want to look it up, but I seem to remember ex Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert being convicted of a federal crime for paying his own money to cover up a sex crime he could not be prosecuted for due to the time elapsed.


80 posted on 10/11/2017 4:33:12 PM PDT by etcb
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