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Bill and Hillary were laundering $30 MILLION a DAY through ADFA, from the sales of COCAINE, and BILL and DAN LASSITER were having COKE parties with underage girls.

Not only did the FBI not take their money, but Bill became PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES.

So, the moral to the story is, If you’re gonna do drugs, and hoard money, Skip Pot, and Do COKE, or HEROIN, or METH, and DO IT BIGTIME!!!

FYI....I am a retired forfeiture detective. It is highly unlikely the police “seized the money” without PROBABLE CAUSE. There is no way a mere possession charge is going to trigger a forfeiture. There are only two ways the court can award money or property on a forfeiture. One would be “proceeds” in other words the money is the profit someone gains by their illegal activity. The other is “facilitation” a house, car, or other item was used to advance the criminal enterprise.

One thing I haven’t heard on this thread is how the FBI got involved. Usually they aren’t part of the process unless it is a multi-jurisdiction task force. They don’t have the authority to walk into a local jurisdiction and seize the money from the locals UNLESS there is a Federal investigation going as well. They have to ultimately make their case for forfeiture to a judge as well and as we all know, there are some very liberal jurists on the bench. And, the case would be heard in Federal Court in Northwest Ohio, (Toledo) not exactly a hot bed of conservatism.

There are other inconsistencies as well. If you break into a house, you’re a BURGLAR not a robber. Also, although the guy says he uses weed for medicinal purposes, what is his source of supply? Does he have a hydroponic operation going in the basement? I’ve spent way too many hours building a case against someone for seizure (it isn’t as easy as you all seem to think)go to court, and have a liberal judge believe some BS about a Jaguar with 20” rims, low profile tires, the stereo on the local hip-hop station and the car is only driven by the doper’s mid-60’s grandma to go back and forth to church. Can the law be abused...yes....most of the time, major departments have too much civilian review to try and BS a forfeiture case.

Lastly, in case you weren’t aware, Lima, Ohio has one of the largest organized drug trafficking operations in the midwest. There is a huge amount of drugs flowing north from Texas and an equal amount of cash going south to Mexico.

Think about YOUR finances for a minute. I would bet most of the people who work in a blue collar job ( I think the guy worked at the General Dynamics tank plant in Lima) don’t have 400K in their 401k plans let alone that kind of cash lying around the house. There is probably a lot more to this story than what has been posted.