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Obama's Massive Fraud - Criminal prosecution for fraud? Or is Impeachment the remedy?
National Review ^ | 11/09/2013 | Andrew C. McCarthy

Posted on 11/09/2013 7:25:06 AM PST by ReaganÜberAlles

"If you like your health-care plan, you will be able to keep your health-care plan. Period.” How serious was this lie, repeated by Barack Obama with such beguiling regularity? Well, how would the Justice Department be dealing with it if it had been uttered by, say, the president of an insurance company rather than the president of the United States?"


TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fraud; impeachment; obama; obamacare
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"Fraud is a serious federal felony, usually punishable by up to 20 years’ imprisonment — with every repetition of a fraudulent communication chargeable as a separate crime. In computing sentences, federal sentencing guidelines factor in such considerations as the dollar value of the fraud, the number of victims, and the degree to which the offender’s treachery breaches any special fiduciary duties he owes. Cases of multi-million-dollar corporate frauds — to say nothing of multi-billion-dollar, Bernie Madoff–level scams that nevertheless pale beside Obamacare’s dimensions — often result in terms amounting to decades in the slammer.

Justice Department guidelines, set forth in the U.S. Attorneys Manual, recommend prosecution for fraud in situations involving “any scheme which in its nature is directed to defrauding a class of persons, or the general public, with a substantial pattern of conduct.” So, for example, if a schemer were intentionally to deceive all Americans, or a class of Americans (e.g., people who had health insurance purchased on the individual market), by repeating numerous times — over the airwaves, in mailings, and in electronic announcements — an assertion the schemer knew to be false and misleading, that would constitute an actionable fraud — particularly if the statements induced the victims to take action to their detriment, or lulled the victims into a false sense of security."

1 posted on 11/09/2013 7:25:06 AM PST by ReaganÜberAlles
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Outstanding article by McCarthy (as usual). He lays out more than enough evidence to impeach, convict, and imprison the lying bastard.


2 posted on 11/09/2013 7:27:33 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Watch the Nuremberg trials. No one knew anything. Looks and sounds like Zero and his Regime.

Never again; think again.


3 posted on 11/09/2013 7:28:44 AM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

He does lay it out very well.

Will the bastid be impeached-—I seriously doubt it.

One can hope, however.......


4 posted on 11/09/2013 7:29:44 AM PST by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles
One or the other, it doesn't matter to me as long as this lying communist black Muslim is paying for his crime of destroying America that may never survive.
5 posted on 11/09/2013 7:30:35 AM PST by Logical me
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Everyone wants him out of office. I think the number is much higher than 51% but the MSM keeps it in check by telling the public what they are supposed to think; the ole bandwagon mentality schtick...


6 posted on 11/09/2013 7:30:45 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Obama may be impeached, but we are not ever going to see him removed from office. His allies are never in a million years going to allow that to happen.
And since “Der Furher” had the NSA tapping phones all over, he probably had any opponent phones tapped as well just in case.
Welcome to the Soviet Union.


7 posted on 11/09/2013 7:31:12 AM PST by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles
If obama's "white" genes had a son,.....




8 posted on 11/09/2013 7:31:54 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Obama is a liar. Period.


9 posted on 11/09/2013 7:33:15 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles; zot; SeraphimApprentice

If it passed the House, Dirty Harry would NOT bring it up for a vote in the Senate. And, of course, the entire communist-democrat party political machine would scream “racist.”


10 posted on 11/09/2013 7:34:37 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

We absolutely should make the impeachment of Obama a central theme of the 2014 elections. Let it be the first thing on the a agenda of a Republican-led Senate. Forget this nonsense that impeachment could never happen because of racial concerns. Every single American who has been lied to and had their health insurance screwed up will at least be open to considering the possibility. All these people need is opposition leaders with a little courage.


11 posted on 11/09/2013 7:36:39 AM PST by Junk Silver
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

In terms of money alone ($Trillions) Obamacare is the biggest fraud in history


12 posted on 11/09/2013 7:40:11 AM PST by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: Junk Silver
look he said he was SORRY!!? ---


13 posted on 11/09/2013 7:40:34 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles
>>>..how would the Justice Department be dealing with it if it had been uttered by, say, the president of an insurance company rather than the president of the United States?"" I fail to see the difference, Obama is the President of GOV, Inc. Responsibility comes accountability. Otherwise a 4yr term looks like a dictatorship.
14 posted on 11/09/2013 7:40:54 AM PST by SIRTRIS
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Where are the racketeering charges against Pres Jarrett and her props Barry and Michelle?
These Chicago machine Crooks gave a no bid billion dollar federal contract to relatives and college cronies and its was a complete scam!
Where is the FBI?


15 posted on 11/09/2013 7:41:03 AM PST by ncalburt ( Amnesty media out in full force ing)
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To: GreyFriar

I think Dingy Harry would be forced to bring it up- because he is going down with the same ship if it gets that far


16 posted on 11/09/2013 7:41:10 AM PST by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles
...an assertion the schemer knew to be false and misleading, that would constitute an actionable fraud — particularly if the statements induced the victims to take action to their detriment, or lulled the victims into a false sense of security.

Fraud in the inducement n. the use of deceit or trick to cause someone to act to his/her disadvantage, such as signing an agreement or deeding away real property. The heart of this type of fraud is misleading the other party as to the facts upon which he/she will base his/her decision to act. Example: "there will be tax advantages to you if you let me take title to your property," or "you don't have to read the rest of the contract--it is just routine legal language" but actually includes a balloon payment.

17 posted on 11/09/2013 7:41:26 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

I would like nothing better than to see obama in an orange jumpsuit picking up trash along the highway.


18 posted on 11/09/2013 7:44:42 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

Couldn’t some brave state attorney general or attorneys general somewhere file state charges on this corrupt PoS?


19 posted on 11/09/2013 7:46:59 AM PST by ReaganÜberAlles
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To: ReaganÃœberAlles

We mustn’t forget our stellar, complicit, sycophantic Congressthings:

I Just Realized Something:

My dog sleeps about 20 hours a day.
He has his food prepared for him.
His meals are provided at no cost to him.
He visits the Dr. once a year for his checkup and again during the year, if any medical needs arise.

For this he pays nothing, and nothing is required of him.
He lives in a nice neighborhood in a house that is much larger than he needs, but he is not required to do any upkeep.

If he makes a mess, someone else cleans it up.
He has his choice of luxurious places to sleep.
He receives these accommodations absolutely free.

He is living like a king and has absolutely no expenses whatsoever.
All of his costs are picked up by others who earn a living.
I was just thinking about all this, and suddenly it hit me like a ton of bricks ~

MY dog is a CONGRESSMAN!!!


20 posted on 11/09/2013 7:48:08 AM PST by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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