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Woman impersonated lawmaker’s wife, snuck into GOP retreat
Washington Post ^ | Jan 28, 2017 | By Erica Werner | AP

Posted on 01/29/2017 2:22:10 AM PST by 11th_VA

WASHINGTON — A woman impersonated the wife of a GOP lawmaker and snuck into the congressional Republican retreat in Philadelphia Thursday, the same day President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence appeared, retreat organizers told lawmakers late Saturday.

The revelation came as the nonprofit Congressional Institute that organizes the retreat investigates how audio of the gathering leaked. In an email to GOP lawmakers, institute president Mark Strand did not directly say that the impersonator was the same person who leaked the audio, but that was the implication.

“The Congressional Institute is continuing to investigate this breach in order to fully understand how it happened and to ensure it does not happen again,” said Strand’s email, which was obtained by The Associated Press.

The audio was leaked to several news outlets and first reported by The Washington Post. It reveals lawmakers airing concerns about the practical difficulties and political risks of repealing and replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law, among other things. There is also audio of a question-and-answer session with Pence, indicating that the intruder was in the same room as the vice president, which raises Security concerns ...

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aca; cowards; eavesdropping; gop; gopretreat; intruder; obamacare; pence; philadelphia; repeal; retreat; security; spies; spooks; spying
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notice the libs say nothing about the fraud here ... Where as DNC emails were fraudly obtained ...
1 posted on 01/29/2017 2:22:10 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

I am actually glad to hear the video. Puts disloyal and weak kneed Republicans out in public. Let them squirm. Let them be replaced.


2 posted on 01/29/2017 2:38:12 AM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: 11th_VA

This can’t happen. You can’t have some psycho bitch nobody knows about getting access to the President and VP.


3 posted on 01/29/2017 2:41:54 AM PST by Rastus
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To: 11th_VA

the left has become unhinged


4 posted on 01/29/2017 2:47:04 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: 11th_VA

The press just issued a correction; they mistook Lindsay Graham for a boozing, low rent, fake politician’s wife.

But, yes, he leaked that audio...


5 posted on 01/29/2017 2:48:32 AM PST by Noamie
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To: snarkytart

Become?


6 posted on 01/29/2017 2:52:04 AM PST by Lazamataz (I hereby coin a new Internet acronym: NTOWY -- Not Tired Of Winning Yet.)
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To: Lazamataz

In the courtroom she can show her boobies and no charges pressed.


7 posted on 01/29/2017 2:57:25 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: 11th_VA

idn’t the guy from Project Veritas get charged and convicted for this same type of impersonation to enter a Federal office?


8 posted on 01/29/2017 2:58:18 AM PST by circlecity
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To: 11th_VA

Since they know who this person is, why hasn’t she been arrested?


9 posted on 01/29/2017 3:03:12 AM PST by Popman
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To: Rastus

That was my first thought. I’m highly disappointed with security for allowing this to happen. Seems like a rather grave breach of security to me.


10 posted on 01/29/2017 3:04:10 AM PST by jbrown7.62x39 (Holy crap. We really are gonna MAGA!! What a great time to be alive!)
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To: 11th_VA; kristen; Jim Robinson; ExTexasRedhead; SaveFerris; jag
"Pennsylvania's wiretapping law is a "two-party consent" law. Pennsylvania makes it a crime to intercept or record a telephone call or conversation unless all parties to the conversation consent."

I am not a lawyer, however, it appears that what she did was illegal in Pennsylvania. There may have also have been Federal crimes committed; falsifying information given to Secret Service agents. You cannot lie to law enforcement, and you cannot present fake ID to them.

Of course, standards are only to be followed by Republicans. The Democrats can break any law they wish.

11 posted on 01/29/2017 3:08:02 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Rastus

Who says she’s ever gonna get access to them?


12 posted on 01/29/2017 3:08:56 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Reno89519

Amen! I am too!! She did us a favor, BUT this should never have happened!! Very dangerous to Pence and Trump.


13 posted on 01/29/2017 3:18:18 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SkyPilot
They don't know her NAME?? COME ON!!! Have they ARRESTED her?? Probably not because she a DEMOCRAT!!

Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!!

Hey Law Enforcement....what she did was ILLEGAL!!!

14 posted on 01/29/2017 3:21:54 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: 11th_VA
Remember when the press went ballistic about that couple who crashed a dinner at the White House? They simply dressed really sharp and showed up and were let into the place past the Secret Service and everyone else. It was a major security breach and the media insisted there could be none of that.

But that was when the president was Barack Obama.

When the same thing happens, and just as serious a potential threat to the safety of the President and Vice-President, with blatantly nefarious purpose but this time it's Donald Trump and Mike Pence...

The left isn't condemning THAT. Instead its chuckling about its own cleverness.

The mainstream media truly has become an enemy of the republic.

15 posted on 01/29/2017 3:27:49 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: Popman
Since they know who this person is, why hasn’t she been arrested?

I read that they are attempting to ascertain her identity, but the media outlets definitely know who she is. They are saying they illegally recorded conversations were submitted "anonymously", but they cannot publish these without knowing the source. They will simply hide behind "press freedom" in an attempt to being accessories to her crimes.

Remember this?


Libby was prosecuted after a full blown press by the media for leaking who Plame was.

But that was then, and this is now.

If this woman broke PA state and broke Federal laws, the media will gloss over the facts and defend her, because she attempted to hurt Republicans.

I read the transcripts, and there is no real "There...there" regarding these recordings. All they show is Republicans weighing and the political options. In fact, they show compassion by the Republicans, because they didn't want to leave people without coverage. Of course, the press won't spin it that way.

16 posted on 01/29/2017 3:38:00 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: 11th_VA
Libs are all for fraud yet this action is the equivalent of the break in at the democrats office in the Watergate hotel.

Who put her up to it? What did they know and when did they know it? The Washington Post was a leader in the Watergate investigation asking these questions and now they are an accessory after the crime!

17 posted on 01/29/2017 3:38:37 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: Ciaphas Cain
Remember when the press went ballistic about that couple who crashed a dinner at the White House? They simply dressed really sharp and showed up and were let into the place past the Secret Service and everyone else. It was a major security breach and the media insisted there could be none of that. But that was when the president was Barack Obama.

Exactly.

18 posted on 01/29/2017 3:38:50 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Ann Archy; outofsalt
They don't know her NAME?? COME ON!!! Have they ARRESTED her?? Probably not because she a DEMOCRAT!! Democrats are LAW-LESS because Republicans are BALL-LESS!! Hey Law Enforcement....what she did was ILLEGAL!!!

Trust me Ann, the media know her identity.

They will publish words that say the illegal recordings were submitted They use those precise words to imply that there was not one sole news organization complicit so they cannot be nailed down, and to imply that they didn't know who was she was so that they can protect her.

But they know who she is.

If she used fake ID, lied to the PA cops, lied to the Secret Service (who of course were there), and broke the PA Wiretapping and Surveillance law, and the media knew these things, then yes, I believe the media is complicit in a crime.

But, good luck prosecuting the media. They have been playing this cat and mouse game for 100 years, and getting away with it (mostly). There is always a friendly judge, a friendly venue, and cowardly district attorneys that won't do their jobs. There have been reporters jailed however for defying certain judges who have integrity.


19 posted on 01/29/2017 3:46:19 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Ann Archy
Sorry Ann, this part got cut off from my last post:

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They will publish words that say the illegal recordings were submitted "anonymously and to several media outlets at once."

20 posted on 01/29/2017 3:48:15 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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