More evidence of corruption by the NY Attorney General's office and Eric Schneiderman: Hillary Clinton Delegate Will Oversee New York Primary AuditZach Cartwright <http://usuncut.com/author/zach/> | April 21, 2016
Scott Stringer, the New York City comptroller who ordered the audit of the New York City Board of Elections, is on the record as a Hillary Clinton delegate. In a primary election fraught with voter suppression complaints <http://usuncut.com/politics/new-york-primary-disaster/>, prompting an official investigation <http://usuncut.com/politics/new-york-attorney-general-primary/>from New York’s Attorney General, a Hillary Clinton delegate in charge of overseeing the audit of New York City’s voting processes raises red flags. However, Stringer told BuzzFeed News that if he finds any issues that require him to recuse himself, he will. “I’m not auditing the election results,” Stringer said. “We are auditing the management of the agency that conducts the elections.” Stringer’s name is found on page 9 <http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/download/law/Certification2016PresPrimaryBallotAmended.pdf> of the State of New York’s official primary certification documents, listed as a Hillary Clinton delegate from New York’s 10th Congressional District, which covers parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Stringer, who previously served as borough president of Manhattan, got a higher percentage of the vote (10.3 percent) during Tuesday’s primaries than any other delegate in the district, according to BuzzFeed. Before polls even closed yesterday, Stringer ordered the audit, citing the unexpected purge of over 120,000 voters from Brooklyn’s voter rolls. Before the audit was announced, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio demanded an explanation <http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/politics/new-york-primary-voter-problem-polls-sanders-de-blasio/> for the purge from the Board of Elections. “The voting lists in Brooklyn contain numerous errors, including the purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters from the voting lists,” de Blasio said in a public statement. Despite the bad optics, Dick Dadey, executive director of the good governance advocacy group Citizens Union, trusts Stringer to do his job <http://www.buzzfeed.com/talalansari/hillary-clinton-delegate-will-oversee-a-new-york-primary-ele#.vi8paxAar> without having politics cloud his judgment. “Elected officials have many connections to other elected officials, as well as responsibilities as public officials, so there are always connections. That does not necessarily mean it rises to a conflict of interest,” Dadey told BuzzFeed. Hillary Clinton won the New York primary with 58 percent of the vote, and 139 pledged delegates. Bernie Sanders won 106 pledged delegates. *Zach Cartwright is an activist and author from Richmond, Virginia. He enjoys writing about politics, government, and the media. Send him an email: [email protected] <[email protected]>.* On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 4:50 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Much ado, about nothing.....Moreover, the New York Attorney General should > recuse himself from this matter. His long documented discord with Donald > Trump and the Trump Organization; coupled with his recent endorsement of > Hil Clinton has the aire of impropriety: > > http://spectator.org/rigged-the-trial-of-trump-university/ > > > *May 31, 2016, 5:00 am* > > *Political conflicts of interest galore go uncovered in witch hunt against > Trump.* > > Can we talk a big, fat political conflict of interest? Can we talk the > lawyers and the judge involved in the lawsuits against Trump University? > Let’s throw in identity politics and, but of course, follow the money. > > Well of course there’s a conflict. > > What did you expect when you saw the breathless headlines blare about > Trump University lawsuits? The impression being assiduously cultivated that > Donald Trump, a billionaire ten times over, set up some sort of elaborate > con to scam regular folks on real estate. > > What’s not being said? What questions are not being asked? How about this? > How about asking just who is pursuing these cases against Donald Trump? > What if what’s really going on here is… a witch trial? A rigged game > designed to produce a desired political end — the smearing of Donald Trump > — to enable the political fortunes of Democrats generally, and Hillary > Clinton specifically? > > Let’s examine the players in this lawsuit. > > The players are: > > *The Judge: *U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the California federal > judge in the Trump University law suit case. > > *The Lawyers:* Two law firms: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Zeldes > Haeggquist & Eck LLP. > > And let’s not forget another player, this one in New York. That would be: > > *The New York Attorney General:* Eric Schneiderman. > > *The Play: *As detailed here > <http://www.law360.com/articles/590949/-trump-university-students-win-class-cert-in-rico-suit> > in *Law360, *this is how the game works: > > Law360, Los Angeles (October 28, 2014, 4:00 PM ET) — A California federal > judge has granted class certification in a Racketeer influenced and Corrupt > Organizations Act suit accusing Donald Trump of scheming to make millions > of dollars by falsely claiming attendees of Trump University LLC seminars > would learn his real estate secrets. > > … In addition to certifying the class, Judge Curiel on Friday appointed > Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Zeldes Haeggquist & Eck LLP as class > counsel. > > Stop. Stop right there. Let’s parse. > > Who is the “California federal judge” who not only granted “class > certification” to the lawsuit against Trump — but then assigned the two law > firms now involved with the case? > > That would be Gonzalo Curiel. Who is he? Trump has gotten flak for > referring to Curiel’s Mexican heritage (he was born in Indiana). Yet right > here <http://sdlrla.com/judiciary-reception-rsvp-today/> the San Diego La > Raza Lawyers Association is making a point of honoring Curiel for “his > leadership and support to the community and to our Association!” — > exclamation point theirs. The “community” in question is not the San Diego > community of all ethnic groups, races, and genders who happen to be > lawyers. What is the San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association all about? Their > mission statement (here <http://sdlrla.com/about/mission-statement/>) > reads, in part, this way: > > Formed in 1979, with a handful of Latino attorneys, San Diego La Raza > Lawyers Association (SDLRLA) has grown to represent over three hundred > Latino and Latina lawyers practicing in San Diego County. SDLRLA is one of > 18 affiliate bar associations of the California La Raza Lawyers > Association, which serves several thousand Latino lawyers practicing in the > State of California. > > Our purpose is to advance the cause of equality, empowerment and justice > for Latino attorneys and the Latino community in San Diego County through > service and advocacy. > > In other words? The group that honored Curiel, an Obama appointee (and > campaign contributor to House Democratic Conference Chairman Xavier > Becerra) proudly boasts that the sole reason for their existence is — their > ethnicity. They are not about “*the cause of equality, empowerment and > justice” *for all San Diego attorneys regardless of ethnicity. They are > quite boldly only for these things when they concern, their words, “Latino > attorneys and the Latino community.” And clearly they see Judge Curiel as > one of their own. And apparently the Judge agrees. In other words, when > Donald Trump points out the judge’s ethnicity “happens to be, we believe, > Mexican,” at a minimum the judge himself is all too willing to associate > himself with his ethnicity, eagerly accepting an award citing his > willingness to give “support to the (Latino) community and to our (Latino) > Association!” If the Judge himself goes out of his way to make certain > everyone knows he is Latino — is not Trump more than justified in being > wary of a judge deciding his case with what seems to be a serious ethnic > axe to grind? > > Move on to the two law firms that Curiel selected to represent the class > action case against Trump University. The first, Robbins Geller Rudman & > Dowd LLP, lists as its senior partner partner Darren J. Robbins. And a > check with the FEC shows that Robbins has made over a hundred campaign > contributions over the years, far and away most of them going to Democrats. > Including a contribution of $2700 on May 12, 2015 to Hillary Clinton’s > presidential campaign.* That would be the Hillary Clinton who, assuming she > polishes off the Sanders challenge, will be the Democratic nominee against… > Donald Trump. > > Then there’s that second firm selected by Judge Curiel to be involved in > the Trump University lawsuit — Zeldes Haeggquist & Eck LLP. The senior > partner in that firm? If you guessed she was a multiple contributor to > Barack Obama you would of course be right. But she was also a one-time > donor in 2004 to… MoveOn.org <http://move.on.org/>. You know Move On, the > people who back there in 2004 were running an ad comparing President Bush > to Hitler > <http://www.foxnews.com/story/2004/01/06/ad-comparing-bush-to-hitler-gets-heat.html>. > Today? Today MoveOn has this to say > <http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/after-encouraging-disruption-trump-rally-moveonorg-now-raising-funds> > about > Donald Trump: > > For as long as Donald Trump is a presidential candidate, MoveOn members > will continue to call out and nonviolently protest his racist, bigoted, > misogynistic, xenophobic, and violent behavior… Trump and those who peddle > hate and incite violence have no place in our politics and most certainly > do not belong in the White House. > > And let’s not forget New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. > Schneiderman filed a $40 million law suit against Trump University in 2013 > charging fraud. This after repeated campaign solicitations to Trump family > members and business associates, as I detailed here > <http://spectator.org/56339_shakedown-schneiderman/> three years ago. > Solicitations along the line of the Mafia Don who stops by to say “ya gotta > nice little business going here, ya wouldn’t want anything to happen to > it.” Curiously, this very same Eric Schneiderman got a $15,000 campaign > contribution in 2010 from two lawyers in a law firm named… Robbins Geller > Rudman & Dowd LLP. They being one of the firms Judge Curiel would assign to > the Trump University class action cases. Amazing coincidence. > > Let’s cut to the chase here, shall we? The accusation here is not that all > these people have broken some law somewhere. The point is very simple. By > October 2014 — when Judge Curiel granted that class certification to the > Trump lawsuits and gave the nod to two law firms led by serious liberals > who between them had given money to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and > MoveOn.org <http://moveon.org/> — it was well known that Donald Trump was > considering a race for president in 2016, as noted here > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/donald-trump-2016_n_4636146.html> > among > other places by the *Huffington Post*. He was not a shy man about his > views. And, of course, he was Donald Trump the famous billionaire whether > he ran for the White House or not. What a big, fat exciting target for > liberal activist lawyers! > > None of this makes the media coverage. Has Eric Schneiderman endorsed > Hillary Clinton for president? Yes.Is that factored in to the coverage? No. > > Take this recent story > <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judge-orders-release-of-internal-trump-university-documents/2016/05/28/2e960e5e-24f9-11e6-8690-f14ca9de2972_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_trumpmanagement-256pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory> > from > May 28 at the *Washington Post — *the *Post* itself a virulently > anti-Trump paper. What’s missing in this Trump University story? Any > references to the Judge’s waltz with legal-style identity politics that can > easily lead an observer — like Donald Trump — to believe the Judge’s Latino > heritage is in fact playing a role in his decisions on this case? No. Any > look at the law firms involved, the money ties to Hillary and the rest of > liberal land? No. In other words? Every effort is made to portray all of > the Trump University cases as just a coldhearted > billionaire-turned-presidential nominee shamelessly squeezing nickels from > unsuspecting hard-working Americans. And if this storyline, saturated into > the political discourse, happens to hinder the Trump campaign? Ah, well. > Tough cookies. > > Tough cookies indeed. What we have here is the case against Trump > University being so riven with political conflicts of interest that it is > clear Trump is not a defendant but the subject of a political witch hunt. A > witch hunt fueled by everything from identity politics to campaign > contributions. > > To borrow a much used phrase from this election cycle? The case against > Trump University appears to have been rigged right from the get-go. > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 4:36 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> defrauder don >> >> deceiver don >> >> con don >> >> dodger don >> >> double-dealer don >> >> On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 1:02:27 PM UTC-5, plainolamerican wrote: >>> >>> <http://www.cnn.com/profiles/david-wright> >>> >>> By David Wright <http://www.cnn.com/profiles/david-wright>, CNN >>> >>> Updated 9:36 AM ET, Thu June 2, 2016 >>> [image: Ex-employees describe Trump University as a scam] >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/eric-schneiderman-attorney-general-trump-university-fraud/#> >>> >>> Ex-employees describe Trump University as a scam 04:25 >>> >>> (CNN)New York's attorney general, who is leading a lawsuit against >>> Trump University there, made his view of the case clear on Thursday: "It's >>> fraud. This is straight up fraud." >>> Eric Schneiderman laced into presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump >>> over the suit during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," repeatedly >>> describing the businessman as dishonest and manipulative in his role with >>> the now-defunct program. >>> "The law is very clear. The law protects the gullible as well as the >>> sophisticated. As we've seen over the course of the last year, there are a >>> lot of people who fall for Mr. Trump's promises and rhetoric," Schneiderman >>> said. >>> >>> >>> READ: Judge directs internal Trump University docs to be released >>> <http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/28/politics/trump-university-donald-trump-documents/> >>> Trump is currently facing three separate lawsuits >>> <http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/politics/trump-university-fraud-claims/> -- >>> two class action suits filed in California and one in New York by >>> Schneiderman -- which argue the program that took in an estimated $40 >>> million, but was mired in fraud and deception. >>> Schneiderman's case argues that Trump and Michael Sexton, the former >>> president of the program, engaged in fraudulent, illegal and deceptive >>> conduct, and that although the program promised to offer courses taught by >>> experts personally selected by Trump, the teachers were neither handpicked >>> nor experts. >>> Schneiderman has repeatedly lambasted Trump and his "university," >>> telling CNN's Carol Costello Tuesday on "Newsroom" that Trump "defrauded >>> people out of money. They're entitled to their day in court." >>> "This is a hugely important case. If you look at the facts of this case, >>> this shows someone who was absolutely shameless in his willingness to lie >>> to people, to say whatever it took to induce them into his phony seminars," >>> Schneiderman told CNN. "Telling people who are in hard economic times -- >>> we're talking about 2008, 2009 -- people desperate to hold onto their >>> homes, to make some money, convincing them that he will teach them his >>> entrepreneurial secrets." >>> Schneiderman also stressed to MSNBC that his suit was not political. >>> "We sued him in 2013. He says it's a political case. Nobody in August >>> 2013 thought that this guy was going to be the Republican nominee for >>> president," the attorney general said Thursday. "Thousands of people were >>> bilked out of millions of dollars. Our first priority is to get their money >>> back and to reestablish the legitimacy of educational institutions in New >>> York State." >>> And Schneiderman was emphatic about the merits of the suit, rebutting >>> the argument advanced by Trump that students have said they were happy with >>> the product they received from the school. >>> "This is straight up fraud. It's like selling people a Mercedes and >>> getting a Volkswagen. Even if people say, 'I kind of like the Volkswagen,' >>> it's still fraud, not a Mercedes," Schneiderman said. >>> Schneiderman also revealed that Trump -- who has loudly proclaimed he >>> "never settles" cases -- had tried to seek a settlement in the case. >>> "He did offer to settle. He settles cases all the time," Schneiderman >>> said, adding that as a result of "a series of motions" and appeals, "I >>> don't think we'll have a trial until after the election." >>> Trump defended Trump University >>> <http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/28/politics/trump-university-donald-trump-documents/> >>> last >>> week during a campaign rally in San Diego, where he attacked several of the >>> judges involved in the case. >>> "The trial is going to take place sometime in November. There should be >>> no trial. This should have been dismissed on summary judgment easily, >>> everybody says it. But I have judge who is a hater of Donald Trump, a >>> hater. He's a hater," Trump said. >>> "I could have settled this case many times, but I don't want to settle >>> cases when we are right. I don't believe in it. And when you start settling >>> cases, you know what happens? Everybody sues you because you get known as >>> settler. One thing about me, I am not known as a settler," Trump told the >>> crowd. >>> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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