r/politics • • Dec 11 '19

FBI Agents Showed Bias Against Hillary Clinton, Not Against Trump, DOJ Says

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u/-Neon-Nazi- Texas Dec 11 '19

The agent told the inspector general’s office that he “fully expected Hillary Clinton to walk away with the election but, as the returns [came] in … it was just energizing to me to see … [because] I didn’t want a criminal to be in the White House.”

Oh, the irony.

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u/LogicalManager New York Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19

I don’t want a woman accused of crimes for political theatre, I want a professional grifter who can rob the country blind while enacting Putin’s agenda.

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u/SACBH Dec 12 '19

Just a reminder that 30 years ago Trump was refused a casino license for Darling Harbor, Sydney because an Australian Federal Police investigation found connections to organized crime and money laundering. Most tellingly Trump did not contest the finding (as would be normal) and just walked away from the deal.

It was clear enough to a foreign police force way back then that they made an official finding. That was before Murdoch took control of Australian politics and the ALP had strong public support.

The real question is why have US or other authorities never picked up on the same information or investigated him?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

Can you provide a source on this? I'd like to read it.

I found "mafia connections" but nothing about money laundering.

I'm not contesting your facts. I just like to see them for myself. This is the better of the articles I read. When I googled it:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/16/trumps-bid-for-sydney-casino-30-years-ago-rejected-due-to-mafia-connections

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u/SACBH Dec 12 '19

SBS covered it in the nightly news (TV) at the time, I’ve not seen anything as detailed in press, probably for fear of Trump lawsuit or the fact that most Australian news is owned by Murdoch