if only i can tell u how many ppl i have on ignore! i just dont want these bgol streets infested with the gossipgirl 4chan crap
Joe Biden is now POTUS
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Judge Orders Steve Bannon Submit to an Interview Under Oath in FTC’s Investigation Into Cambridge Analytica
A federal judge ordered Steve Bannon to submit to questioning as part of the FTC’s investigation into a data breach at Cambridge Analytica.
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A federal judge this week ordered former presidential advisor and Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon to submit to questioning as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s investigation into a data breach at Cambridge Analytica, according to the National Law Journal.
According to the report, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper sided with the agency, ruling that Bannon complying with the FTC’s civil investigative demand would not prejudice the former Breitbart executive chairman in his upcoming trial in New York. (In that case, Bannon is charged with money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.)
Issuing a ruling from the bench on Tuesday, Cooper said that delaying Bannon’s testimony “even six months under the optimistic assumption that he will be tried in May” would preclude the agency from concluding its investigation into the data firm.
The now-shuttered Cambridge Analytica is accused of engaging in deceptive practices to harvest personal information from tens of millions of Facebook users which it then is said to have used to profile and target individual voters. Bannon previously served as the data firm’s vice president and was a member of its board of directors. An administrative complaint issued last year alleged that the company’s then-CEO Alexander Nix and app developer Aleksandr Kogan deceived consumers, enabling the company to collect Facebook data from more than 50 million Facebook users and their friends, despite telling consumers that no identifiable information would be retained.
Both Kogan and Nix settled with the FTC. Facebook was fined $5 billion for its failure to protect users’ data privacy.
The agency said it wanted to question Bannon in connection with the investigation to determine whether he may be personally liable for his involvement with the unlawful breach and whether any of that data still exists or was shared with other entities.
“Cooper found there was no ‘substantive overlap’ between the FTC’s investigation and Bannon’s criminal case, in which he is accused of using funds raised for a privately-funded initiative to build a wall on U.S. border with Mexico called We Build the Wall (WBTW) for personal expenditures,” the report stated.
Cooper also pointed out that Bannon would still be within his rights to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
“As Mr. [William] Burck surely knows, requiring a deponent to assert [the Fifth] on a question-by-question basis is a common practice in government investigations,” Cooper said.
Burck previously represented Bannon in the WBTW criminal proceedings, but he resigned after Bannon mused about beheading FBI Director Christopher Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci. Burck is still Bannon’s counsel in the FTC proceedings.
“Hopefully, you folks won’t need my help in coming up with a date soon after the holidays to schedule this,” Cooper said in reference to the impending investigational hearing. “I will leave it to you all to do this. If you need my help, you know where to find me.”
Bannon and Brian Kolfage, his co-defendant in the WBTW case, have both pleaded not guilty.
Issuing a ruling from the bench on Tuesday, Cooper said that delaying Bannon’s testimony “even six months under the optimistic assumption that he will be tried in May” would preclude the agency from concluding its investigation into the data firm.
The now-shuttered Cambridge Analytica is accused of engaging in deceptive practices to harvest personal information from tens of millions of Facebook users which it then is said to have used to profile and target individual voters. Bannon previously served as the data firm’s vice president and was a member of its board of directors. An administrative complaint issued last year alleged that the company’s then-CEO Alexander Nix and app developer Aleksandr Kogan deceived consumers, enabling the company to collect Facebook data from more than 50 million Facebook users and their friends, despite telling consumers that no identifiable information would be retained.
Both Kogan and Nix settled with the FTC. Facebook was fined $5 billion for its failure to protect users’ data privacy.
The agency said it wanted to question Bannon in connection with the investigation to determine whether he may be personally liable for his involvement with the unlawful breach and whether any of that data still exists or was shared with other entities.
“Cooper found there was no ‘substantive overlap’ between the FTC’s investigation and Bannon’s criminal case, in which he is accused of using funds raised for a privately-funded initiative to build a wall on U.S. border with Mexico called We Build the Wall (WBTW) for personal expenditures,” the report stated.
Cooper also pointed out that Bannon would still be within his rights to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
“As Mr. [William] Burck surely knows, requiring a deponent to assert [the Fifth] on a question-by-question basis is a common practice in government investigations,” Cooper said.
Burck previously represented Bannon in the WBTW criminal proceedings, but he resigned after Bannon mused about beheading FBI Director Christopher Wray and Dr. Anthony Fauci. Burck is still Bannon’s counsel in the FTC proceedings.
“Hopefully, you folks won’t need my help in coming up with a date soon after the holidays to schedule this,” Cooper said in reference to the impending investigational hearing. “I will leave it to you all to do this. If you need my help, you know where to find me.”
Bannon and Brian Kolfage, his co-defendant in the WBTW case, have both pleaded not guilty.
Looking for an example of Trumpism? Look no further....You could almost say Trumpism equals narcissisms
You’re looking at the situation from a flawed perspective. Look at it from a small government fiscal conservative point of view. Look how many people we don’t have to pay social security to. Look at all the advantages. Now you know most Americans are willing to be treated like Cersei on that morning stroll.
Shame. Shame.
The country priorities is right where they want it to be.
The question is about the citizens' priorities.
Everyone of those politicians was chosen by the ppl.
Point blank period.
Very interesting
I read somewhere if you took away the votes for both candidates in New York and California that Trump would actually be ahead by a few thousand votes.
Well, since its all hypothetical, I'd like to balance it out by taking away the votes in the two big red states Texas and Florida and see if you still come up with the same math. lol
Look at the numbers from the two big red states and the blue states.
I don’t think people really understand how important California and New York were in the popular vote.
Florida
Trump: 5,668,731
Biden: 5,297,045
Texas
Trump: 5,890,347
Biden: 5,259,126
California
Biden: 11,110,250
Trump: 6,006,429
New York
Biden: 5,244,006
Trump: 3,251,230
Don’t care. Still makes more sense than that stupid electoral system. That 7 million probably equals 10 red states.
Not quite related but pretty funny how things could turn out depending on whose side you're on.
Ppl know base on the number of electoral votes.
This is interesting but and I’m saying this because I am seeing this in Georgia.....the Republican party is shrinking and they are playing games with the votes in some very deep red areas to make it seem like it’s not. This is why some Republicans want Trump to shut up about election fraud because some people are now starting to look at some of these Republican congressional races and doing this
Trump was the last white hope for most of these CACs. With The demographic changes that is occurring in this country the Republicans have to change their ways or they might be out of the big office for a very long time and that fine with me.Easy. I think you're onto what the Republicans are thinking.This is interesting but and I’m saying this because I am seeing this in Georgia.....the Republican party is shrinking and they are playing games with the votes in some very deep red areas to make it seem like it’s not. This is why some Republicans want Trump to shut up about election fraud because some people are now starting to look at some of these Republican congressional races and doing this
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The people of CA and NY have been neutered;
We cannot not go down this road because then it would give credenceEasy. I think you're onto what the Republicans are thinking.
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to what Trump has been claiming about the election. Amy McGrath is a
small sacrifice to make if the result is the defeat of Donald Trump
This is interesting but and I’m saying this because I am seeing this in Georgia.....the Republican party is shrinking and they are playing games with the votes in some very deep red areas to make it seem like it’s not. This is why some Republicans want Trump to shut up about election fraud because some people are now starting to look at some of these Republican congressional races and doing this
Democrats has 4 years to show something toward black folks.
Black folks are not ignorant to the contributions they made to this election.
Trump wins by 36,000 votes if you remove Cali and NY.
But yet, those two states combined represent a 5th (20%) of the US population but only garners 84 (17%) worth of electoral votes between the states.
So for Cali, that 1.4 electoral vote per 1,000,000 people.
NY is 1.5 electoral votes per 1,000,000.
Yet, states like North Dakota, while only having 3 electoral votes, represents has 3.4 electoral votes per 1,000,000 people.
This basically means that the population to electoral votes rate isn’t the same and favors red states. There is no reason for ND or SD’s electoral college represent more people per capita than the two most populated states in the country.
Two things would have to happen. Either reduce the states like ND electoral college down to 1 or increase California electoral college votes from 55 to 120 and NY from 29 EC votes to 59 EC votes. This ensure the same rate is use across the board.
Every state has to have at least 3 electoral votes; which is bullshit
They could do absolutely nothing for da next 4 years, niggas will still vote for 'em and be on this board goin' at da throats of those that point it out & will wanna fight about it.
Well said.
That’s what going to happen
wait till 2032 that will be the most important election in our lifetime.
You the realest nigga on this site
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