Carter Page was never charged with a crime. Also the FBI made serious errors in its applications to the FISA court. Former FBI lawyer was convicted for altering an email that was part of the surveillance application process.Trump's advisors helped a Russian campaign to elect Trump. His campaign manager was literally giving confidential polling data to oligarchs linked to the Kremlin. That's not collusion in your book?
Exclusive: Paul Manafort admits he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset
Trump's former campaign chair tells Insider he shared polling data with longtime business associate Konstantin Kilimnik to help secure business deals.www.businessinsider.com
They weren't "based upon the Dossier" and the warrants were, pardon the pun, absolutely warranted. The investigation was already underway and bits of the dossier about Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page (not Trump) were used in the warrant application. Page had attended high-level meetings with Russians during a trip to Europe, and Page was lying about it at the time. The Dossier noted that he had met with Russians (and was correct on that point). That's what was used in the warrant.
I certainly think it's worth of investigation that a a major-party Presidential candidate's foreign policy advisor, who years prior been suspected of being a Russian intelligence asset, was lying about meeting with a deputy Russian Prime Minister while working for said major-party Presidential candidate.
Finally, the FISA warrants of Page continued even after Trump was inaugurated. You know for a FISA warrant of an American citizen you have to show the judges you are collecting valuable information or otherwise they get shut down? Investigators went back to the court at least four times and demonstrated that they were collecting valuable information from the wiretap of Page. So it wasn't some sort of Obama fishing expedition.
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More FUD. They resulted in multiple guilty pleas (including Micheal Cohen).
The Criminal Investigations That Sprouted From Mueller (Published 2019)
Federal prosecutors are pursuing a number of criminal inquiries that grew out of the investigation led by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
The explicit reason is to aid people to break the law, then hinder LEOs from doing their job.
Wrong. Cohen was convicted of lying to congress, not any degree of collusion. The convictions were procedural infractions, or guilty pleas due to illegal pressure on certain people (like illegally threatening to go after an accused's children). Four different investigations found ZERO evidence of any collusion, anywhere. It was all made up.More FUD. They resulted in multiple guilty pleas (including Micheal Cohen).
The Criminal Investigations That Sprouted From Mueller (Published 2019)
Federal prosecutors are pursuing a number of criminal inquiries that grew out of the investigation led by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.www.nytimes.com
Michael Cohen is a nobody.More FUD. They resulted in multiple guilty pleas (including Micheal Cohen).
The Criminal Investigations That Sprouted From Mueller (Published 2019)
Federal prosecutors are pursuing a number of criminal inquiries that grew out of the investigation led by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
Also we have a major fraud problem due to all the Somali migration into the US!
Expert: Somali Migration to U.S. 'Greatest Refugee Fraud Crisis in Modern Times'
A decade of Somali migration to the U.S. was plagued with mass fraud, the federal government and a retired ICE official previously revealed.www.breitbart.com
LMAO! You link a Breitbart article? Breitbart? Breitbart is a well documented peddler of disinformation and lies about immigration.
What was I wrong about? I never said anything about collusion. We were specifically discussing criminal referrals by the Mueller investigation. By definition, they are unrelated to the main investigation.
I'm sure you believe all the disinformation from CNN and the main stream media!
Another LLM says otherwise, and provides evidence:
Let’s stay on one topic. What leads you to the conclusion that the government asking a company to enforce their own policies is “unconstitutional.”Not speaking for the other poster, but the government didn't "ask". They, by their own statement, "demanded." After 3 months of the government pressuring Apple through the press to remove the app, the attorney general reached out to Apple, demanded that the app be removed, and it was removed the same day. Bondi: “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store – and Apple did so.”
Combined with their repeated tariff threats on Apple, there is certainly the appearance of coercion. In addition, the complaint details clear viewpoint discrimination in Bondi's statements about the app. Meanwhile, other apps that provide similar information about other LEO locations continue to be published on the App Store without issue. Apple Maps even allows reporting of speed traps.
ICEBlock complaint -
www.documentcloud.org
lol right, because the government is just rounding up random people. They don’t have any type of tips showing criminal history at all.
That’s not the explicit reason, as you would know if you had ever visited the app in the App Store.
I mean ICE is helping get illegals out — illegal immigration is already out of control here in Germany.
That being said, I can see both side of this argument regarding the validity of removing the app. If it truly is a danger for ICE officials that would be a valid point. Also aiding and abetting would be a valid argument.
Perhaps you should try another LLM, or at least view the YouTube video before you link it here. Because that video doesn’t even mention ICEBlock. At all. So once again, as I said, if you want to say it has been used for purposes of violence toward law enforcement, prove it.
Examples? Because I can give you examples of ICE deporting children (even some with stage 4 cancer!), and of them stealing parents away from children, and of them holding children hostage.
That’s literally what they’re doing. I know it’s hard to believe because this is America, but they really are.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
www.propublica.org
Even the immigrants they are targeting are non-criminals:
170 out of how many?There have been at least 170 such detentions, and probably more; they include *children*, including two with cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
Appeal to emotion is a logical fallacy for a reason.
Troops did not, in fact, open fire on protesters at Lafayette Square. There is nothing here to defend.
You may have missed the point. If Apple was pressured by the government to pull the app, then there is certainly a case to be argued about a potential first amendment violation.
and yes, Apple can set their own rules, within reason (see anti competitive behavior), but there is no current rule that this developer violated. Still, if you believe they did violate one of Apple’s rules, then several other prominent apps violate it as well, yet they still exist.
So you are, then, defending Trump’s desire to have troops open fire on them? Because earlier that is exactly what you did, on the grounds that the protesters were allegedly not peaceful. The only reason it didn’t happen is that his Secretary of Defense at the time objected – something that Hegseth is clearly unlikely to do if such circumstances arise again.
171 now, at minimum (as the article I linked to pointed out, the number is almost certainly higher):
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities last Monday.
www.mprnews.org
That’s a question you’ll have to ask Apple, as they specify that apps cannot lead to violence against a “targeted group or individual.”
The claim was that there was no violence, because an LLM said so. I provided an example of violence provided by a different LLM.
Could you please provide evidence from your LLM?
Here are news stories:
ICEBlock app blamed for violence aimed at immigration officers
The White House, FBI and ICE officials are frustrated with the spread of an app to flag immigration activities nationwide.
www.usatoday.com
Use of the ICEBlock App is exploding; criminal prosecution is likely
The use and popularity of ICEBlock, an app used to alert those at risk of being deported by ICE agents operating nearby, is soaring, reportedly hitting #8 on the charts
ICEBlock App Flags ICE Activity At Dallas Home Depot, Sparks Safety Concerns
ICEBlock shows that there was an immigration enforcement action at a Home Depot in Dallas on July 14th around 2:30 PM.
dallasexpress.com
Let’s get back to the original questions: what leads you to the conclusion that the government asking a company to enforce their own policies is “unconstitutional”? Do you extend the same belief about the constitutionality to other acts, such as safety, theft, and discrimination?
Best news I read all day.171 now, at minimum (as the article I linked to pointed out, the number is almost certainly higher):
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities last Monday.