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Zorro

(15,722 posts)
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 12:14 AM Feb 2019

El Chapo Says He Is Victim of Phony Witch Hunt

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—In his first interview since being found guilty on all counts in his U.S. trial, the Mexican drug lord Joaquín (El Chapo) Guzmán called himself the victim of a “phony witch hunt.”

The former cartel leader made his blistering comments in a phone call to the television program “Fox & Friends,” whose hosts appeared surprised that he had somehow gained access to a phone and was able to get through to them.

“It was a phony witch hunt,” El Chapo said, of his trial. “It was a phony, rigged witch hunt, and the charges against me were fake news and a disgrace.”

Questioned whether he had worked in concert with other drug lords to bring narcotics into the United States, El Chapo said, “There was no collusion. And there was no evidence of collusion, because there was no collusion.”

But the former drug kingpin reserved his harshest words for the F.B.I. and its former director James Comey. “Lying and leaking Jim Comey is a showboat and a disaster,” he said.

Asked to give his impression of the American justice system, El Chapo said, “I think it’s very bad when someone like me, who is running a business and creating jobs and helping the economy, is harassed and treated unfairly. I think it’s a disgrace and, frankly, very sad.”

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/el-chapo-says-he-is-victim-of-phony-witch-hunt

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El Chapo Says He Is Victim of Phony Witch Hunt (Original Post) Zorro Feb 2019 OP
Aren't They All... dlk Feb 2019 #1
Unlock him up! SCantiGOP Feb 2019 #2
No thanks! ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #3
No way SCantiGOP Feb 2019 #8
El Chapo/Stormy 2020? ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #11
That is a ticket I could get excited about SCantiGOP Feb 2019 #12
El Chapo or El Chumpo? moondust Feb 2019 #4
Good one! dalton99a Feb 2019 #5
Yeah, a lot of criminals are using the 'Witch Hunt' plea right now... Aristus Feb 2019 #6
:D C Moon Feb 2019 #7
I'm pretty sure that if you ask around the typical prison... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #9
this is disgusting bdamomma Feb 2019 #10
I guessed the Onion... blaze Feb 2019 #13

SCantiGOP

(13,865 posts)
12. That is a ticket I could get excited about
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 05:34 PM
Feb 2019

But then I might have to donate $130,000 to keep my wife from finding out.

Wounded Bear

(58,598 posts)
9. I'm pretty sure that if you ask around the typical prison...
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 11:41 AM
Feb 2019

over 90% of inmates are innocent of any crimes.

bdamomma

(63,799 posts)
10. this is disgusting
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 11:42 AM
Feb 2019

Using that phrase which is pure lies and propaganda.


There are a number of phrases that should be eliminated.

Fake news
Witch Hunt

add more if you wish

blaze

(6,347 posts)
13. I guessed the Onion...
Thu Feb 14, 2019, 05:38 PM
Feb 2019

At least Borowitz picked a title that I actually recognized as satire before I clicked it!

That's hard to do these days.

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