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Baltimike

(4,146 posts)
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 12:04 PM Aug 2019

Did Trey Gowdy and Paul Ryan leave office bc of a secret plea deal?

I gotta friend who was a state's attorney and back when they announced, she was *sure* of it.

I think they were witting accomplice's to Russia's rigging, and took lots of cash for their coffers.

But something struck me as Trey 'Gestapo' Gowdy descended those steps that fateful day...he looked defeated...and damned if she wasn't right.

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Did Trey Gowdy and Paul Ryan leave office bc of a secret plea deal? (Original Post) Baltimike Aug 2019 OP
But her emails... Zambero Aug 2019 #1
I think they took the cash too. silentEcho Aug 2019 #2
Mueller didn't follow the money, watoos Aug 2019 #3
The GOP political party of lying, cheating, stealing and corruption goes on. democratisphere Aug 2019 #4
Is this the same plea deal ScratchCat Aug 2019 #5
The very one...I think the "PP" tapes Baltimike Aug 2019 #6
No one zero nadda followed up Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #7
They never do. Funny that. But her emails!! But Dean's Scream Baltimike Aug 2019 #8
Just let the Guy go away Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #10
I am not sure we should turn a blind eye to treason Baltimike Aug 2019 #12
Treason by rule is, Wellstone ruled Aug 2019 #18
Where is the MSM on this one? democratisphere Aug 2019 #9
Paul Ryan held out for something, maybe it was cash FakeNoose Aug 2019 #11
I started calling him Russian Ryan right after the coup... Baltimike Aug 2019 #13
My conspiracy theory TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #14
also Russian Ryan hushed someone talking Baltimike Aug 2019 #15
That was Kevin McCarthy TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #16
Kevin McCarthy. Current minority leader of the House. nt tblue37 Aug 2019 #19
Thanks for the correction TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #20
Who was this "secret plea deal" with? Why only these two? onenote Aug 2019 #17
 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
3. Mueller didn't follow the money,
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 12:14 PM
Aug 2019

I'm betting the NRA funneled Russian cash to plenty of Republicans. Isn't Barr working to bury the Butina case?

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
4. The GOP political party of lying, cheating, stealing and corruption goes on.
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 12:16 PM
Aug 2019

Joe Biden will put an end to THIS.

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
5. Is this the same plea deal
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 12:25 PM
Aug 2019

Where only people not named "Trump" plea to crimes and receive penalties while everyone named "Trump" continue with their lives like nothing ever happened? That kind of plea deal?

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. No one zero nadda followed up
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 12:30 PM
Aug 2019

on these stories. Let's add Jason Chaffetz to the mix. Heard from acquaintance in Utah,that this story gets damn ugly.

Baltimike

(4,146 posts)
8. They never do. Funny that. But her emails!! But Dean's Scream
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 12:40 PM
Aug 2019

someday soon people will wake up to realize that the liberal media has been the conservative press all along.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
10. Just let the Guy go away
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 12:48 PM
Aug 2019

in order to stave off embarrassing details. My Late Mother In Law was a care giver for a Congressman's Elderly Father,yah,the stuff that you learn from asking the right questions. Just the amazing amount of subtle intrigue and Lobbyist corruption is in it's self a another story. Do remember him telling us the reason he was no doing another Reelection,we were taken aback about his reasoning. The Present Congress Person in that District is a real thug. Nuf said.

Baltimike

(4,146 posts)
12. I am not sure we should turn a blind eye to treason
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 01:05 PM
Aug 2019

Cyber war is an act of war and I think he may have aided them.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
18. Treason by rule is,
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 03:01 PM
Aug 2019

actions taken against the USA during War Time. There is a 1948 Law that was crafted specifically to address the first definition,and that is crimes committed against the USA that are harmful to it's present form of Government.

Richard Nixon,Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn used this Statute as their basis for the Commie Monkey Trials of the early fifties.

FakeNoose

(32,645 posts)
11. Paul Ryan held out for something, maybe it was cash
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 01:02 PM
Aug 2019

Or maybe it was something else. Remember back in 2016 when Chump won most of the primaries and basically sewed up the Republican nomination before the convention? Except Ryan refused to endorse Chump for about 2 weeks, he hemmed and hawed about it. A bunch of secret meetings with McConnell and others, and suddenly, poof! Ryan was on board with Chump as the Republican nominee. Just like that.

Whatever took place in those secret meetings, you KNOW they made some kind of deal. I don't know about Gowdy, but definitely Ryan got something in exchange for his lukewarm endorsement of Chump.

Baltimike

(4,146 posts)
13. I started calling him Russian Ryan right after the coup...
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 01:07 PM
Aug 2019

we have to make sure we keep these details straight as more and more drips add to the bucket.

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
14. My conspiracy theory
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 01:13 PM
Aug 2019

Russia has the GOP by their tiny nads. When they hacked the RNC the stuff the Russians got onthe Republicans was a treasure trove compared the weaksauce stuff they got from the RNC.

The WI gang (Priebus, Ryan, Walker, Johnson) were probably all exposed thanks to Priebus being in the RNC driver seat. It explains why Walker quit so early in 2016 (actually he quit in 2015). Does anyone really believe that Walker ran out on money? Johnson celebrates the 4th of July in Moscow, and Ryan shuts down McCarthy when McCarthy speculates Trump is being paid by the Russians.

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
16. That was Kevin McCarthy
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 02:23 PM
Aug 2019

Last edited Thu Aug 1, 2019, 03:15 PM - Edit history (1)

That Ryan hushed (McCarthy said he thought Rohrbacher and Trump we're being paid by Putin). Occasionally McCarthy has a brain fart and let's the truth slip out, which is why they made Ryan speaker instead of McCarthy.

Unless you are referring to some other event that I am not awarebof.

onenote

(42,714 posts)
17. Who was this "secret plea deal" with? Why only these two?
Thu Aug 1, 2019, 02:40 PM
Aug 2019

Why does no one else but your friend who was a state's attorney know anything about it?

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