BREAKING: FBI raids Maryland GOP consultant over 2013 Virginia race

[Norbert9]

From Washington Post

FBI raids Maryland GOP consultant over 2013 Virginia race

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — FBI agents raided the office of a Republican consulting firm in Maryland on Thursday in connection with an investigation into the 2013 Virginia governor’s race.

The FBI confirmed it served a search warrant in Annapolis, Maryland, but declined to elaborate. Kelley Rogers, president of Strategic Campaign Group, told reporters the investigation relates to work the consultant did for former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the GOP’s 2013 gubernatorial candidate.

[sarah FAILIN]

1. This is a disappointment.

We all had other ideas as to what this was about.

[Norbert9]

2. I agree.

[Mr. Ected]

4. Me, too

This still may have a connection to the much-ballyhooed Trump/Russia investigation, but it's a firecracker that just fizzled out on the driveway.

[Barack_America]

7. A sleazy GOP PR guy announces the intent of the FBI's raid...

...and you believe it?

Why?

As far as I'm concerned, the FBI knows why they were there, and nobody else, at this point.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

11. I don't believe it for a second.

Cuccinelli was just the tip of a very dirty iceberg!

[emulatorloo]

13. +1. It is garbage spin from the company's president

[Norbert9]

14. WaPo ran it as their title. I didn't just pluck it off his twitter feed.

[sarah FAILIN]

19. I've had a tough week

Right now I'm trying to remember to question everything, but it is getting exhausting. Sorry.

[Barack_America]

25. No worries. Just don't be disappointed yet.

Sorry about your tough week.

[sarah FAILIN]

28. Thank you

I'm hanging in there with the rest of you

[bathroommonkey76]

15. WBAL loosely ties Manafort to this raid.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017438484

[Barack_America]

3. The FBI announced the purpose of their raid?

This is unlikely.

[womanofthehills]

21. Agreed

At what appears to have been nearly the exact same time FBI agents began carrying out the Annapolis raid, the official @FBI Twitter account posted the following tweet: “Asset forfeiture is used to disrupt, dismantle & deter those who prey on the vulnerable for financial gain” (link). In general terms, RICO laws are typically used to crack down on money laundering and carry out asset forfeiture of those associated with organized financial crimes. If you’re unwilling to believe the timing of this tweet was a coincidence, then the FBI just sent a rather thinly veiled message.

Palmer Report has previously reported that one of the FBI’s cases focused on Donald Trump is a RICO case against Trump and his Russian financial associates (link). So if today’s action is indeed the FBI’s response to Trump’s abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, then it stands to reason that the Republican firm raided today is suspected of being tied to Trump and money laundering – although to be clear the FBI has made no official statement about the raid beyond its cryptic tweet.

https://www.palmerreport.com/politics/twitter-fbi-rico/2756/

[Norbert9]

22. Yay civil forfeiture?

[blueinredohio]

5. Would it take 4 years to investigate 1 race?

[Norbert9]

12. I think we are seeing that with the 2016 general election

[freemay20]

6. The president of Strategic Campaign Group gave that reason...

doesn't mean it's true.

Here's the twitter feed of the local Baltimore investigative reporter following the story.

https://twitter.com/jemillerwbal

[Norbert9]

9. You are correct. But WaPo did run it as the title.

If you're going to tell me to write off WaPo, then you're going to have to recommend some replacements too.

[Loki Liesmith]

16. WAPO cribbed the title from AP

And AP was only reporting firms statement.

[Norbert9]

17. There is no part of me that doesn't want this to be about Trump/Russia

[Loki Liesmith]

24. Understood

Just saying the only information we can trust is that a raid occurred.

That's something.

[NCTraveler]

8. K&R

[ornotna]

10. "The FBI confirmed it served a search warrant in Annapolis, Maryland, but declined to elaborate."

I'll wait for the FBI to "elaborate" before I take the word of the people under investigation.

[L. Coyote]

18. According to the target of the raid, who also said, "Move along, nothing to see here."

Claude Taylor BREAKING: Legal Shock & Awe. Source in legal community reports lg number of Warrants

[Kingofalldems]

20. Yeah, next time I sue someone I'll call the FBI for help.

[GliderGuider]

23. I don't fucking think so.

2013 gubernatorial race my great-aunt's ass.

Robert Mercer, Cambridge Analytica, Strategic Campaign Group. Read the thread Mr. Deza.

Link to tweet

[lastlib]

26. Kelley Rogers tells reporters....2013....

yeah, sure, yeppers, riiight, I believe it, uh-huh, shorenuff, mm-hm!

The guy's in bed with Manafort up to his eyebrows. So it's GOT to be about 2013..........

[Blue Meany]

27. Interesting because cuccinelli already sued them over this...

They raised $2 million in fundrasing supposedly for his campaign but gave him only $10,000 of it.