California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case

Shawnee_B · FAR BEYOND DRIVEN

Barr indicts 8

Shawnee_B · FAR BEYOND DRIVEN

NOW POWERSTROKER, I KNEW YOU WOULD DISMISS THIS ALL AS "GATEWAY PUNDIT" AS ALWAYS. YOU DISMISS AND SHOOT THE MESSENGER BUT CAN NEVER DISPROVE THE GIST. SO TRY THIS ONE. BROUGHT TO YOU DIRECT FROM THE DOJ

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-ceo-and-seven-others-charged-multi-million-dollar-conduit-campaign-contribution

Department of Justice

Office of Public Affairs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case

Earlier today, an indictment was unsealed against the CEO of an online payment processing company, and seven others, charging them with conspiring to make and conceal conduit and excessive campaign contributions, and related offenses, during the U.S. presidential election in 2016 and thereafter.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Departments Criminal Division and Assistant Director in Charge Timothy R. Slater of the FBIs Washington Field Office made the announcement.

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia indicted Ahmad Andy Khawaja, 48, of Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 7, 2019, along with George Nader, Roy Boulos, Rudy Dekermenjian, Mohammad Moe Diab, Rani El-Saadi, Stevan Hill and Thayne Whipple. The 53 count indictment charges Khawaja with two counts of conspiracy, three counts of making conduit contributions, three counts of causing excessive contributions, 13 counts of making false statements, 13 counts of causing false records to be filed, and one count of obstruction of a federal grand jury investigation. Nader is charged with conspiring with Khawaja to make conduit campaign contributions, and related offenses. Boulos, Dekermenjian, Diab, El-Saadi, Hill, and Whipple are charged with conspiring with Khawaja and each other to make conduit campaign contributions and conceal excessive contributions, and related offenses.

According to the indictment, from March 2016 through January 2017, Khawaja conspired with Nader to conceal the source of more than $3.5 million in campaign contributions, directed to political committees associated with a candidate for President of the United States in the 2016 election. By design, these contributions appeared to be in the names of Khawaja, his wife, and his company. In reality, they allegedly were funded by Nader. Khawaja and Nader allegedly made these contributions in an effort to gain influence with high-level political figures, including the candidate. As Khawaja and Nader arranged these payments, Nader allegedly reported to an official from a foreign government about his efforts to gain influence.

The indictment also alleges that, from March 2016 through 2018, Khawaja conspired with Boulos, Dekermenjian, Diab, El-Saadi, Hill, and Whipple to conceal Khawajas excessive contributions, which totaled more than $1.8 million, to various political committees. Among other things, these contributions allegedly allowed Khawaja to host a private fundraiser for a presidential candidate in 2016 and a private fundraising dinner for an elected official in 2018.

The indictment further alleges that, from June 2019 through July 2019, Khawaja obstructed a grand jury investigation of this matter in the District of Columbia. Knowing that a witness had been called to testify before the grand jury, Khawaja allegedly provided that witness with false information about Nader and his connection to Khawajas company. Boulos, Diab, Hill, and Whipple also are charged with obstructing the grand jurys investigation by lying to the FBI.

Currently, Nader is in federal custody on other charges.

An indictment is not a finding of guilt. It merely alleges that crimes have been committed. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The FBIs Washington Field Office is investigating the case and Deputy Chief John D. Keller and Trial Attorneys James C. Mann and Michael J. Romano of the Criminal Divisions Public Integrity Section are prosecuting the case.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

The DOJ has become just another political hatchet factory as of late. But if there was wrongdoing then by all means prosecute it... Just make sure said prosecutions aren't selective and based on politics is all I ask.

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

PowerStroker wrote:
The DOJ has become just another political hatchet factory as of late. But if there was wrongdoing then by all means prosecute it... Just make sure said prosecutions aren't selective and based on politics is all I ask.

I'm feeling a famous quote coming on...

Shawnee_B · FAR BEYOND DRIVEN

PowerStroker wrote:
The DOJ has become just another political hatchet factory as of late. But if there was wrongdoing then by all means prosecute it... Just make sure said prosecutions aren't selective and based on politics is all I ask.

Based on politics? Illegal donations to HRC 2016 campaign not politics?

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

I'm talking about selective prosecutions based on politics ie: if Democrats are prosecuted for campaign finance violations, but Republicans aren't, even if there is clear proof of it. That would be politicizing the Justice Department, and is unacceptable.

So I have to ask, When was the last time Barr indicted a Republican?

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Selective prosecutions? You mean like when Trump was running for President and Democrats were unlawfully investigating Trump instead of the Biden family?

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

That was the FBI, run by a Republican (not that it matters), not Democrats.

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

What Republican was running the FBI under the Obama Administration? Please do tell!

Shawnee_B · FAR BEYOND DRIVEN

PowerStroker wrote:
I'm talking about selective prosecutions based on politics ie: if Democrats are prosecuted for campaign finance violations, but Republicans aren't, even if there is clear proof of it. That would be politicizing the Justice Department, and is unacceptable.

So I have to ask, When was the last time Barr indicted a Republican?

Maybe because Democrats are so crooked and violated and Reps didn't. I'm sure if a Rep was guilty of anything he would indict. Reps just aren't as crooked and corrupt as dems, own up to it it's so true and obvious every single day.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

So how many Republicans has Barr indicted? I'm not sure I got an answer on that. Certainly there are crooked Democrats, I don't deny that. But for you to believe there are no crooked Republicans is ridiculous. Crookedness isn't a product of political affiliation, it's a product of human shortcomings, of which both sides are plenty guilty. This is why the Justice Department needs to be above the fray of politics and apply the law evenhandedly to all. And so I ask again, how many Republicans has Barr indicted?

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

So when Trump wins again in 2020, then what?

Guess that just depends how many seats you lose in the House, huh?

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

How is that ^ relevant to my question?

Shawnee_B · FAR BEYOND DRIVEN

How many republicans have committed a crime? Name them and the crime.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

Bill Barr personally helped cover up Reagan's Iran Contra scandal. Larry Craig engaged in lude conduct in a public place, David Vitter is all kinds of sleeze, Darryl Issa has a criminal record, Trump was caught on tape admitting to sexual assault. Then there was that whole Bush admin lying us in to a war and outing a covert CIA operative in retaliation for telling the truth about it. That's just off the top of my head, but I'm sure if you do a google search for list of Republican crimes it can enlighten you far more than I.

Why is it whenever I ask a non partisan question, I end up with a partisan non-answer?

-- Edited by PowerStroker on Tuesday 10th of December 2019 01:41:42 PM

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Are you suggesting Google is non-partisan? confuse

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

You could use Ask Jeeves for all I care, it will give you whatever answers you seek. Google has more market share because they are good at what they do, it's how capitalism is supposed to work actually.

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Sure, lets skip over the fact that Google has become the new paid "classified" ad for the highest bidding liberal...

You're not asking non-partisan questions PowerStroker, you're completely inundated with rage and embarrassment because your party has you looking like a complete fool! You know what is going on is wrong and unprecedented in the history of our Republic and you know Democracy has long since fallen by the way-side every since the DNC had to admit it during the 2016 Democrat nominations.

No amount of justification or blaming someone else who did something similar will suffice, your party is off the rails and the past Administration may well go down as the most corrupt in American history! Just be glad you're not Nancy Pelosi! She has thrown away her career with this stunt and if the old "We have to pass this bill to see what's in the bill" wasn't bad enough, she has found a way to sink even lower with the help of some pencil neck from California.

Nancy can get on TV and claim she is Catholic while spewing hate and vitriol, but people aren't impressed with that... in fact it just makes YOU look bad!

-- Edited by SELLC on Tuesday 10th of December 2019 07:23:08 PM

haslefree · Veteran User

Jeeves was put out to pasture a lonnnng time ago!

I suspect it was age discrimination.
nice fella though.

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

SELLC wrote:
You're not asking non-partisan questions PowerStroker, you're completely inundated with rage and embarrassment because your party has you looking like a complete fool!

In what part of my desire to have a non political Justice Department did you come up with that?

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

PowerStroker wrote:
SELLC wrote:
You're not asking non-partisan questions PowerStroker, you're completely inundated with rage and embarrassment because your party has you looking like a complete fool!

In what part of my desire to have a non political Justice Department did you come up with that?

Well you walk around here naked and pissed off most of the times... I just kinda figured...

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

haslefree wrote:
Jeeves was put out to pasture a lonnnng time ago!

I like alta-vista and Netscape myself... yawn confuse biggrin

PowerStroker · UNSTOPPABLE!

Have you tried AOL? It's pretty badass, I run that on my sweet 56K modem.

SELLC · CERTIFIED POST WHORE

Naw man, I am still dialing up over here on my 300 baud Commodore 64 in ASCII mode...

I only use AOL for the chat rooms!

The Liberal Media Is Covering This Up!
HUGE DEMOCRAT MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN DONATIONS SCANDAL BROKEN UP!

Bill Barr on Friday indicted eight individuals for illegally funneling foreign money to Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton and several Democratic senators.

California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case

The Liberal Media Is Covering This Up!HUGE DEMOCRAT MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN DONATIONS SCANDAL BROKEN UP!

Bill Barr on Friday indicted eight individuals for illegally funneling foreign money to Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton and several Democratic senators.

California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case

The Liberal Media Is Covering This Up!
HUGE DEMOCRAT MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN DONATIONS SCANDAL BROKEN UP!