DOJ indicts Jesse Benton and John Tate

[PRB]

And most of those are just expendable predev persona handles, not real people. Those same "types" are just using different names here now. Some still using the same ones, even on this thread. Quite the nerve!

Oh, and 'called it' on Benton being indicted at a politically opportune time for opponents. Didn't take a rocket scientist to see that Benton is an infiltrator, toxic and should have been ostracized after the 2008 campaign. Oh well. I'm sure his associates still involved in the campaign are squeaky clean, though right? Right?

Benton is family.

 

[garyallen59]

you're duped by the feds and I'm accused of fooling people?

Wow. Who is this guy? lol

 

[devil21]

My question is were they threatened with this stuff before Benton torpedoed Ron's campaign?

Breakfast with Bernanke.....

Front page of yahoo news lol...

Don't put too much stock in Yahoo front page content, or other "news" aggregate websites, for that matter. It's targeted to your browsing habits based on your cookies and past browsing tendencies tied to your IP address. Your Yahoo front page is probably very different than the Yahoo front page for other people. Just FYI.

 

[Carlybee]

you're duped by the feds and I'm accused of fooling people?

You weren't even here during Ron's campaign.

 

[asurfaholic]

This is small stuff. I am waiting for Rand to be blamed for the next terrorist attack.

They will stop at nothing. Jesse Benton is easy pickings for them.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Kind of ironic that someone that wanted conspiracy theorists to just go away was himself indicted for.....conspiracy.

Annnddd... BOOM!!! ... goes the dynamite.

 

[timosman]

Annnddd... BOOM!!! ... goes the dynamite.

 

[libertyplz]

washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/05/rand-paul-super-pac-head-indicted-over-alleged-2012-campaign-finance-violations/

Ron's brief comments on it:

Ron Paul speculated that the indictment may have been timed to hurt his son's presidential campaign.

"I am extremely disappointed in the government's decision," said Paul. "I think the timing of this indictment is highly suspicious given the fact that the first primary debate is tomorrow. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those involved. I will not be commenting further on this matter at this time."

Benton's attorney:

Benton's attorney Roscoe C. Howard, Jr. said in a statement that his client would be vindicated.

"We are deeply disappointed to learn of today’s indictment by the Department of Justice," said Howard. "Jesse Benton, a prominent conservative Republican, has cooperated with the government during its multi-year investigation. That this indictment is now suddenly announced on the eve of the first Republican Presidential debate strongly supports our belief that this is a politically motivated prosecution designed to serve a political agenda, not to achieve justice. Mr. Benton is eager to get before an impartial judge and jury who will quickly recognize this for what he believes it is: Character assassination for political gain."

 

[PRB]

You weren't even here during Ron's campaign.

you're right, I wasn't on here. What's your point?

You can't trash Benton without negatively hurting the Paul family. He's family, the family trusted him and paid him. If he's a plant, toxic, or infiltrator, what you're really saying is the family and campaign were too stupid to know and find out. I refuse to believe the Paul family makes mistakes and bad judgment calls, so the only logical conclusion is that the federal government and Democrats are out to get Paul's family.

 

[PRB]

washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/05/rand-paul-super-pac-head-indicted-over-alleged-2012-campaign-finance-violations/

Ron's brief comments on it:



Benton's attorney:

yep, PERSECUTION from the federal government, liberals and the media. and our own supporters are buying it. this is what TPTB want, infighting, to the point that they're willing to throw a Paul family member under the bus.

 

[LibertyEagle]

yep, PERSECUTION from the federal government, liberals and the media. and our own supporters are buying it. this is what TPTB want, infighting, to the point that they're willing to throw a Paul family member under the bus.

It's common around here. Disgusting, isn't it.

 

[Deborah K]

This will be forgotten. I highly doubt it will hurt Rand in the long-run. It just forces the inevitable skin-shedding that Rand would have had to do where Benton is concerned. Sooner is better.

On another note: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...nd-Paul-2016&p=5478845&viewfull=1#post5478845

LOL!

 

[Smitty]

you're right, I wasn't on here. What's your point?

You can't trash Benton without negatively hurting the Paul family. He's family, the family trusted him and paid him. If he's a plant, toxic, or infiltrator, what you're really saying is the family and campaign were too stupid to know and find out. I refuse to believe the Paul family makes mistakes and bad judgment calls, so the only logical conclusion is that the federal government and Democrats are out to get Paul's family.

Jesse Benton has always struck me as this hog headed Pee Wee Herman type of character.

As for the rest of what you have to say,...."whatever".

 

[Galileo Galilei]

If you can pay Tiger Woods $2 million to endorse Gatorade, why can't you pay a state senator $25,000 to endorse Ron Paul? Or pay a $25,000 salary to work for Ron Paul?

 

[thoughtomator]

After the way Benton screwed us all, I am astonished to see sympathetic words for him here.

 

[devil21]

yep, PERSECUTION from the federal government, liberals and the media. and our own supporters are buying it. this is what TPTB want, infighting, to the point that they're willing to throw a Paul family member under the bus.

Give it a rest. Benton married into the Paul family after he latched on to the 2008 campaign, he's not blood. He woo'ed a young granddaughter of Ron's. Very common infiltration tactic.

I also see no "infighting" here. Long time supporters knew Benton was toxic a long time ago.

 

[Galileo Galilei]

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http://www.ronpaulforums.com/poll.php?pollid=5816&do=showresults

This will help Rand in the GOP primaries. The case has nothing to do with Rand, yet Rand can spin it as big government against little conservatives. Benton could put Rand back at the top of the primary polls, especially if he has a loud bully pulpit.

 

[liberalnurse]

you're right, I wasn't on here. What's your point?

You can't trash Benton without negatively hurting the Paul family. He's family, the family trusted him and paid him. If he's a plant, toxic, or infiltrator, what you're really saying is the family and campaign were too stupid to know and find out. I refuse to believe the Paul family makes mistakes and bad judgment calls, so the only logical conclusion is that the federal government and Democrats are out to get Paul's family.

Wrong. It's easy to separate that POS Benton from Ron Paul, family or not. Ron was clueless of Jessie's bullshit with the grassroots. Benton's distain for us was obvious. The outsiders, the fringe, the undesirables. We didn't play the game. You know, politics 101. Just shut up, open your checkbooks mundanes and let the professionals run the campaign. Ron made mistakes and trusting Benton was one of them. This runs deep for many of us. We were heavily invested in Ron's campaign and I don't mean just financially. You weren't there. You don't have a clue.

 

[wizardwatson]

If you can pay Tiger Woods $2 million to endorse Gatorade, why can't you pay a state senator $25,000 to endorse Ron Paul? Or pay a $25,000 salary to work for Ron Paul?

It's about lying on the FEC forms, not paying for an endoresement. Sadly, it is legal to buy an endorsement.

For indicted Rand Paul ally, it truly is the cover-up — because there was no crime

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...itical-endorsement-you-just-cant-cover-it-up/

Missing from that list, you'll notice, is "paying money for an endorsement." That's because, according to Larry Noble of the Campaign Legal Center and former chief counsel for the FEC, that's not even illegal.

"It is illegal to falsely report. There is a federal law that prohibits buying votes," Noble said when we reached him by phone. "But I'm not aware of a federal law that would prohibit an endorsement." If a campaign wanted to secure an endorsement with money, they can do so.

You see in upside down world where we live, it's ok to mislead the population who is doing the voting about where your loyalties lie, it's just not legal to mislead the government about where your loyalties really lie.

 

[phill4paul]

This will help Rand in the GOP primaries. The case has nothing to do with Rand, yet Rand can spin it as big government against little conservatives. Benton could put Rand back at the top of the primary polls, especially if he has a loud bully pulpit.

You've deluded no one except yourself. Just a quick question before you respond...have you read the indictment?

http://www.justice.gov/opa/file/643166/download