• Re: Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer of Indiana sentenced to 22 months in p

    From Charlie Glock <"Charlie@21:1/5 to Biased Journalism on Tue Sep 19 22:07:37 2023
    XPost: or.politics, ca.politics, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 2023-09-19, Biased Journalism <biased@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

    <http://apnews.com>
    Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer of Indiana sentenced to 22 months in prison
    for insider trading | AP News
    LARRY NEUMEISTER

    September 19, 2023

    NEW YORK (AP) - A former U.S. congressman from Indiana was sentenced
    Tuesday to 22 months in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information while working as a consultant and lobbyist after he
    left office.

    Former U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer, 64, a House Republican from 1993 to 2011,
    was also ordered to forfeit $354,027, representing the amount of illegal gains, and to pay a $10,000 fine.

    Buyer, a lawyer and Persian Gulf War veteran, once chaired the House Veterans' Affairs committee and was a House prosecutor at ex-President
    Bill Clinton's 1998 impeachment trial.

    Buyer was convicted in connection with insider trading involving the $26.5 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, announced in April 2018, and
    illegal trades in the management consulting company Navigant when his
    client Guidehouse was set to acquire it in a deal publicly disclosed weeks later.

    Defense lawyers had requested home confinement and community service as a punishment while prosecutors urged a three-year prison sentence.

    Judge Richard M. Berman said Buyer's conviction by a jury in March was not
    a close call because the evidence against him "screams guilty." The judge said Buyer lied when he testified at his trial about when he learned about mergers that he profited from.

    Berman noted that he had previously rejected claims that Buyer was
    unjustly prosecuted or that he could not obtain a fair trial in Manhattan because the population of New York City favors Democrats. Berman named six suburban counties outside of the city where jurors were also drawn from.

    Buyer was ordered to report to prison on Nov. 28.

    Prior to being sentenced, Buyer, who is from Noblesville, Indiana, told
    the judge he should visit Indiana, where someone buying a dozen ears of
    corn for $6 off the back of an unmanned trailer might put the money in a container that already has $300 in it without worrying that anybody will snatch the cash.

    "It's an honor system. It's how we live. It's how I've lived my life," he said.


    Why isn't Pelosi being investigated?
    She has a real talent for picking stocks that will surge in value.
    Gee I wonder how she does that?



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  • From Anthony Soprano@21:1/5 to Glock"@localhost.com on Tue Sep 19 16:22:37 2023
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    On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:07:37 GMT, Charlie Glock <"Charlie
    Glock"@localhost.com> wrote:

    She has a real talent for picking stocks that will surge in value.

    Her hubby is the money manager. She just uses the money to buy fancy ice
    cream.

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  • From AlleyCat@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 19 19:59:46 2023
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, can.politics, alt.politics.liberalism
    XPost: alt.politics.democrats, alt.politics.usa.republican

    On Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:07:37 GMT, Charlie Glock says...

    Why isn't Pelosi being investigated?

    The law(s) that put Buyer in prison, don't apply to Congress. They can do pretty much anything they want, regarding stock trading.

    It's nice to exempt yourselves from laws that would put US in prison. And this is NOT a partisan issue. They ALL do it and they ALL made sure they could get away with it.

    I don't mind them making money off stocks, but when they pass a LAW that benefits them later OR before the law is passed, THAT'S when they should go to jail.

    It's hard to prove they meet with those who have the inside information and give it to Congressmen, so many go unpunished.

    A California congressman helped secure tax breaks for racehorse owners - then purchased seven horses for himself when the new rules kicked in.

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    A Wyoming congresswoman co-sponsored legislation to double the life span of federal grazing permits that ranchers such as her husband rely on to feed cattle.

    A Pennsylvania congressman co-sponsored a natural gas bill as Exxon Mobil negotiated a deal that paid millions for his wife's shares in two natural gas companies founded by her great-great-grandfather.

    Those lawmakers were among 73 members of Congress who have sponsored or co- sponsored legislation in recent years that could benefit businesses or industries in which either they or their family members are involved or invested, according to a Washington Post analysis. The findings emerge from an examination by The Post of financial disclosure forms and public records for all 535 members of the House and Senate.

    The practice is both legal and permitted under the ethics rules that Congress has written for itself, which allow lawmakers to take actions that benefit themselves or their families except when they are the lone beneficiaries. The financial disclosure system Congress has implemented also does not require the legislators to identify potential conflicts at the time that they take official actions that intersect or overlap with their investments.

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    White Liberals More Likely To Have A Mental Health Condition

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    Apr 22, 2021 - Sixty-two percent of Whites who classify themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal" have been told by a doctor they have a mental health condition, as compared to 26% of conservatives and...

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    White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems... - Newsmax

    https://www.newsmax.com/politics/white-liberals-mental-health- study/2021/04/20/id/1018293/

    The Pew Study, Which The Washington Free Beacon notes was published last year but only gained attention in a recent article, showed that white liberals of all ages were more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health condition than moderates or conservatives, with the disparity particularly pronounced among those aged 18-29, according to evie...

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    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/22/study-young-white-liberals- more-likely-to-have-mental-health-problems/

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