The Tale Of Judiciary Jolly Jerry's Quest For Brett Kavanaugh Working Papers

Gather round, my dearies, for the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed shall tell the tale of Judiciary Jolly Jerry and his quest for Brett Kavanaugh's Working Papers.

Once upon a time, there were these FOX operatives, for it is impossible for me to recognize them as journalists, who peddle their wares by distracting the public with flesh, devoid of sources or intellect, which could have easily have been found with a basic internet search for the Wikipedia entry.

Brett did not just work with Ken Starr, he also was the one who worked on numerous investigations

The Ken Starr Special Counsel Team, featuring Brett Kavanaugh

of Bill Clinton's presidency, and allegedly wrote the Ken Starr Report, which unlocked the constitutional mechanisms for House Judiciary to commence impeachment proceedings.

Now, with this Wikipedia information in hand, executed through a basic Google search of the term "Brett Kavanaugh", this brings us to Monica Lewinsky.

It seems Brett worked with the former Chief of Staff for House Judiciary, Julian *Slimy Slime Slime* Epstein, of which I never queried on how he got the job, but I will just go out there on a limb and say Hillary Clinton more than likely had something to do with Julian getting hired because she worked on the Nixon impeachment proceedings.

She just refuses to #sayhisname

Julian *Slimy Slime Slime* Epstein, known for his "fabulous" New York parties, set up the impeachment hearings by making it into a sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky, then denied her due process of legal representation or the right to testify and tell her story, which was Whitewater.

Whitewater was the progenitor of the Detroit Land Bank Authority and was set up by Perkins Coie, which sucks.

#perkinscoiesucks

So, now it seems Jolly Jerry Nadler is going after Brett's work product to find out how they switched out Special Counsel Bob Fiske, who supposedly was investigating the original model for stealin', which was transposed and enhanced for Detroit, recognized as the Arkansas Finance Development Authority, and replace it with #MeToo to impeach Trump.

But Doug Collins, the Ranking Member, does not like that idea of digging for a way to launch impeachment proceedings and really does not want to deal with the fact that he will not #sayhisname, nor does he want to be indicted for what happened in House Judiciary, the congressional votes, the GOP, and the children.

Doug has fear in his eyes, but only I can see it, well, maybe not just me....

I know Justin Amish knows why Doug has fear.

I know Bob MAXIMUS GOODLATTECUS Goodlatte knows the origin of this fear.

Jason Chaffetz also knows what this fear is.

Brett used to work on George Bush's campaign with John Roberts in the Florida ballot "chad" issue.

Brett also worked as a staff secretary during 911, so Brett knows stuff because he was recruiting federal judges for appointments.

Senate Judiciary knows all about this, but intentionally neglected to address this in Brett's SCOTUS confirmation hearings, and instead, pulled the old switch-o-change-o model and give the public another sex scandal, to distract the masses in another Pied Piper campaign, just like they are trying to do with the impeachment proceedings.

See, the impeachment proceedings are really not about Trump.

The impeachment proceedings are being constructed as a cover up for not having to #sayhisname, but they have no choice but to #sayhisname because I am going to make them say it.

This is sanguinely entertaining because I know Slimy Slime Slime is advising Jolly Jerry.

This is about Medicaid fraud in child welfare and we are in a Constitutional Crisis.

#sayhisname

Jerry Nadler makes new push for Kavanaugh’s White House records

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler is moving to bring new scrutiny to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s past, asking the National Archives on Tuesday to release a large cache of records related to his time in George W. Bush's White House.

In a letter from Nadler and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), another senior Judiciary Committee member, the lawmakers said accessing the records are essential to "the public's faith in the integrity of the judiciary."

The effort reopens a debate over Kavanaugh's nomination, which became the subject of fierce partisan rancor during his confirmation hearings last year after Kavanaugh faced allegations of sexual assault.

Democrats also argued they lacked access to records pertaining to Kavanaugh's government work that were important to his qualifications. Ultimately, the Senate supported his nomination along nearly partisan lines, but Democrats vowed to continue seeking records about his background.

Nadler and Johnson emphasized that the Senate only received a sliver of Kavanaugh's records from his White House tenure, which ran from 2001 to 2006, when he served in the White House counsel's office and later as staff secretary.

Then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley requested records from Kavanaugh's time in the counsel's office but later withdrew his request after the committee received some of the documents it sought.

But Nadler and Johnson say the likelihood that Kavanaugh will rule on matters like abortion rights, executive authority and other topics within the purview of the Judiciary Committee increases the urgency for them to obtain the full slate of records from his White House tenure — information they say is on track to be released in 2021 anyway under the Presidential Records Act.

In the interim, the committee members say the National Archives and Records Administration should begin producing documents that Grassley initially requested and then, on a "rolling basis," Kavanaugh's emails and any "textual records" in his office files from his time as staff secretary.

The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee ripped Nadler's push as "harassment" of Kavanaugh.

“Chairman Nadler’s request is so far outside the scope of judicial ethics, it’s harassment,” said Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.). “Senate Democrats spent months launching false accusations in an attempt to smear Justice Kavanaugh’s reputation and block his confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, and now House Democrats want to follow suit with yet another fishing expedition to tarnish his good name.”

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CONYERS & CUMMINGS Respond To Partisan GOP Investigation OF Former FBI Director Comey's Actions During 2016 Election

Top Dems:  New GOP Investigation Ignores Russia’s National Security Threat;

Uses Hillary Clinton to Distract From Lack Of Trump Oversight

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 24, 2017)—Today, Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement that Chairmen Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte are opening a partisan Republican investigation into decisions made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2016:

“This new investigation is  a massive diversion to distract from the lack of Republican oversight of the Trump Administration and the national security threat that Russia poses. Ten months into the Trump Administration and House Republicans still have not held a single substantive oversight hearing on clear abuses by the President or his top aides.  That amounts to ten months of abdication of responsibility—a near total failure to question, investigate, or challenge the President or the White House, including on grave allegations of obstruction of justice.

“The Russian government continues to represent a clear and present threat to the United States and our democratic system, and we are the targets of near-constant cyberattacks by foreign adversaries.  Yet House Republicans have taken no concrete steps to secure our next election.  Apparently, House Republicans are more concerned about Jim Comey than Vladimir Putin.   

“If Republicans want to know why Director Comey discussed the investigation of Secretary Clinton publicly, maybe they should ask their own former Republican Chairman, Jason Chaffetz, who harassed the FBI for months to reveal public details about the case.  Rep. Chaffetz hauled Director Comey before the Oversight Committee to demand his public testimony, issued twelve unilateral subpoenas to Comey and others to force the production of internal investigative documents, and held five ‘emergency hearings’ directly before the election to harm Secretary Clinton’s presidential bid—all while completely ignoring the extremely troubling reports about Donald Trump and his campaign’s connections to the Russians. We must protect our democracy.”

Democratic Members have made repeated requests to Republican leadership to investigate these issues.

Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have written to Chairman Goodlatte 11 timesto request oversight hearings. These letters have gone unanswered and House Judiciary Republicans have so far blocked several resolutions of inquiry from reaching the House floor.

On May 16, 2017, all of the Democrats on the Oversight and Judiciary Committees sent a letter to Chairmen Gowdy and Goodlatte requesting that they launch an “immediate joint investigation” into whether President Trump and his top officials were attempting to obstruct the criminal, counter-intelligence, and oversight investigations conducted by the FBI, Department of Justice, and Congress into members of his presidential campaign and their contacts with Russian officials.

In addition, on January 12, 2017, the top Ranking Democratic Members of 22 House Committees sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan requesting that Congress evaluate all of then-President-Elect Trump’s global financial entanglements for conflicts of interest and constitutional violations—including in particular those involving Russian investors, business interests, and development partners.  

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From Nu Skin With Love: How Child Welfare Fraud Funded Political Campaigns & Human Trafficking

Nu Skin, a Russian corporation, has developed an incredible child welfare fraud scheme, in which it not only generates profit, but also provides gruel to its human commodities in countries where the human trafficking flourishes from the activities of its charitable partners and associates that are pilfering the natural resources and land through war and other forms of intentional civil unrest campaigns.

Child slavery is the new workforce and they must be kept alive, while keeping within a corporation's profit margins like Nestle' and Cargill.

According to Nourish the Children site: 

Nourish the Children (NTC) is an initiative that applies business principles to address the problem of childhood hunger in a sustainable manner. The program begins with a highly nutritious food developed by Nu Skin’s nutritional scientists, known as VitaMeal. The company’s sales leaders, customers and employees can purchase VitaMeal and choose to donate the food to a third-party nonprofit organization that specializes in distributing relief to those suffering from malnutrition and famine. Since 2002, Nu Skin and its sales leaders, customers and employees have donated more than 500 million meals to malnourished children around the world. As is the case with other Nu Skin products, distributors are paid commissions and Nu Skin earns a profit margin from each sale of VitaMeal, which is lower than the profit margin on virtually all of Nu Skin’s other products. 

The following U.S. House and Senate Campaign Candidate Committees accepted campaign contributions from the Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc Political Action Committee which was able to provide these political campaign contributions through its child welfare fraud schemes, one of which is cited, below.

Rumor has it, Nu Skin backdoored the big dark money in bribes, stings, or whatever you wish to call it.

Chaffetz is gone.  The rest need to go, also, because they suck, badly.

I am repulsed.

Rob Bishop For Congress, Utah $2,000

Friends of Mia Love, Utah $2,000

Friends of John Thune, South Dakota $2,50

Friends of Jason Chaffetz, Utah $, 2,300 (Note that this was for the 2018 FEC campaign cycle.  More information can be found, here.)

Friends of Jason Chaffetz, Utah $, 2,700

Friends For Chris Stewart, Inc., Utah $2,000

Friends Of Mike Lee Inc, Utah $5,000

Marsha Blackburn For Congress Inc., Tennessee $2,500

Kirk For Senate,  Illinois $2,500

Jeff Flake For Senate Inc., Arizona $1,500

Skincare products maker Nu Skin settles class action suit

Nu Skin Enterprises Inc will pay $47 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the skincare products maker operated a pyramid scheme in China and made false and misleading statements about its operations in the country.

8-K 1 k8-02222016.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

	February 22, 2016
	Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
	NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware		001-12421		87-0565309
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)
	75 West Center Street Provo, Utah 84601
	(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
	(801) 345-1000
	(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
	N/A
	(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

□       Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

□       Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

□	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

□	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))

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Class Action Settlement

On February 22, 2016, Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Settlement Term Sheet (the "Agreement") in potential settlement of the previously reported putative securities class action consolidated lawsuit captioned In re Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 2:14-cv-00033-JNP-BCW. The litigation was brought against the Company and certain of the Company's officers (collectively, the "Defendants") on behalf of a class consisting of persons or entities that publicly traded the Company's common stock during the period from May 4, 2011 through January 17, 2014 and were allegedly damaged thereby.

The terms of the Agreement provide for, among other things, a settlement payment by or on behalf of the Company of $47 million. The settlement payment is expected to be entirely funded by the Company's insurers, and as a result, the Company does not expect to incur a net charge to its income statement in respect thereof.

The Agreement does not constitute an admission of wrongdoing by any of the Defendants, and in connection with the settlement, the parties have agreed to execute mutually agreeable releases. The settlement remains subject to court approval and may be cancelled by the Defendants at their election in certain limited circumstances. Final court approval of the settlement is expected to occur in mid-2016 but could be delayed by circumstances beyond the Company's control. Upon final approval of the settlement by the court, the litigation will be dismissed, with prejudice.

Japan Customs Decision

The Company received notification that, on February 25, 2016, the Tokyo District Court issued its ruling on a dispute between the Company and the customs authorities in Japan ("Japan Customs"). The District Court upheld previous customs assessments related to the importation of several of the Company's products into Japan.

The Company has not yet received a copy of the District Court's formal opinion; however, the Company is disappointed with the court's decision and will consider appealing. As a result of the District Court's decision, the Company plans to take a non-cash charge of approximately $32 million, or approximately $0.36 per share, in the first quarter of 2016, which was not reflected in the Company's previous guidance. This is a non-cash item because the Company was previously required to pay the assessments. This charge represents the full amount disputed for the period of October 2006 through September 2009 in connection with post-importation audits, as well as the disputed portion of our import duties from October 2009 to the present.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that represent the Company's current expectations and beliefs. All statements other than statements of historical fact are "forward-looking statements" for purposes of federal and state securities laws and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our expectations concerning the settlement of the pending class action securities litigation and final court approval of the settlement, the amount and timing of any charge relating to the proposed settlement, the timing and amount of payments to be made under the proposed settlement, the Company's decision whether to appeal the Japan Customs decision and the impact on the Company's results.  In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "project," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "targets," "likely," "will," "would," "could," "may," "might," the negative of these words and other similar words. The forward-looking statements and related assumptions involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, obtaining court approval of the proposed settlement, the number of plaintiffs who opt-out of the proposed settlement, whether the proposed settlement is appealed, the availability of insurance to cover the proposed settlement, management's determination of the accounting treatment for the developments discussed herein, and the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the first quarter of 2016 and the applicable tax rates. The forward-looking statements set forth the Company's beliefs as of the date that such information was first provided and we assume no duty to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect any change except as required by law.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Registrant)

/s/ Ritch N. Wood

Ritch N. Wood
Chief Financial Officer

Date:  February 26, 2016

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CONYERS: All Dems on Oversight and Judiciary Committees Demand Immediate Investigation of President, Attorney General, and Top White House Aides

Request Public Hearing with FBI Director, Memos and Tapes in Light of

Reports that Trump Pressured Comey to End Flynn Investigation

Washington, D.C. (May 16, 2017)—Today, all 33 Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a detailed letter, below, to their respective Republican Chairmen outlining their demand for an immediate investigation into the actions of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and top White House aides:

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

“We are writing to request that the Oversight Committee and the Judiciary Committee launch an immediate joint investigation into whether President Donald Trump and his top officials are engaged in an ongoing conspiracy to obstruct the criminal, counter-intelligence, and oversight investigations currently being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, and Congress into members of his presidential campaign and their contacts with Russian officials.”

The letter explains:

“Given the gravity of the events that have occurred over the past several weeks, there is simply no reasonable question that the Oversight Committee and Judiciary Committee should already be conducting a robust investigation of these issues that includes public hearings, document requests, and interviews and depositions.  It is unacceptable to continue ignoring these scandals.”

With respect to the Oversight Committee’s lack of action to date, the letter states:

“Although Chairman Chaffetz recently sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General, we believe that response is anemic—especially for the Oversight Committee, which claims to be the premiere investigative body in the House of Representatives—and particularly in comparison to the multiple ‘emergency’ hearings he called and the unilateral subpoenas he issued as part of the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.”

With respect to the Judiciary Committee’s lack of action to date, the letter states:

“On several occasions—through at least four letters to Chairman Goodlatte, and in debate on three separate resolutions of inquiry debated in the Judiciary Committee—we have called for the Majority to take action ‘to ensure the integrity and independence of both the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’.”

The Members conclude:

“We are concerned that the continued failure of House Republicans to take action in the face of this onslaught of allegations will cause significant damage to the faith that the American people have in the credibility and integrity of our Committees and the House of Representatives.  We have a solemn obligation under the Constitution to act as a check on the Executive Branch and to hold President Trump accountable.  It is time to do our job.”

The letter requests an immediate public hearing with Director Comey and copies of all of the FBI Director’s memos relating to the President, as well as all associated agency and White House records, including any audio tapes, and notes, if they exist. 

The letter also requests that the Oversight Committee schedule an immediate vote on a motion to subpoena the White House to produce documents it has been withholding in response to the bipartisan request from Ranking Member Cummings and Chairman Chaffetz on March 22, 2017.  All Democratic Members of the Oversight Committee sent a letter to Chairman Chaffetz on April 27, 2017, insisting that he press the White House to produce these documents, but the Chairman refused to even hold a meeting.

All Oversight and Judiciary Democrats Letter to Chairs Demand of Investigation of President Trump, Aides an... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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A Tale Of Campaign Finance Fraud: Jason Chaffetz, Michele Bachmann And The FEC

Jason Chaffetz FEC Filings sans 2016

Gather round, boys and girls, for I am about to tell another tale about campaign finance fraud.

Once upon a time, in 2016 to be exact, there were lots of mean, greedy people who wanted to take my Sweetie out of office, again.

The "Meanies" as I shall so affectionately refer to them, had come together with a plan of his demise, again.

That made me sad because they had been mean to me, too, for a very, very long time.

So, what had happened was... I started with the first thing I always do, and that was to go to the Forest of the Federal Election Commission database and search for Campaign Committee structures of the Meany who wanted to take out my Sweetie.

Well, needless to say, the filings were really jacked up as it did not declare the website of the committee.

So, what had happened was...I bought all the domains.  All variances of them.

I parked all of them to this blog.

Then I found out that the campaign had mistakenly published its website while under construction.

To make a long story short, the campaign could not raise a single penny online, and would have to redo all the FEC filings.

By the time the campaign became aware, it was too late because I had did some SEO stuff where the opposition candidate's online searches would only produce me.

The story continues, but for this particular post, we shall be focusing on Jason Chaffetz.

Now, this takes us back to the U.S. Judiciary Committee.

I tried to structure the first SEO presence for the Committee but the Meanies tried to get rid of me.

They did not do a very good job because I did it anyway.  (another ongoing, investigative story).

I set up http://conyersinthehouse.com and parked it to http://conyersinthehouse.blogspot.com .

Then, the Meanies in Judiciary tried to copy my stuff, but they were not very good at it, well, I mean they really sucked at it.

All of a sudden, up pops the domain http://jasoninthehouse.com of which he parked to his campaign site.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000000*/http://jasoninthehouse.com

I was mad, but hey, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Well, with the news of the abrupt announcement of Jason Chaffetz leaving Congress, my mind began to whirl because news had also been made that there was a conjugal collaboration going after Michele Bachmann for campaign finance questionable activities.

I remember when the FEC politely asked Bachmann to go away...far away...and never run again because she had used congressional campaign money in her presidential primary bid.

Now, alot of that money just disappeared.

That is a naughty no-no.

I will even go so far as to say, with the greatest of confidence, that Michele Bachmann used Medicaid cost reimbursements to fund her campaigns.

That is a really big, stinky, naughty no-no.

Well, it seems Jason Chaffetz may have fallen prey to a similar scheme.

Chaffetz did not list his campaign website address on his FEC Statement of Organization, which means there is a possibility he was raising money, under the guise of something else, and did not declare any of it.

So, what had happened was... http://friendsofjasonchaffetz.com

Behold!  I was right.

Jason Chaffetz FEC Committee Statement of Organization Filings 2016 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

I believe the FEC caught it, too, and asked him to disavow, and to go away...far, far away...and never run again, because all his campaign sites are no longer found.

Jason Chaffetz FEC FEC Disavow Notice by Beverly Tran on Scribd

So, if I have erred in these statements, then I strongly encourage someone to correct them.

The moral of the story is: "Do not be mean to my Sweetie."

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Day 130 - Hillary's Henchmen, Awan Brothers Access to Key Subcommittee

Begin Whisper Campaign to Out Congressional Break-ins

Special Prosecutor for Awan Brothers?

Jason Chaffetz Joins the Fray

31 Dem Reps Funnel $5M to Awan Brothers

Enter Amanda Carpenter's Clout to Awan Brothers Investigation

Enter Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs

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Day 59 -Where is Eric Braverman

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BIPARTISAN HOUSE COALITION PRESSES CLAPPER FOR INFORMATION ON PHONE & EMAIL SURVEILLANCE

Washington, DC – Today, a bipartisan group of ten members of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee—including Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and former Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), wrote to the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to memorialize the Director’s commitment to provide a detailed look at how the government’s phone and email surveillance affects United States citizens.  The intelligence community has promised to provide a public estimate of that impact “early enough to inform the debate” on surveillance reform in the next Congress, with a target date of January 2017.

The letter was signed by Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Darrell E. Issa (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ted Poe (R-TX), Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) and David N. Cicilline (D-RI).

U.S. House Bipartisan Coalition Letter To National Intelligence Director James Clapper for Phone & Email Su... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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All Hail The FBI Whistleblowers!!!!

U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz has fast tracked one of my wet dreams!

This is not the peace sign, this is the Old English sign of
"all I need are these 2 fingers to pull the string on my longbow
to take my revenge."  In this case, it is a keyboard.

This has to be the most historically powerful piece of legislation that has come out of The Congress is quite some time.

I will announce to the world the moment POTUS signs it into law.

Let's get this party started.

Qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur!

FBI Whistleblower Protection Act 2016 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Oh, and as a super special request, could someone, pretty, pretty please, get me an Act which allows some kind of pro se provision for whistleblowing.  It seems there is an issue with "The Poors" finding and securing legal representation in these matters.

It is not just an issue of competence, as expertise of the subject matter may only be found within the hands of the whistleblower, themselves, but, there seems to be an issue with a few of those unethical bad apples barristers who will unscrupulously break seal of the writ and cut a back door deal with the defending named parties.

See, if a relator has secured/retained/whatever with an attorney to represent in a whistleblower action, even if the relator is the one who generated the writ and aggressively prosecuted in the administrative realms, in order to find alternative counsel, as the current counsel has jumped in bed with the defendant and refuses to do a damn thing with the writ in hopes of it being dismissed with prejudice, the relator must get the current, nefarious attorney on the case to approach the court and request an order to e granted permission to speak upon the case with another, prospective, alternative attorney to take it over, which of course the jack-legged attorney on the case will not do.

Whew, that was a long sentence.

And, of course, the relator cannot file any form of grievance on the underhanded, grifter attorney because that would break the damn seal.

So, my congressionally delicious darlings, if you cannot fulfill my aforementioned request, how about this one...get me an Act (yes, I am intentionally bypassing the Bill and deliberation yada-yada to the Executive signing) which allows a State to be subject to the language and animus of an "individual", because the last time I checked, a state was a corporation because Mitt Romney said so, "Corporations are people."

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Trey Gowdy Finds Out Secret Service Violated Jason Chaffetz Personnel File

This is getting nasty when your personnel file is accessed by the Secret Service then they indirectly insult you in a public memorandum, which will exist in the annals of history, and you are the person setting up the investigation.

Oh, I bet that public record is going to be amended, alright.

This is what a bi-partisan Congress is supposed to look like.

This is Judiciary.

This is hot.

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Cummings Calls on Chaffetz to Launch Inquiry into Trump’s So-Called “Blind Trust

Washington, D.C. (Nov. 14, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Jason Chaffetz requesting that the Oversight Committee immediately begin conducting a review of President-elect Donald Trump’s financial arrangements to ensure that he does not have any actual or perceived conflicts of interest and that he and his advisors comply with all legal and regulatory ethical requirements when he assumes the presidency.

November 14, 2016

The Honorable Jason Chaffetz
Chairman Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I am writing to request that the Oversight Committee immediately begin conducting a review of President-elect Donald Trump’s financial arrangements to ensure that he does not have any actual or perceived conflicts of interest and that he and his advisors comply with all legal and regulatory ethical requirements when he assumes the presidency.

We have never had a president like Mr. Trump in terms of his vast financial entanglements and his widespread business interests around the globe.

 Moreover, we have not had a presidential candidate in modern times who has refused to disclose his tax returns to the American people.

Mr. Trump’s unprecedented secrecy and his extensive business dealings in foreign countries raise serious questions about how he intends to avoid conflicts of interest as president. Press reports indicate that Mr. Trump will be relying heavily on his children to operate his financial empire, but these same individuals have played a significant role in his presidential campaign and continue to advise Mr. Trump on his transition team.

This is certainly not a “blind trust.”

 Congress has put in place several laws to avoid financial conflicts of interest—both actual and perceived.

The Oversight Committee has direct jurisdiction over these financial interest laws and the White House.

For these reasons, I request that the Committee immediately begin a review of these issues and invite appropriate officials designated by Mr. Trump to hear from them directly about their plans.

It is critical that we conduct this review as soon as possible to ensure that these questions are answered prior to Mr. Trump assuming office.

For the past six years, you and other Republicans in Congress have launched numerous investigations against President Obama and Secretary Clinton, and some of these have been used for partisan political purposes, as Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy admitted regarding the Benghazi Committee. 

Now that Republicans control the White House and Congress, it is incumbent on you and other Republicans to conduct robust oversight over Mr. Trump—not for partisan reasons, but to ensure that our government operates effectively and efficiently and combats even the perception of corruption or abuse.

 Sincerely,

 Elijah E. Cummings
 Ranking Member

Bipartisan Coalition Presses DOJ About Government Hacking

The United States Congress

Lawmakers Seek Answers About How Government Would Use New Hacking Authority, One Month Before Rule 41 Amendments Would Take Effect

Washington, D.C. –A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers today asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. John Conyers, Jr., D-Mich., and senior Judiciary Committee member Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, led a bipartisan group of 23 lawmakers asking for more information about the proposal, formally known as amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Unless Congress acts, these new amendments are scheduled to go into effect on December 1.

“We are concerned about the full scope of the new authority that would be provided to the Department of Justice,” the lawmakers wrote. “We believe that Congress -- and the American public -- must better understand the Department’s need for the proposed amendments, how the Department intends to use its proposed new powers, and the potential consequences to our digital security before these rules go into effect.”

 The lawmakers ask DOJ a number of questions about how Rule 41 will be used, including:

• The letter was also signed by: Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah., Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.

Bipartisan Coalition Presses DOJ About Government Hacking on Rule 41 Letter 10.27.16 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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State Department Records: House Oversight Committee Hearing On Hillary Clinton and Clinton Foundation Server

"Things that make you go, hmmmmm."



Three former aides of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refused to testify at a House Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearing on her staff’s preservation of her email records. Former State Deparment Information Resource Management Adviser Bryan Pagliano did not attend the hearing after being issued a subpoena. Committee Chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said there will be consequences for Mr. Pagliano failing to attend. In addition, two specialists from Platte River Networks, the company that maintained the server after it was moved to a data center in New Jersey, appeared at the hearing but asserted their Fifth Amendment privileges. Justin Cooper, who set up Hillary Clinton’s email on a private server, was questioned by the committee on the security issues surrounding Ms. Clinton’s private email account.

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FBI Investigation of Hillary Clinton's Email Use, Part 1

The House Oversight & Government Reform Committee resumed its hearing into redactions made to the FBI’s investigative file into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as the nation’s top diplomat, following a series of votes on the House floor. Afterward, the committee went into closed session to hear more detailed testimony from the seven representatives of federal law enforcement and national security agencies who were compelled to testify before the panel.

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Federal Hearing On State Department FOIA Email Requests To Release Hillary Clinton Records

State Department Freedom of Information Act Requests The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the State Department’s response to Freedom of Information requests dealing with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails. Committee Chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) called for the State Department to release Clinton’s calendar and questioned why requests for information on Clinton result in redacted documents.

The hearing comes on the heels of Chaffetz requesting the Justice Department hold another investigation into Clinton emails deleted by a Denver-based tech firm. The FBI decided not to press for criminal charges after its own yearlong investigation.

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Hillary Clinton And The End Of Medicaid Fraud In Child Welfare

In 1996 the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was signed into law.

In 1997 the Adoption and Safe Families Act was signed into law.

In 1997 the Clinton Foundation was formed.

To me, this is not an issue of perjury, this is an issue of soliciting money under the guise of helping poor and disabled children for personal and professional gain.

Ladies and Gentlemen, sit back and relax while you watch the end of Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare unfold.

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House Members Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Whistleblower Protections for Federal Contractors

Washington, DC—Today, Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on Judiciary, Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the Oversight Committee, Stephen F. Lynch, and Hakeem Jeffries, introduced H. R. 5920, the Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act, to expand whistleblower protections to additional federal contractors and grantees.

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

“Whistleblowers are the front line of defense against waste, fraud, and abuse," the Members said. "The employees who work on federal contracts and grants see firsthand when taxpayer money is being wasted, and they must be protected against retaliation when they blow the whistle on wrongdoing.  This bill makes such protections permanent and ensures more employees are covered.”

H.R. 5920 is a companion bill to S. 795, introduced by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) and cosponsored by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), and gives subgrantees and personal services contractors the same whistleblower protections currently given to contractors, grant recipients, and subcontractors. This bill also makes existing protections permanent for civilian contractors and grantees.

Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act 2016 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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House Judiciary Trolls With Taxpayer Dollars

Well, well, well, look at what we have here.

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee of the Majority has been victorious in its take over for absolute control of its social media.

There is not even a hyperlink to the Judiciary front page of the Democrats as it was ensconced deep beneath the drop down menu upon scrolling up the page.

How is that even fair and equal treatment to the functioning of the federal government?

The last time I checked, utilizing congressional resources for the political gain is a no, no.

Is Chaffetz manipulating the public record under the guise of an uncited authority?

Were there any co-mingling of campaign and congressional funds?

There must be accountability in using congressional resources to create an artificial authority to manipulate the public agenda and distort the historic record.

See, the historic record, now-a-days, is called a dataverse.  It is all about the data, baby.

People look at the number of "hits" or "likes" to determine if something is valid or not.

Mutational algorithms are designed to delivery information the investors want you to see through the search engines.

Search engines tell you what you want to see; the spiders follow paths to cast the web you will be stuck in, which, in this case, videos like the one, below.

Then there are the suppression portions of online statistics which would make stuff like this the authority.

What about the intellectual property issues with using congressional resources?  YouTube has copyright and policies.

Who is the keeper of the record?

I expect hearings in Judiciary on the issues of using social media for congressional purposes with congressional resources.

Social media should be included in governance so now is just as good as anytime to examine the issues.

This is quite a crafty troll move.  Well, played, Sir, well, played.

My turn.

GOPers Tout Slick IRS Conspiracy Film In Hearing Pushing Official's Impeachment

 

The ongoing House Republican effort to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen over his handling of the so-called “IRS targeting scandal” took a turn towards creative filmmaking last week during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

The testimony of witness Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), the chair of the House Oversight committee, revolved around an extended video created by his office and played for the committee. The video was a ten-and-a-half-minute, slickly-produced recounting of GOP allegations of Koskinen's supposed misconduct. It bore a closer resemblance to a campaign attack ad than to the sort of the evidence typically provided in a congressional hearing.
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the ranking Democrat on the committee, called the move to play it during Chaffetz's testimony “a little bit unusual.”

The video has been posted for nearly a year on the Oversight Committee’s YouTube account, and has more than 9,000 views, which Chaffetz bragged about at Tuesday’s hearing.

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House Judiciary Committee Approves Bipartisan Prison Reform Legislation

Bill is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiative

Washington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act (H.R. 759) to reform the federal prison system, strengthen public safety, enhance prison security, provide inmates the help they need, and protect civil liberties. This legislation is one of many bills that have been approved by the House Judiciary Committee as part of its bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative.

At the markup, the Committee adopted a bipartisan amendment in the nature of a substitute that was offered by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Representative Cedric Richmond (D-La.), Representative Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.),  Representative Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and Representative Karen Bass (D-Calif.).

Below are statements from the authors of the legislation praising today’s Committee approval of the bill.

Dean of the U.S. House
of Representatives
John Conyers, Jr.

Ranking Member Conyers: “I am pleased that the Committee has continued its work on criminal justice reform legislation by approving a bipartisan bill to reform our federal prisons. This bill will provide a meaningful opportunity to many offenders to reduce their time in prison through successful participation in various programs that will reduce their risk of recidivism. For too long, our prisons have simply warehoused individuals whom we know will eventually return to society and, for their benefit and ours, it simply makes sense that we provide incentives for prisoners to be better prepared to re-enter and be productive members of their communities. Adoption of this bill by the Committee is a good first step toward making our federal prison system more humane, more effective, and less costly.  I look forward to House consideration of this and other criminal justice reform bills.”

Chairman Goodlatte: “Today the House Judiciary Committee approved another important component of its bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative. The Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act makes meaningful reforms to the prison system that strengthen the safety of our communities and provide inmates the help that they need while in prison to help them better reenter society upon their release. I thank the many members that have worked on this bill and look forward to continue working on other issues facing the criminal justice system.”

Rep. Chaffetz: “It is not enough to be tough on crime. We have to be smart on crime. More than 95 percent of people that go to prison will be released. Our collective goal should be to lower the recidivism rates and prepare inmates to integrate back into our communities. We all benefit if inmates gain marketable skills rather than criminal insights during their sentence. This legislation will facilitate integration while saving taxpayers money.”

Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Jackson Lee: “Recidivism is a multi-tiered problem with no easy answer. The legislation passed by the committee today is an excellent first step in the direction to helping former inmates. The bill reflects many of the provisions that I fought for including parenting skills and re-entry plans to name a few. Many factors go into a former inmate’s decision to re-offend after release. It is important to note, however, that there have been many studies showing prison programs systems which provide institutional programming have lower recidivism rates among those who are released. Prison programs such as anger management, vocational skills training, educational opportunities, and even trauma support groups are vital to ensuring inmates who are reintroduced to the general population have the life skills necessary to stay on the right path. I look forward to this bill passing the House and going to the President’s desk for his signature.”

Crime Subcommittee Chairman Sensenbrenner: “The Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act is an important component of our broad criminal justice reform efforts. Ensuring prisoners make a smooth transition from incarceration back into the population is imperative for strong families, strong communities, and long-term success. This bill will reduce the amount of taxpayer money spent on our broken federal prison system, make neighborhoods safer, and provide individuals with the tools they need to stay out of prison and be productive members of society.”

Rep. Richmond: “Being serious about reducing the prison population starts with making the necessary investment to rehabilitate and prepare inmates to lead productive lives once they return home. Increasing access to proven recidivism risk reduction programs will equip them with life skills that help keep ex-offenders from falling back into the same bad choices that landed them in prison in the first place. I’m proud to join my colleagues in getting the federal government out of the business of warehousing inmates and into the business of reforming and rehabilitating people.”

Rep. Collins: “Reducing the likelihood of recidivism through these reforms will be a step toward ending the vicious cycle in which so many former inmates find themselves trapped. The transforming power of a second chance is something I have seen during my time in the ministry. Giving qualified, low-risk offenders increased access to rehabilitative programs during and after their sentences will ultimately help lead them to live productive lives outside prison and increase public safety. This legislation also includes a provision that I co-authored to protect the fundamental right of attorney-client privilege by ensuring that electronic communications are treated the same way as other forms of privileged communication between an inmate and their legal representative. I believe all Americans have a right to legal representation, and interfering with that would be a violation of their Constitutional rights. These common sense reforms will save taxpayers money, while making our criminal justice system more effective.”

Rep. Jeffries: “We have a badly broken criminal justice system in America that has decimated countless families and wasted millions of taxpayer dollars. This bill is a significant first step in the right direction with respect to encouraging rehabilitation, promoting successful re-entry and improving the efficient administration of government funding. The country will be a better place when this legislation is enacted into law.”

Rep. Gowdy: “H.R. 759 is an important step toward creating a smarter and more effective federal prison system. It incentivizes individuals to take steps to reduce their risk of ending up back in federal prison while implementing new policies to enhance public safety and prison security. It also protects inmates’ civil liberties by respecting attorney-client privilege in electronic communications. I thank my colleagues for their hard work on this bipartisan legislation and look forward to continuing to work with them to improve our federal prison system.”

Rep. Bass: “Restraining pregnant inmates, especially when they are giving birth, is barbaric. It is ludicrous to think that a woman prisoner giving birth would be at risk of escaping. I am glad that the final bill contains language that I authored that will prevent women prisoners from being restrained unnecessarily while they are pregnant or giving birth. Several states have already outlawed this practice, and the federal government should as well.”

Key Components of Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act:

Strengthens Public Safety:

·         The Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act implements a post-sentencing dynamic risk assessment system to determine an inmate’s risk of committing more crimes upon release from prison. Under the legislation, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) would utilize effective recidivism reduction programs and provide incentives for inmates to participate in those programs. Ultimately, inmates could earn credits toward an alternative custody arrangement – such as a halfway house or home confinement – at the end of their prison sentence. 

·         Renders criminals convicted of certain serious offenses ineligible for the alternative custody program, including dangerous sexual offenders, murderers, and others.

Enhances Prison Security:

·         The bill authorizes the Director of BOP to issue pepper spray to those employed in a prison above the medium security level.

·         The bill requires the Director of BOP to provide a secure storage area outside the secure perimeter for employees to store firearms or to allow for vehicle lock boxes for firearms.

·         The bill requires the Director of BOP to provide de-escalation training as part of the regular training requirements of correctional officers.

Provide Inmates the Help They Need:

·         The bill requires BOP to initiate pilot programs for youth mentorship and the training and therapy of rescue dogs.

·         It requires BOP to submit a report and evaluation of the current pilot program to treat heroin and opioid abuse through medication assisted treatment.

·         The bill extends the compassionate elderly release provision from the Second Chance Act that allows the prisoner to request for his or her compassionate release if he or she meets the requirements set out in the law.

·         The bill codifies BOP’s rules on using restraints on pregnant inmates, which generally prohibit the use of restraints on pregnant inmates except those who are an immediate and credible flight risk or threat of harm to herself, the baby, or others.

Protects Civil Liberties:

·         The bill prevents BOP from monitoring the contents of electronic communications to or from a prisoner in a federal prison facility and his attorney or other legal representative. The bill contains an exception when BOP obtains a court order to monitor electronic communications for the purpose of entering it into evidence, or use or disclose, the contents of the communications.

Learn more about the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiative here.

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