Detroit Land Bank Authority Funded #MeToo Political Campaigns With TARP & I Never Authorized It

I did not authorize any of these political campaign contributions from TARP to run #MeToo!

I want my money back because I still own the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

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Recipient	Total	Donors
Cotton Victory	$20,400	Erica Ward Gerson
Josh Mandel	$18,500	Erica Ward Gerson
Republican Majority Fund	$15,000	Erica Ward Gerson
Cory Booker	$13,100	Erica Ward Gerson
Randy Altschuler	$12,200	Erica Ward Gerson
Team Josh	$10,800	Erica Ward Gerson
Marco Rubio	$10,200	Erica Ward Gerson
Booker Senate Victory	$10,000	Erica Ward Gerson
Tom Cotton	$8,000	Erica Ward Gerson
Tim Scott	$5,400	Erica Ward Gerson
Ron DeSantis	$5,400	Erica Ward Gerson
Joshua T Thompson	$4,950	Erica Ward Gerson
Scott Murphy	$4,800	Erica Ward Gerson
New York Congressional Victory Cmte	$3,600	Erica Ward Gerson
David Perdue	$2,600	Erica Ward Gerson
Cory Gardner	$2,600	Erica Ward Gerson
Dan Sullivan	$2,600	Erica Ward Gerson
Joni Ernst	$2,600	Erica Ward Gerson
Sean D Bielat	$2,400	Erica Ward Gerson
Hillary Clinton	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson

Recipient	Total	Donors
John Cornyn	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson
John S. McCain III	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson
Mitch McConnell	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson
Gordon Harold Smith	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson
Aaron Schock	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson
Dick Zimmer	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson
Corypac Inc	$2,300	Erica Ward Gerson
John Dingell	$1,000	Erica Ward Gerson
Richard L Hanna	$600	Erica Ward Gerson
Ann Marie Buerkle	$600	Erica Ward Gerson
Christopher Gibson	$600	Erica Ward Gerson
Michael G Grimm	$600	Erica Ward Gerson
Nan Hayworth	$600	Erica Ward Gerson
Tom Reed	$600	Erica Ward Gerson
William H Binnie	$500	Erica Ward Gerson

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Light Up The Network: Gary Lindberg Sentenced For The 2020 RNC Convention

Such a shame Gary Lindberg will be unavailable as a speaker for the Republican National Convention 2020.

Perhaps, Cardinal Dolan can include him in his opening prayer.

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DOJ: Former North Carolina State Political Party Chairman Previously Pleaded Guilty to Lying to the FBI in Connection with the Bribery Scheme

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Founder and Chairman of a Multinational Investment Company and a Company Consultant Convicted of Bribery and Public Corruption are Sentenced to Prison

The founder and chairman of a multinational investment company and a company consultant were sentenced to prison today for orchestrating a bribery scheme involving independent expenditure accounts and improper campaign contributions. 

Greg E. Lindberg, 50, of Durham, North Carolina, the founder and chairman of Eli Global LLC (Eli Global) and the owner of Global Bankers Insurance Group (GBIG), was sentenced to 87 months in prison and three years of supervised release.  Lindberg’s consultant, John D. Gray, 70, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was ordered to serve 30 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release.  Lindberg and Gray were also ordered to pay forfeiture in the amount approximately $1.45 million held in accounts established by the defendants for the purpose of funneling the bribe payments.

On March 5, 2020, a federal jury convicted Lindberg and Gray of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds following an approximately three-week trial.  U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn Jr. presided over the trial and today’s sentencing hearings.

Co-defendant, Robert Cannon Hayes, 74, of Concord, North Carolina, was also sentenced today to a one-year probationary term.  Hayes previously pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI and agreed to cooperate with the government’s investigation.

“When Greg Lindberg and John Gray offered millions of dollars in bribes to the North Carolina Insurance Commissioner, they referred to their elaborately corrupt scheme as a ‘win-win’ – unaware that the FBI was watching and listening,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.  “Today, both men have been held accountable for their crimes, and their sentences underscore the Department of Justice's unyielding commitment to rooting out corruption wherever we find it.”

“Lindberg and his accomplices, driven by greed, devised an extensive political bribery scheme to illegally funnel millions of dollars to an elected official for the benefit of Lindberg’s business interests.  To this day, Lindberg and Gray remain unremorseful and refuse to accept responsibility for their criminal actions.  The severity of their brazen conduct is reflected in the Court’s sentence,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray for the Western District of North Carolina.  “Bribery of a public official is far from a victimless crime.  It is our duty to the American people to stop bad actors with deep pockets and unscrupulous intentions from wrecking the foundation on which this country proudly stands.  To those that greedily seek to line their own pockets through deceit and fraud, I offer the following advice: Keep a travel toothbrush handy.”

“When the prison bars close behind Mr. Lindberg and Mr. Gray, they will hear the sound of justice, loud and clear,” said Special Agent in Charge John Strong of the FBI’s Charlotte Field Office.  “The FBI will root out any and all forms of public corruption.  We remain committed to ensuring those who attempt to interfere with the integrity of our democratic process pay the price.”

According to filed court documents, evidence presented at trial, and today’s sentencing hearings, in January 2018, the elected Commissioner (Commissioner) of the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) reported concerns to the FBI about political contributions and other requests made by Lindberg and Gray, and agreed to cooperate with the federal investigation that was initiated. 

According to evidence presented at trial, from April 2017 to August 2018, Lindberg and Gray engaged in a bribery scheme involving independent expenditure accounts and improper campaign contributions for the purpose of causing the Commissioner to take official action favorable to Lindberg’s company, GBIG.  Trial evidence established that Lindberg and Gray gave, offered, and promised the Commissioner millions of dollars in campaign contributions and other things of value, in exchange for the removal of NCDOI’s Senior Deputy Commissioner, who was responsible for overseeing regulation and the periodic examination of GBIG. 

According to trial evidence, Lindberg, Gray and the Commissioner held numerous in-person meetings at different locations, including in Statesville, North Carolina, and had telephonic and other communications with each other, and others, to discuss Lindberg’s request for the personnel change in exchange for millions of dollars, and to devise a plan on how to funnel campaign contributions to the Commissioner anonymously.  In order to conceal the bribery scheme, at the direction of Lindberg, two corporate entities were set-up to form an independent expenditure committee with the purpose of supporting the Commissioner’s re-election campaign, and Lindberg funded the entities with $1.5 million as promised to the Commissioner.  In addition, at Lindberg and Gray’s direction, Hayes caused the transfer of $250,000 from monies Lindberg had previously contributed to a North Carolina state party of which Hayes was chairman, to the Commissioner’s re-election campaign.

According to admissions Hayes made in connection with his guilty plea, on or about Aug. 28, 2018, Hayes falsely stated to FBI agents that he had never spoken with the NCDOI Commissioner about personnel or personnel problems at NCDOI, or about Lindberg or Gray.  Hayes further admitted that, at the time he made the materially false statements, Hayes knew that it was unlawful to lie to the FBI, and knew that his statements were false because Hayes had in fact spoken with the NCDOI Commissioner about Lindberg and Gray, and about Lindberg’s request that the Commissioner move certain personnel within NCDOI.  

The FBI’s Charlotte field office investigated the case.

Trial Attorney James C. Mann of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys William T. Stetzer and Dana O. Washington of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina prosecuted the case.

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SIGTARP Is Not Finished With The Detroit Land Bank Authority & Its Legal Geniuses - Gerrymandering

Just a friendly reminder that SIGTARP has yet to conclude anything in Detroit when it comes to TARP & Hardest Hit Funds.

Gerrymandering: "If you do not live there, you cannot vote there."

Dear Mike Duggan - NO! You May Not Have $250 Million Bond To Make Up For The $250 Million Stolen By The Detroit Land Bank Authority

https://sterling-group.com/search/?search=detroit

Cocktails & Popcorn: OVERSIGHT Hearing On SIGTARP & Its Multifaceted Issues With The Administration Of The Hardest Hit Fund

Not one mention of Detroit.

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/p/detroit-land-bank-authority-leaks.html

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Detroit Land Bank Authority tears down last house with federal grant money

DETROIT (FOX 2) - The Detroit Land Bank Authority hit a milestone on Friday, August 14, 2020. The grant program that was launched six years ago funded its final demolition.

"We're very excited that we were able to accomplish over 15,000 demos," said Deputy Executive Director Tammy Daniels. A blighted home on Waveney where squatters used to live was the final demo.

Federal grant ends for Detroit Land Bank Authority

The Detroit Land Bank Authority demolished its final home Friday under a federal grant program that has been funding the demolitions for the past six years.

At the height of the program, the Land Bank Authority would demolish sometimes nearly 100 blighted homes a week. But, despite successes, the program faced a federal probe that resulted in criminal charges of two former employees of a demolition firm.

"In a program operating at this scale, there's going to be some problems. This was something that was never done before. We did not have a roadmap so, yes, there were mistakes. And there will continue to be issues," Daniels said.

As the Land Bank demolishes its last house, what happens to the future of demolitions in the city?

"We still have 8,000 properties that need that level of attention and so Proposal N is critically important to finishing the work that we started," she said.

When Detroit residents vote in November, they can support Proposal N (for neighborhoods), a plan to address vacant houses in Detroit through rehabilitation or demolition.

"I think we need it because there's a lot of abandoned houses here in the city because we've got squatters, little kids that could go inside the houses and get hurt," said Stephenie Lee, who lives near the final demolition site.

And if the proposal is not approved?

"Right now we're only budgeted for $9.5 million, and that's really restricting us to emergencies only. And for us, it's even restricting the emergencies," said LaJuan Counts, City of Detroit Demolition Director.

You can read more about Proposal N here.

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FEC Opinion On Stealin' Children, Land & Vote With Campaign Converted Children's Trust Funds

This is the FEC Opinion on converting congressional campaign funds into a children's trust fund.

See?

But, now, the fraud schemes have gotten much more sophisticated because there was much more money to be a-stealin' in the era of Faith Based Funding for Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare.

Thanks, Brian Svoboda, but you should have done that for Rashida.

#perkinscoiesucks

You state that during the campaign Mr. Carrafiello became aware of a minor child who had lost his parents and who was being cared for by his grandparents. The candidate wishes to use his excess campaign funds to establish a trust fund for the child. You state that the child would be the sole beneficiary of the trust, and that the child's grandparents would act as trustees. The trust would be established by depositing the committee's excess campaign funds in a bank account. Your request states that "[i]t is my opinion that there is no relationship between Mr. Vincent Carrafiello and the proposed beneficiary or his relatives." You ask whether the establishment of such a trust is permissible.

#maytheheavenfall 

FEC Opinion on Converting Campaign Fund to a Children's Trust 1986-39 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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Ron Johnson Asks Christopher Wray - "How Did The Mueller Investigation All Start?"

Ssssshhhhh!!!!

We are just now getting to the good part......

Now many of the same players that engineered a special counsel and impeachment against President Trump are brazenly teaming up again with a different target in mind: me. They are using the same tired old canard of Russian interference. You’d think they could come up with something better than that, but here they are, confident they can pull it off again. And with a compliant media, why wouldn’t they be confident? Ron Johnson P11. (letter is below)

Ron Johnson subpoenas documents from FBI director

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) has issued the first subpoena of his Senate probe into the origins of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation: to FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The subpoena, which POLITICO reviewed, demands documents but not testimony. Specifically, it asks for “all documents related to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation” — the FBI’s counterintelligence probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. That probe scrutinized Americans close to then-candidate Trump for their links to Kremlin officials. Mueller took over the probe in May 2017.

It’s an unusual move, given that President Donald Trump appointed Wray to his post helming the FBI. In the two years since Wray took that role, he has positioned himself as a low-profile defender of the institution — often drawing ire from the president’s allies in conservative media and on Capitol Hill.

Johnson also released a lengthy letter, below, detailing the origins of his probe and criticizing the reaction it has garnered from media reports and Democrats. Democrats, Johnson wrote, “have initiated a coordinated disinformation campaign and effort to personally attack” himself and Finance Committee chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), whose office has worked with.

The letter specifically addresses a recent Washington Post op-ed from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). In the op-ed, Blumenthal said Johnson’s investigation risked turning Congress into “a forum for debunked conspiracy theories peddled by Kremlin proxies.” Blumenthal cited a Post story reporting that a Ukrainian parliamentarian whose father worked in Russian intelligence said he’d sent materials to Johnson’s committee.

In his letter, Johnson reiterated that his committee has not received anything from that parliamentarian, Andriy Derkach. The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a statement late last week saying that Derkach was participating in a Kremlin-backed effort to damage former vice president Joe Biden’s presidential campaign.

“It is neither me, Chairman Grassley, nor our committees that are being used to disseminate Russian disinformation,” Johnson wrote. “Instead, it is Democrats and the media that have been doing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s work for him. Puppet masters in the Kremlin could not be more pleased at the political division and discord that has been driven by the resistance movement against President Trump.”

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson Letter To FBI Christopher Wrey on Mueller Investigation Origins 81020 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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Arizona State Senator David Farnsworth Speaks Upon Foster Care, Neglect & Missing Children

"80% of the children removed from the home by CPS are due to neglect."

FUN FACT! POVERTY IS CODIFIED AS THE CRIME OF CHILD NEGLECT FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY NEEDS OF THE CHILD AND GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL BY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

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https://dcs.az.gov/file/14911/download?token=Y6Kb3e58

https://dcs.az.gov/file/14910/download?token=o4XdOs2T

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Marion "Motor City Booty Clapper" Brown's Daughter, Nailah Ellis Expands Her Congressionally Brewed Tea Business With Kevin Hart

Nailah Ellis & Kevin Hart

I shall assume Marion "Motor City Booty Clapper" Brown is quite elated that her daughter, Nailah Elllis has successfully launched her corporate career with the investment of Kevin Hart.

Nailah started to brew her congressional tea in the office some number of years ago.

I wonder how her mother is doing.

We should ask Lisa Bloom.

Perhaps, we should ask Mike Cernovich how she is doing and how he got his hands on those confidential congressional forged documents.

We must definitely ask Cernovich how much he made.

I wonder how much Motor City Booty Clapper made.

We could ask her cousin, Elisa Grubbs, but we cannot ask Fat Ass because he got exiled from humanity by the cooties.

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Hollywood’s Kevin Hart Partners With Detroit Beverage Maker Nailah Ellis

Superstar comedian Kevin Hart is investing in Detroit beverage maker Nailah Ellis and Ellis Island Tea.

Ellis Island Tea is an all-natural beverage, handcrafted from a recipe inspired by

Ellis’s Jamaican great-grandfather, who came to America through Ellis Island more than 100 years ago. Made with real herbs, including hibiscus, Ellis Island Tea is rich, red, smooth and flavorful.

The story always matters to Hart. An artist and an author, Hart knows an audience looks for truth and a way to connect. So, when Ellis introduced him to her family tea, he was intrigued.

The tea’s history and Ellis’s own backstory of starting with nothing at the age of 20, brewing tea in her mother’s kitchen and selling it from the trunk of her car around Detroit resonated with Hart. Hart’s own story is one of resilience and perseverance – working small clubs and honing his craft for years before becoming a bankable star who commands $10 million-plus a movie.

“There were a lot of people pulling for Nailah,” said Hart, who was impressed by the Detroiter’s determination and hustle. “Her name just kept coming up and coming across my radar. So, I figured there had to be something to it.”

Ellis won BET’s Queen Boss business competition and her company’s growth has been chronicled in national media, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, MSNBC, The Financial Times, The Root 100 and Black Enterprise. Accolades and awards have poured in, but Ellis has always focused on building a business that endures.

Today, Ellis has her own Detroit beverage production facility and is the largest Black female beverage manufacturer in the United States. Her tea is an emerging national brand sold by retail giants Sam’s Club and Costco and airport concessioners across the country.

Hart’s investment comes at a critical time – Ellis Island Tea will be rolling out in Walmart this month and will soon debut in Target and CVS.  With Hart’s backing, sleek new packaging, competitive pricing, and new e-commerce options, Ellis expects rapid growth.

Ellis has always given a nod to the man who inspired the recipe for Ellis Island Tea – her Jamaican

Congressionaly Brewed Tea

Great-Grandfather Cyril Byron.”Cyril’s story is one of a true risk taker. He came here with nothing but his dreams,” Ellis said. “He went on to become a head chef on Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line and then the owner of Byron Caterers, one of the most successful Black-owned catering businesses in the Bronx.”

Cyril was an optimist, an activist, an entrepreneur and a pragmatist, she said. When he passed down his tea recipe for future generations, Cyril said ‘This recipe is to be sold, not told.’

Hart also is a big believer in building for the future. The soon-to-be father of four has said that “You’re supposed to set up for the next generation…if you’re not doing that, you’re not doing your part.”

Ellis takes that seriously as well. She is building upon the dreams of her ancestors, hoping to pass on a legacy to her two young daughters. She’s also proud to be providing jobs for Detroiters like herself.

“We all need opportunity,” she said. “I’ve been given mine and now I’m paying it forward and providing that for others.”



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