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Monday, July 3, 2017

Bob Goodlatte Has An Issue In Judiciary, Dark Campaign Money & Medicaid Fraud In Child Welfare

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State of Mississippi Attorney General
Jim Hood, Pimp Master of a MFCU
This is the most beautifully crafted complaint for an extraordinary writ; it goes after Medicaid fraud in child welfare; and, it is a State, the State of Mississippi, Attorney General, Jim Hood,

Much love, much love to the Hood and his MFCU crew.

This is how you make remarkable progress preventing, investigating, and prosecuting crimes against children.

Medicaid fraud in child welfare is a crime against children, the last time I checked, Bob Goodlatte.


What you did not read in the complaint were the specifics of the fraud like using foster kids as lab rats in human subject research.

Nor, will there be comment on the State of Ohio's lawsuit against these pharmaceutical corporations that fraudulently bill Medicaid to fund political campaigns and launder money.

Wait a minute, I just dropped that.  Yes, Ohio is suing these aforementioned pharmaceutical corporations for not just fraudulently billing Medicaid, but doing so by selling opioids.

My problem is not just with the unethical practices warped up in the industry of human trafficking of child welfare, but the fact that these fraud schemes actually fund political campaigns and, if you look really closely, it will direct the way a Member votes, or the way the Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee will direct the way the agenda is set for Committee hearings and the Congress.

I have been watching the Committee for quite some time, so, without further adieu, in the spirit of fuchsia, I will only highlight my expletives.

This is posted on the Committee's page.
U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican, arrives for the opening of the 115th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Jan. 3, 2017. / AFP / JIM WATSON
Bob Goodlatte, in a really bad ethical place
Children are among the most vulnerable and innocent among us and deserve the highest protection of the law. In past years, remarkable progress has been made in preventing, investigating, and prosecuting crimes against children. But more can and must be done to address crime, especially as predators exploit technological advances in order to hurt kids.    – Chairman Goodlatte
I decided to reach out in a compassionate capacity, rather than going the hell off on reading some really bloody shyte like this.






Take another read at the qui tam, above which is about Medicaid fraud in child welfare, specifically foster care and adoption.

Can you say "Foster Care and Adoption", Bob?

Do you know how many children are raped each year in foster care, which is billed to Medicaid?

Do you know how many foster children are used as lab rats for pharmaceutical testing of second generation anti-psychotropics or any other form of biomedical profiteering that may come about through the maximization of revenue from these child welfare Medicaid fraud schemes.

Do you even know how many children were trafficked through foster care and adoption?

Do you know how much in Medicaid false claims are submitted, through judicial determination, in child welfare?

Are you that out of touch with the current situation of child protection in the U.S. that you actually believe "remarkable progress has been made in preventing, investigating, and prosecuting crimes against children"?

But I do know, Bob, that your congressional campaign was funded, in part, directly through TEVA Pharmaceuticals PAC.

Bob, Bob, Bob.....ooooooo.....we need to talk....


Bob, you do know that TEVA  made several financial contributions to your re-election campaign, but of course you do, and you know what the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is.

Bob, even the SEC got in on this.  Come on, and you actually believe these monetary legal asset hits are going to stop child trafficking?

 Bob!!!  Wake up!!!!


Crimes against children are condoned in legislation, funded extremely well through appropriations, where the funding spigot is only turned on through a judicial determination on a case where one is guilty until proven innocent, charged without plea or notification of the charge, with not right to face one's accuser, with no right of reinstatement of parental rights, all blessed by the privatized, tax exempt God.

Human trafficking in child welfare is privatization, the modernized residuals of the peculiar institution.

Bob, you have the audacity to promulgate policies through a public platform for the House Judiciary Committee claiming to have "made great strides in protecting children", yet, you cannot even mention foster care and adoption, all the while maintaining a surreptitious stance when it comes to funding political campaigns with dirty money.

You allowed the Committee to reference "Community Policing Strategies" as a (CPS) Workgroup.

CPS stands for Child Protective Services, the front line in the commission of crimes against children.

Bob, you funded your campaign through Medicaid fraud in child welfare.

Bob, you took campaign money from MAXIMUS PAC!

Seriously, MAXIMUS??? Really????

Have you no scruples, Bob!?!

Your campaign has a pattern of practice of accepting campaign contributions from PACs which are funded by dark money, gained through the filing of false claims of Medicaid in child welfare.

That is a crime against children, Bob.

Bob, you took campaign contributions from Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs, too.

Come on, Bob.

Bob, you are part of the problem of child poverty, or rather, financial crimes of trafficking children & profiting through privatized, federally cost-reimbursed, tax exempt child welfare operations which have funded much of your campaigns.

Bob, I can go through your FEC filings and cross reference with DOJ, FEC, SEC, and HHS OIG settlements and other forms of agreements in dealing with these corporations, which set up & fund their PACs with money they made from filing false claims to Medicaid through child welfare.

That is not progress in preventing, investigating and prosecuting crimes against children, this is propaganda to distract from the reality of privatization to fund political campaign through Medicaid fraud in child welfare.

And, propaganda is exactly what these Domestic & Foreign Corporate PACs fund when they make political campaign contributions.

This is child welfare propaganda, Bob because, not once is there mention of child poverty, foster care, adoption, drugging kids, rape, torture, suicide or attempted suicide, nor human trafficking of children or what has happened to the parents in this lovely production, which even has the Committee co-opting the pinwheel symbol at the end of the video.

But I must say, dropping the "Nelson Mandela" effect by the witness was a nice try at a political propaganda crossover technique.


Bob, you impugn my veracity while deprecating my acumen of this subject matter, but you need to come clean because right now, in my eyes, you suck.

Badly.

But, hey, what do I know about Medicaid fraud in child welfare, campaign finance fraud, the House Judiciary Committee, or the Clinton Foundation?

That was a valid question and demands response.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Agrees to Pay More Than $283 Million to Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Charges

Companies Agree to Pay Nearly $520 Million to U.S. Criminal and Regulatory Authorities, Representing the Largest Criminal Fine Imposed Against a Pharmaceutical Company for Violations of the FCPA

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Teva), the world’s largest manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products, and its wholly-owned Russian subsidiary, Teva LLC (Teva Russia), agreed to resolve criminal charges and to pay a criminal penalty of more than $283 million in connection with schemes involving the bribery of government officials in Russia, Ukraine and Mexico in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Assistant Director Stephen Richardson of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, and Assistant Special Agent in Charge William J. Maddalena of the FBI’s Miami Field Office made the announcement.
“Teva and its subsidiaries paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials in various countries, and intentionally failed to implement a system of internal controls that would prevent bribery,” said Assistant Attorney General Caldwell.  “Companies that compete fairly, ethically and honestly deserve a level playing field, and we will continue to prosecute those who undermine that goal.”
“No matter where corruption occurs, the FBI and our global partners are committed to diligently rooting out the corruption that betrays the public trust and threatens a fair economy for all,” said FBI Assistant Director Stephen Richardson.
“As demonstrated by this case, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has a long reach,” said William J. Maddalena, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami.  “Teva’s egregious attempt to enrich themselves failed and they will now pay a tough penalty.”
According to the companies’ admissions, Teva executives and Teva Russia employees paid bribes to a high-ranking Russian government official intending to influence the official to use his authority to increase sales of Teva’s multiple sclerosis drug, Copaxone, in annual drug purchase auctions held by the Russian Ministry of Health.  The corrupt arrangement occurred at the same time that the Russian government was seeking to reduce the amount spent on costly foreign pharmaceutical products, such as Copaxone.  Between 2010 and at least 2012, pursuant to an agreement with a repackaging and distribution company owned by the Russian government official, Teva earned more than $200 million in profits on Copaxone sales to the Russian government.  Moreover, the Russian official earned approximately $65 million in corrupt profits through inflated profit margins granted to the official’s company.      
Teva also admitted to paying bribes to a senior government official within the Ukrainian Ministry of Health to influence the Ukrainian government’s approval of Teva drug registrations, which were necessary for the company to market and sell its products in the country.  Between 2001 and 2011, Teva engaged the official as the company’s “registration consultant,” paid him a monthly fee and provided him with travel and other things of value totaling approximately $200,000.  In exchange, the official used his official position and influence within the Ukrainian government to influence the registration in Ukraine of Teva pharmaceutical products, including Copaxone and insulins.
In addition, Teva admitted that it failed to implement an adequate system of internal accounting controls and failed to enforce the controls it had in place at its Mexican subsidiary, which allowed bribes to be paid by the subsidiary to doctors employed by the Mexican government.  Teva admitted that its Mexican subsidiary had been bribing these doctors to prescribe Copaxone since at least 2005.  Teva executives in Israel responsible for the development of the company’s anti-corruption compliance program in 2009 had been aware of the bribes paid to government doctors in Mexico.
 Nevertheless, Teva executives approved policies and procedures that they knew were not sufficient to meet the risks posed by Teva’s business and were not adequate to prevent or detect payments to foreign officials.  Teva also admitted that its executives put in place managers to oversee the compliance function who were unable or unwilling to enforce the anti-corruption policies that had been put in place.
Teva entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in connection with a criminal information, filed today in the Southern District of Florida, charging the company with one count of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA and one count of failing to implement adequate internal controls.  Pursuant to its agreement with the department, Teva will pay a total criminal penalty of $283,177,348.  Teva also agreed to continue to cooperate with the department’s investigation, enhance its compliance program, implement rigorous internal controls and retain an independent corporate compliance monitor for a term of three years.
Teva Russia has signed a plea agreement in which it has agreed to plead guilty to a one-count criminal information, also filed today in the Southern District of Florida, charging the company with conspiring to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA.  The plea agreement is subject to court approval.  The case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams of the Southern District of Florida and Teva Russia's initial court appearance has been scheduled for January 12, 2017.
In related proceedings, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a cease and desist order against Teva, whereby the company agreed to pay approximately $236 million in disgorgement to the SEC, including prejudgment interest.  Thus, the combined total amount of U.S. criminal and regulatory penalties to be paid by Teva is nearly $520 million.
The Criminal Division’s Fraud Section reached this resolution based on a number of factors, including the fact that Teva did not timely voluntarily self-disclose the conduct, but did cooperate with the department’s investigation after the SEC served it with a subpoena.  Teva received a 20 percent discount off the low end of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines fine range because of its substantial cooperation and remediation.  The company, however, did not receive full cooperation credit because of issues that resulted in delays to the early stages of the Fraud Section’s investigation, including vastly overbroad assertions of attorney-client privilege and not producing documents on a timely basis in response to certain Fraud Section document requests.  Because many of the company’s compliance enhancements were more recent, and therefore have not been tested, the DPA imposes an independent compliance monitor for a term of three years. 
The FBI’s International Corruption Unit and Miami Field Office investigated the case.  Fraud Section Trial Attorneys Rohan A. Virginkar and John-Alex Romano prosecuted the case.  The Fraud Section appreciates the significant cooperation and assistance provided by the SEC in this matter.  The Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs and the Mexican Attorney General’s Office (Procuradura General de la República or PGR) also provided assistance in this matter.
Someone should really have Bob call Ethics to see if there are any, ya know, congressional staff advisers giving him bad information which would manipulate his votes in Committee and on the House Floor.

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

International Medicaid fraud settled for $27 million

Medicaid fraud does not only happen within the boarders of the United States, it is international.

 Medicaid fraud settled for $27 million

A Keys clinic helped obtain a $27 million Medicaid fraud settlement with an Israeli pharmaceutical company.

nshah@MiamiHerald.com

Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $27 million to resolve concerns about Medicaid fraud brought to light by a Keys whistle-blower, the state attorney general said Tuesday.

The settlement partially resolves two Leon County Medicaid fraud lawsuits that alleged the company knowingly set inflated prices for medications dispensed by pharmacies and other providers reimbursed by the Florida Medicaid program.

The program sets reimbursement rates it pays to Medicaid providers based on prices reported by drug manufacturers. By reporting inflated prices, the drug manufacturers led the Florida Medicaid Program to overpay millions of dollars in pharmacy reimbursements.

GENERAL REVENUE FUND
As part of the settlement with Israel-based Teva, the state's general revenue fund will be paid about $3.5 million. The Florida Medicaid Fraud Informant Reward Program will receive more than $387,000, and the Agency for Health Care Administration, which administers the Medicaid Program, will receive more than $7.1 million. The rest of the money will be paid from the settlement to the federal government and to the whistle-blower, Ven-A-Care in Key West. Ven-a-Care is a pharmacy owned by four partners who have gained more than $25 million in the past 15 years, starting with a whistle-blower lawsuit filed in 1995.

The Leon County cases are ongoing against four other pharmaceutical companies: Mylan Laboratories, Actavis, Watson Pharmaceuticals and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals.

In an unrelated case, five north Floridians, including a hospital administrator, were arrested Tuesday on charges of Medicaid fraud, racketeering, money laundering and operating a scheme to defraud.
Officers, employees and affiliates of HC Healthcare admitting Medicaid recipients to the hospital without medical necessity, altering medical records on occasion to justify the hospital admissions. False claims for reimbursement were submitted to the Florida Medicaid program for services performed outside the scope of the physician involved.

The fraud occurred at the now closed Trinity Community Hospital and affiliated clinics in Hamilton, Suwanee and Columbia counties. More arrests are pending.

BOGUS IMPROVEMENTS
An investigation found that more than $660,000 in state grant money dedicated to hospital improvements were taken by the corporation, but little if any of the money was used for improvements. Instead, the money was spent on the fraud ring and used by hospital owner Robert A. Krasnow, 36, of Gainesville, who faces several charges, including 10 counts of Medicaid fraud.

The others arrested were Dr. Yong Am Park, 66, of Lake City; Robert T. Krasnow, 58, of Gainesville, the father of Robert A. Krasnow; hospital administrator Christina L. Ortega, 42, of Lake City; and nurse Ashley Lane Butler, 37, of Live Oak.

People who report Medicaid fraud may be entitled to a reward. Call 866-966-7226 with tips. Rewards are paid if a case results in a fine, penalty or forfeiture of property and may be up to 25 percent of what the amount recovered.

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/21/1739496/medicaid-fraud-settled-for-27.html?mi_pluck_action=comment_submitted&qwxq=553310#Comments_Container#ixzz0ujz2mbtN

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Tales Of The New Crown: Congress Is Blinded By Science By Rick Bright The Next Whistleblower Psyoptic

New Zika Studies Reveal Invisible Damage to Babies
"It is going to alright, baby. Mommy blew
the whistle on all of them, including Rick."
Always use my rusty trusty litmus test for identifying a psyoptic: If a whistleblower intentionally omits children from its research disclosures, you might just have a psyoptic.

FUN FACT! HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS A TEVA GENERIC

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=TEVA

Rick was also involved in the Public Private Partnership of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, where they like targeted populations.

That is Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare.

According to Wikipedia, Rick has a history of using tiny humans inside their mommies' tummies as lab rats.
From 1998 to 2002, Bright worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Influenza Branch, Immunology and Viral Pathogenesis Section, where he studied Influenza A virus subtype H5N1.[8]
From 2002 to 2003, Bright shifted to working at the pharmaceutical company, Altea Therapeutics (a subsidiary of Nitto Denko) in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was a senior research scientist in their Vaccine and Immunology Programs.[8][11]
In 2003, Bright rejoined the CDC as an immunologist/virologist in their Disease Control and Prevention, Influenza Division, Strain Surveillance Branch in Atlanta, Georgia, where he worked on their influenza antiviral drug program and focused on avian influenza. He held that position until 2006.[8][12]
From 2006 to 2008, Bright returned to working in the private sector of the biotechnology industry at Novavax in Maryland, where he was vice president of their global influenza programs as well as of their vaccine research and development. During this time, he participated in World Health Organization committees on vaccine development and pandemic preparedness.[8][11][13]
In February 2008, Bright worked at the non-profit PATH on a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant funded project as the director in vaccine manufacturing capacity building in Viet Nam. He was also the scientific director of the influenza vaccine project as well as the global vaccine development program, a position he held until October 2010.[8]
In 2010, Bright joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) governmental agency Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). He was the program lead of BARDA International Programs, then in June 2011 became acting chief of the influenza antiviral drug advanced development program, a position he held until December 2011. From June 2011 to December 2015, he was both deputy director and acting director of BARDA's Influenza and Emerging Diseases Division, eventually serving as director of the division from December 2014 to November 2016. From February 2016 to November 2016, he was an incident commander in the ASPR/BARDA Zika Response.[8][14]



Rick Bright will warn Congress of 'darkest winter in modern history' without ramped up coronavirus response

(CNN)Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a key federal office charged with developing medical countermeasures, will testify before Congress on Thursday that the Trump administration was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and warn that the the US will face "unprecedented illness and fatalities" without additional preparations.

"Our window of opportunity is closing. If we fail to develop a national coordinated response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities," Bright is expected to say Thursday, according to his prepared testimony obtained by CNN. "Without clear planning and implementation of the steps that I and other experts have outlined, 2020 will be darkest winter in modern history."

Bright is set to testify Thursday morning before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's health subcommittee after he filed a whistleblower complaint last week alleging he was removed from his post in retaliation for opposing the broad use of a drug frequently touted by President Donald Trump as a coronavirus treatment.

Bright will reiterate that he believes he was removed from his post because he "resisted efforts to promote and enable broad access to an unproven drug, chloroquine, to the American people without transparent information on the potential health risks."

Bright is seeking to be reinstated to his position as the head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and the Office of Special Counsel, which is reviewing Bright's complaint, has determined there is reason to believe his removal was retaliatory and is recommending he be reinstated during its investigation, according to Bright's attorneys.
A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson responded that it was "a personnel matter that is currently under review" but said it "strongly disagrees with the allegations and characterizations."

Expanding on his whistleblower complaint, Bright is expected to testify that he sought to warn his superiors about potential shortages of critical medical supplies earlier this year, but that his "urgency was dismissed" and that he "faced hostility and marginalization from HHS officials" after conveying his concerns about shortages to a senior White House official, Peter Navarro.

"As I reflect on the past few months of this outbreak, it is painfully clear that we were not as prepared as we should have been. We missed early warning signals and we forgot important pages from our pandemic playbook," Bright will testify, according to his written testimony.
In his written testimony, Bright also calls for several key steps to improve the federal government's response to the pandemic and head off a spike in cases in the fall, including increasing public education of preventative measures, ramping up production of essential medical supplies and developing a national testing strategy.

"The virus is out there, it's everywhere. We need to be able to find it, to isolate it and to stop it from infecting more people," Bright plans to say. "We need tests that are accurate, rapid, easy to use, low cost, and available to everyone who needs them."

He made his complaint public through Washington Post but failed to release the 33 attachments to the committee.

He did not follow the well established chain of command for filing a whistleblower action.

He sounds like he was coached by one of those absolutely brilliant "Legal Geniuses" (trademark pending).

I guess Rick was blinded by science when it comes to the rule of law in actions of false claims.


I would have fired him, too.

His complaint was pending and I see no certification of verification.

READ: Rick Bright's full whistleblower complaint





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Sunday, September 2, 2018

Cocktails & Popcorn: Judiciary MAXIMUS GOODLATTECUS Has More TEVA SCOTUS Issues

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Trump giving MAXIMUS GOODLATTECUS
the "Stinky Touch"
Oh, Bob....Bob, Bob, Bob.

Is this why TEVA likes you so much?

"In its favorable report on the AIA, the House Judiciary
Committee noted that inclusion of the phrase “available
to the public” in proposed Section 102(a)(1) was intended
in part “to emphasize the fact that [prior art]
must be publicly accessible.” H.R. Rep. No. 98, 112th
Cong., 1st Sess., Pt. 1, at 43 (2011)." page 24.
That "favorable report" came from the majority.

The minority offered an amendment to basically strike everything in the American Invents Act.

John Conyers, Jr. & Elijah McCoy's grandson
Detroit U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
I remember it because it was dealing with patent trolls and those fake ass business patent models filed by attorneys to hide the fact that the patents are held by Corporate Shape Shifters who are foreign nationals like the Detroit Development Fund as legal money laundering schemes with that God awful "attorney-client privilege" thang.

That is when Detroit got the first satellite U.S. Elijah McCoy Patent and Trademark Office.

Hey Bob, did you know I like to call you MAXIMUS GOODLATTECUS?

Something tells me that your last few months in office are not going to be very pleasurable, but I guarantee you, they will be memorialized.

But, hey, what do I know?

"Have a great day!"




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

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Thursday, February 6, 2020

JUDICIARY: Citizens United Hearing - No One Wants To Talk About The Children's Trust Funds, Parental Rights Of Foreign Corporations Or FARA

So, Judiciary has a hearing on corporation PACs where they had Ted Deutch, of Ethics and Pramila Jayapal testify as witness experts on dark money, without calling out foreign corporations running Medicaid fraud into political campaign like Bob MAXIMUS GOODLATTECUS, former Judiciary Chairman did with TEVA, under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

No one even mentioned how MAXIMUS GOODLATTECUS tried to pull a fast one and introduce legislation to gut the Ethics Committee that was investigating this matter, that Ted Deutch did not even mention.

This was about corporate parental rights, which seems to be a concept foreign to Judiciary, because no one wants to talk about the children's trust funds.

Perkins Coie's SEC Money Laundering Trust Fund Emolument Fraud Scheme

Yes, we all know the FEC does not have a quorum, but no one wants to talk about the U.S. Treasury having superseding powers of authority over political campaign finance.

One reason is because Perkins Coie Sucks, which basically runs the FEC, where Marc Elias is MIA when it comes to those pesky congressional subpoenas no one is enforcing.

This was a hot mess of a hearing!

#perkinscoiesucks


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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Why I Did Not Report - Testimony Of Baby LK Of Legally Kidnapped

Baby LK of Legally Kidnapped tells his story of why he did report being drugged, raped and trafficked in foster care, and why no one listened.

#WhyIDidntReport

No one cares about children being drugged, raped and trafficked in foster care and adoption, whether they report it or not.


But then came the blatant dismissal of trafficking tiny humans which made me think.


Then, from the bowels of the internet, came boiling questions to the motivations of Christine Blasey Ford.


Melanie Sloan was the first person to speak out on behalf of Christine Blasey Ford to tell her story under the psyoptic propaganda of #MeToo.

Then came the next phase of psyoptic propaganda.

Christine, who hails from family of generational prominence, had her team start a GoFundMe account, but nothing for the kids in foster care and adoption being drugged, raped and trafficked.

#WhyIDidntReport is a trend going on Twitter responding to this tweet by Trump.
Which brings us to one more reason why she never reported.

Christine Blasey Ford is a clinical psychologist in child welfare predictive modeling who has published in medical journals to validate patents in medical procedural testing, where I dare say, seems to have used children in foster care as lab rats.

I believe the reason why she as asked for an extension to testify was to come up with a better reason why she did not report other than she, and the #WhyIDidntReport fans, do not care about foster kids being used as lab rats, raped and trafficked.

I bet she is corroborating with Melanie, right about now.

I am still reading the TEVA cases, so I will update in future posts.

Go ask your candidates for the November General Election 2018 what would they do if a foster kid reported being drugged, raped and trafficked in foster care to them and let me know what they say.

Take pics and record!

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford ask for another day to make decision to testify

Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, asked the Senate Judiciary Commitee on Friday night for an additional day to make her decision to testify.

Senate Republicans earlier Friday extended a counteroffer to Ford to testify on Capitol Hill next Wednesday, amid negotiations over whether she would elaborate on her allegations against Kavanaugh in public.

Fox News was told that the Republican senators wanted an answer “by the end of the day.”
In a statement released Friday evening, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley extended the deadline for a response to 10 p.m. If there's no response, or a rejection of the offer, Grassley said in a statement, the committee may set a vote on Kavanaugh's nomination for Monday.

“I’m extending the deadline for response yet again to 10 o’clock this evening," Grassley said. "I’m providing a notice of a vote to occur Monday in the event that Dr. Ford’s attorneys don’t respond or Dr. Ford decides not to testify. In the event that we can come to a reasonable resolution as I’ve been seeking all week, then I will postpone the committee vote to accommodate her testimony."
But Ford's lawyer, Debra Katz, labeled the 10 p.m. deadline "arbitrary."

"Its sole purpose is to bully Dr. Ford and deprive her of the ability to make a considered decision that has life-altering implications for her and her family," Katz said in a statement. "She has already been forced out of her home and continues to be subjected to harassment, hate mail, and death threats.  Our modest request is that she be given an additional day to make her decision."


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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Cocktails & Popcorn: Matt Whitaker Is Back To Say Barr & Ratcliffe Are The Perfect Team - The Celestial Goddess Of The Woodshed Concurs

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"TEVA, anyone?", said Herrington, the
Super Secret Agent Whistleblower.
Yes, John Ratcliffe is leaving Congress, the U.S. Judiciary Committee, to become the new Director of National Intelligence, replacing Dan Coats, to work with U.S. Attorney Bill Barr.

Yes, they make the perfect team because this is about trafficking tiny humans.

For those who do not remember, or simply do not like to click the links I provide to review what I have been presenting, here is a fun video on Ratcliffe and his work in trafficking tiny humans.



You can see how effective Ratcliffe was when it came to trafficking tiny humans by watching Gowdy's lovely facial expressions.

Trey knows all the stuff.



Trump’s spy chief pick, Texan John Ratcliffe, accused of fudging role in 'Holy Land' terrorism case

WASHINGTON -- The North Texas Republican picked by President Donald Trump to be America's next intelligence chief is grappling with reports that he embellished his role in a high-profile anti-terrorism case he's cited as proof of his national security bona fides.

At issue is the extent of Heath Rep. John Ratcliffe's involvement as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. vs. Holy Land Foundation case, which ended in 2009 with officials at a Texas-based charity being found guilty of funneling money to the terrorist group known as Hamas.
While Ratcliffe has touted that he "convicted individuals" involved in the scheme, ABC News and NBC News this week cast doubt on that account.

Jim Jacks, one of the Holy Land case's lead prosecutors, also told The Dallas Morning News on Tuesday that Ratcliffe "wasn't part of the trial team or the investigative team." Asked if it was accurate to say that Ratcliffe "convicted individuals" in the case, he said, "No."

In response to those reports, Ratcliffe spokeswoman Rachel Stephens clarified this week that the Texan, while serving as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, was appointed to investigate issues related to the mistrial that occurred in the case's first trial.

"Because that investigation did not result in any criminal charges, it would not be in accordance with Department of Justice policies to make further details public," she said, confirming a written statement provided to ABC News and NBC News.

Jacks, a former U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Texas, confirmed that depiction, explaining that Ratcliffe was "appointed to look into a collateral matter after the first trial" and that the assignment lasted for a "relatively short-lived period of time."

He added that he found Ratcliffe to be "very smart, a very good lawyer, just first-rate."

The dispute over the Holy Land case is no mere résumé dispute.

Ratcliffe, a three-term lawmaker, was already facing criticism that he lacks the experience to be Director of National Intelligence, given that outgoing spy chief Dan Coats and his predecessors came into the job with extensive national security and foreign affairs backgrounds.

That dynamic, along with Ratcliffe's standing as a Trump loyalist, could jeopardize his confirmation in the GOP-run Senate.

Some key Republican senators have so far offered muted reactions, with a few admitting that they were simply unfamiliar with the Texan's credentials. Some top Senate Democrats have already weighed in against Ratcliffe's nomination, casting him as a partisan warrior unfit for the job.
Several intelligence officials have also made clear their unease.

"Mr. Ratcliffe appears to be somebody who is more interested in pleasing Donald Trump," John Brennan, CIA director under President Barack Obama and a frequent Trump critic, said this week on MSNBC.

Stephens rejected those criticisms, pointing to Ratcliffe's experience as a federal prosecutor and then as a congressman serving on the House intelligence and judiciary committees.

"Ratcliffe opened, managed and supervised numerous domestic and international terrorism related cases," she said of his time in the U.S. attorney's office, adding that he "handled top secret, secret and confidential national security information as part of his daily responsibilities."

The Texan's allies have also defended his qualifications.

Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Monday called Ratcliffe a "worthy successor" to Coats, upon whom he heaped praise. Trump on Tuesday hailed Ratcliffe as a "very talented guy. "And former U.S. attorney Matt Orwig, who hired Ratcliffe, said he was "imminently qualified."

Orwig sought to further buttress Ratcliffe's standing by telling ABC News that his one-time protégé worked several terrorism-related cases, though he declined to specify them.

The former top prosecutor in the Eastern District of Texas also told The News that when Ratcliffe served as his anti-terrorism and national security chief, he worked to "bring together all the state, federal and local agencies" involved in security efforts.

"That's the job that he did," Orwig said. "He did it very, very well."

Federal Judge Hands Downs Sentences in Holy Land Foundation Case

Holy Land Foundation and Leaders Convicted on Providing Material Support to Hamas Terrorist Organization

Today, in federal court in Dallas, U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis sentenced the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) and five of its leaders following their convictions by a federal jury in November 2008 on charges of providing material support to Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
"Today's sentences mark the culmination of many years of painstaking investigative and prosecutorial work at the federal, state and local levels. All those involved in this landmark case deserve our thanks," said David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security. "These sentences should serve as a strong warning to anyone who knowingly provides financial support to terrorists under the guise of humanitarian relief."
HLF was incorporated by Shukri Abu Baker, Mohammad El-Mezain, and Ghassan Elashi. Mufid Abdulqader and Abdulrahman Odeh worked as fund raisers. Together, with others, they provided material support to the Hamas movement.
Shukri Abu Baker, 50, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced to a total of 65 years in prison. He was convicted of 10 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization; 11 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, funds, goods and services to a Specially Designated Terrorist; 10 counts of conspiracy to commit, and the commission of, money laundering; one count of conspiracy to impede and impair the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and one count of filing a false tax return.
Mohammad El-Mezain, 55, of San Diego, California, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 15 years in prison. He was convicted on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Ghassan Elashi, 55, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced to a total of 65 years in prison. He was convicted on the same counts as Abu Baker, and one additional count of filing a false tax return.
Mufid Abdulqader, 49, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison. He was convicted on one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, one count of conspiracy to provide goods, funds, and services to a specially designated terrorist, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Abdulrahman Odeh, 49, of Patterson, New Jersey, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was convicted on the same counts as Abdulqader.
HLF, now defunct, was convicted on10 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization; 11 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, funds, goods and services to a Specially Designated Terrorist; and 10 counts of conspiracy to commit, and the commission of, money laundering.
The Court reaffirmed the jury’s $12.4 million money judgment against all the defendants, with the exception of El Mezain, who was not convicted of money laundering.
From its inception, HLF existed to support Hamas. Before HLF was designed as a Specially Designated Terrorist by the Treasury Department and shut down in December 2001, it was the largest U.S. Muslim charity. It was based in Richardson, Texas, a Dallas suburb. The "material support statute," as it is commonly referred to, was enacted in 1996 as part of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. That statute recognizes that money is fungible, and that money in the hands of a terrorist organization — even if for so called charitable purposes — supports that organization’s overall terrorist objectives.
The government presented evidence at trial that, as the U.S. began to scrutinize individuals and entities in the U.S. who were raising funds for terrorist groups in the mid-1990s, the HLF intentionally hid its financial support for Hamas behind the guise of charitable donations. HLF and these five defendants provided approximately $12.4 million in support to Hamas and its goal of creating an Islamic Palestinian state by eliminating the State of Israel through violent jihad.
The government’s case included testimony that in the early 1990's, Hamas’ parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, planned to establish a network of organizations in the U.S. to spread a militant Islamist message and raise money for Hamas. The government’s case also included testimony about Hamas material found in zakat committees. The defendants sent HLF-raised funds to Hamas-controlled zakat committees and charitable societies in the West Bank and Gaza. Zakat is an Arabic word referring to the religious obligation to give alms.
HLF became the chief fundraising arm for the Palestine Committee in the U.S. created by the Muslim Brotherhood to support Hamas. According to a wiretap of a 1993 Palestine Committee meeting in Philadelphia, former HLF President and CEO Shukri Abu Baker, spoke about playing down their Hamas ties in order to keep raising money in the U.S. Another wiretapped phone call included Abdulrahman Odeh, HLF’s New Jersey representative, referring to a suicide bombing as "a beautiful operation."
The government also presented evidence that several HLF defendants have family members who are Hamas leaders, including Hamas’ political chief, Mousa Abu Marzook, who is married to a cousin of Ghassan Elashi, HLF’s former Chairman of the Board. Ghassan Elashi, who also served as the vice-president of marketing for Infocom Corporation, is currently serving an 80-month sentence following his conviction on several charges related to export violations. Mohammed El-Mezain was HLF’s Director of Endowments and Mufid Abdulqater was a major HLF fundraiser. Two named defendants, Akram Mishal and Haitham Maghawri are fugitives.
The defendants provided financial support to the families of Hamas martyrs, detainees, and activists knowing and intending that such assistance would support the Hamas terrorist organization. Since 1995, when it first became illegal to provide financial support to Hamas, HLF provided approximately $12.4 million in funding to Hamas through various Hamas-affiliated committees and organizations located in Palestinian-controlled areas and elsewhere.
During trial, the government also presented evidence that HLF was so concerned about investigators uncovering the group’s intentions that they kept a manual entitled "The Foundation’s Policies and Procedures." HLF followed various security procedures outlined in the manual to include hiring a security company to search the HLF for listening devices, ordering defendant Haitham Maghawri, a fugitive, to take training on advanced methods in detecting wiretaps, shredding documents after board meetings, and maintaining incriminating documents in off-site locations.
The case was investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force, involving agents from federal, state, and local agencies including: FBI, IRS - Criminal Investigation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of State, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Dallas, Plano, Garland and Richardson, Texas, Police Departments. In addition, the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section provided assistance.
The case was prosecuted by James T. Jacks, acting U.S. Attorney; Barry Jonas, Trial Attorney for the Department of Justice Counter-terrorism Section; and Elizabeth J. Shapiro, Deputy Director, Federal Programs Branch, Department of Justice, serving as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.
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