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abbey621:I believe we essentially agree on most facts, my only that; you seem to be thinking that the IRS have the same scope, power and resources aka tools in it's disposal compare to a criminal investigation by an AG or DA, which I disagree. Yes the IRS have lots of power within it's narrow scope, but the AG or DA have a wider scope. Also, regarding the Stormy Daniel hush money payment and that to another woman, yes he can decide to say, it was a mistake and pay IRS back; but the NY AG is looking at it from a campaign finance fraud angle aka illegal contribution, which carries some jail time and which is beyond an IRS audit, plus Trump personal Attorney who made those payments is willing to testify against Trump, which might meet the burden of proof in cases like these. As far as inflating or deflating one's businesses to banks, insurance companies versus IRS, to obtain loans, grant or favors...The AG & DA have been doing this for years and they know business valuation can fluctuate year to year and they will take that in to consideration, but that is not what they are alleging. They are alleging that, these inflation/deflation happen within same period and interchangeably and also rampant and back to back. What I believe ultimately is that, it is more likely he will not be charged for anything unless the AG/DA are 200% sure that, they got the evidence and can prove it in a court of law or like in the past, Trump will just run behind the scene and settle with the AG of New York. Around November 2019, Trump Foundation settled another case with New York and paid about $2 million for illegally using charitable donations and part of the settlement ordered that Trump Foundation, NY be shutdown. This is the type of investigation that NY is currently pursuing which are out of scope for IRS. Also not that, NY is looking at state level investigations, charges, crimes, etc and the IRS that has been auditing Trump is Fed, so different scope again and IRS is greatly underfunded, as a result billionaires can run circles around them and purposely elongate the audit process. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-technology-archive-c99697ac657534d6015894377d04eb1f |
abbey621:I can see where the disconnect is, the NY AG is not requesting Trump’s taxes in order to audit him, it is a criminal investigation. The IRS audit is still ongoing and they usually end up with a settlement. The AG have more scope and resources compare to the IRS, they need his taxes to establish his baseline income because one of the allegations were that, he inflates his income willynilly to get loans from banks and that is out of scope for IRS....they are also looking at stormy Daniel payment and how it was reflected in his tax returns e.g. is it a business expense or campaign expense or company expense or directly from Trump....as a business or campaign, there is a way he can code that payment and IRS will be okay with it e.g. payment to a consultant for services, etc; but under a criminal invests by the AG or a DA that is a crime. They also have access to his foreign taxes, income, etc..the DA can cross check that with US declarations, the IRS does not have that reach. When I say the AG or DA have more resources than the IRS, I also include tools, powers, etc. e.g. the AG or DA can subpoena documents and evidences from third party individuals and companies, IRS cannot walk into my business and compel me to furnish evidence against another company or individual or provide invoices or receipts when am not the subject of a probe, I will tell them to pound sand. IRS gets you only if eg if have a big winning or deposits or another company send then a 1099 as part of their tax filings and you did not account for those in your filings and off course if there are obvious lies in your filings. Given the fact that, they receive close to 300 million tax filings every single year, they do not even have the same level of staff dedicated to individual filings to start looking into forensic, getting third party documents etc to start combing through your filing, most of the audits are done by computers, so the AG or DA have more resources, their scope of what they can do is broader and their powers are also more broader than that of the IRS. In conclusion, yes people fear IRS very well not to mess up with their taxes.....but those same set of people fear the AG or DA more than the IRS, therefore they don’t commit financial crimes either...The former would send you a letter in the mail to pay up, if you are audited and found wanting and that will be the end of it, the later will give you a felony record and send you to jail for a very long time. |
abbey621:I agreed with your premises that, the IRS have all his taxes and that, they would have gone after him if he was invading taxes. You get to note that, paying your taxes in the US especially as a business is mainly out of trust....ie you tell IRS your revenue and expenses and base on that, your tax liabilities would be calculated. IRS does not go out and start finding info to see if you are telling the truth, they only know that you are evading taxes if they receive information from other party that contradict what you submitted. In this case, it is not IRS that is prosecuting him, it is the NY Attorney General and they have vast amount of information, access than IRS....they can collaborate information and seek information from any and different parties that you have conduct business with and IRS can’t do those. |
drediamond:It was not NY that took it to the Supreme Court, Trump took it there because he lost in all the lower courts and NY Attorneys despite winning in lower court unilaterally agreed not to enforce their order until the Supreme Court decides on Trump’s appeal. You are out of depth here, give the matter a break, NY & NYC have been prosecuting Trump since the 1980s on tax invasions and shady real estate taxes....The State and the Fed had been auditing his taxes for years continuously and when he is caught, he settles out of court and repeat the same thing the following year, then settles again. Had it been he was not President and foolishly tried to use Presidential immunity to prevent access to his taxes this time around, no body would have heard of it and like in the past, he would have long settled it....I definitely believe he will also settle this, he just felt he can get away with it because he is the President and have appointed ‘friendly’ judges in high places that will side with him. Try some google and you will see the history of litigations against Trump from the State and City even during the period he was donating to both parties. Leave Trump matter. |
Riplogic:If you do, find a way to send it to the Police anonymously, this way they can do what they need with it. 'Collecting' that 10 million is what will get someone into problem. I seriously doubt if the police will even give you one thousand talk-less of 10 million, even if the money has been budgeted for and it is right there behind their counter. Don't forget the fate of the various whistle blowers, who have not seen anything till date. That is the process, where you can be setup....plus, I do not think I will collect one hundred thousand from Nigeria police, it is very dangerous. |
His dress style no bi here....Hope his wife can do some justice to that department. Though, It is almost a norm among rich men that, they do not really pay a lot of attention to dressing.....how would you? Where is the time, when one have a sign one deal or the other, it is the unemployed lazy youths that have all the time in world to dress up, along with the unemployable slay queens. |
thebosstrevor1:It wouldn’t work, most of them in that same government are dual citizens. They know that, they are ruining the country by their policies, actions, inactions and thievery, so the dual citizenship is a fail-safe button they can activate anytime to jet out along with their family, if shit hit the fan. |
post=98732833:You still need the additional documents to proof who you say you are. Even in western countries with Social security number, you are required to provide additional documents. This is done to make identity theft harder. |
This Father knows a lot, how did he come of these knowledge, I doubt if it from watching Sunday mass on TV. Or do they also teach all these in catechism class, seminary or in Sunday school? |
I take it that Tunji is not rich or not working in a high profile company. Advice Tunji to double his huzzle, it is a sure cure for these types of problem. Thank me later. |
Bros, it look like you like the girl, but afraid she is not into guys. Why not ask her out, so you can find out firsthand? There is no crime in that, the worst that may happen is, she will say No.....but on the flip side, she might also say Yes. |
chatinent:You too dey over analyze, e bi like say for real life, you dey find trouble well well sha! In any case, I couldn’t confirm your cello tape on sunglasses comment, but you are wrong on the wife life finger commentary. She have one, look more closely, her nails from her little finger is underneath the phone.
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dawnomike:Yes, Nigeria COVID case is not the worst, but I guess you didn’t read the entire article. COVID case, however little it is, if mixed with corruption is a deadly disease. Nigeria have a way of circumventing the rules, I watched a documentary the other day, apparently you can secure a positive COVID test results from some testing sites in Nigeria, without visiting them. All that is needed is a phone call and exchange of money and someone else will stand in your place to submit samples to be tested and you will get the results in your names. Despite the hype about not traveling without a negative test in Nigeria, this guy was allowed to travel from Nigeria without his results....and I doubt if non of the many security checkpoints at the Nigeria Airport who are suppose to check for compliance didn’t question this guy and know the fact that he didn’t have the right documents, but he was allowed through anyway. |
CoolUsername:I guess, that response most have been for another post.... To your question, but you are still confusing the two events i.e. impeachment vs indictment of a US President or official. Only the House have the prerogative to impeached an elected US President or official, The Senate have no role to play in the impeachment process and yes, there is precedent in the US House impeaching officials who were no longer in service, google it. However, in the case of Trump....The question if he can be impeached after he has left office is not applicable. Trump was impeached by the House on January, 13th, 2021 and he left office on January 20th, 2021. The argument should be, if a US President can be convicted by the Senate after he have left the Presidency. This has not been tested in the courts before, more so no US President has even been convicted by the Senate...and we all know that Trump will not be convicted, but his impeachment started and was concluded while he was still in office. We should also note that, a US Senate conviction of an impeached President have other sanctions beyond just the removal from office. |
4tomandchi:If you forget yours, just use mine 99/67845. Don’t borther, thank me later; after all, what are friends for. |
CoolUsername:You clearly are over your head and don’t know what you are talking about. Trump has already been impeached twice, that is done and dusted. The impending Senate trial is not to impeach, the US Senate cannot impeach the President, only the House can do that. The Senate job is to setup a trial for a President who has already been impeached by the House. No Judge recuse himself. John Robert, the Chief Justice only presides, if the Senate trial is over a seating President, Trump is no longer the President, therefore the Senate Pro Tempore is the one presiding over the trial. Yes, everyone know the Senate will not convict him, no US President has ever been convicted in the Senate.....regardless of what happens in the Senate, Trump is the only President in House History that have been impeached twice. Your arguments about impeachment or non impeachment offense are baseless. He does not have to tell the mob to go destroy the Capitol, in fact the House comes up what they think are impeachable offended base on their understanding of the constitution and they put it to a vote and the House has impeached him on those charges period! No court in the US can undo the impeachment and the Senate certainly cannot undo it. So, as it stands, Trump has been impeached for crimes the House have adjudged as been impeachable offenses a d that is finito, if you don’t agree, you are just arguing with yourself, your your agreement is not sort and not needed. |
CoolUsername:He has already been impeached..trial is about convicting on the indictments on his impeachment. I agree that, whether he attends or boycott the trials, he will not be convicted. The truth is, Trump is not looking to attend the trial to defend the article of impeachment, he want to use it to spread his lies that the Election was stolen, in fact that was the reason these lawyers quit....they wanted to defend him about the indictments, Trump wants something else. So, Trump ego will not allow him shy away from the National spotlight the trial will bring....the thought of boycotting it, is an erection killer for Trump.....He love the spotlight! |
Brendaniel:Not going by the crowd? Are you sure of that? Trump is a bully and weak individual, who goes needs the constant adulation and praises of the crowd to feel as a man. He adamantly refused to condemn the Capitol riot, until his Republican Senators sat him down and told him, if he doesn’t he will be impeached and they will also support the 25th...he cowardly went to make a halfhearted video condemning the riot, making many of his QAnon supporter becoming furious that he betrayed them. He always feel insecure without the crowd and he can lie at anytime that, he have the biggest rally, biggest crowd ever in his inauguration. If 17 Republicans senators stand up against him now, you will see how he will start shaking. He is doing this because, he knows there are not up to 17 GOP votes in the Senate to convict him. Hence, he is looking for lawyers that will use the trial to parrot his ‘they stole the election from me’ lies. These lawyers are professionals, they prefer to give him a better defense about the constitutionality of not impeaching a former President and also defend him that, he did not cause the DC riots, but not having a common ground, they quit. Trump is not a friend. Your friend will not insist you break the law to keep the friendship, he sees you as a tool and a means to an end and discards you, when you stop paying homage to him. |
LeeSantos:What first came to your mind? Young.....healthy......youth, just die in her sleep? Even that her bf message on Facebook is a suspect! You can’t be crying more than the bereaved. |
supportnija:America is not a signatory to ICC and as such, the court does not have any jurisdiction to try American citizens. Nigeria on the other hand is a signatory, so the rules of engagement are different. |
UncleHaba22:Even, if he by some rare miracle become President, will the situation be worst than it is now? This picture and story above is not an exception, it is the true reality on ground in Nigeria today. |
tarantino1:Agreed, but this should serve as a lesson to all guys there, just be careful on the kind of promises you dish out to ladies, when your little head down there is controlling affairs, consult your big head upstairs first. All these....”I will take care of all your school fees until graduation” little talks can have far reaching consequences to your bank account long after your little head had lost control and bowing its head in utter silence. If you have made such promises in the past, just codedly undo and make sure your audio recorder is rolling. You never can tell, as recession dey hit 9ja so, girls eyes dey red and they dey look for where to collect, even if na from old ex-boys of yesterday years. Guys, make una no dey dole too, you can also collect from your girlfriends, who hold change for hand, na dem say what a man can do, a woman can do better, they should start paying as well. |
The lady might be right that, the case will likely be dismissed. Because, when I read the Dangote suite, his lawyers are basing it on an ‘oral NDA agreement’ prior to all these hullabaloo breaking out in exchange for Dangote to finance one of her business endeavors. But, the lady would also loss out on the $15k plus $2k5 monthly payments offered by Dangote according to her side of the story to ‘shut up’. Since the matter is now in the public domain, I don’t see any reason for his attorney to even discuss that now, unless there are still some stuff we do not know of already....but, as often with these types of cases, once it is in the open, the worst damage has been done, so nothing to be released later will make more worst, so technically her payday has gone up in smokes. Her request for Palimony will also be dismissed, if she tries to bring it in court. Palimony is enforced in US courts as a contract. It is treated like any other oral or written contract between two individuals, where financial obligations, responsibilities, support, etc were clearly stipulated. It does not have a special meaning or relevance or force of law, because it is called palimony, that term is not even a legal term, it was coined by a celebrity in the US and it just means a civil contracts between two unmarried couples. |
She is not even deeper life, if she is; she is choosing and picking the church rules that meet her selfish motives and violating the rest. If she is deeper life, you guys should not be talking about marriage until you both have gone through the church marriage committee. She suppose not to be asking you for gifts or money, because deeper life church stands is that, it may corrupt and blind one of you or both or give one, an undue advantage over the other. She is using the church as a cover to hook and milk you, she is not a true sheep. If and when you guys visits the marriage committee to formalize your courtship/relationship, both of you would have to lie about these prior activities, otherwise you both will be suspended, if she is from deeper life, she would have known this. The question is, why is she failing to abide by some of the church’s rule about intending couples, while at the same time citing some other rules for her other behaviors? |
an0daGuy:Am also wondering, what the criminal charge sheet will read and if they can proof anything in court. I agreed that, he is a scammer for deceiving those poor souls that, after that sorrowful rite of passage they will become rich....but, our pastors do that every day with impunity. They give us olive oil and holy water to cure our sickness, while they and their families jets abroad for the best medical treatment money can buy. They sell us stickers reading “Trust only in Jesus to Protect You from Armed Robbers, Thieves & Kidnappers”...while they move around with heavy security men carrying heavy machine guns, etc. |
gaius01:You are basing your conclusions on about few minutes, around 3 minutes videos clipped and circulated online to influence someone else viewpoint. The full video of about 1hr 30 minutes of that meeting is on YouTube, look for it and get the context. |
lilfreezy:In normal deployment, you mix male & female soldiers. You don’t give your enemy any insight into what might emboldened them to attack you, even if you are well armed, they might be lucky even if their chances is as small as 5%. Make bandits will see female soldiers as easy prey, agreed they could be wrong in that assessment and get slaughtered if they attempt to attack. However, that prospect does not serve as a deterrent, rather it will encourage them to ignore the risks and carry on their activities. There should really have been no emphasis of these soldiers been female, am scratching my in trying to figure out, what the advantage of this emphasis. |
GentleD201:How so? The office of the former President is provided for, by the Former Presidents Act. All previous Presidents of the US, including the impeached ones have one. |
Righteousness2:Same way you were so confident about Trump winning the US Elections, after ‘hearing from God’. And he lost, instead of repenting and confessing your sins about peddling lies in the name of God and using His frivolously online, ascribing what He did not say to him, you doubled down and started peddling another Whoopi that Trump and not Biden will be sworn in on Jan 20th, well we saw how that went. Repent now, and stop using God’s Holy Name in vein, otherwise your judgment will be more swift and hash.....just state your personal opinion on all matters and leave God out of it. Not every Pastor, Scribes and Pharisees that called Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of God....that is not my voice oh....na Jesus na him talk and. |
dominique:....but, that is not what said. She said, she begged, her family begged, even her brother from UK beg....the one in UK then said, the husband is just bluffing. |
edoairways:....but, the wife in her video response, stated that it was the husband that abandoned her and the kid.... her ‘brother from UK even called to beg the guy not to, including her own family, then the brother said, the husband is just bluffing’ |
nosiebaba:....and how do you know of this for certain? Were, you an eye witness? Tell us, what we don’t know of which you have a first knowledge, otherwise don’t be in such a haste to open your mouth. |
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