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Hav

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15. That's a bs argument. The timing can always be suspect
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 09:07 AM
Mar 2020

If an activity happens often enough, it's easy to precede another event by weeks or months. That's why this cannot be evidence alone. There are other factors that should be taken into account, for instance, as far as I've read, Feinstein wasn't in the briefings about corona that Burr was in. Feinstein's stocks were also handled through a blind trust which typically means she has neither control on when stocks are sold nor does she even know about the details of her investment.
Further, her stocks were related to biotech and in contrast to some Rep Senators, I didn't read anything about her selling stocks that would be hit hard (hotel business) or a reinvestment into areas that could "benefit" from such a crisis. That cannot be said about some of the Repubs

Just making an argument based on timing alone is lazy when so much more info is available. But it's interesting that a couple of BS supporters are so invested into going after Feinstein.

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Criminal investigations and Senate investigations are totally separate. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #1
1) Thanks. 2) I posted in the wrong effing forum. Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2020 #2
Barr and Mitch will not touch this. Civil suit is an option. McCamy Taylor Mar 2020 #3
Your post is inaccurate in every sentence. former9thward Mar 2020 #14
The worst part is if they did, 45 will pardon tham relayerbob Mar 2020 #4
Nice try but Feinstein did not such thing...so knock it off...that would three GOP Senators... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #5
The timing is suspect. I'll grant Burr and Loeffler have more damning evidence Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2020 #7
That's a bs argument. The timing can always be suspect Hav Mar 2020 #15
+1 nsd Mar 2020 #16
The market was declining...her husband sold stock and I say this post smears Dianne Feinstein... Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #17
More importantly Aquaria Mar 2020 #12
Each case is unique whatever happened there is no discussion of conspiracy. tirebiter Mar 2020 #6
Keeping this in the news while people die would not be good for them. nt Hortensis Mar 2020 #8
The irony is that we want elected officials to put their holdings in a blind trust question everything Mar 2020 #9
Again, its the timing Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2020 #10
It does no such thing Aquaria Mar 2020 #13
What Burr Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #18
Well I don't consider this post to have anything to do with facts or even 'truth' Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #19
It just seems to me that Sanders attacks the party on a regular basis...and so do some of his Demsrule86 Mar 2020 #20
The power to call a grand jury would come from a US Attorney Aquaria Mar 2020 #11
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