New Claims: Justice Kennedy Was Bought Off and Must Be Investigated (DU mentioned)

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/06/29/new-claims-justice-kennedy-was-bought-off-and-must-be-investigated.html

Posted on Fri, Jun 29th, 2018 by Leo Vidal
New Claims: Justice Kennedy Was Bought Off and Must Be Investigated


Yesterday a lot of speculation came out about Anthony Kennedy’s motivations for retiring from the Supreme Court, and what his connections are to the Trump family.

For example, someone wrote on Democratic Underground:

“Given the reported ties between Anthony Kennedy and Trump/Kushner there should be a thorough investigation of Kennedy and his family to see whether or not his retirement was bought.”

The fact is that there is a long history of “back channels” and very extensive financial dealings between Anthony Kennedy and Donald Trump, and their respective families. It is not unreasonable for these connections to be more fully investigated.

One article that explored these connections in detail appeared in POLITICO.

After Donald Trump’s State of the Union address a conversation took place between Trump and Justice Kennedy which showed they had an ongoing relationship with deep family connections.

The conversation went like this:

“Say hello to your boy,” Trump said, “Special guy.”

“Your kids have been very nice to him,” Kennedy replied.

“Well,” Trump said, “they love him, and they love him in New York.”

It turns out that Justice Kennedy’s son, Justin, knows Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner because they have worked together in New York real estate circles.

Kennedy’s other son, Gregory, is a close friend of Trump’s Silicon Valley adviser Peter Thiel. They went to Stanford Law School together and Kennedy’s firm, Disruptive Technology Advisers, has worked with Thiel’s company Palantir Technologies. Gregory Kennedy also has been a NASA senior financial adviser.

Not so coincidentally, both of Justice Kennedy’s sons were at the White House last month for the St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Also, Ivanka Trump has attended oral arguments of the Supreme Court as a guest of Justice Kennedy.

But even more alarming is information reported at Medium.com which shows extensive financial relationships between the Trumps (including Jared Kushner) and the Kennedy family.

Like all financial dealings, the details can be quite complex, but in summary, Justin Kennedy has lent substantial amounts of money to Jared Kushner and bailed him out of a troubled real estate deal.

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https://www.politicususa.com/2018/06/29/new-claims-justice-kennedy-was-bought-off-and-must-be-investigated.html

[TheBlackAdder]

1. It's odd that Kennedy was looking for a replacement aid in January, and submits resignation in June.

[irisblue]

2. Kick

[GoCubsGo]

3. Bought off, blackmailed, threatened...

Whatever it was, it needs to be exposed for the entire world to see.

[still_one]

4. Isn't going to happen. What should be investigated is those who thought the SC wasn't a

particularly important issue to vote for the Democratic nominee

Perhaps a better phrase would be "have their head examined"

[tavernier]

5. Reminds me more and more of Untouchables.

Wouldn’t be a bit surprised if most of our government was implicated in Putin’s personal monopoly game.

[Raster]

11. I believe WHOLEHEARTEDLY that the GOP is AWASH in dirty Russian money.

[Paladin]

6. This stinks to high heaven.

And as usual, trump, Kennedy and the Kennedy boys will probably get away with it. Reason#11,087 why I'm no longer celebrating the Fourth Of July in any way, shape or form. Remember when we had a decent country? Seems like a long time ago......

[Doreen]

7. My very first thought when I saw that he "retired" when he did

was "how much did they pay him?"

[BSdetect]

8. Two kinds of repugnants: The corrupt and the corruptible.u

[smirkymonkey]

9. K&R

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[PunkinPi]

12. Video of SOTU where Trump & Justice Kennedy having that convo...

Link to tweet

[mfcorey1]

13. Dang! How many arms are on the octupus of the current administration?

[Achilleaze]

14. republicans selling out America

republican betrayal of America for money will not stand.

[KPN]

15. This illegitimate president should not be allowed to appoint ANYONE while under investigation

for serious and potentially treasonous crimes against our nation. He should not have been allowed to appoint Gorsuch.

Why isn't the media making this statement? Why isn't the media pointing out the absurdity in even considering a possible appointment under these circumstances? The media continues to let our nation down! Whose side are they on?!

[gordianot]

16. It would almost be funny if Joe McCarthy was correct in the wrong way.

Instead of Democrats the old Soviet Union and Russian Republic has been turning the greed on for Republicans in a decades old scheme. Please note I find none of this funny, am convinced the Republican Party is full of useful idiots and has been for a long time. The outrages we are suffering at the hands of Republicans are no accident.