So embezzled money was used by Bannon to buy a boat used for a campaign rally?

[yellowcanine]

So I have that right? If so, is this not also a campaign finance violation? Inquiring minds want to know.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Did Bannon buy a boat with the embezzled wall funds?

I haven't heard this. Kolfarge did, but Bannon was taken from a Chinese national's yacht.

[yellowcanine]

2. Yeah okay I was using Bannon to to represent the group of grifters.

At any rate, he would have been at least partially accountable for the embezzled money which was used to buy the boat.

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. I suspect we will learn what Bannon was spending his ill-gotten gains on.

I'm thinking he was buy lots of expensive wines and sumptuous meals for his gout related body.

[Chainfire]

3. Wouldn't you think that the nature of the alleged crimes would rise to the level of Rico crimes?

I have just been going at it with some Conservatives who want to argue that all administrations are crooked, as if it renders moot the accusations. I argued that the Conservatives have to choose one of two options. Either Trump has intentionally surrounded himself with criminals or he is a damn fool for bringing them in to his circle. I see no other option.

I left them with the thought that Trump would either be remembered as the worst President in the history of the nation, or the last president in the history of the nation.

[yellowcanine]

4. Maybe, and the elephant in the room is "Was Trump involved?"

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Excellent framing.

I left them with the thought that Trump would either be remembered as the worst President in the history of the nation, or the last president in the history of the nation.

It really is a binary choice.

[Budi]

7. The Yacht Bannon was arrested on

Link to tweet

I'm guessing the Wall Pac scam wasn't just a fundraiser for Trump's campaign.

Global criming costs money, afterall..

"

Link to tweet

[Liberal In Texas]

9. Huh. i'm getting a different owner according to...

The Hartford Courant -
The massive yacht remained off West Beach in Westbrook early Thursday. The New York Times reported that the yacht belongs to exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui.
https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-bannon-arrested-connecticut-20200820-aogsf64fr5axpheyas2xhsst7u-story.html

[Tanuki]

12. This article explains it: (TL/DR: Guo is the owner )

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/this-is-the-very-expensive-yacht-steve-bannon-got-arrested-on/

..."A listing from Moran Yacht & Ship calls Lady May “innovative in every sense of the word” and boasts that it won “a succession of Superyacht awards in 2015.” Boat International reported in 2015 that Neville Crichton, a businessman and yacht racer originally from New Zealand, conceived of Lady May as a slightly bigger version of another yacht named Como. But, Crichton said, “it was the height of the global financial crisis and even though Australia came through that pretty well, I just wasn’t excited.” A year later, Dubois Naval Architects came up with a new design that was more than just a stretched-out Como. That yacht, Lady May, now belongs to Guo."

[Budi]

17. Thanks. This clears the confusion of ownership.

Imagine what all SDNY has on this case, for them to send down indictments & arrests.

They wouldn't be at this point without some serious findings ready to prove the case

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Well,this is going to be

one hell of a who done it isn't it. GTV Media eh. Interesting Company Bio. Hackers.

[Budi]

18. Cripe. Searching GTV Media as we speak

Money laundering....etc, to the very core.

[Wellstone ruled]

21. Oh boy how this story is going to

blow the minds of incompetent so called Reporters. They better hire some Grade School Kids to help navigate the Tech aspects.

[Budi]

22. Lol. Yup

And this is only Day 1.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. Looks like a James Bond villian's megayacht. . .

The Lady May, ex Como, owned by Bannon's buddy Guo Wengui:



The Disco Volante from Thunderball: "Jettison Cocoon" mode:

[Chainfire]

8. As my dear Grandmother used to say,

"I would give a pretty" to know how the rest of the $25,000,000.00 was spent.

[Budi]

10. Me too! Global criming doesn't pay for itself!

Th Wall PAC seems to be a money laundering scheme, perhaps.

Bet we'll find out how far this reached & who's pockets it filled.

[Blue Owl]

11. Steve Bannon's Yachtly Crew Tour

n/t

[Chainfire]

26. I wonder if the old boy was living on that boat?

Here I thought he represented himself as a penniless vagabond living in some hovel. He certainly looked that part.

[yellowcanine]

27. It apppears no one ever taught him how to dress himself or shave properly. Also he never seems to

have moved past the Brylcreem phase many of us boomers went through at about age 14.

[Cirque du So-What]

15. Is there video of this boat in a rump rally?

It would make a terrific campaign ad.

[EleanorR]

16. It's Kolfage who bought the boat used on July 4th

Link to tweet

[Budi]

19. We're gonna need a white board to keep track of them all

It's about to hit the fan big time, & just in time for the Republican Convention next week...

Perfect timing. 👍

[Roland99]

23. Jeezus! Four engines on that little thing?

[yellowcanine]

28. Well it is a WARFIGHTER after all.

Lots of big boys have their big boy toys but most do not grift with national security projects to pay for them.

[LeftInTX]

31. What not have a large inboard motor?

[LeftInTX]

30. Weird

4 Outboard motors?

[onethatcares]

20. I would have love to watch

the USPS police pull along side that and climb aboard with the warrant. Shades of Crocket and Tubbs.

[Budi]

24. Really. How did they do it! We need a video of that maneuver

Would this happen as it did because they were off the Coast of Conneticut? (I think)

Had they been out in internat'l waters the commandeering of the Yacht & arrest of Bannon couldn't have happened. Right?
Asking cuz I have no idea on such matters.

[onethatcares]

25. it's been my thought that

the United States of America controls all international waters. That's how they interdict drug smugglers at the base of Cape Horn and other international waters.

I have no inkling of how the USPS did it but go fast boats were my first thought. The boat doesn't seem to have a heli pad but it might.

Years ago I was boarded by the Coast Guard 25 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico to check for "illegal fish", and safety equipment.

I think they were just bored and hoping for a hit.