Feel the Bern...of an FBI investigation

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.

Politico Magazine first reported the Sanders had hired lawyers to defend them in the probe. Sanders' top adviser Jeff Weaver told CBS News the couple has sought legal protection over federal agents' allegations from a January 2016 complaint accusing then-President of Burlington College, Ms. Sanders, of distorting donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to purchase 33 acres of land for the institution.

According to Politico, prosecutors might also be looking into allegations that Sen. Sanders' office inappropriately urged the bank to approve the loan.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-and-jane-sanders-under-fbi-investigation-for-bank-fraud-hire-lawyers/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=39061383

A federal investigation of a land deal led by Jane Sanders, the wife and political adviser of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), has accelerated in recent months — with prosecutors hauling off more than a dozen boxes of records from the Vermont college she once ran and calling a state official to testify before a grand jury, according to interviews and documents

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/federal-prosecutors-step-up-probe-of-land-deal-pushed-by-wife-of-bernie-sanders/2017/07/10/e3fc3e72-625a-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html?utm_term=.e5d1e3eeecf1

Thank goodness Bernie isn't our president, otherwise, the country would be mired in a White House controversy seemingly every day.

Bernie can fuck off. Another man with a lot to say but no plan for actually doing anything.

Turtleneck wrote:Bernie can fuck off. Another man with a lot to say but no plan for actually doing anything.

I think he might have had a chance in the general election had the Democratic Party not been so fucked up. But I wonder what kind of shit would be going on now? No way he gets anything passed, ever. Supreme court would need a super majority like were mormons or something, because it wouldn't have more than 8. It would be government at a roadblock

Another witch hunt? So many witch hunts these days.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/us/politics/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-investigation-burlington-college.html

Of course, Mr. King wants the Constitution amended just for Bernie. I do not think he understands the process.

KING: Bernie Sanders would make a great third-party candidate — under a reformed Electoral College system

At his core, Bernie Sanders is an anti-establishment politician who loathes the corruption and influence of outside money in both the Democratic and Republican parties. As a general rule, he doesn't attend swanky fund-raising dinners or accept the support of shady super PACs. Yet, in order to have influence in American politics, the longest serving independent in congressional history was basically forced to shape-shift himself into a Democrat. No doubt, he's a square peg in a round hole and I never got the feeling he was truly welcome. In spite of wining over 20 primary contests, hardly a single member of the Democratic establishment supported his campaign to become their nominee for President. Even today, and almost every day, I see Democratic elites tweet their agitation or downright anger that Bernie has any sway in the party whatsoever.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-reform-electoral-college-bernie-run-party-article-1.3326841

Always looking for an advantage.
Change the constitution, seek secret money from huge ag conglomerates (Bebe Rebozo) etc. if you get investigated for anything your wish list usually goes public.