Stock-dumping GOP senator faces swift backlash for claiming 'total exoneration' after DOJ drops prob

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on May 27, 2020

Brad Reed

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) on Wednesday took a victory lap hours after the United States Department of Justice announced that it had dropped its investigation into her stock trading activities during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Just like Donald Trump, I’ve been completely and totally exonerated,” she wrote on Twitter before then taking a shot at “the fake news media, career politicians, and Swamp elites who thought they were going to take me down.”

The Daily Beast broke news earlier this year that “between January 24th and February 14th… Loeffler reported selling stock jointly owned with her husband worth between $1,275,000 and $3,100,000,” even as she also invested in Citrix, a company that specializes in teleconferencing software that would stand to benefit financially from a mass pandemic.

In the weeks after she sold off her stocks, Loeffler also tried to reassure Americans that the Trump administration had control of the crisis and that the U.S. economy was strong enough to withstand the storm.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/stock-dumping-gop-senator-faces-swift-backlash-for-claiming-total-exoneration-after-doj-drops-probe/



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And justice in America dies a little more.

[Stuart G]

1. K and R...

[EarlG]

2. "Just like Donald Trump, I've been completely and totally exonerated"

Translation: "I haven't been exonerated."

[pwb]

3. What Bullshit.

Fuck republicans and cops.

[NCjack]

4. Presented with a slam-dunk, DoJ threw the ball out-of-bounds. nt

[uponit7771]

8. +1, bunch of functionaries at DOJ now. ... disappointed

[sop]

5. "Justice in America dies a little more" only for the wealthy and well-connected.

[matt819]

6. Statute of limitations?

I would think that investigation could be reopened in January, say, around January 21, 2021.

[Hoyt]

7. Only reason I can't get excited about Loeffler losing is that Doug Collins will take her seat.

Neither one are worth a darn, but Loeffler stays in the background and Collins will be running his mouth everyday about some crud.

[Gothmog]

9. The Biden DOJ will get to make the final decision on this

[Brainfodder]

10. Using Death Count Donnie's favorite: WHAT A DISGRACE!

Just another entry to a growing list of money grubbing rope worthy assholes?

[flotsam]

11. Complete Exoneration

https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/1tmrnh/complete_exoneration/