“Trust Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3: 5-6
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The Deep State has been Busy
The Deep State really does exist, and its members have been busy. Some of them are getting caught red-handed, but their sentences include very little jail-time.
For the good of the country, Deep State operatives who are found guilty or plead guilty to criminal activity need to spend enough time in prison to send a message to other government employees who might be tempted to follow their lead.
A former top Treasury Department official pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy for leaking confidential banking reports associated with members of the Trump campaign, following her dramatic arrest in October 2018 as she toted a flash drive full of sensitive documents.
Natalie Edwards, 41, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court, where U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods set sentencing for June 9. Although the conspiracy charge carried a potential penalty of up to five years in prison, Edwards signed a plea deal with prosecutors that recommended a potential prison sentence of zero to six months.
Edwards was a senior adviser at Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FinCEN. Prosecutors said her crime began in October 2017 and continued for a year, with Edwards sending a BuzzFeed News reporter numerous Suspicious Activity Reports (“SARs”). Banks must file SARs with the Treasury Department when they spot transactions raising questions about possible financial misconduct such as money laundering, but federal law strictly limited their disclosure.
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SnyderTalk Comment:
Natalie Edward’s plea in court was “not guilty”. Later, she made a plea deal to minimize her prison sentence. She needs to spend enough time in jail to send a message to others in the Deep State.
Edward’s crime is much worse than anything Paul Manafort did or was accused of doing. Manafort was sentenced to 7 and a half years in prison. He will be released on December 25, 2024 if he behaves. Edwards should get a similar sentence.
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
