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There could be as many as 8 first rd Ot. We really need to make sure we get one.
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GOP operative loses appeal of conviction for funneling Russian money to Trump campaign A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Republican operative who had been pardoned by Donald Trump in the waning days of his presidency. The District of Columbia Circuit Court rejected an appeal by Jesse Benton, a former senior aide to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul, of his November 2022 conviction for orchestrating a scheme to conceal a $100,000 donation from a Russian national to his GOP consulting firm — and pocketing most of it. Russian businessman Roman Vasilenko wired the money under his own name to the consulting firm, but Benton kept $75,000 for himself and gave $25,000 under his name to the presidential campaign for Trump, who posed for a photo with Vasilenko. Benton then filed a false report with the Federal Election Commission to conceal the source of the funds, the court found. The Trump campaign was not aware of the true source of that donation. Benton had appealed the conviction, saying Trump's 2020 pardon should have prevented the jury from hearing about his previous election crimes before convicting him of the newer charges. However, prosecutors argued that the unusual manner in which Trump handed out pardons by sidestepping the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney should have allowed them to present evidence of Benton's previous conviction for bribing an Iowa politician to switch his endorsement in 2011 to Ron Paul's long-shot presidential campaign. The 45-year-old Benton, who is married to Ron Paul's granddaughter, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for that straw donor scheme. Click on the link for the full article
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Just not scary, lol, I can get into the weeds on this 😄 Interesting, it mostly reads like an idiot with a personality disorder, but doesn't hint at the more criminal stuff other than obliquely. Good catch, good memory, that jogged my memory with the weird Eagles story. It makes sense as he had a pretty similar grade to other backs in that class that went late 1st/early 2nd. So clearly a bunch steered clear.
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I would say Paul is our #1 OT target. Peters pretty much gushed over him at the senior bowl. #36 for sure. I wouldn’t discount a trade up to #29 with DET for an OT either.
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He probably would have picked Drew Rosenhaus. I'm sure you remember how many scandals his guy has been involved in. Yet he is still doing his thing. I dont think the tweet is the kiss of death you think it is. Im sure publicity wasn't the intent of him liking the tweet. But once the fire was on them and they started making MORE of them? Its pretty clear to me that they like the attention yall are giving them.
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Official 2024 FA/Trades: Ertz, Armstrong, Ferrell, Fowler, Ndubuisi, Biadasz, Allegretti, Deiter, Luvu, Wagner, Pittman, Walker, Ekeler, McNichols, McManus, Mariota, Driskel, Ott, Chinn, Igbinoghene, Davis, Pierre, Zaccheaus, Reaves, Crowder, Obada, Lucas
CommDownMan replied to CapsSkins's topic in The Stadium
I think he's probably waiting for teams that miss out on the draft or have an injury. But he may also eventually sign cheap if that doesn't work as he hopes.