Bernie Sanders BLOWS Theo Von’s mind as he explains how Democrats stole the election from him



Comedian and podcaster Theo Von has been on fire with his interviews lately — and his sit-down with Bernie Sanders is no exception.

Which is why Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shared a timely clip from “This Past Weekend” during which Sanders admits that the Democratic Party robbed him of winning the Democratic Party's nomination after he won the first few primaries.

“I felt like you didn’t get treated fairly, to be honest,” Von tells Sanders of his run for Democratic presidential nominee.

“That’s what happens when you take on the establishments. What happened is we won the first three primaries, and then the establishment got very, very nervous,” Sanders explains. “There were a whole lot of candidates in the Democratic primary, and they said, ‘Hey, it’d be a good idea if you all dropped out, let Joe Biden be the one candidate.’”

“Do they call? Is there a call that you get and it’s like you’re not going to move forward?” Von asks, adding, “How does the establishment work?”

“What happened is I won the popular vote in Iowa. I won the New Hampshire primary. I won the Nevada primary. And those were the first three, and then the front page of the New York Times: ‘Democratic Establishment very nervous Bernie Sanders could win the whole thing.’”

Sanders said pressure was applied to the other candidates to drop out in order for Biden to win, and once they did, everyone rallied around the current president.

“Do you think that our election process is still Democratic?” Von asks.

“Yes and no,” Sanders responds. “If you’re going to win, and I have 10 times more money than you do, I will beat you 95% of the time. I mean, that’s a fact.”

“In terms of who has the real power, money people do. And I use the term oligarchy, and oligarchy is a society where small numbers of very wealthy people control the economic and political life of the country. I think we are moving rapidly in that direction,” he adds.

“It feels like an almost privatized communism in a way,” Von responds.

“That’s a very good point,” Sanders says, pleasantly surprised.


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Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez FOUND GUILTY on all counts in federal corruption case



A jury determined that Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was guilty on several charges related to accusations of bribery and corruption on Tuesday.

The jury had been deliberating for 13 hours beginning Friday on the 16 counts filed against Menendez.

The charges against Menendez included conspiracy, bribery, extortion, obstruction of justice, and acting as a foreign agent of Egypt while the senator was a chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.

Prosecutors said that the senator had received gold bars and even a Mercedes-Benz vehicle in exchange for political influence. They also found nearly half a million dollars in cash at his residence.

Some of the charges on their own may result in a prison term of up to 20 years.

Menendez had maintained his innocence throughout the trial. The Democrat had served in the Senate since 2006 but said that he would no longer run in a Democrat primary and would return as an "independent Democrat" if he were able to run again.

His attorney previously said that the charges "stink of desperation."

Other Democrats have called for Menendez to resign over the bribery allegations.

"We have a colleague in the Senate that's actually done much more sinister kinds of things. He needs to go," said Sen. John Fetterman (Penn.). "Menendez is really a senator for Egypt, not New Jersey."

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Top Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez is under federal criminal investigation again



A powerful Democrat is under federal criminal investigation again, according to a confirmation from an aide to the senator.

The newest investigation into Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey was first reported by Semafor reporter Kadia Goba.

"Senator Menendez is aware of an investigation that was reported on today, however he does not know the scope of the investigation," said Menendez spokesperson Michael Soliman in a text. "As always, should any official inquiries be made, the Senator is available to provide any assistance that is requested of him or his office."

Semafor reported that Manhattan federal prosecutors had reached out to Menendez about the investigation and sent out at least one subpoena related to the case.

The New York Times documented an interview by prosecutors of an attorney in New Jersey named Antranig Aslanian, who casually knows Menendez. Aslanian says he knows of at least two other people who were subpoenaed.

Menendez was indicted on corruption and bribery charges in 2015. The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Unit accused him of trading political favors for various benefits, including luxury vacations and expensive flights, but a jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a judge declared a mistrial in the case. Prosecutors later officially dropped the case.

The prominent Florida ophthalmologist who was accused of bribing Menendez had also been convicted for a massive Medicare scam that cheated the government out of $90 million, but his sentence was commuted by then-President Donald Trump.

Menendez was admonished by the Senate for accepting gifts from the doctor.

The Semafor report also said the new investigation is broadly similar to the previous investigation but involves completely different people.

The 68-year-old senator is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate since 2006.

Here's more about the federal investigation:

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Joe Biden agreed to pay more than $800,000 of Hunter's debts including legal fees stemming from business with a Chinese firm



According to a recently surfaced email, President Joe Biden agreed to pay more than $800,000 of the legal bills built up by his son Hunter while he was conducting business with a Chinese firm.

The email contained an attached spreadsheet detailing debts owed by Hunter, which calls into question the validity of his father’s repeated claims about never discussing Hunter’s foreign business dealings with him.

The New York Post reported that the email was sent on January 17, 2019, by Hunter’s former personal assistant, Katie Dodge, and sent to an accountant named Linda Shapero, who founded the firm Global DEEZ in Leesburg, Virginia.

In the email, Dodge wrote, “I spoke with Hunter today regarding his bills. It is my understanding that Hunt’s dad will cover these bills in the short-term as Hunter transitions in his career.”

The email included the greeting “Hello VP team” and was cc’d to Hunter Biden and Richard Ruffner, who was a personal aide to Joe Biden during his tenure as vice president after he left office and while he ran for president.

The spreadsheet attached to the email shows Hunter Biden owing debts that include more than $130,00 in legal fees due “ASAP” to the law firm Faegre Baker Daniels, with $28,382 owed for “BHR Restructuring.”

BHR is believed to be a reference to the Chinese company Bohai Harvest RST (Shanghai) Equity Investment Fund Management, a company in which Hunter Biden held a 10% stake through a holding company called Skaneateles LLC.

BHR is primarily owned by Chinese investors. This includes the Bank of China, which is a government-controlled entity operated by the Chinese Communist Party.

Hunter Biden reportedly owed Faegre Baker Daniels another $20,909 for “Burnham Restructure,” referring to the Burnham Financial Group. Hunter’s former business partner Devon Archer, along with others, invested in this initiative as a plan to create their own financial services conglomerate.

Hunter maintained an office at the New York headquarters of an asset-management firm that was supposed to merge with Burnham as part of a deal called a “roll-up.” Hunter evidently seldom used the office, and the firm never merged with Burnham.

Hunter also owed Faegre Baker Daniels $82,239 for “Confidential Investi” for a total of $131,530.

Other debts listed in the spreadsheet include payments and insurance for a Porsche, a Ford truck, a boat, the tuition for Hunter’s daughters at the University of Pennsylvania and a private day school, and $37,000 per month to his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle.

The spreadsheet also listed a separate section titled “CREDIT CARDS” that included an outstanding balance of $157,033.

More than half of the debts listed on the spreadsheet involved various state and federal taxes, totaling more than $400,000.