Anonymous ID: 25934a Jan. 7, 2020, 11:15 a.m. No.7742088   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>7741984

Frank Parlato the man that turned on NXIVM and runs Frank Report is also going to be charged..

 

Where’s the Beef? Feds Will Try to Convict Parlato on Insinuations Rather Than Facts

 

Regardless of the specific crimes that are alleged to have been committed, most criminal cases are pretty straightforward.

 

The prosecutors allege that the defendant did something illegal – and they introduce witnesses and other evidence to prove that this allegation is true “beyond a reasonable doubt”.

 

Depending on the specific crime that the defendant is alleged to have committed, the prosecution will also have to prove “general intent” (i.e., the defendant meant to commit the alleged act) or “specific intent” (i.e., the defendant intended to cause the actual outcome of the act). Examples: Assault and Battery are “general intent” crimes – and embezzlement and robbery are “specific intent” crimes.

 

The defense attorneys counter in one or more ways.

 

They may challenge the credibility of the prosecution’s witnesses and/or the admissibility of its other evidence.

 

Or they may claim it was not the defendant who committed the illegal activity: i.e., it’s a case of mistaken identity. In cases like this, they may offer an alibi for the defendant with respect to the time and location at which the alleged illegal activity took place – or they may even identify someone else as the likely perpetrator.

 

Or they may simply claim that the defendant did not commit the specific criminal acts (s)he is accused of committing – and challenge whether the prosecution has proved its assertions “beyond a reasonable doubt”.

 

And, if the defendant is charged with a “specific intent” crime, the defense attorneys may also argue that the defendant did not intend to cause the actual outcome that occurred.

 

In the case of the U.S. v. Parlato, Frank has been charged with “specific intent” crimes.

 

And, since it does not appear that there are many facts that will be in dispute, Frank’s case will likely turn on the question of what his intent was in terms of operating several companies — and opening up multiple bank accounts.

https://frankreport.com/2020/01/07/wheres-the-beef-feds-will-try-to-convict-parlato-on-insinuations-rather-than-facts/

Anonymous ID: 25934a Jan. 7, 2020, 11:38 a.m. No.7742252   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2273

FDD: Iran Still Owes $53 Billion in Unpaid U.S. Court Judgments to American Victims of Iranian Terrorism

 

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 20 that nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian government funds must be turned over to injured survivors and families of Americans killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and other attacks for which Iran was found liable by U.S. courts. This is an important, but only partial, step towards compensating American victims of Iranian terrorism.

 

Even after the nearly $2 billion is used as compensation, American victims of Iranian terrorism will still hold some $53 billion in outstanding federal court judgments against Iranian government entities and officials. So long as Iran refuses to settle these little-known but massive judgments, they will continue to cast a shadow over Iranian relations with the United States and over expanding Iranian trade with European and other countries that could seize Iranian assets in implementation of the U.S. court judgments. In contrast, if Iran agrees or is forced to settle these claims, as Libya did with the Pan Am 103 and similar claims against it by U.S. terrorism victims, it will be an important step towards deterring similar Iranian-sponsored atrocities in the future.

 

Tehran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism – including numerous attacks that have killed and injured U.S. citizens. Iran has typically acted through Hezbollah, Hamas, or other terrorist proxies. According to Jennifer Elsea of the Congressional Research Service, U.S. federal courts have, over the last two decades, issued some 92 judgments finding the Iranian government and its officials liable for acts of terrorism that claimed American victims.[1] These judgments have resulted in over $26 billion in compensatory damages and over $30 billion in punitive damages against Iranian government entities and officials.[2] Iran has never willingly paid a penny.

 

Victims and their families have instead received less than $100 million in compensation from Iranian government assets blocked by the U.S. government.[3] The April 20 Supreme Court judgment – ensuring that nearly $2 billion in Iranian government assets are used to pay U.S. victims of Iranian terrorism – will increase Tehran’s price at least twenty-fold for its history of attacks against Americans.

 

Still, over $53 billion in U.S. federal court judgments against Iranian government entities and officials remain outstanding.[4] This includes over $1 billion in damages that were awarded against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei himself. The list of judgments against Iranian government entities and officials, and the cases underlying them, makes for remarkable reading. They include, but are not limited to, U.S. courts having held Iran liable for the following:

A Hezbollah truck bomb that killed 63 people in April 1983 at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, including 17 Americans.[5]

A second Hezbollah truck bomb that destroyed a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut in October 1983, killing 241 U.S. service members.[6]

Hezbollah’s abduction and torture in Lebanon throughout the 1980s of U.S. citizens working in Beirut, including two journalists,[7] a priest,[8] and three administrators of educational institutions.[9]

The April 1995 and February 1996 murders of five U.S. citizens in two terrorist bombings of Israeli buses. Judge Royce Lamberth, the U.S. District Court judge who decided these cases, found Khamenei personally responsible.[10]

Too long to print:

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2016/05/06/iran-still-owes-53-billion-in-unpaid-u-s-court-judgments-to-american-victims-of-iranian-terrorism/

Anonymous ID: 25934a Jan. 7, 2020, 11:39 a.m. No.7742273   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>7742252

Iran is responsible for the following and have not payed their debt….

A Hezbollah truck bomb that killed 63 people in April 1983 at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, including 17 Americans.[5]

A second Hezbollah truck bomb that destroyed a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut in October 1983, killing 241 U.S. service members.[6]

Hezbollah’s abduction and torture in Lebanon throughout the 1980s of U.S. citizens working in Beirut, including two journalists,[7] a priest,[8] and three administrators of educational institutions.[9]

The April 1995 and February 1996 murders of five U.S. citizens in two terrorist bombings of Israeli buses. Judge Royce Lamberth, the U.S. District Court judge who decided these cases, found Khamenei personally responsible.[10]

The June 1996 killing of 19 U.S. servicemen by a truck bombing at Khobar Towers, a residence on a U.S. military base in Saudi Arabia. Judge Lamberth singled out Khamenei for responsibility, stating that the attack was “approved by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran at the time.”[11]

The July 1997 Hamas bombing of an outdoor market in Jerusalem that killed a U.S. citizen. Judge Lamberth found the Iranian government, its Ministry of Information and Security, and Khamenei himself liable for the killing.[12]

The August 1998 truck bombings that destroyed the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing more than 300 and wounding over 5,000.[13]

The October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, which resulted in the deaths of 17 American sailors.[14

The September 11, 2001 attacks that killed some 3,000 people. In December 2011, a U.S. District Court found the Iranian government and Khamenei himself among those responsible.[15] The court’s lengthy opinion included extensive evidence that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had provided “funding and/or training for terrorism operations targeting American citizens, including support for Hizballah and al Qaeda” and evidence that IRGC activities were controlled by Khamenei. The opinion also quoted from the 9/11 Commission report that “Iran furnished material and direct support” for travel for at least eight of the hijackers. The Iranian government, Khamenei, and the other defendants have thus far been ordered to pay over $16 billion in compensatory and punitive damages to the victims.[16]