By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--June 29, 2017
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"My wife is about the most honest person I know. When she came to that college, it was failing financially and academically. When she left it, it was in better shape. Five years later, just at the moment - coincidentally, no doubt - when I am a candidate for president of the United States, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, a vice chairman of the Republican Party in Vermont, launched this investigation.
So, all I will tell you now, Erin, is it is a sad state of affairs in America not only when we have politicians being destroyed — when there are attacks against elected officials, but when you go after people’s wives. That’s pretty pathetic. And that’s where we are right now, and that’s all that I want to say.""That's all I want to say" is a little like issuing a statement before pleading the 5th. It just "ain't gonna fly." The problem, of course, is that this isn't simply a "Vermont Republican" thing, and it may not just be about Bernie's wife. That would be bad enough, but there are questions about Bernie too. The FBI is investigating whether Mrs. Sanders committed bank fraud, that's a federal crime, and there's reason to believe they're also looking into whether Bernie used his position to pressure the bank into issuing a dubious loan. Burnett pressed, wondering if Sanders was aware of that. Bernie wouldn't answer.
"That's all that I want to say and we'll let it play out. But I think it’s fairly pathetic that when people are involved in public life, it’s not only they get attacked, but it is their wives and their families that get attacked. That’s what this is about.”
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