Classic Press Release Propaganda. The question that needs to be asked in these cases is whether the money was restricted LEGALLY. If it was not - no crime was committed. Its not right. Its morally wrong. The investors have a civil claim. But no crime was committed. But the government routinely arrests these people and charges them with "wire fraud" or "Money laundering" or "conspiracy to commit wire fraud or money laundering" and they coerce them into entering plea deals. If it goes to trial, they tell the gullible juries that its a "ponzi-like scheme." And the jury is tainted by the government propaganda, with the help of government lapdog media outlets. There is no chance of beating all of the bogus charges, and the government and the judge will give extra punishment for having the temerity to exercise the constitutional right of a trial by jury. The investors are not served by this. The "fraudster" is forced to spend all his money on lawyers, and is incarcerated and branded a felon for life. That makes it certain that the victims will not get their money back. But at least the government gets a press release, and some prosecutor gets an accolade from his supervisor for destroying the life of an American and his family and all of his employees and the victims who will never be made whole. So its all worth it.

The most dangerous enemy of democracy is the deep state FBI/DOJ, yet it is NEVER mentioned by our elected officials. The FBI/DOJ has affectively unlimited resources to hunt you down, and absolute immunity from charges of weaponization. They are accountable to nothing but the honor system, and these people are NOT honorable. There is enough exculpatory evidence in the Brian Cole Jr. case that a reasonable juror could find more than a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. From what I understand, all the FBI has is a grainy video that does not show his face, some cell phone data that shows he was in the general area, and some credit card receipts that show that -- at the very worst -- he could have built "A" bomb, NOT "THE" bomb. Against the government's case is @SteveBakerUSA 's showing that "the shoe don't fit" (so you must acquit), gait analysis (which is always rock solid science when the government uses it against YOU, but junk science when WE use it), and now actual evidence that they may have the wrong person. This, of course, is on top of the fact that his profile does not make any sense to place him as the pipe bomber. That is not to say that they don't have probable cause to arrest him and convince a grand jury to indict him -although that is getting harder to support by the day. But it does mean that they should not be holding him in the DC Gulag - which is not under investigation for civil and human rights violations - pretrial. He is not dangerous and not a flight risk. That should end the analysis. He should be sent home to his family immediately so he can properly meet with his lawyers and prepare for trial. There is absolutely zero justification to hold him. If he is held until trial, his trial should be declared a mistrial. There should be a rule that if the government holds you before trial, they can only prepare for trial for the same amount of time that you are given to prepare. @FreeBrianCole