Whitmer kidnap plotter Croft sentenced to almost 20 years
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Policy Leaning Analysis
This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of -38% Liberal:
- 3 negative sentiments for Criminal justice
"Barry Croft Jr. has long been known to law enforcement for his extreme anti-government viewsBarry Croft Jr. was part of a plan to kidnap the Democratic governor from her summer home in 2020 and practiced detonating explosives in preparation, prosecutors have said."
"Croft has long been known to law enforcement for his extreme anti-government views."
"Croft discussed using his grenade launcher and a mounted machine gun to thwart law enforcement response to the scene as a part in the kidnapping plot, jurors heard at trial."
Politician Portrayal Analysis:
This article includes the following Politician Portrayal sentiments, providing an average sentiment of 0% Neutral and bias score of N/A:
""If there's any proof that the American dream was attainable: 'Hi,'" Santos said."
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"Despite Santos' claims, Harbor City has not been listed in the Fortune 500."
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"Santos, who has said he was unaware of any wrongdoing at the firm, was not named in the SEC complaint against Harbor City."
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"and then they resettled themselves in Belgium due to religious persecution," said Santos."
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"However, in the 2020 interview, Santos boasted of working with another blue chip investment firm: J.P. Morgan."
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"Santos and the Metropolitan Republican Club, which conducted the interview, did not respond to requests for comment."
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"The interview also includes other examples of Santos' shifting narrative and questionable backstory."
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"nnJ.P. Morgan did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether they have any record of Santos working at the firm."
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"The newfound wealth came as Santos loaned his second congressional campaign over $500,000 in the months before his victory."
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"We are top -- we're within the Fortune 500 private equity firms globally," Santos said."
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"Santos has claimed he left Harbor City in March 2021, the month before the SEC complaint was filed."
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"Along with sharing embellishments about Harbor City and his resume, Santos made claims about his family's European ancestry and escape from "religious persecution" that have since been disproved."
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""I manage all of our fixed-income assets with arbitrage here in New York," Santos said."
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""I've done my tour, I'd say, of due diligence through Wall Street, Goldman, J.P. Morgan, so on and so forth," Santos said."
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"During the interview, Santos indicated he had an important role at Harbor City, a firm that was described as "a classic Ponzi scheme" in an April 2021 complaint filed in a Florida court by the Securities and Exchange Commission."
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"During his conversation with the GOP club, Santos also reiterated the claims about working on Wall Street that he admitted to "embellishing" in recent days following a New York Times exposu00e9 that debunked his tales about working for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.nn"
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"The conversation took place during Santos' first run for Congress in 2020, which was ultimately unsuccessful."
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"After making his series of questionable claims in the interview -- which, as of this writing has less than 100 views on YouTube -- Santos cast his fantastical story as proof of this country's greatness."
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"That firm, the Devolder Organization, is central to Santos' evolving explanation for a surge in income he claims to have enjoyed over the past two years."
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"In a 2020 interview with the Metropolitan Republican Club, Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) provided details about his employment at an alleged "ponzi scheme.""
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"The comments, which have received little notice, shed light on a period that is central to questions about Santos' purported personal fortune."
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"Genealogy records unearthed by CNN indicate Santos' maternal grandparents were from Brazil."
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"Santos, whose hiring was aounced by Harbor City in July 2020, claimed in the interview that he took a leave of absence the following month to run for office while remaining employed by the firm."
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20% However, in the 2020 interview, Santos boasted of working with another blue chip investment firm: J.P. Morgan.nn"
18% The newfound wealth came as Santos loaned his second congressional campaign over $500,000 in the months before his victory."
18% We are top -- we're within the Fortune 500 private equity firms globally," Santos said."
10% "I've done my tour, I'd say, of due diligence through Wall Street, Goldman, J.P. Morgan, so on and so forth," Santos said."
10% "I manage all of our fixed-income assets with arbitrage here in New York," Santos said."
8% During the interview, Santos indicated he had an important role at Harbor City, a firm that was described as "a classic Ponzi scheme" in ..."
-2% "Croft discussed using his grenade launcher and a mounted machine gun to thwart law enforcement response to the scene as a part in the ..."
-16% "Croft has long been known to law enforcement for his extreme anti-government views.""
-20% "Barry Croft Jr. has long been known to law enforcement for his extreme anti-government viewsBarry Croft Jr. was part of a plan to kidnap ..."
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49% : Croft discussed using his grenade launcher and a mounted machine gun to thwart law enforcement response to the scene as a part in the kidnapping plot, jurors heard at trial.42% : Croft has long been known to law enforcement for his extreme anti-government views.
40% : Barry Croft Jr. has long been known to law enforcement for his extreme anti-government viewsBarry Croft Jr. was part of a plan to kidnap the Democratic governor from her summer home in 2020 and practiced detonating explosives in preparation, prosecutors have said.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.
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