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posted ago by UKTrumper1 ago by UKTrumper1 +3048 / -0

I just spent the evening with a UK lawyer friend of mine while I picked his brains over a couple of beers about the process of setting up a charity here. He is in general practice now (down-shifting to a quieter life) but spent many years working for the Serious Fraud Office. Anyway, after we got business out of the way, I brought up the US election situation. I was BLOWN AWAY with his frankness. He said if he were Biden's attorney he would advise him to CONCEDE NOW while he can still do so whilst plausibly able to claim that he had no knowledge of the fraud committed. He said Biden's window of opportunity to get out of this mess without going to prison will close rapidly. The longer he leaves it the harder it will be to extricate himself. He said that if even 10% of what is being alleged can be proven then the entire structure around Biden will collapse in on itself. He likened it to complex corporate fraud cases. Once the lower operators and facilitators are caught out and arrested, the chain reaction of collapse brings the whole house of cards down. Once plea bargains enter the equation, the enterprise is doomed. They always sell out the next echelon above. He did qualify his remarks that he is trained in UK law rather than US law (although they share English Common Law roots) but his parting remark on the subject was perhaps the most telling: "Regardless of the legal system, I can recognize fraud when I see it!!!!"

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Ben45 3 points ago +3 / -0

When I read Serious Fraud Office I thought you were bullshitting us, but I looked it up and its a thing lol. Never heard of that before. Seems like an awkward name.

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Wien1938 5 points ago +5 / -0

It's a very powerful legal arm of the Crown here. They investigate things like large scale money laundering or market rigging. Not a branch of fbe law you want to get caught up in!

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john1234 3 points ago +3 / -0

The British have some funny sounding shit going on

Havin a giggle mate?

(That is supposed to be threatening :D)

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Frog_Anne 1 point ago +1 / -0

Didn't they have an Office of Ungentlemanly Activities during WWII? I think that actor from Lord of the Rings, the one who did really dangerous spy stuff during the war, was part of it.

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john1234 1 point ago +1 / -0

I am pretty sure they will at some point form the ministry of silly walks. Or ungentlemanly walks.

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Ben45 1 point ago +1 / -0

y'aight over there m8?