NonilexNov 8

Because of course

The political appointee leveling fraud accusations against enemies of #Trump tapped a former registered #SexOffender for the #federal role as a consultant to mortgage giants Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, acc/to 6 people….

#BillPulte, director of the #FHFA, appointed Mark Zarkin, a Michigan restaurateur & prominent Detroit-area Trump supporter, as a consultant to the 2 mortgage companies….

#law #LegalEthics #Republicans
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-official-accusing-presidents-rivals-crimes-tapped-former-registered-sex-2025-11-07/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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Reuters couldn’t determine exactly when Zarkin was recruited, under what terms, or the specific tasks assigned to him in the role.

In recent weeks, acc/to internal documentation reviewed by Reuters, Zarkin still had a Freddie Mac email & was described internally as a “consultant.” The role, …has alarmed some employees at the #FHFA as well as at Fannie & Freddie, the 2 government-sponsored mortgage enterprises overseen by the federal agency.

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Zarkin once pleaded no contest to a #felony #SexCrime involving a sexual encounter with a “mentally incapacitated” woman, acc/to MI court records reviewed by Reuters, & has no significant experience in the housing sector. His felony conviction was later vacated, for reasons that weren’t explained by the judge. Separately, an ongoing MI lawsuit also accuses Zarkin of involvement in a plan to #bribe #Trump in exchange for the #pardon of an unidentified person in NY.

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Court records reviewed by Reuters show that Zarkin pleaded no contest to an attempted third-degree sexual conduct charge in Macomb County, MI, in 1999. The plea followed a case in which investigators found Zarkin’s DNA during a “pelvic examination” of a woman, not yet of drinking age, who had been “mentally incapacitated” by alcohol & Valium, acc/to the records. In 2000, Zarkin was sentenced to 8 months in #jail & 3 years’ #probation, & ordered to register as a #SexOffender.

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After he served his sentence & spent 9 yrs on the #SexOffender registry, Zarkin’s atty successfully petitioned the state court to vacate the conviction, arguing that his continued listing on the sex registry was excessive, acc/to the records. The atty argued that Zarkin, when he agreed to his plea deal, hadn’t realized he would remain on the registry for so long. Court records from the plea deal show that registering as an offender was an explicit part of Zarkin’s plea agreement.

#law #Trump

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The 2009 court order vacating the #conviction gave no reason for the decision. Legal experts expressed surprise at the ruling afterward & said it was unusual…for a court to vacate it. [$$?]

“Judges don’t usually vacate a sentence like this,” Jonathan Jones, a #criminal defense atty who has practiced in the area for >30 yrs, told Reuters. “If someone is informed that they’ll have to register as a #SexOffender, they generally can’t come back years later & say ‘I didn't realize it.’”

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…Zarkin is involved in another MI controversy.
In an ongoing lawsuit, filed earlier this year in a Wayne County court, a fmr city manager & a fmr #police officer allege that Zarkin held conversations w/ Jamiel Altaheri, until recently the #PoliceChief in Hamtramck, a #Detroit suburb. In those conversations, plaintiffs allege, the 2 men discussed a plan to pay #Trump as much as $5 million to secure a #pardon for an unidentified NY acquaintance of Altaheri accused of unspecified financial #crimes.
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…[In addition to hiring the #SexOffender Zarkin,] #BillPulte hired Aaron Kofsky, a former advisor to Senator #JDVance before Vance became VP, & later put him in charge of the #FHFA’s Division of Housing Mission & Goals. Last year, Vance fired Kofsky for posting online about using drugs including #cocaine & #opiates, according to a story in Wired magazine, which first reported his posts.

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Show threadGJ Groothedde 🇪🇺Nov 9
@Nonilex Rape has become totally cool under Trump.
Show threadhereticali.bsky.socialNov 8
He fucked a drunk 'chick'! 🤣 Typical jock. Can't get laid unless they're drunk or drugged, or a golddigger looking to hook up with (accent on HOOK, as in hooker) a rich guy.