re: Trump can’t do that!!!

?Legal Logic: By framing the oil as property "stolen" from U.S. companies, the Treasury treats current oil sales as the recovery of illicitly obtained assets. Under asset forfeiture law (specifically 18 U.S.C. § 981), the government can seize the "fruits of a crime" [2.2].
?2. The Use of "Shadow Fleet" Seizures
?Before Maduro's removal, the U.S. began physically seizing tankers (such as the Skipper) from the "shadow fleet"—vessels used to bypass sanctions [1.5].
?Determination: Because these vessels were involved in violating U.S. sanctions and money laundering laws (18 U.S.C. § 1956), the cargo (oil) became subject to civil forfeiture [2.3].
?The TFF Link: Once seized under these law enforcement authorities, 31 U.S.C. § 9705 mandates that the proceeds from the sale of such property be deposited into the Treasury Forfeiture Fund [2.3, 2.5].

Oh you

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Thats funny you used AI to tell you that because I also used AI to tell me how they would handle the funds. So someone's AI is inferior.

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Lol. Could be. I don't have a dog in this fight. I just want to know what's true. Were the Iranian funds designated as "Foreign Government Deposit Funds?"

That's what my initial (human) research caught. That the fiction was that the funds belonged to Venezuela (which would seem to eliminate the "forfeiture").

Your AI is using someone else opinions on the already passed law. They are opinions, not arbiters of the law

Mayer Brown
Legal Information Institute
WRAL News

But my absolute favorite opinion in there was this:

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Funds held on behalf of foreign governments (e.g., Venezuelan oil revenue) are not forfeiture proceeds, but rather are classified as Foreign Government Deposit Funds under recent policy/executive orders.

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You know how quickly Trump can change that opinion? By just penning another executive order

And to think, you went thru so much effort

Lulz

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Some of you really are unhinged when it comes to Massie

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They're no different than the Leftists inflicted with TDS. It's weird to witness, but they can't help themselves. Facts don't matter. It's all about their feelings.

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Your AI is using someone else opinions on the already passed law. They are opinions, not arbiters of the law

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Which already passed law?

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Were the Iranian funds designated as "Foreign Government Deposit Funds?"

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I’ve been trying to find a definition of “Foreign Government Deposit Funds” in the U.S. Code. Not having much success.

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It's weird to witness, but they can't help themselves. Facts don't matter. It's all about their feelings.

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Love how you can take people saying that Massie is wrong and then give you the details of why and you some how claim victory by calling it emotions when there was nothing emotional about the facts.

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Roadgator

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Obsession.

Not just a fragrance.

Again you’re in my thread. I didn’t post in your Massie thread last night. You can’t control yourself. You’ve followed my account since I’ve posted here.