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In our continuing effort to keep abreast of future conspiracy bait here in the shebeen, we call your attention to this tragedy in Virginia. From The Guardian:
In a statement on social media, Alexandria police announced that at about 9.18am on Saturday, police responded to the 900 block of Beverley Drive following reports of an unresponsive woman. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities located a deceased woman who they later identified as 43-year-old Jessica Aber. “In a matter of protocol, an investigation is under way surrounding the circumstances of her death. The office of the chief medical examiner of Virginia will determine the cause and manner of death,” police said, without providing additional details surrounding her death.
As is—or was, anyway—the case with U.S. attorneys, Ms. Aber, who resigned on the day of Trump’s inauguration, prosecuted a wide variety of dangerous criminals.
Aber began her career in 2009 at the US district court for the eastern district of Virginia where she prosecuted financial fraud, public corruption, violent crime, and child exploitation cases. From 2015 to 2016, she served on an assignment as counsel to the assistant attorney general from the justice department’s criminal division. From 2016 until becoming US attorney, Aber served as the deputy chief of the criminal division for the US district court for the eastern district of Virginia, the US attorney’s office said.
These miscreants included a rogues’ gallery of characters, some of whom had the requisite motivation and the (theoretical) wherewithal to revenge themselves against the prosecutor(s) who put them away. From USA Today:
During her time as leader, the Eastern District saw money laundering charges against two Russian nationals, a guilty plea from Siemens Energy over corporate espionage charges, and murder convictions against a MS-13 member. In 2023, the Eastern District of Virginia charged four Russia-affiliated military personnel with war crimes including unlawful confinement, inhuman treatment and torture of a U.S. national in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in 2022.
This is a target-rich environment for exploitative yahoos from across the political spectrum. Remember Seth Rich and ignore them all. This is a big hunk of catnip to a Department of Justice that is MAGAfied to its very core. Don’t believe a word they say. We have enough real, demonstrable atrocities to concern us.
