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Ari said the 2 dingbat lawyers Vogel caught blabbing were drinking $3,000 wine.... (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Sep 2017 OP
...and writing it off as a business expense. spanone Sep 2017 #1
Well, if they were drinking all that wine.... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2017 #2
I thought he said that the restaurant sells $3000 bottles of wine - milestogo Sep 2017 #3
Correct OnDoutside Sep 2017 #12
One was on our dime and the other was probably WhiteTara Sep 2017 #4
Nice to be a fatcat republican wine guzzler defending republican TreasonWeasels Achilleaze Sep 2017 #5
No, he did not. He only said that particular wine is on the BLT menu. greyl Sep 2017 #6
One was WH counsel Sanity Claws Sep 2017 #7
BS: he noted that the restaurant has a $3K bottle of wine on its wine list onenote Sep 2017 #8
If this thread is false, take it down. L. Coyote Sep 2017 #9
They have it on menu MyNameIsKhan Sep 2017 #10
This is exactly why people hate lawyers. Initech Sep 2017 #11
did they actually order a bottle that expensive? samnsara Sep 2017 #13
Apparently Not. unc70 Sep 2017 #14

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,145 posts)
2. Well, if they were drinking all that wine....
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:05 PM
Sep 2017

....it might explain how that stuff got blabbered out in the first place.

Wait 'till 5 pm, folks. Always the best policy.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
3. I thought he said that the restaurant sells $3000 bottles of wine -
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:15 PM
Sep 2017

not that these particular lawyers were drinking it.

greyl

(22,990 posts)
6. No, he did not. He only said that particular wine is on the BLT menu.
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:22 PM
Sep 2017

Looks a bottle of Perrier on the table to me.

Sanity Claws

(21,839 posts)
7. One was WH counsel
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:33 PM
Sep 2017

And would have his expenses paid by taxpayers. What rules apply to expense claims of federal employees?

onenote

(42,531 posts)
8. BS: he noted that the restaurant has a $3K bottle of wine on its wine list
Mon Sep 18, 2017, 06:37 PM
Sep 2017

They also have $40 bottles of wine on that list.

I've eaten there a few times for lunch. It's pricey, but not as pricey as several other DC restaurants.

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