Behind Pence's Air Force Two cancellation: A drug dealer

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Pence abruptly canceled his trip to Manchester, N.H., earlier this month but never said why he was pulled from Air Force Two at the last minute.

The vice president’s aides and even President Donald Trump himself kept up the suspense. “You'll know in about two weeks,” Trump told reporters at the time. “There was a very interesting problem that they had in New Hampshire.”

Among the problems was a federal law enforcement probe involving individuals Pence would likely encounter, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the incident. If Pence stepped off the vice presidential aircraft, one of the people he would have seen on the ground was under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration for moving more than $100,000 of fentanyl from Massachusetts to New Hampshire.

Jeff Hatch, who agreed in federal court Friday to plead guilty and will face up to four years in prison, works for an opioid addiction treatment center in southern New Hampshire that Pence was set to visit. A former New York Giants player, he has spoken publicly for years about his own challenge with drug and alcohol addiction, which ended his football career.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/pence-air-force-two-heroin-bust-1425823

[cstanleytech]

1. Normal for law enforcement to warn a politician that someone is under investigation to protect

said politician from potential negative publicity?

[pecosbob]

2. The Drug Treatment Center they chose for their PR stunt on their efforts against opioid abuse

were trafficking in opioids.


Makes sense to redirect him but you gotta love the cosmic irony of this one.

[Indykatie]

3. I Actually Have No Problem With What They Did - I'd Want the Same Done for Obama.

Fair or not, in our times of viral videos much would have been made of any scene of Pence and the accused.It would have been even worse if it had been Obama pictured with an accused. There's enough other vile sh*t to lay at this administration's feet this doesn't make the cut in my opinion.

[sdfernando]

4. If this REALLY is the reason, then I agree with you.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Yes, that's the reason.

Mother won't let him take any drugs stronger than Ex Lax, his drug of choice.

[oldsoftie]

5. Thank you for that.

It amazes me how bent out of shape some people can get when someone suggests NOT being a prick is the right thing to do.

[machI]

6. The narcs made Pence's connection and he had to bale before the deal went down

[Chemisse]

8. It's good to finally know.

It makes sense, and it also is understandable why we couldn't know right away.

[The Wielding Truth]

9. Pence was set to visit a drug dealer?

Just another example of poor leadership. If Jeff Hatch was under investigation, shouldn't this have been vetted and told to Pence?

[Perseus]

12. Vetted? I don't think they understand what that means

Strange word for this administration.

[DonaldsRump]

10. If this happened to President Obama

There would be months of Congressional investigations, innuendo, smears, and lies by the Reek-publicans.

The Pence story doesn't even result in a whisper of attention on the news with these gang of fools.

[rpannier]

11. Probably true about Obama

Likely not Biden and Pence should be compared with Biden since they share/shared the same position