The man on the left is David Armanasco. He has been doing free public relations for @MCoSheriff Steve Bernal. 🤔
He is best buds with Leon Panetta.
The @mcweekly met with Armanasco as Steve Bernal was poised to enter office (from deputy to sheriff) and agreed to go easy.

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You have to be one locked in, arrogant Representative to be seen in a photo with Mike Bitar - and all the @FBI baggage he brings.
District 1: @SupervisorAlejo
District 2: @PhillipsForSupe
District 3: @SupervisorLopez
District 4: @WendyRootAskew
District 5: @MaryLAdams https://t.co/PbrHnXPTGY
District 1: @SupervisorAlejo
District 2: @PhillipsForSupe
District 3: @SupervisorLopez
District 4: @WendyRootAskew
District 5: @MaryLAdams https://t.co/PbrHnXPTGY

Thanks to the Grupo Flor team for showing me their Salinas facility this week. Glad to hear more about their cannabis retail operations. pic.twitter.com/3xSiObpUSS
— Rep. Jimmy Panetta (@RepJimmyPanetta) January 29, 2021
Phillip Vito DiGirolamo
N. D. Cal. 1984
Conspiracy to import #marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 963; willfully subscribing to a false tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
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And this wasn't some dime bag weed dealer. Phil and a guy named Bruce Perlowin (Google it) ran $985,000,000 through
2/
a money laundering entity called First Cabin LLC - located at? #CanneryRow
Isn't that right @MontereyPolice? <~ proud moment for MPD. All under their nose 😉
A bunch of cops wives worked for First Cabin LLC - which is odd.
These people ran boats Phil and his homeboys
3/
purchased for $11,000,000.00
They named their boats various versions of 'Taylor Day'
THE Taylor Day was seized by the Nicaraguan government.
What exactly were we doing in Nicaragua in the 1980s❓
Running dope, guns and money for an illegal war
Strange that Leon Panetta's
4/
buddies would be involved with dope and Nicaragua / Central America and not that long after @BillClinton made Leon his COS - then Leon Panetta becomes the CIA Director? With his background?
Strange.
Now tie in Cannery Row, the bizarre history of the Cannery Row partners
5/
and their very bizarre relationship with Leon Panetta and where are we?
Back to a silver spooner like @RepJimmyPanetta talking about @realDonaldTrump's pardon being "beneath the dignity of the office of the President".
The statement is true but coming from Jimmy -
N. D. Cal. 1984
Conspiracy to import #marijuana, 21 U.S.C. § 963; willfully subscribing to a false tax return, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)
______
And this wasn't some dime bag weed dealer. Phil and a guy named Bruce Perlowin (Google it) ran $985,000,000 through
These pardons are below the dignity of the office of the President. This is not justice, this is excusing corruption. https://t.co/cZW7RvUgnb
— Rep. Jimmy Panetta (@RepJimmyPanetta) December 24, 2020
2/
a money laundering entity called First Cabin LLC - located at? #CanneryRow
Isn't that right @MontereyPolice? <~ proud moment for MPD. All under their nose 😉
A bunch of cops wives worked for First Cabin LLC - which is odd.
These people ran boats Phil and his homeboys
3/
purchased for $11,000,000.00
They named their boats various versions of 'Taylor Day'
THE Taylor Day was seized by the Nicaraguan government.
What exactly were we doing in Nicaragua in the 1980s❓
Running dope, guns and money for an illegal war
Strange that Leon Panetta's
4/
buddies would be involved with dope and Nicaragua / Central America and not that long after @BillClinton made Leon his COS - then Leon Panetta becomes the CIA Director? With his background?
Strange.
Now tie in Cannery Row, the bizarre history of the Cannery Row partners
5/
and their very bizarre relationship with Leon Panetta and where are we?
Back to a silver spooner like @RepJimmyPanetta talking about @realDonaldTrump's pardon being "beneath the dignity of the office of the President".
The statement is true but coming from Jimmy -
.@MCoSheriff has the same problem x10.
Run by a crooked Deputy turned Sheriff in 2015, @SheriffBernal should be deported. 😂 https://t.co/WxnRl6otrB
2/
"The state Fair Political Practices Commission this month agreed to open investigations into two complaints filed by Schneider. One accuses the Monterey County Counsel’s Office of improper partisanship. We’ll get to that one in a
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"Over the past year, his research has revealed an apparent pattern of campaign law violations throughout Monterey County and an unwillingness by local authorities to take
4/
'They liked it best when the resulting stories could be labeled with a headline or voiceover declaring something simple like “Charges Fly in Sheriff’s
5/
"Caldwell denies he had a still but acknowledges that a SWAT team sergeant passed out after drinking too much of something and had to be taken away by
Run by a crooked Deputy turned Sheriff in 2015, @SheriffBernal should be deported. 😂 https://t.co/WxnRl6otrB

Eye-opening report from @NateGartrell about a 'deportation pipeline' in San Francisco
— David DeBolt (@daviddebolt) December 24, 2020
DA Chesa Boudin: \u201cSFPD knows full well they are handing over undocumented immigrants to federal authorities for deportation.\u201dhttps://t.co/dTsr61O8ri
2/
"The state Fair Political Practices Commission this month agreed to open investigations into two complaints filed by Schneider. One accuses the Monterey County Counsel’s Office of improper partisanship. We’ll get to that one in a
3/
"Over the past year, his research has revealed an apparent pattern of campaign law violations throughout Monterey County and an unwillingness by local authorities to take
4/
'They liked it best when the resulting stories could be labeled with a headline or voiceover declaring something simple like “Charges Fly in Sheriff’s
5/
"Caldwell denies he had a still but acknowledges that a SWAT team sergeant passed out after drinking too much of something and had to be taken away by
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