Don’t Drop The Soap, Buddy
Hasan Piker is in BIG TROUBLE – and he’s freaking out. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has subpoenaed Hasan over his March trip to communist Cuba. Quote: “it’s not great that they’re after your boy, they’re up my a**.”
The sanctions he may have violated are serious — staying at a hotel on the US government’s Cuba Restricted List carries up to $91,000 per violation in civil penalties. Willful violations carry criminal fines up to $250,000 and up to 10 years in prison. He told his audience the government shouldn’t imprison him because “is this helpful for you if I go to prison? No, it’s not.” Compelling legal argument.
He also blamed Israel – yes, really. He said “a lot of this does still have a lot to do with Israel” and then did not explain how. Uncle Cenk from the Young Turks jumped in to confirm the noose is being tightened on speech – and also something about Israel. Then a Fox News reporter crashed the stream to tell him his dog needs a new home.
Meanwhile Legal Mindset points out that every clip of Hasan broadcasting from Cuba, staying at a five star hotel that was the only lit building in Havana, using Starlink he said he wouldn’t use, and making a Cuban kid dance for hotel cookies is him being his own star witness.
The man who is known for reveling in the downfall of his political opponents is now facing his own downfall – and it is funny. You get what you deserve, Hasan. Here’s more from Bearing.
