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This was a plain extortion. And I don’t know, since when we’ve decided to start prosecuting extortion victims. He’s denied, vehemently denied, this affair. – Joe Tacopina	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Let’s assume he did, for this argument, this was a plain extortion. I don’t know when we started prosecuting extortion victims. He has vehemently denied this affair. But he had to pay money because there was going to be an allegation that was going to be publicly embarrassing to him, regardless of the campaign. – Joe Tacopina	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There could be domestic violence, child abuse, all sorts of things in there, that to me is a lot more worrying, might this lead to extortion ? We often see extortion of individuals after data leaks, examples where hackers can even try to ransom individuals. – Troy Hunt	Found on CNN 1 year ago
That can be anything from grooming and luring to online enticement, sex trafficking, extortion … and all sorts of different avenues of child exploitation, that CyberTipline last year received over 29 million reports, an increase from the year before, which had just over 21 million reports. … These numbers are unacceptable. – Calahan Walsh	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
What is happening is an extortion of me and my family. – Stephen Alford	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It felt like extortion, i was scared, and I just scrambled and tried to get some money together to pay it off. – Jennifer Alegria	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Since the exfiltrated data was cut off and never reached the' homeland' there is no real additional incentive to pay an extortion now. – Allan Liska	Found on CNN 2 years ago
For the past two-and-a-half years, I have been the target of multiple extortion attempts by a woman named Sera Dale Johnston to extract millions of dollars from me. She threatened that if I did not meet her demands, she would go to the press with a false allegation that I sexually assaulted her 37 years ago in Canada. I never assaulted Ms. Johnston. – Timothy Hutton	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The answer to that is, well the' so what' is Representative Gerald Connolly're going to be impeached because that's abuse of office. And extortion, the last time I checked, is still a crime. – Mick Mulvaney	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In my opinion, this is extortion. – Abby Huntsman	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
This trial has revealed that Keith Raniere, who portrayed Keith Raniere as a savant and a genius, was in fact a massive manipulator, a con man, and the crime boss of a cult-like organization involved in sex trafficking, child pornography, extortion, compelled abortions, branding, degradation and humiliation. – Keith Raniere	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Here we have not seen any extortion, in Honduras, when they threaten to kill you for not paying for protection, they're not lying. – Hernando Gustavo Velazquez	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Encryption is a powerful tool for privacy, but that includes the privacy of people doing bad things, when billions of people use a service to connect, some of them are going to misuse it for truly terrible things like child exploitation, terrorism, and extortion. – The CEO	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am not. No, okay, are you aware of any videotapes that may be the subject of extortion or blackmail? – Michael Cohen	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I am not, no, okay, are you aware of any videotapes that may be the subject of extortion or blackmail? – Michael Cohen	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
My car was held as extortion. – Samir Hanef	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation, that is why we congratulate European states, such as Poland, for leading the construction of a Baltic pipeline so that nations are not dependent on Russia to meet their energy needs. Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course. – Fort Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Bribery will not work on Senator Senator Collins, extortion will not work on Senator Collins. And anybody who thinks these tactics would work on Senator Collins obviously doesn't know Senator Collins. This crowdedfunded money to pressure Senator Collins is based on a quid pro quo -- you vote the way we want and we will keep more than a million dollars away from your opponent -- vote against us and we give Senator Collins the money. It is basically a bribe. Senator Collins will make up Senator Collins mind based on the merits of the nomination. Threats or other attempts to bully Senator Collins will not play a factor in Senator Collins decision making whatsoever. – Annie Clark	Found on CNN 5 years ago
They tried to come between us with the terror group by turning you against each other on the streets with threats, looting and extortion. – President Tayyip Erdogan	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That was wrong of me and I am very sorry for the pain and embarrassment I've caused my wife and family. There is no excuse for what I have done, i am a victim of my own stupidity, but I am not going to be a victim of a crime -- extortion. – Brian Robinson	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
To be threatened and forced to abide by their beliefs just makes me sad, their tactics are really extremist … This is ethical extortion. – Monica Rocchino	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Power's not a chalice. It's a hammer. And it only does one thing. Power smashes. The subtext of all power is extortion. It's always the threat of force, of imprisonment, the threat of death. Always.” – Adam Skelter	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
Unfortunately it's a common problem in just about every country in the world, when you confiscate condoms, studies again and again show that condoms are less likely to be used. Commercial sex is going to take place in more risky venues, where the women selling sex are more vulnerable to violence, extortion, robbery, assault, gang rape. – Steve Kraus	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This is not a rape case, it’s pure and simple extortion by a plaintiff who does not want anyone to be deposed because every lay witness in the case will shred plaintiff’s story. – Derrick Rose	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

This was a plain extortion. And I don’t know, since when we’ve decided to start prosecuting extortion victims. He’s denied, vehemently denied, this affair.

– Joe Tacopina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Let’s assume he did, for this argument, this was a plain extortion. I don’t know when we started prosecuting extortion victims. He has vehemently denied this affair. But he had to pay money because there was going to be an allegation that was going to be publicly embarrassing to him, regardless of the campaign.

– Joe Tacopina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There could be domestic violence, child abuse, all sorts of things in there, that to me is a lot more worrying, might this lead to extortion ? We often see extortion of individuals after data leaks, examples where hackers can even try to ransom individuals.

– Troy Hunt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That can be anything from grooming and luring to online enticement, sex trafficking, extortion … and all sorts of different avenues of child exploitation, that CyberTipline last year received over 29 million reports, an increase from the year before, which had just over 21 million reports. … These numbers are unacceptable.

– Calahan Walsh

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What is happening is an extortion of me and my family.

– Stephen Alford

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It felt like extortion, i was scared, and I just scrambled and tried to get some money together to pay it off.

– Jennifer Alegria

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Since the exfiltrated data was cut off and never reached the' homeland' there is no real additional incentive to pay an extortion now.

– Allan Liska

Found on CNN
2 years ago

For the past two-and-a-half years, I have been the target of multiple extortion attempts by a woman named Sera Dale Johnston to extract millions of dollars from me. She threatened that if I did not meet her demands, she would go to the press with a false allegation that I sexually assaulted her 37 years ago in Canada. I never assaulted Ms. Johnston.

– Timothy Hutton

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The answer to that is, well the' so what' is Representative Gerald Connolly're going to be impeached because that's abuse of office. And extortion, the last time I checked, is still a crime.

– Mick Mulvaney

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In my opinion, this is extortion.

– Abby Huntsman

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

This trial has revealed that Keith Raniere, who portrayed Keith Raniere as a savant and a genius, was in fact a massive manipulator, a con man, and the crime boss of a cult-like organization involved in sex trafficking, child pornography, extortion, compelled abortions, branding, degradation and humiliation.

– Keith Raniere

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Here we have not seen any extortion, in Honduras, when they threaten to kill you for not paying for protection, they're not lying.

– Hernando Gustavo Velazquez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Encryption is a powerful tool for privacy, but that includes the privacy of people doing bad things, when billions of people use a service to connect, some of them are going to misuse it for truly terrible things like child exploitation, terrorism, and extortion.

– The CEO

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I am not. No, okay, are you aware of any videotapes that may be the subject of extortion or blackmail?

– Michael Cohen

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I am not, no, okay, are you aware of any videotapes that may be the subject of extortion or blackmail?

– Michael Cohen

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

My car was held as extortion.

– Samir Hanef

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Reliance on a single foreign supplier can leave a nation vulnerable to extortion and intimidation, that is why we congratulate European states, such as Poland, for leading the construction of a Baltic pipeline so that nations are not dependent on Russia to meet their energy needs. Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course.

– Fort Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Bribery will not work on Senator Senator Collins, extortion will not work on Senator Collins. And anybody who thinks these tactics would work on Senator Collins obviously doesn't know Senator Collins. This crowdedfunded money to pressure Senator Collins is based on a quid pro quo -- you vote the way we want and we will keep more than a million dollars away from your opponent -- vote against us and we give Senator Collins the money. It is basically a bribe. Senator Collins will make up Senator Collins mind based on the merits of the nomination. Threats or other attempts to bully Senator Collins will not play a factor in Senator Collins decision making whatsoever.

– Annie Clark

Found on CNN
5 years ago

They tried to come between us with the terror group by turning you against each other on the streets with threats, looting and extortion.

– President Tayyip Erdogan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

That was wrong of me and I am very sorry for the pain and embarrassment I've caused my wife and family. There is no excuse for what I have done, i am a victim of my own stupidity, but I am not going to be a victim of a crime -- extortion.

– Brian Robinson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

To be threatened and forced to abide by their beliefs just makes me sad, their tactics are really extremist … This is ethical extortion.

– Monica Rocchino

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Power's not a chalice. It's a hammer. And it only does one thing. Power smashes. The subtext of all power is extortion. It's always the threat of force, of imprisonment, the threat of death. Always.”

– Adam Skelter

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

Unfortunately it's a common problem in just about every country in the world, when you confiscate condoms, studies again and again show that condoms are less likely to be used. Commercial sex is going to take place in more risky venues, where the women selling sex are more vulnerable to violence, extortion, robbery, assault, gang rape.

– Steve Kraus

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This is not a rape case, it’s pure and simple extortion by a plaintiff who does not want anyone to be deposed because every lay witness in the case will shred plaintiff’s story.

– Derrick Rose

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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