Topic: James Cromitie

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67: Q-Hopium
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67: Q-Hopium

James Cromitie and the $250,000 FBI Inducement

The FBI's targeting of James Cromitie, a low-level marijuana dealer making $14,000 a year, is detailed as the centerpiece of the Newberg Sting. Informant Shahed Hussein spent months pursuing Cromitie, eventually offering him $250,000, a barbershop, and luxury cars to participate in a plot involving Stinger missiles. The hosts argue that such massive financial inducements in impoverished neighborhoods constitute clear entrapment.