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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmended ethics filing shows Dennis Kucinich was paid $20k by pro-Syrian government group
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2018/04/amended_ethics_filing_shows_de.htmlCLEVELAND, Ohio - After initially not disclosing who paid him to give speeches in 2017, former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich filed an amended ethics disclosure showing he was paid $20,000 by a group sympathetic to the Syrian government.
Syria's President Bashar Assad has been accused by multiple intelligence agencies of using chemical weapons on his own people in the long-running Syrian Civil War.
The revelation comes when Kucinich has been dogged by his connection to Assad, whom he met with in 2017, in the gubernatorial race. Kucinich, a longtime critic of American involvement with foreign conflict, has questioned whether Assad used chemical weapons.
Kucinich's ethics filing shows a payment of $20,000 from the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees. Paul LaRudee, treasurer for the organization, described the group as an umbrella nonprofit for other nonprofit organizations.
Syria's President Bashar Assad has been accused by multiple intelligence agencies of using chemical weapons on his own people in the long-running Syrian Civil War.
The revelation comes when Kucinich has been dogged by his connection to Assad, whom he met with in 2017, in the gubernatorial race. Kucinich, a longtime critic of American involvement with foreign conflict, has questioned whether Assad used chemical weapons.
Kucinich's ethics filing shows a payment of $20,000 from the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees. Paul LaRudee, treasurer for the organization, described the group as an umbrella nonprofit for other nonprofit organizations.
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Amended ethics filing shows Dennis Kucinich was paid $20k by pro-Syrian government group (Original Post)
SidDithers
Apr 2018
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I did too, but only because Wesley Clark had dropped out of the race before the Illinois primary.
greatauntoftriplets
Apr 2018
#7
JI7
(89,250 posts)1. He is a troll
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)3. Lord.
Figures.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)8. The Our Revolution candidate...nt
Sid
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)9. Obviously.
Ugh.
brooklynite
(94,585 posts)4. Gee, that didn't come up at me meeting last week...
Me.
(35,454 posts)5. He's On The Same Page As His Pal Vlad
SAD.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)6. I once voted for that asshole in a primary.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,742 posts)7. I did too, but only because Wesley Clark had dropped out of the race before the Illinois primary.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)10. Yep. Never liked him either.