Gianforte was just reported to the FBI for his financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies.

[L. Coyote]

Link to tweet

[furtheradu]

1. FINALLY!! I hollered about this LAST weekend!

ALL the freakin rusky luvin traitors are going DOWN!!!

[samnsara]

2. wow!!!!! karma really IS a bitch!

[Me.]

3. That's The Fastest Karma I've Ever Seen

And they're stuck with him now, both Montanans and the Cons. This just keeps getting better and better.

[Achilleaze]

4. republicans and their russian moneybuck masters

are a virulent pustule of poisonous power&pussygrabs.

[BootinUp]

9. +1

[Miles Archer]

5. Can't wait for Paul Ryan to say "We need to wait until we have all the facts."

Can't believe the flood of crap coming from the "party in power."

[onecent]

6. OMG GOOD....Did You see Drumpf turn around and say to the

people out there recording stuff, (Nice win for Montana), something like that anyway.
I think Merkel was walking with him...

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Why are we seeing this now?

I will answer my own question,knowing the TV and Newspaper people in Montana,this what happens when they as a whole defend their Political Candidate no matter what. This sucker fits right in with the GOP.

[L. Coyote]

10. Is that a mouse in your pocket? The rest of us saw this a while ago, during the campaign.

The proverbial "we" are seeing this reported to the FBI NOW in all probability because Scott got on it after the assault and battery of Ben Jacobs by Gianforte. But it was on the airwaves in Montana and people knew about it before the voting.

[furtheradu]

13. Jacobs reported in the Guardian, in April*

*about the rusky $$ ties.

Can't seem to find any supporting news on this "report to FBI"..yet!
But I BELIEVE!

[rpannier]

31. But Gianforte was endorsed by two

of Montana's biggest papers
Most people will side with locals over outsiders, especially a foreign one and when they want their views confirmed

[L. Coyote]

32. It was three biggest endorsements, and all three rescinded them.

But about 70% of votes had been mailed in by then. Hopefully, those papers are reassessing how they do endorsements.

[Me.]

8. Also

Wasn't any oppo research done?

[onenote]

11. Reported by whom?

[toddwv]

12. While it gives me warm fuzzies to read this...

The details are nonexistent. It doesn't take much to report someone to the FBI.

That doesn't mean anything will happen.

If it does, then hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaah... absolutely PERFECT!

[pangaia]

15. There WAS a thread here about this, I believe. Or maybe on FB...

If I remember correctly, he is invested in several ETFs that, among other companies, also invested in some 'questionable' Russian companies.

If true, then until further evidence and info is forthcoming.. nothing to hyperventilate about..... yet.

We DO tend to do that here on DU..upon occasion...




Nevertheless, how nice it would be if there is goobledee goo going on...


EDITED from goobledee good to goobledee goo.. LOL!!

[furtheradu]

21. Guardian article April (28?)

Written by the assaulted journalist.

Still looking for anything new to confirm FBI is on it.

[pangaia]

23. Yes, this one....

THE GUARDIAN May April 28, 2017

GOP candidate Greg Gianforte has financial ties to US-sanctioned Russian companies

"A Republican congressional candidate has financial ties to a number of Russian companies that have been sanctioned by the US, the Guardian has learned.

Greg Gianforte, who is the GOP standard bearer in the upcoming special election in Montana, owns just under $250,000 in shares in two index funds that are invested in the Russian economy to match its overall performance.

According to a financial disclosure filed with the clerk of the House of Representatives, the Montana tech mogul owns almost $150,000 worth of shares in VanEck Vectors Russia ETF and $92,400 in the IShares MSCF Russia ETF fund. Both are indexed to the Russian equities market and have significant holdings in companies such as Gazprom and Rosneft that came under US sanctions in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of the Crimea.

Richard Nephew, the former principal deputy coordinator for sanctions policy at the state department, told the Guardian that “there is definitely a question here but my initial reaction is that this is not something to freak out about”


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/greg-gianforte-republican-candidate-congress-russia-companies

[brush]

24. Investing in ETFs unfortunately is not illegal. If those are the Russian ties, he skates.

Anyone can go online or thru a broker to invest in such funds.

There has to be more than this for charges to be brought.

[pangaia]

29. Agreed. That's my point....

[furtheradu]

26. Yes, that's it.

Thanks for this!

[uponit7771]

25. Right

[Stonepounder]

14. Do you really think that any GOPer gives a damn or will do anything?

Look at all the money that Ryan and McConnell took from pro-Putin Ukrainian groups in the last election. Have you even heard a whisper that the FBI is looking at them for violating campaign finance laws?

...and the words of the prophets are written on subway walls
and tenement halls...

[orangecrush]

17. YES

I believe the FBI is going to investigate and throw his fascist ass in prison.

[furtheradu]

27. I BELIEVE!

[pangaia]

28. And whispered in the sounds of silence.....................

[orangecrush]

16. K&R

Hope something comes of it.

[dawnie51]

18. Please, help me here.....

did the IC have to let all this come to fruition, put us all thru this daily hell, so the rats would come out and expose themselves? Couldn't this all have been avoided, since apparently, IC knew about most all of this for a long time? Now here we are, in this awful place, nothing short of national trauma.

[Duppers]

20. Very good point!!

Made and asked by many DUers.

Why now? When it should have been exposed and stopped.

[Duppers]

19. It seems the entire frickin GOP is being financed

either by the Kocks or the Russians or both.

Obama warned about "Citizens United" letting foreign money take control. It's fucking happened!!!!

The Supreme Court needs to overturn Citizens United but they won't and that is Bush's fault!!

[furtheradu]

22. Kick for more eyes!

Looking for "legit" news source confirmingredients the FBI involved. I AM HOPE FULL!

[Honeycombe8]

30. Yeah, you don't beat up the press & not expect consequences.