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Yorkie Mom's JournalSteve Mnuchin, Len Blavatnik, Oleg Deripaska, and sanctions that were just lifted
https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1090348664424484866
.@USTreasury says MNUCHIN did not recuse from DERIPASKA sanctions, or request ethics guidance on his relationship with BLAVATNIK, because the two didn't do direct biz. Mnuchin did, however, attend a party on Blavatniks $100M yacht, Odessa, pictured here.
https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1090348664424484866
Len Blavatnik. Len Blavatnik. Where have I heard that name? Oh! He's the oligarch that funded GOP campaigns with millions of dollars. Those campaigns included Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (my senator) & Lindsey Graham.
Donald Trump and the political action committees for Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich and John McCain accepted $7.35 million in contributions from a Ukrainian-born oligarch who is the business partner of two of Russian president Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs and a Russian government bank.
During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonard "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org.
Marco Rubio's Conservative Solutions PAC and his Florida First Project received $1.5 million through Blavatnik's two holding companies. Other high dollar recipients of funding from Blavatnik were PACS representing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at $1.1 million, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at $800,000, Ohio Governor John Kasich at $250,000 and Arizona Senator John McCain at $200,000.
In January, Quartz reported that Blavatnik donated another $1 million to Trump's Inaugural Committee. Ironically, the shared address of Blavatnik's companies is directly across the street from Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York.
More: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns
This is all just a coincidence. I'm sure.
Roger Stone met with Trump associates hours before raid -- and the FBI probably caught it all
CNN political analyst April Ryan on Monday dropped some tantalizing hints about Roger Stones arrest last week, reluctantly offering a few details about a meeting Stone had held the night before at his house.
Just hours prior to the raid, Roger Stone had a gathering at his home with very influential people, Ryan said.
Influential people? Are you going to leave it at that? asked host Brianna Keilar. What kinds of people?
I had to fight just to get that one, replied Ryan before dishing. Close to the president. He had a gathering at his home hours prior to, and a source that was one of the sources said, you know, its interesting, the FBI was probably watching us when we were in that home.'
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1089957248976207878
NEWS: More on the mystery Mueller grand jury subpoena.
https://twitter.com/dsamuelsohn/status/1088914108097941506
Stone's Case IS related to SCO Russian Indictments. Don't let them spin it.
Assertion Stones Case isnt related to SCO Russian Indictments is BS.1) see what I underlined in red?
1a) Case no 18cr2015?
2) thats the July 2018 GRU Indictment case (see thread below)
https://twitter.com/SpicyFiles/status/1088839726918979584
Moscow Times is purging content that links alleged Russian Mafioso to Rudy Giuliani.
Why would they do that?
Craig Unger, a longtime contributor to Vanity Fair, is the best-selling author of House of Trump, House of Putin; House of Bush, House of Saud, and other books.
https://twitter.com/anastasiaki/status/1088804606145187840
Elijah Cummings announces "in-depth investigation" of the WH and Trump transition team security clea
Letter seeks documents about Flynn, Flynn Jr., McFarland, Bolton, Kushner, Rob Porter, Townley, McEntee, Gorka
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1088105225230131200
Updated w/ article from NBC News
The probe was launched "in response to grave breaches of national security at the highest levels of the Trump Administration," said Rep. Elijah Cummings.
The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into the White House security clearance process, an inquiry that promises to put a spotlight on how President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, overcame concerns to gain access to highly classified information.
"The Committee on Oversight and Reform is launching an in-depth investigation of the security clearance process at the White House and Transition Team in response to grave breaches of national security at the highest levels of the Trump Administration," Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, said in a letter to the White House obtained by NBC News.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last February, NBC News reported that more than 130 political appointees working in the Executive Office of the President did not have permanent security clearances as of November 2017, including the president's daughter, son-in-law and his top legal counsel. Son-in-law Jared Kushner has since obtained a clearance, according to his lawyer, despite reports that he has been targeted for manipulation by foreign governments.
More: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/house-democrats-probe-how-jared-kushner-got-security-clearance-n961721
Update 2: Video
Rudy Giuliani says Trump didn't collude with Russia but can't say if campaign aides did
Source: CNN
(CNN)Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he never denied President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russian government during the 2016 campaign, only that the President himself was not involved in collusion.
In an interview with CNN's Chris Cuomo on "Cuomo Prime Time," Giuliani, a former New York mayor and Trump's attorney, said he doesn't know if other people in the campaign, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, were working with the Kremlin during the 2016 presidential race.
"I never said there was no collusion between the campaign, or people in the campaign," Giuliani said.
He added, "I said the President of the United States. There is not a single bit of evidence the President of the United States committed the only crime you can commit here, conspiring with the Russians to hack the DNC."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/16/politics/rudy-giuliani-cnntv/index.html
The coming week will be lit.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1085722355421241344
List of YEAs, NAYs, and Not Voting on sanction vote
https://twitter.com/MountainsStars/status/1085617011403587584Rick Gates Tells Mueller About Trump Team's Dealings With Israeli Intelligence Firm
Psy Group delivered plans for social media manipulation in 2016 and the special counsel is digging in as part of his probe into Mideast influence.
Rick Gates, the former campaign aide to Donald Trump, is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Muellers probe into whether individuals from the Middle East worked with the Trump campaign to influence the election, according to two individuals with first-hand knowledge of the investigation.
Gates has answered questions specifically about Psy Group, an Israeli firm that ex-employees say drew up social media manipulation plans to help the Trump campaign, according to sources familiar with the questions. Muellers team also asked Gates about interactions with Psy Groups owner, Joel Zamel, and Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, who worked as an emissary for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the sources said.
On Tuesday, Muellers team said that Gates was cooperating with several ongoing investigations in asking a federal judge to delay his sentencing for financial crimes he pleaded guilty to committing with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. One of the ongoing investigations is into possible Middle Eastern election influence, three people with knowledge of the probe told The Daily Beast.
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Gates requested proposals in 2016 from Psy Group that would help Trump in his campaign for president, The New York Times reported last year. Those proposals included social media manipulation tactics such as creating fake avatars to engage voters and Republican campaign delegates. Gates reportedly spoke about the proposals with George Birnbaum, a Republican consultant with connections in Israel. Former Psy Group employees who spoke with The Daily Beast said they only interacted with Birnbaum, whom they were introduced to by an intermediary, and did not have contact with Gates.
More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/rick-gates-tells-mueller-about-trump-teams-dealings-with-israeli-intelligence-firm?source=twitter&via=desktop
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