"Barr has a remarkably pro-Russia investment portfolio"

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19. It would appear they are in the pocket of the Russian machine to the tune of at least $7.5 million.

And that is only what is known at the moment . IF 7.5 M is identified in any sense you can expect that at least that much again is not. Recall how fond the Russian Mob are of off-shore accounts? I would expect to find the same kind of money is hidden in Caymen, Panamanian, or similar off-shore and off the books accounts that only the big players like Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich and John McCain would need.

That 7.5 million is direct political endorsement. It doesn't begin to cover how much dark money was spent on Sub rosa activities and groups. We've heard about the Troll farm. What we haven't heard of is equally disturbing. The Rat-fucking programs, the false news releases, the faked internet sources and rumor mills: the whole circus of GOP dirty tricks. All of that was paid for off the books in the form of interest groups registered as non-profit with hidden donor lists.

I can recall GOP donors and players bragging they had planned to spend at least 70-90 million, or more to win in 2016. Those who are paid to speculate on such things were commenting that at least twice that much would be spent by GOP agents if you included Dark Money sources and groups.