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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why Did Lindsey Graham Take $800,000 In Contributions From A Russian Billionaire? [View all]
Does Lindsey have kompromat against him?
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What in the hell happened to Lindsey Graham? How did he go from a rare voice of reason to an attack dog for the Trump administration?
Well, we know the GOP took in a boat load of rubbles from a Putin-linked oligarch. From this reporting:
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.
Len Blavatnik, considered to be one of the richest men in Great Britain, holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and the U.K. He is known for his business savvy and generous philanthropy, but not without controversy.
In 2010, Oxford University drew intense criticism for accepting a donation of 75 million pounds from Blavatnik for a new school of government bearing his name. Faculty, alumni and international human rights activists claimed the university was selling its reputation and prestige to Putin's associates.
Blavatnik's relationships with Russian oligarchs close to Putin, particularly Oleg Deripaska, should be worrisome for Trump and the six GOP leaders who took Blavatnik's money during the 2016 presidential campaign. Lucky for them no one has noticed. Yet.
And we know that Grahams email account was also hacked. An authoritarian expert, Sarah Kendzior (look her up on Twitter @sarahkendzior - she's brilliant), even suggested that Lindsey Graham is a compromised Russian asset after the hack.
We dont know what exactly was in those emails, but its safe to say it must have been pretty juicy to make the South Carolina senator go from anti-Trumper to one of the most staunch defenders of the president.
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Why Did Lindsey Graham Take $800,000 In Contributions From A Russian Billionaire? [View all]
joost5
Sep 2019
OP
Money yes, but don't forget the RNC's emails were hacked but not leaked (yet).
Dustlawyer
Sep 2019
#13
He looks like a lamprey eel that is ready to attach itself to anyone with a check.
Politicub
Sep 2019
#18
I haven't been watching CNN or MSNBC lately but I hope this is front and center.
YOHABLO
Sep 2019
#21