https://www.yahoo.com/news/manafort-charges-grew-records-seized-no-knock-raid-205539175.html But according to the indictment, the European Centre was a front group that “was under the ultimate direction of the government of Ukraine, Yanukovych, and the Party of Regions.” The Washington lobbying firms were paid more than $2 million — not by the center but by offshore accounts associated with Manafort and Gates in Cyprus and the Grenadines, the indictment charges. The indictment suggests that the two lobbying firms had been explicitly informed about the center’s connection to the Yanukovych regime. Gates wrote one of the firms, identified in the indictment only as “Company A,” that it would be “representing the government of Ukraine in [Washngton] D.C.,” the indictment states. And both firms were told in November 2012 that they needed to prepare an assessment of their past and prospective lobbying efforts so the “president” — an apparent reference to Yanukovych — could be briefed by “Paul” on “what Ukraine has done well and what it can do better as we move into 2013.” At the direction of Manafort and Gates, both firms then engaged in “extensive” operations that included lobbying multiple members of Congress and their staffs “about Ukraine sanctions, the validity of Ukraine elections, and the propriety of Yanukovych’s imprisoning” of one of his presidential rivals, Yulia Tymoshenko. After news stories first surfaced about their lobbying work on behalf of the European Centre in the summer of 2016, both firms retroactively filed with the Justice Department as foreign agents for the Ukrainian political party under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. ...
oh look Podesta also represented uranium one... who would have guessed? https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulro...ivity-by-russias-nuclear-agency/#1bc99594be17 Almost one year later (October 2010), the Committee on Foreign Investment, on which both Hillary Clinton and Eric Holder served, approved the first of three stages (ending in 2013) of the sale of a majority stake in Uranium One, which owned massive uranium reserves in the U.S., to Russia’s Rosatom. Although Clinton claimed that her vote had not been influenced by Uranium One or the Russians, former president Bill Clinton was paid a half million dollars for a single speech on June 29, 2010 by a Russian investment bank involved in the Rosatom deal. In addition, contributors associated with Uranium One donated $145 million to the Clinton Foundation. A less noted fact is that Uranium One was represented by the Podesta Group from 2011 to 2013 (managed by John Podesta’s brother), which cashiered $180,000 from its client. The Podesta Group had avoided registration as a foreign agent by claiming that a client, the Centre for Modern Ukraine, had no ties to a foreign government. The Centre for Modern Ukraine was likely funded by ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich from the billions he extracted before fleeing Ukraine. The Obama Justice Department chose not to share this information with those government officials responsible for the October 2010 approval of the partial sale of Uranium One to Rosatom. If the FBI’s evidence of Rosatom’s violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act had been disclosed in a timely fashion, the chances for government approval of the Uranium One-Rosatom deal would have vanished, despite its high-level backing from The Podesta Group, Uranium One’s substantial payments to the Clinton Foundation, and Russia’s direct payments to Bill Clinton himself. Hence the stakes in withholding the FBI evidence were quite high.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulro...ivity-by-russias-nuclear-agency/#1bc99594be17 Justice officials involved in the “silent” 2009 to 2015 investigation of Rosatom include Robert Mueller, James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, and Andrew McCabe – all intertwined in the ongoing investigation of President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia. The failure of this “gang of four” to blow the whistle on Rosatom means they must recuse themselves from any Russian investigations, Robert Mueller included. The attempts in Washington to link Trump with Russia may turn out to shine light on much bigger scandals. It is time to investigate the investigators.
http://www.investors.com/politics/e...covered-up-their-deep-corrupt-ties-to-russia/ Hillary Clinton's campaign chief, John Podesta, served on the board of a small Russian energy company, Joule Unlimited, along with Russian officials. It took in $35 million from a Russian government fund, of course linked to Vladimir Putin. That money came just two months after Podesta joined the board. Podesta's own Center for American Progress took in $5.25 million from the Sea Change Foundation from 2009 to 2013. What was the Sea Change Foundation? A somewhat questionable group that received a chunk of cash from a Bermuda-based group called Klein Ltd., which appears to have ties to the Russians. Didn't know that? Neither the Democrats nor media bothered to tell you. Nor did Podesta. He was required by law to inform the government of that relationship, but it slipped his mind. But even more troubling is the fact that Hillary Clinton recruited U.S. high-tech biggies such as Google, Cisco and Intel to help Russia set up a high-tech hub under the questionable auspices of the Russian Skoldovo foundation. That group seems to have been set up by Putin-crony and Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg explicitly for the purpose of sending advanced U.S. technology to Skoldovo, a kind of Russian Silicon Valley that Putin wanted built. But its aims weren't altruistic. Of the 28 U.S., European and Russian firms that took part in that effort, 17 were donors to the Clinton Foundation. FBI Assistant Special Agent Lucia Ziobro in 2014 sent a letter to those private U.S. companies taking part, which stated: "The FBI believes the true motives of the Russian partners, who are often funded by the government, is to gain access to classified, sensitive, and emerging technology from companies." If Hillary Clinton's State Department ever objected to this arrangement, we're unaware of it. There's of course much more. We've written on it extensively, following the lead of many diligent news organizations that have worked hard to uncover the details. But, curiously, the mainstream media remain mum, or report only perfunctorily on the details. The fact is, as we've said repeatedly, there is a Russian scandal of epic proportions, one involving bribery, racketeering, money laundering, extortion and control of the nation's nuclear assets. But, no, it doesn't involve Donald Trump. It involves the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton and President Obama, under whose administration the Russians felt emboldened to openly give money to government officials and their allies to gain favors and control over a vital national security resource. Given all this, it's time to end the farcical investigation currently being conducted by Robert Mueller. A new investigation should be started of the very probable violations of the law committed by the Obama administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Neither Obama, nor Clinton, nor the Democratic Party have been forthcoming on this troubling dalliance with a country that has never been friendly to the U.S., and which even today has nuclear weapons pointed in our direction. It's time that the Justice Department and Congress get to the bottom of this.
I could not believe all the stuff when you type in podesta and corruption and podesta and uranium one. I am sure each one of these deals involve that special type of corruption we saw in the wikileaks article... By the way what a scumbag that fernandez appears to be. by the way john thanks for talking on the phone... I would love to do something for hillary... here is my resume... oh did you see i told the investigators hillary did not influence me... maybe you hook me up with something that would work with my day job. it would be cool if the got a copy of the subject phone call from the echelon archives.
Things that make you go Hmmmmmm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hillary Clinton Hung Out With Sidney Blumenthal And Tony Podesta This Weekend. http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/30/h...ney-blumenthal-and-tony-podesta-this-weekend/
I was informed right here on the forum by one of the robo-posters that there is no connection between Tony Podesta and John Podesta- they are just brothers who founded the Podesta Group together. Not to worry though. The libtards assure us that John is no longer with the group and they only speak once a year at Christmas.
Podesta threatened Tucker with lawsuit in order to shut up Tucker and blamed Fox news for him having to resigned. Podesta also said if you repeat any of this legal document he will sue Tucker for copyright. Tucker just read it on air LMAO Tucker said he will not stop his reporting. Things that make you go Hmmmmmm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hillary Clinton Hung Out With Sidney Blumenthal And Tony Podesta This Weekend. http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/30/h...ney-blumenthal-and-tony-podesta-this-weekend/