Thread by @TheChillum

The Top Donor to #PrioritiesUSA in 2016 was Paloma Partners, at the tune of $21 MILLION. opensecrets.org/outsidespendin…

Paloma Partners lead is Donald Sussman. According to information leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Donald Sussman is a director of Simply Radiant Ltd., a company based in the British Virgin Islands. offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/123528

Sussman’s firm, Paloma Partners, is a Simply Radiant shareholder, as are Paloma subsidiaries Golden Mountain Partners and Sunrise Partners, ICIJ data show.

Paul Wolansky, a former managing director at the Paloma Partners, is listed as a Simply Radiant director.

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3: linkedin.com/in/paul-wolans…

Harry S. Campbell is also listed as a director. He was previously a director of Cathay Investment Fund Ltd., in which Paloma is a major shareholder. moneyextra.uk-wire.com/Article.aspx?i…

Sussman faced scrutiny over his apparent efforts to claim tax breaks in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Despite that controversy and his ties to #TrustNet’s network of offshore corporate entities, he was one of the most prolific supporters of groups backing Clinton’s 2016 candidacy.

FEC records show Sussman donating millions to pro-Clinton Super PACs including:

• Priorities USA Action
• Women Vote
• Emily’s List
• Correct the Record

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Sussman is also a board member of the Center for American Progress, the pro-Clinton group that pretended to heavily criticize corporations and individuals implicated in #ICIJ leaks.

NOTE: He’s also affiliated with the Democracy Alliance donor club, which helps finance CAP.

Sources: americanprogress.org/about/c3-board/

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Other donors to Clinton and those groups have also been implicated in the #PanamaPapers and related leaks. Jim Simons, another hedge fund manager and seven-figure #PrioritiesUSA donor, has benefitted from the types of tax schemes identified by the leaks.

ibtimes.com/panama-papers-…

The Podesta Group, a lobbying firm founded by Clinton’s guy John Podesta and his brother (major Clinton campaign fundraiser) represents the U.S. arm of a Russian bank implicated in the Panama Papers.
#sberbank #flashback

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