I was digging around in the lobbying database and I found some interesting stuff on Nord Stream 2.
AKA GAZPROM DOES GERMANY.
Shall we take a peek at what I found?
A WHOLE LOTTA SHILLS
$1.87M for Roberti Global
Looks like Roberti Global paid $340K to SMW Partners, LLC
$320K for Hawksbill Group LLC
$150K for Capitol Counsel LLC
GAZPROM = 38% owned by Russian Federation.
Hawksbill registered themselves as lobbyists- LOBBYING ABOUT SANCTIONS..
yet they do not appear in the FARA database representing GAZPROM.
And- they can't claim they "don't know how to FARA"
The last screenshot is from the FARA database.
Roberti regsitered themselves as lobbyists- LOBBYING ABOUT SANCTIONS.
And THEY aren't in the FARA database with this client either.
And they can't claim the "don't know how to FARA" because they HAVE IN THE PAST.
Capitol Counsel?
Nope, not in the FARA database for Nord Stream 2 aka GAZPROM DOES GERMANY.
but- they also can't claim they don't know how to FARA.
Because...they have in the past.
(oooh look! RDIF = Russia Direct Investment Fund = allllll kinds of fuckery)
Friendly reminder that I'm not a lawyer or legal expert- I'm a finance nerd at heart & by training- but I do spend a lot of time digging around in FARA-land.
And it seems to me-in my non lawyer opinion-that these folks should consider FARA-ing. Here's why: twitter.com/i/moments/9540…
See cuz a whole lot of UNREGISTERED AGENTS OF FOREIGN POWERS are gonna get arrested.
It's already starting: Sam Patten:
@JamesFourM splains your dirty dealings quite well, Mr. Burt.
Maybe you can hire him to do PR for you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
(J/k Jay is not for sale to Kremlin agents, unlike you, Mr. Burt)
We hunt Semion, Richard. Unlike you, we don't take his dirty money that he makes off human misery, drug trafficking, the global rape trade, nuclear weapons trafficking, etc.
We don't wash the blood off his white collar companies like you do, Richard.
Richard Burt has known Donald Trump since at least 1990- when Richard Burt was working on the START treaty.
(Hey-wanna know another Trump shill who worked on START before Richard Burt? James Woolsey. Because, of course, #ItIsAllConnectedAllOfIt)
LOL. politico.com/magazine/story…
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here's how I imagine the strategy meeting went:
PR1: "SHIT THE ALFA SERVER STORY IS OUT WE GOTTA DISTRACT DISTRACT DISTRACT!"
PR2: "LET'S THROW SOME ALL BLACK PEOPLE LOOK THE SAME CHUM INTO THE WATERS OF THE LEFT SO THEY DON'T FOCUS ON THE RUSSIAN MOB INFILTRATION OF OUR GOV'T!"
Buh Lou what are you taaallking about?
The Hill lets people who are REGISTERED (and unregistered) FOREIGN AGENTS PUBLISH PROPAGANDA IN THEIR OUTLET. Do you think they have any ethical standards? That'd be a big fat NO.
PS. google "the hill" + "Wilbur Ross"
ALFA SERVER STORY IS OUT.
"Better late than never" says a friend.
Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign? newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
The New York Times:
Published a Putin Op-Ed on Syria in 2013.
Failed the nation in 2016.
Headlines matter. @nytimes: SHAME. SHAME. SHAME.
Bauman is an advocate for offshoring money to avoid taxes.
SO WE ARE CLEAR:
Tax avoidance is why our infrastructure is crumbling. Tax avoidance is a form of greed. Tax avoidance is unpatriotic. Tax avoidance is what's gonna get alllllllll the bad guys. #FATCAgonnagetcha
Bauman's wife Carol Dawson (their marriage was annulled in 1983), and he were deeply involved with Young Americans for Freedom, aka YAF, and the American Conservatives Union, aka ACU. washingtonpost.com/archive/politi…
Brett Kavanaugh 2015 financial disclosure report contains the following:
"Trip to Arizona Cardinals-Detroit Lions football game in Detroit with group of friends from Georgetown Prep high school class of 1983, hosted by high school classmate Michael Bidwilll, President of...
...Arizona Cardinals. October 10-11, 2015. Paid $500 to reimburse for flights and game ticket."
The game was at 4:05PM on October 11th. Ended 7:20PM.
No mention of where Kavanaugh stayed, who paid for his stay, or if he stayed with a friend. No mention of who paid for food/BEER.
Let's go through the Dutch Ministry of Defense's presentation on the indictment of GRU officers today. Purple = my imaginary commentary of the officers who put this presentation together. (AND REMEMBER: I'm A HOUSEWIFE not a SPY)
Link available in @SpicyFiles' tweet.