Thread by @ninaandtito

New concept:
#FollowThePR
Public Relations firms are a nexus of some REALLY funky stuff in the swamp. Many of us have been paying attention to which lawyers represent whom, and I'm suggesting we pay attention to which PR/lobbying firms represent whom as well.

There has been a lot of consolidation in the PR/lobbying industry, so several firms that seem to be disparate are actually connected.
The behemoths are truly global, and I posit that they'd be a great way to launder dirty money into influence campaigns in various nations.

A perfect example of JUST HOW DISGUSTING some PR firms are can be found in Bell Pottinger:

https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/978045052344832000

Some PR firms take on the ABSOLUTE WORST PEOPLE and then run influence ops to make those WORST PEOPLE seem-eh, not so bad.

https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/978046476193550336

Obviously the goal of PR firms is narrative control. Thus, it's germane that @LannyDavis, teevee "LOLyer" for Michael Cohen, also does PR work for Russian Mob Associate Dmytro Firtash.
Lanny is out spinning AGAINST James @Comey.
And that matters. A lot.

https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/1035740058446262272

And unfortunately, @thedailybeast decided to publish an excerpt from Lanny's propaganda book that smears @Comey. And they chose NOT to note that Lanny does narrative control work for Firtash.
And THAT is germane, because @FBI is RUMob's Enemy Number 1.

https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/1035729109442326528

I've spent a LOT of time digging around in the fara.gov database, and less time (but still a lot of time) in the lobbying database soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?even…
And I keep seeing some of *the same firms* representing full-on Russian Mob interests.

Here's an example: Capitol Counsel, LLC.
John D. Raffaelli, partner. from Texas.
Ex-Congressman Jim McCrery, partner. from Louisiana.
Russian Mafia State Clients: Nord Stream 2 (GAZPROM), Russia Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)

https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/1035936048487038985

Reminder: Correlation is not causation.
AND STILL: Capitol Counsel is intriguing because they are the *only firm* that filed lobbying docs for BOTH AT&T and NOVARTIS in 2017 (both AT&T and NOVARTIS paid BIG FAT BRIBES to Michael Cohen).

Another interesting point = Capitol Counsel shills for Turkey, first on behalf of Dirty Dick Gephardt's Gephardt Group, and then on behalf of Giuliani's old firm, Greenberg Traurig.
And here's where things get super duper swampy.

Because Turkey has a history of hiring compromised former politicians/government officials to lobby for them in Washington.
For example:
known-to-be-a-child molester Dennis Hastert.
traitor Mike Flynn.
guy who made room for the Russian Mob in NYC Rudy Giuliani (Reza Zarrab)

Because there's some dirt out there on Jim McCrery. So-is that why Turkey wanted to hire him?
Given who else they've hired, and who his other clients are (RUMOB and Michael Cohen Bribers) it's a question that needs to be asked.
1992:
apnews.com/18caaaa125ab95…

In summary:
wittingly accepting money from mobsters and human rights abusers means you deserve a deeper dive.
And if you don't like it, then find a different way to make money.
#FollowThePR

I wrote a thread about Turkey's compromised PR assets over a year ago. it's here:

https://twitter.com/ninaandtito/status/846067666255319040