Thread by @ericgarland

Hey @CNN, @Lawrence, @MSNBC, and the rest of you who give trustwash this attorney, can we talk about Tully's Coffee and what transpired in Washington State? How could you raise up a source and not give the context of his business dealings and conflicts?

First of all, the story was already out there in lurid detail, how "Global Baristas, LLC" bought this coffee chain and ripped off employees, landlords, and state taxation authorities.

Your bookers don't have Google? Weird. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/b…

Mr. Avenatti sets up an LLC in Washington state, buy Tully's at auction, rips it apart, and sends it into bankruptcy.

Who does he hire for the bankruptcy? BAKER HOSTETLER, who also worked for Natalia Veselnitskaya for PREVEZON. You know, part of the @BillBrowder case?

What else was BakerHostetler involved with? Hiring FusionGPS for a dossier that's been used all over the place for Russia-covering propaganda to jam up the work of the actual intelligence community.

This is all open source. Your bookers could get this and inform your audience.

This action resulted in what appears to be quite a detailed and substantive bar disciplinary action complaint.

Here's the whole thing. And some pertinent samples. And there are court dockets if your bookers can bother getting a PACER account. documentcloud.org/documents/4433…

Witholding payroll taxes from employees checks AND NOT SENDING THEM TO THE GOVERNMENT is a VERY BAD THING.

Failing to pay state tax, also not very cool. Just ask 'em.

Also ditching workers' comp taxes that pay workers hurt on the job.

Yeah, sounds like the work of a liberal saint, all right.

And if you had an interest in ACTUAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, you might dig into the coffee industry, its consolidation, and how much Tully's business dealings stunk to begin with. There are nested LLCs, interestingly timed transactions.

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If one put experts on TV, your audience might even hear a description of patterns that somewhat suggest transnational organized crime.

Which is why we're #ComingForYourAudience. Because you don't serve them.

You serve undisclosed interests.

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