Thread by @jamesfourm

I'd like Betsy to answer these:

Is your old friend Trent Lott responsible for this deal?

Was this Lott's side gig from getting #SemionMogilevich off the Ten Most Wanted list?

How effective has this partnership been at sanction-busting money laundering?

Have a Birchy evening!

⬇️⬇️"In July, Senate Majority Leader 🚩Trent Lott🚩 and House Speaker Newt Gingrich slipped a last-minute provision into the hotly contested compromise tax bill that granted the DeVos family’s company, Amway, a tax break on its Asian branches."

Mob.
motherjones.com/politics/1998/…

We know who owns Gazprom, Betsy. What about RU?
politico.com/story/2014/09/…

Final question:

How'd your brother Erik Prince end up with Columbian soldiers in his UAE-based, China-owned mercenary force? Was it because Semion's friends run FARC?

Anyway, I'll let you get back to your Ayn Rand, Betsy. Thanks for taking the time.
medium.com/@JamesFourM/tr…

CODA, 1/2. No more questions, but I love receipts. So:

⬇️⬇️"Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital."

"The Colombians had entered the United Arab Emirates posing as construction workers."

2/2

⬇️"In fact, they were soldiers for a secret American-led mercenary army being built by Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of Blackwater Worldwide, with $529 million from the oil-soaked sheikdom."

The mob squeezed, and Erik said 'help me please'.
nytimes.com/2011/05/15/wor…