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🧵I love #football
Have done since the 1980's ⚽️
Nowadays though, the off-field stuff seems to get as much coverage & column inches as the game itself 🗞️📺📱
Competition isn't just about trophies - it's about eyeballs, soft power, geo-politics, PR and #money
Quick tale...
Have done since the 1980's ⚽️
Nowadays though, the off-field stuff seems to get as much coverage & column inches as the game itself 🗞️📺📱
Competition isn't just about trophies - it's about eyeballs, soft power, geo-politics, PR and #money
Quick tale...
Did you see that news report from the #US this week about the #billionaire financier #TomBarrack being arrested? ($250m bail)
In the weird (but fun) world we live in, that incident ties to #NewcastleUnited & the #PremierLeague
Say what?! 🧐
#FollowTheMoney #Networks #Power 💸
In the weird (but fun) world we live in, that incident ties to #NewcastleUnited & the #PremierLeague
Say what?! 🧐
#FollowTheMoney #Networks #Power 💸
Thomas Barrack & two other defendants are accused of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018.
Officials also alleged that Barrack lied to FBI agents in 2019 during an interview about his dealings with the UAE. washingtonpost.com/politics/thoma…
Officials also alleged that Barrack lied to FBI agents in 2019 during an interview about his dealings with the UAE. washingtonpost.com/politics/thoma…
Background: Investigators are looking into “whether Mr. al-Malik was part of an illegal influence scheme,” although no details of that potential scheme have been made public.
nytimes.com/2019/06/02/wor…
nytimes.com/2019/06/02/wor…
Barrack coordinated the language in a draft of Trump Energy speech with Persian Gulf contacts including Rashid al-Malik, an Emirati businessman who is close to the rulers of the United Arab Emirates.
nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/…
nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/…
TOM BARRACK, Former Advisor to Donald Trump, Among Three Defendants Charged with Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government | OPA | Department of Justice #FunWithFARA 😂🤣👏🏼👏🏼 justice.gov/opa/pr/former-…
Barrack and his Co-Defts "...repeatedly capitalized on Barrack’s friendships and access to [TRUMP]...high-ranking campaign and government officials, and the American media to advance the policy goals of a foreign government without disclosing their true allegiances,” #FunWithFARA
Oopsies, poopsies.
