@DerWouter Not much new in @FranklinFoer's in-depth profile of Jared Kushner but still a good read. Reading bet the lines, I suspect Jared actually believed his nothing burger First Step Act would persuade legions of black voters to support Trump....
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...Speaking of Jared Kushner & the UAE, I don’t think we ever got an answer as to why the WH paid $52 million for 3.5 million COVID tests thru a bank in Abu Dhabi at the end of March..
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...Shouldn’t be that all that difficult to track down Renyl Rauf, the VP of Group Finance for the vendor, Cogna Technology Solutions LLC...
...Looks like this might be Renyl Rauf's Twitter account, @renylr, but he doesn't mention being a CFO of Cogna Technologies. Do they have LLCs in the UAE or is Cogna Technologies a US entity?....
...Here's Renyl Rauf's LinkedIn profile. Has been w Group 42 in Abu Dhabi since 2019. Previously held positions in airline companies in Abu Dhabi & India....
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...The Group 42 website is one of those sites that, for the life of me, I can't figure out what the company actually does....
g42.ai/#News
...Per CrunchBase, Group 42 didn't issue any press releases about supplying the WH w 3.5 million COVID tests. It did enter into a joint venture w two Israeli defense firms recently, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems & Israel Aerospace Industries...
crunchbase.com/organization/g…
...Wonder how Vanity Fair investigative journalist, @KatherineEban, got a hold of the Cogna Technologies LLC invoice. Reread the article & just noticed that she tried to contact Group 42. The tests, btw, were manufactured in China....
Prob shouldn't tweet this late at night. Missed the first paragraph in the VF article about the 3.5 million COVID tests being delivered via DHL to the UAE embassy in DC. Maybe someone should ask Ambassador Otaiba about these tests....
..Curious how much space 3.5 million COVID test kits take up. As a former auditor, I have to say this transaction has all the earmarks of fraud & money laundering about it. The House Dems should demand to see the documentation re this $52 million deal....before Election Day
...I would think the first thing the House Dems should do is confirm payment of the $52 million invoice since the tests were not usable. If payment wasn't made, it's not such a big deal. If it was made, you'd want to know who authorized it thru which agency...
...Renyl Rauf, Group 42 finance chief, is scheduled to appear at the Middle East Accounting & Finance Show on Sept 15 & 16. Maybe he'd take questions re the Cogna Technologies $52 million invoice after his presentation.....😎
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