a few months ago, I discussed the Biden-Poroshenko during 2016 transition in which Biden re-assured Poroshenko not to worry about FBI doing anything about Onyshchenko (Poroshenko's fugitive bagman who had the tapes) meeting with FBI.
in that thread (which is worth re-reading), I had noted a contemporary Ukrainian news article (cited in a FOIAed State Dept email) which stated that Onyshchenko's deal with FBI involved Andrew Weissman
in addition to being in possession of tapes between Biden and Poroshenko, Onyshchenko also claimed to have met with Zlochevsky to negotiate Poroshenko's cut of Burisma's licences and to have tapes
kyivpost.com/post/10532
Onyshchenko's claimed connection to Weissmann in December 2016 (when Weissman meeting with Ohr, Strzok, Page and Zainab Ahmad) seems too implausible to be true, but here is copy of the signature of agreement between DOJ and Onyshchenko on Nov 29, 2016, referring to Weissmann
curiously, both Danchenko's deal and Onyshchenko's deal with FBI/DOJ were entered into during transition period just prior to Trump inauguration.
Danchenko was granted CHS status on March 5, 2017 and his evidence to FBI in January 2017 - which was highly exculpatory for Trump - was buried by FBI.
Worse, FBI omitted Damchenko's exculpatory information to conceal deteriorating investigation predicate while Comey sought permission to reveal Crossfire to congress and make Russia investigation front page news. What Enron prosecutors would call "fraud".
Onyshchenko's deal with FBI was signed a few weeks prior to Danchenko's. Onyshchenko's incriminating information appears to have been buried as thoroughly as Danchenko's exculpatory information and during same time period. Is there a connection?
in late November 2019, subsequent to impeachment hearings, Onyshchenko was scheduled to travel to the US to publicize his allegations, but was arrested in Germany and held for about 6 months.
in May 2020, while still in jail, Onyshchenko (according to his story) arranged for Biden-Poroshenko tapes to be delivered to Andrii Derkach, who then released excerpts in several press conferences.
in Aug 2020, William Evanina of ODNI stated Derkach tapes were Russian disinformation and on Sep 10, 2020, Derkach was sanctioned by Treasury OFAC, resulting in erasure of his social media and even his website. Buried even more thoroughly than Hunter laptop 4 weeks later
Onyshchenko himself was sanctioned by Treasury OFAC on January 10, 2021 in one of the very last acts of outgoing Trump admin. When they ought to have been releasing Russiagate hoax documents.
this thread was inspired by @FOOL_NELSON's question about a CHS mentioned by Horowitz who provided information beginning in March 2017 and by recent information connecting CHS to Burisma and Ukraine, plus CHS possession of tapes
in a Ukrainian language article in 2018, Onyshchenko claimed that he had acted as an intermediary with Zlochevsky in the negotiation of the deal in which Ukrainian charges against Burisma were dropped
strana.news/articles/analy…
it goes without saying that this thread reflects input by @FOOL_NELSON, @walkafyre and @HansMahncke.
I mentioned that this thread began with the identity of Horowitz' CHS. As most readers are aware, New York Post identified Gal Luft as a missing witness in Biden investigation. Plausible candidate as the mysterious CHS.
nypost.com/2023/05/31/mis…
nypost.com/2023/06/12/bur… based on New York Post reporting today, Burisma bought into a joint venture with Cub Energy: and this may be connected to Hunter's desire for Burisma to acquire North American foothold
a candidate for the source for CHS information arising from Cub Energy connection (proposed by a reader) is Frank Mermoud. Story seems to be developing quickly all of a sudden.
it increasingly appears that FBI/DOJ, in addition to burying incriminating information from Onyshchenko, was also burying incriminating information from Gal Luft, who increasingly appears to be the "informant" identified by Comer
a reader proposed an alternative to Frank Mermoud as Gal Luft's source. Mermoud was Chairman of Cub Energy, a company with Ukrainian gas interests, some joint with Burisma, that was listed with Canadian securities commissions (now Carcetti Capital)
the alternative source to Gal Luft proposed by a reader is Mikhail Afendikov, formerly CEO of Cub Energy, who died suddenly on Feb 1, 2021, shortly after Biden's inauguration.
expro.com.ua/en/tidings/unt…
however, making and saving of tapes seems much more plausible if Luft's source is someone like Onyshchenko (who we know both to have accumulated many tapes and to have been in contact with Zlochevsky) than a director of a public company (Mermoud, Afendikov etc). We'll see (maybe)
if the informant's source turns out to be Onyshchenko, then we'll have a truly bizarre situation in which not only was the informant giving information to FBI that was buried, but the informant's source was also giving info to FBI that was being buried.
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