Gal Luft.
Like I’ve been saying, this guy was always sus. Way too connected to intel agencies, CEFC, etc. Might he have some dirt on the Bidens? Sure, he might have. But he always looked to be a bit dirty himself.
I wonder if Hunter contributed to this investigation and indictment in some way?
Hehehe, I wonder if President Trump did?
And who is Individual-1, the “former high ranking government official” who was an adviser to Trump in 2016?
Ha. People are gonna say the story here is that this is the Biden DoJ arresting Biden’s enemies when in reality it’s yet another ‘Trump caught them all’ story. 😂
Some say this is the Biden DOJ going after Biden’s enemies.
And they are right.
It’s also the Biden DOJ going after Trump’s enemies, though.
Gal Luft
James Woolsey
Nancye Miller Woolsey
Patrick Ho
Ye Jianming
CEFC
IAGS
FARA
CCP
Arms Trafficking
President Trump
Gen. Flynn
ALL feature in this indictment.
The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
Patrick Ho indicted.
https://t.co/kculaGPidF https://t.co/5uM2iSUEDEiags.org
justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/h…
McFarlane
Woolsey
Luft
IAGS managed influence “projects” which were described as “cabinet level extra-governmental advisory committee” operations meant to harm US energy strategy to the benefit of CEFC and China.
Woolsey, aka Individual-1, and Luft, the defendant, were co directors at IAGS and worked… https://t.co/jNbF2zPsGttwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Ho.
https://t.co/bHPNTXpARhen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Ho
To fund this “project,” Ho, on behalf of CEFC, paid Luft via money sent to IAGS.
IAGS received $350k per year for for two years from CEFC.
I think coconspirator 2, aka CC-2, may be Ye Jianming, but I am not sure of that. Might be someone else.
The scheme:
Patrick Ho and Gal Luft worked together on behalf of CEFC China AND others outside of the United States to recruit and “educate” Woolsey so that he could then make public statements that were favorable to CEFC and China.
Luft also brokered arms deals with Ho and others, including arms deals involving Libya, UAE, and Kenya.
Luft also brokered deals for Iranian oil which was called “Brazilian” oil instead in order to conceal its origin.
Back to the first scheme, Luft used Woolsey and the IAGS as a mouthpiece for CEFC and by extension, China.
October 2015, Luft begins briefing Woolsey on China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative.
Luft invited Woolsey to meet with Ho in Washington DC.
September 2016, Luft emails Ho with the subject line “We nailed it!”
What did they nail?
They had successfully infiltrated the Trump… https://t.co/GCVoTnnZLdtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Ho responded to this email by asking he could come over to Wolsey’s place in New York for dinner, haha!
Luft confirmed that he could.
September 29th, 2016, using a code name for Woolsey (wonder what it was?), Luft emails Ho that Woolsey had been recruited.
“All set. We agreed… https://t.co/Yu4U3Mk6B0twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Luft says that Woolsey needs more education in their “narrrative.”
October 3, 2016, Ho contacts Luft to say that CEFC China “agrees with the proposal for” Woolsey.
He adds that after the election, Woolsey will be invited to visit China undercover.
The plan = Luft… https://t.co/oPfCz5yUENtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
And since Woolsey and infiltrated into the Trump campaign and then the transition team, impressing Ho, the articles Luft would be writing and publishing under Woolsey’s name would have an even greater impact and reach.
Days later and the work had begun, with drafts of future articles being exchanged and discussed.
Luft also recruited Woolsey’s wife Nancye Miller, offering her $6k/month to assist with the “project.”
https://t.co/M5gtJqZTejunwomenforpeace.org/nancy-miller-w…
October 13, 016, Luft emails Woolsey’s wife a link t the first article published in her husband’s name.
It’s in the China Daily, an outlet recognized by the US State Dept as an outlet “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by China.
You may be wondering how all these emails got in the hands of investigators… well…
As some say, FISA works both ways, and there was a FISA warrant on Ho.
https://t.co/MtZ8A3lNabdailycaller.com/2020/10/27/hun…
Five days later, Mrs Woolsey has decided this is okay work for $72k/year, and sends Luft a one-page “Consulting Services Agreement.”
More articles followed in the China Daily, characterized as a “dialogue”, describing a “grand bargain” and were shared with targeted individuals in news media, academia, etc.
The articles included photographs of Ho and Woolsey and noted the latter’s position as “Trump’s Advisor on China.”
In looking for the China Daily articles, I found another in SCMP.
scmp.com/comment/insigh…
References to Woolsey from articles in the China Daily in late 2016.
The arrangements between these parties, the “project”, was not disclosed.
Ultimately, they wanted to use Woolsey’s position and access in the upcoming Trump Admin to the benefit of CEFC and others, via some sort of “grand bargain.”
Thanks to their articles and efforts, Woolsey was “now a household name” in Hong Kong and China, according to Ho.
Time to lay low, make a super secret trip to China to talk face to face, before resurfacing post inauguration.
Luft and Co were fantasizing that Trump would name Woolsey to a cabinet level position, maybe even his DNI!
😂 😂 😂
Interesting last line right there… “may be you could reserve his ‘direct’ China link as the weapon of last resort.” 🤔
On Halloween 2016, an invoice is sent. ~2 weeks later, money starts flowing.
Luft now ghostwriting emails for Woolsey to other Trump advisors.
Was this one sent to Flynn or someone else?
https://t.co/IlgCsxqSv7foxnews.com/politics/flynn…
Same lines as in the China Daily article.
https://t.co/iJ8OMOZylsasiasociety.org/washington-dc/…
February 2017 - June 2017
Woolsey going on trips to Hong Kong and Beijing with “CEFC and ‘friends’”
Luft can’t say he didn’t know about FARA; he told two other people about its requirements, and in a separate arrangement to what he had here with Ho and Woolsey, he mentioned that he may need to register for it! Haha!
Luft did not heed his own advisements to others, nor di Ho, Woolsey, or Mrs Woolsey. Records indicate that as of November 2022, NONE of them were registered with FARA for their work on behalf of CEFC and China.
Woolsey, Luft, and Ho at a Sino-US Colloquium in February 2017.
https://t.co/kQHZFKnm3B
Someone else is about to get arrested for their role in this… 🤔
Overt Acts for Count One
Count Two
Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act
Luft was brokering deals for CEFC, Chinese companies, and others to sell/traffic weapons to Libya, Kenya, UAE and Qatar.
March - April 2015
Luft and Ho emailing re: trafficking “toys”, their codeword for weapons, to Libya and Qatar.
March 18, 2015
Having apparently “met them on the island”, meaning Cyprus it seems, Luft informed Ho that he had just returned from Cyprus.
Ho messaged Luft, “yes, through our channel, we can sell you the toys for Libya.”
Luft, “good, I will deal with this next week. When… https://t.co/A6rh5RSPPHtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
March 25th, 2015
One week later, Luft let Ho know that he had the “list” and “agreement’, was ready for the next step.
Ho advised on next step and asked who was paying for it.
March 28th, 2015
Three days later Luft replied that “funding and processing mechanisms in place. If… https://t.co/zYMbA4MRtXtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Setting up for another deal, but this time with Qatar. Trying to time deal/delivery with visit to China by Qatari “chief”
April 21, 2015
Ho attended CEFC event at the United Nations, wants Luft to answer soon re: Qatar deal.
Luft says Israel and USA not good fits. “Need a third party. Best Africa or east Europe. I will activate… can the [Qataris] be on the end user agreement or we need two… https://t.co/YzVzFM7jHrtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
April 26, 2015
Luft sorts it out, middleman for Qataris is African. Shipment can go by sea straight from China to Qatar.
Ho wants to know who is paying and what the commission is.
Luft says commission is 20%.
Ho wants to know who the middleman is.
Guess the face to face didn’t go well, because two days later Luft tells Ho the middleman is Romania. Wants the list of “toys” (weapons).
April 2015 through April 2016
Luft and Ho continued trafficking weapons to Libya.
With hopes that sanctions would be lifted, Luft says he will “begin to assemble a task force for all of [Libya’s] needs (toys, energy, infrastructure, banking) and suggest getting CC-2 involved.
September 2016
Paris
Luft meets with “quite high level people” from Libya, including a “dep PM.”
In a September 5th, 2016 email from Ho to CC-2’s assistant (I am fairly certain CC-2 is Ye Jianming), Ho describes plans for the Libyans stating they will need “infrastructures,… https://t.co/npgWmAg7Hetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Ho meets with the Libyans again and now the idea is to eventually manufacture Chinese weapons in Libya!
Luft says “big project which requires patience but we are good at that and will sooner or later yield fruit. The key is to maintain our exclusivity over the channel to… https://t.co/4bEBZKxv8dtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
September 22, 2016
Jianming switching to a different Chinese defense company, “authorized by the Chinese government,” Luft interested in who the commission is coming from.
October 28th, 2016
Ho and Luft discussing that December is the best time for a Libyan delegation to visit China.
“No western interference”
Luft working arms deals between the UAE and CEFC, China, and others.
August 13th, 2015
Luft emailed by a rep from a “Chinese Defense Company” with price quotes for rifles and bombs.
“fur the aerial bombs” 😂
“Update me that you received and we will talk. Pickup at Dar a Salam. Thanks. Gal.”
September 22nd, 2015
Luft, CC-3, and Jianming coordinating arms deal for 40k 107mm rockets with a “Montenegrin Defense Company” and its executive director.
Rockets were to be delivered to Dar a Salam by ship, then flown to UAE.
September 25th, 2015
Luft is told by CC-2, Ye Jianming, that “the Chinese Defense Company” cannot fulfill the order for 40k 107mm rockets.
So Luft contacts CEFC and CC-4 (?) asking if they could find a seller for him.
September 28th, 2015
CC-4 wants more info from Luft.
Luft can’t provide it yet, UAE wants to know if the rockets are in stock before giving more details.
October 8th, 2015
CC-4 informs Luft that the rockets are not in stock.
November 2nd, 2015
Luft sends CC-4 the letter from the Montenegrin Defense Company.
November 18th, 2015
CC-4 tells Luft the “capacity to produce the [rockets] is limited. So I suggest that you can order in advance to prepay so you can get a good price and you can get the… https://t.co/l0n0mJ20Rxtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
March 2016
Luft working to traffic weapons to Kenya.
March 22nd, 2016
Luft setting up an “initial contract… over $20 million but this is only a reference for potential larger projects in Kenya and Africa writ large.”
Drones from “The Chinese Defense Exporter.”
March 25th, 2016
Luft email to CC-5 contains letter stating commission will be 10%, Chinese Defense Export is “state-owned” and “authorized by the Chinese government”. References previous discussions between Chinese Defense Exporter officials and Kenyan Ministry of Defense… https://t.co/qtxUBR7XyTtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
March 28th, 2016
CC-5 gets an email “from an individual” (what individual?) saying it’s “too late”
CC-5 forwards to Luft, who says those drones are for surveillance “while what [we are] offering are strike UAVs which is a different project. The US doesn’t want to sell them… https://t.co/6FQXfFhTCKtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
June 18th, 2017
Luft emails himself a “PSO Equipment List” describing various pieces of military equipment, vehicles, etc. Comment sections has notes with answers to questions that buyers have posed.
Overt Acts, Count Two
Count Three
Violation of the Arms Export Control Act — Libya
“One of two or more joint offenders is expected to be first brought to and arrested in the Southern District of New York,…” 👀
Count Four
Violation of the Arms Export Control Act — United Arab Emirates
“One of two or more joint offenders is expected to be first brought to and arrested in the Southern District of New York,…” 👀
Count Five
Violation of the Arms Export Control Act — Kenya
“One of two or more joint offenders is expected to be first brought to and arrested in the Southern District of New York,…” 👀
Count Six
False Statements
Count Seven
Conspiracy to Violate [Sanctions against Iran]
Scheme
April 2015
Got some sanctioned Iranian Oil to move?
Just label it “Brazilian Oil instead! Easy.
May 17th, 2015
Luft + Jianming + Ho coordinate their approach to solicit business “projects” from VIP attendees of an upcoming conference in Beijing. The Conference is in… https://t.co/CYs2K0o5tVtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
February 17th, 2016
Call it “Brazil Light” from a “National Oil Company” instead of “Iranian Light” from a “National Iranian Oil Company”
May 15th, 2016
Offer letter sent by Individual-3 to Luft.
April and May 2016
Luft exchanges emails with a “Principal Partner and Commercial Director” for the oil company, Individual-4.
Upcoming conference in Beijing. CEFC, Ho, want to meet face to face, talk future Iranian… https://t.co/KKdbCox9JNtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
October 10th, 2016
CC-2 emails Luft asking for Russian oil on behalf of a client.
Luft says he can make it happen, adding, “I can get any source on the planet.”
Count Eight
False Statements
h/t: @patel_patriot
https://t.co/ZaZ3Vye0Ombidenlaptopemails.com/biden-emails/e…
@patel_patriot As the Luft indictment details, Ye Jianming and CEFC were paying Gal Luft and fmr CIA Director James Woolsey hundreds of thousands of dollars per year via their think tank, the IAGS.
Luft and Woolsey then wormed their way into the Tramp campaign and Trump transition team,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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