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On Nov. 16, 2015, Alexander Yakovenko invited Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore to an evening meeting at the Russian Embassy.

On Nov. 17, 2015, Leave EU hosted its launch event with Brittany Kaiser.

On Nov. 18, 2015, Banks and Wigmore visited the embassy.

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Andy Wigmore and Arron Banks visited Moscow in February 2016 to discuss a plan involving merging six Russian gold firms into one entity. Banks was scheduled to meet with officials from the state-owned bank.

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The Feb 2016 Moscow visit apparently led to an announcement on July 5 2016 from the bank. The closest I can find is Sberbank Capital increasing their stake in GeoProMining to 31.47% on July 5, 2016, but I don't think that's right.

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This is the type of journalism that never ceases to amaze me.

"Russian Ambassador met with Banks and Wigmore on August 19, 2016! Therefore, Bannon and Farage and Brexit are all Russia!"
The Russian businessman that Banks and Wigmore met with was Siman Povarenkin.

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It says on Siman Povarenkin's Wikipedia page that his first investment was into GeoProMining, so I must have been right.

"TWE trusts Wikipedia! Scandal!"
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"Messages that the former NSA computer security specialist, Hal Martin, sent via Twitter appear to have led to an FBI raid on his Maryland home and to his arrest on charges of retaining a vast trove of classified information there without permission."

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Since @jimsciutto doesn't understand that Christopher Steele was hired in June 2016 and the contract between Fusion GPS and Free Beacon ended before then, and that the first memo was written for June 20, 2016, I will explain it:

Christopher Steele was hired to write the dossier.
The fact that @CNN and @jimsciutto keep saying that Republicans funded the dossier would join with @Comey's idea that Republicans funded the dossier, which is completely incorrect.
You know, it's not the first time @jimsciutto has claimed that parts of the dossier have been verified. This was back in February 2017 though. I wonder who his source is?

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"The DNC had several meetings with representatives of the FBI's Cyber Division and its Washington Field Office, the DOJ's National Security Division, and US Attorney's Offices, and it responded to a variety of requests for cooperation..."
"... but the FBI never requested access to the DNC's computer servers", Eric Walker, the DNC's deputy communications director, told BuzzFeed News in an email.

Quote is from Ali Watkins' BuzzFeed News article from January 4, 2017, "The FBI Never Asked For Access To Hacked Computer Servers".

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Revealed: Arron Banks met Russian ambassador 11 times - 7 more times than he last admitted - for two years Banks said his only contacts with Russian government was one “boozy lunch” with the ambassador, by @carolecadwalla & @peterjukes theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/j…
Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko had introduced Siman Povarenkin to Arron Banks to discuss possible gold deals in November 2015 - the same time when the Leave.EU group, which Arron Banks helped to fund, had launched
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In addition to gold deals Siman Povarenkin offered Arron Banks a deal with Russian diamond company Alrosa. Banks denied pursuing, but soon after the Brexit vote, Charlemagne Capital, founded by Banks' business partner Jim Mellon, invested in Alrosa
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🌿Hang on!🌿

NK royal wedding charade brought to the world by Mogilevitch, Xi & Putin.

KJU & 45 performed their dances on cue = MSM fawned over the pomp & circumstances.😱

Xi confirmed he knew in advance about which terms KJU & 45 would agree.

Of course CH & Ru benefit.👿
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Parliamentary of @Arron_banks & @andywigmore kicking off now. And it's already very weird. Massive extra security precautions. No bags in room. Not even water. I've been to pretty much every hearing and this is a first..
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So the usher is now trying to throw me out of the room. Says I'm not allowed to type. What?
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1/ Livestreamtweet: Arron Banks & Andy Wigmore, Nigel Farage’s LeaveEU financier and comms dir, appear before House of Commons select committee to discuss some light treason. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/46…
2/ Wigmore proposes that @DamianCollins recuse since he accepted tix to a Chelsea football match. They laugh it off as a joke, given no inducements, offers, honey pots.
3/ Bannon, Kaiser, Cambridge Analytica, Robert Mercer intros and contacts are right up front. Discussed the CA pitch and their intent to use it, had they been selected as the official referendum campaign by Election Commission. They weren’t so insist they didn’t become CA client.
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Arron Banks, the businessman who bankrolled Nigel Farage’s LeaveEU campaign, had multiple meetings with high-ranking Russian officials in the run-up to the #Brexit referendum, contradicting his denials @carolecadwalla @peterjukes theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
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#CambridgeAnalytica whistleblower @chrisinsilico confirms: "I have personally seen these emails/documents and informed both British and American intelligence about them months ago"
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