@ThomasS4217 (1/3) Saw this yesterday, which is related to the investigation of Starboard Strategic as a shell company for NRA/Russia🇷🇺 to fund GOP candidates' media campaigns described in this <thread> from July:
@ThomasS4217 (2/3) Here's the article about Josh Hawley being an eager participant in a felony operation, which "is the third [complaint] in 4 months to accuse the NRA of appearing to use a shell company to circumvent laws against such coordination." by @mikespiesnyc
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc (3/3) "The complaint comes a week after nine Democratic senators called on the FEC to investigate the NRA’s arrangement w/StarboardStrategic, asserting that it is 'highly likely' that the company has been used for the purpose of 'sharing proprietary info."
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 1/ JAW-DROPPING update on Josh Hawley & OnMessage (which operates NRA/Russia🇷🇺 shell company Starboard Strategic). Hawley was sworn in as Missouri AG on Jan 9, 2017; OnMessage began directing his staff on Jan 19, 2017:
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 2/ Reminder that this <thread> began with this (article published on Oct 23, 2018):
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 3/ "Hawley also does not use his government email account."
Hawley tweeted on July 5, 2016 when he was running for Missouri AG:
“Sec. Clinton’s outrageous conduct & lack of prosecution shows we need an AG who knows how to win for the rule of law.” (more...)
Hawley tweeted on July 5, 2016 when he was running for Missouri AG:
“Sec. Clinton’s outrageous conduct & lack of prosecution shows we need an AG who knows how to win for the rule of law.” (more...)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 4/ "The meetings and calls with members of the attorney general’s senior staff were led by Timmy Teepell, a partner with OnMessage Inc., the Washington-area consulting firm that had worked on Hawley’s attorney general campaign." (more...)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 5/ "Teepell is a partner with OnMessage Inc. and [Gail] Gitcho is president of First Tuesday. Both firms are listed at the same address in Annapolis, Md."
"The six-figure spending on OnMessage and First Tuesday accounted for roughly a third... (con't)
"The six-figure spending on OnMessage and First Tuesday accounted for roughly a third... (con't)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 6/ ...of the $337,382 total that Hawley for Missouri spent through the first three quarters of 2017. Other expenditures included fees for the political consulting firm Mine Creek Strategies, and The KAM Co., a political fundraising firm." (more...)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 7/ Of course, Fox News was onboard:
"Gitcho responds that she is 'having lunch with Chris Wallace on Thursday & was going to pitch Josh as power player of the week — but we should all get on the same page with that before I pitch him.' Wallace hosts Fox News Sunday." (con't)
"Gitcho responds that she is 'having lunch with Chris Wallace on Thursday & was going to pitch Josh as power player of the week — but we should all get on the same page with that before I pitch him.' Wallace hosts Fox News Sunday." (con't)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 8/ "Having campaign staff run meetings on gov't property does not necessarily run afoul of Missouri law, as long as the meetings were not explicitly political. If the meetings were campaign focused, however, they could violate a constitutional prohibition... (con't)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 9/ … on use of state resources for personal or political purposes."
Of course Hawley lies, as inciter-in-chief demands:
"The AG’s office, which enforces the state’s open records laws, previously told The Star that Hawley does not conduct... (con't)
Of course Hawley lies, as inciter-in-chief demands:
"The AG’s office, which enforces the state’s open records laws, previously told The Star that Hawley does not conduct... (con't)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 10/ ...public business on any private email account."
"Had the attorney general or his staff used their official government email addresses to discuss the meetings & calls w/Hawley’s campaign, their correspondence would automatically have been subject to public release...(con't)
"Had the attorney general or his staff used their official government email addresses to discuss the meetings & calls w/Hawley’s campaign, their correspondence would automatically have been subject to public release...(con't)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 11/ … through the state’s open records laws, also known as the Sunshine Laws.
Even if they used private accounts, the attorney general’s office’s own record retention policy is clear that those emails would still be considered public record." (more...)
Even if they used private accounts, the attorney general’s office’s own record retention policy is clear that those emails would still be considered public record." (more...)
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 12/ Here's the most recent for OnMessage, their NRA/Russia🇷🇺 shell company Starboard Strategic, and Josh Hawley:
@ThomasS4217 @mikespiesnyc 13/ Ending <thread> with this, from July, which describes how Starboard Strategic is OnMessage's NRA/Russia🇷🇺 shell company (see first 9 tweets of this <thread>):
