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Acting AG Matthew Whitaker Appears to Have Misled FTC Over Actions at Miami Firm based on docs obtained in a FOIA request - FTC emails show Whitaker denied communicating with customers & officials expressed surprise at AG’s hiring of Whitaker
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Note - Bloomberg has corrected the headline and story 👆🏼
New headline: FTC Emails Show Whitaker Fielded Gripes on Miami Firm (Correct) & new story is in screenshot below 👇🏼
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Matthew Whitaker Knew of Fraud Allegations at Company He Advised - Documents show now-acting U.S. attorney general regularly emailed with firm’s CEO
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US Supreme Court rejects Exxon in climate change document fight - Ruling clears the way for Massachusetts attorney general to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp to probe whether it concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change news.trust.org/item/201901071…
What Exxon knew about the Earth's melting Arctic - Oct 2015 story by @katiedjennings @susrust @sarajerving @amylieberman that helped lead to investigations/lawsuits by MA and NY attorney generals
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With speculation about the arrest of Paul Whelan as a ploy for a swap with Maria Butina - another name to keep an eye on is Konstantin Yaroshenko - a Russian pilot sentenced to 20 yrs in US jail related to cocaine smuggling with Viktor Bout - Yaroshenko has been a focus for Putin
Now that Russia's charged a US citizen, who are the bargaining chips?
cnn.com/2019/01/04/eur…
Another theory about a possible swap for Whelan - Leonid Teif/Teyf
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Leonid Teyf, a Russian living in North Carolina, who was accused with his wife of a murder-for-hire plot and $150 million kickback scheme, is now reported by Novaya Gazeta to have ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin who was indicted by Mueller for election tampering
newsobserver.com/news/local/art…
Here's original article that describes how Leonid Teyf was the Deputy Director of Voentorg, a company which contracted with Russia’s Ministry of Defense - and he provided Prigozhin with outsourcing contracts for the supply of power to army units
novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/…
December 13 AP story on Leonid Teyf: North Carolina couple accused of running $150 million kickback scheme - Prosecutors also claim the husband was plotting to kill the son of a former housekeeper — whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife.
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1/ Two articles came out before Christmas that deserve more attention. First up is news that “Two Ukrainian officials meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by leaking a secret ledger showing $12.7 million in payments” to Paul Manafort thedailybeast.com/ukrainian-offi…
2/ The 2nd article outlines the Trump Admin’s efforts to get the MSM to pay attention to Ali Chalupa’s work with Ukraine and her links to the DNC. Bizarrely, Vox argues that Chalupa’s Ukraine work wasn’t connected to her DNC work. vox.com/2018/12/14/181…
3/ Hat-tip to #RealRussiaGate sleuth @stranahan. Lee Stranahan discusses these two articles and more in this Periscope. Stranahan covers the waterfront well, but I want to dig a little deeper on the Chalupa/Manafort angle. pscp.tv/w/1yoJMjYlnXdx…
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NEW: We obtained records related to Assistant AG Brian Benczkowski, who previously represented the Russian entity Alfa Bank, that show he's been recused from the Mueller investigation: americanoversight.org/assistant-atto…
Acting AG Matthew Whitaker isn't the only DOJ appointee to draw scrutiny from Congress and watchdog groups — we've also been looking into Benczkowski's ethics determinations and conflicts of interest.
We submitted a FOIA to find out more about Benczkowski's ties to Alfa Bank, which is owned by oligarchs connected to the Russian government: americanoversight.org/document/foia-…
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🍷TGIF🍷

Trump jilted: MbS & Putin high five each other at G20

All of them are pariahs in the eyes of the world.

Putin orders a brief meet, he’s pissed Trump hasn’t delivered.

British officials say Putin approved nerve agent attack:

Whitaker Misled FTC Over Actions at WPM.
🍷TGIF2🍷

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So this was a straight up firing and not a resignation – not even a fake resignation. Doesn't that mean that Rod Rosenstein becomes acting AG and Trump doesn't get the privilege of appointing one? @kaitlancollins @YesMomsCan @Delavegalaw
1998 Federal Vacancies Reform Act gives the president the authority to temporarily move a Senate-confirmed political appointees into a vacant position when the predecessor dies or resigns...In the case of firings, the federal govt has a succession plan.
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Per @NormEisen: "Under 5 USC 3344, the president cannot fire a Senate confirmed official and replace him with a person of his choosing. Sessions was constructively fired."
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BREAKING: Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned AT TRUMP'S REQUEST so he was actually fired by Trump.
#Maddow
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“Dear Mr. President, at your request I am submitting my resignation.”

Trump forces out Attorney General Jeff Sessions one day after the midterms nyti.ms/2D5W0sS
"Trump blamed the AG for the specter of Mueller's investigation into ties between Trump’s campaign & Russia.

Trump criticized Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing the investigation in its early stages, leading to appointment of a special counsel"
This is why Trump bypassed DAG Rod Rosenstein to serve as acting attorney general: he needed a lackey who would cripple Mueller's #TrumpRussia investigation.

Enter Matt Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff.
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