Thread by @MsMariaT

(10/17/17) Attorney General Sessions Announces Director of Asset Forfeiture Accountability justice.gov/opa/pr/attorne…

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1069035128444215296

"...Mr Broidy “agreed to try to influence a potential nominee for a fed position that would have authority over the 1MDB FORFEITURE MATTERS,” according to the filings, which note that the potential office holder was not nominated."

WHO? 🤔

nyti.ms/2DU1V4O

Was Higginbotham the person who Broidy was trying to have placed over civil asset forfeiture program at DOJ? Anyone know who it was?

https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1068626149377482755

https://twitter.com/SpicyFiles/status/1065781969211002885

1Other Trumpkins who laundered money for Jho Low:

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1041360204296667136

"The conspiracy, allegedly w/help from musician..."Pras" Michel and then-Justice Dept official George Higginbotham, also allegedly sought help from an UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE running for federal office..."

So another person, not Higginbotham.

abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/f…

"Asked why Michel has not been publicly charged, a Justice Department spokeswoman said, “It’s an ongoing investigation.”

hehe 😁

https://twitter.com/USseriously/status/1068712880210464769

Higginbotham pleading and a great backgrounder THREAD:

https://twitter.com/DirkSchwenk/status/1068851743604305920

"In 2017...Low Taek Jho...funneled tens of millions of dollars into the US to pay individuals to lobby high-level US gov't officials to influence, INTER ALIA, an ongoing US Dept of Justice (DOJ) criminal investigation...related civil forfeiture..."

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

"...HIGGINBOTHAM, who was employed at DOJ in a non-lawyer
position, was not involved in any way in the DOJ’s investigation of JHO LOW and failed to influence
any aspect of DOJ’s investigation..."

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

"8. Two of the individuals who received LOW’s money...are INDIVIDUAL NO 1 and INDIVIDUAL NO 2. INDIVIDUAL NO 1 owns several businesses, including an investment firm [read: BROIDY]. INDIVIDUAL NO 2 is an assoc of INDIVIDUAL NO 1 and a longtime political fundraiser."

WHO NO 2? 🤔

"INDIVIDUAL NO. 2 recommended retaining LAW ENTERPRISE NO 1, a law firm owned by INDIVIDUAL NO 1’s wife from their personal residence."

SO, sounds like Individual NO 2 is NOT Broidy's wife, though she's in deep.

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

14. On 3/5/17, INDIVIDUAL NO 2 emailed INDIVIDUAL NO 1 a copy of the “Wolf of Wall Street” civil forfeiture complaint filed by DOJ, seeking the forfeiture of the rights to the motion picture “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

(had to delete/RT to correct the date, apologies)

"17. On 3/20/17, a financial advisor for MICHEL, INDIVIDUAL NO. 4 est'd two new limited LLCs in...Delaware: Anicorn, LLC, and Artemus Group, LLC. Bank accts for those two new entities were opened at City Nat'l Bank in CA on or about 3/30/17. "

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

(FYI, INDIVIDIUAL NO 3 - they skipped over, does not pop up til later - LONG complaint lol)

Anicorn LLC

Boop.

Artemus Group LLC

(same ph numbers, an incorporating co in DE)

Individual No. 2 does appear to be female:

"18. On 3/22/17, INDIVIDUAL NO 2 emailed INDIVIDUAL NO 1 about setting up
another meeting between her, INDIVIDUAL NO. 1, and MICHEL. The body of the email read, in part, “Can we do a meeting with [INDIVIDUAL NO. 1] with Pras and me..."

"...Maybe around 4 pm? Let me know if that works for his schedule.” INDIVIDUAL NO. 1 responded that same day, “Great. Looking forward to seeing you both.”

"19. On 4/6/17, MICHEL forwarded to HIGGINBOTHAM the draft retainer agreement
between LAW ENTERPRISE NO. 1 and JHO LOW. A few days later, on 4/10, HIGGINBOTHAM
sent MICHEL an email with a draft “Consulting Agreement” between LAW ENTERPRISE NO. 1 and
Anicorn, LLC."

"Anicorn would pay an $8M retainer fee to LAW ENTERPRISE NO 1 on
behalf of Anicorn’s “client,” along with a $75M SUCCESS FEE if the “Asset Resolution Matter” referred to in Exh A was resolved w/in 180 days, or $50M if the “Asset Resolution Matter”was resolved within 365 days."

"20. On 4/28/17, HIGGINBOTHAM emailed MICHEL under the subject line, “Anicorn w/ WuTang.” In the body of the email, HIGGINBOTHAM wrote, “Text me when you get this. I will need names and account numbers to finish this.”

lol, WuTang, love it.

"21. In early 5/17, MICHEL traveled to Thailand along with INDIVIDUAL NO. 2 and INDIVIDUAL NO. 1 to meet with JHO LOW in person."

Wow.

"Wu Tang” was a code name HIGGINBOTHAM and MICHEL used for JHO LOW. "

Yeah, no.

"23. During the meeting in Thailand, INDIVIDUAL NO. 1 advised JHO LOW that he would sit down w.JHO LOW’s legal team and figure out the best way to get to a settlement on the 1MDB matters. MICHEL was also present at this meeting."

(To save some tweets: interim wire transfers from Jho Low controlled, Hong Kong shell co bank account, into the two Delaware shell cos and Individual No 1 lawfirm acct.)

"29. Following the series of initial payments from Lucky Mark (HK) Trading Limited to the
ANICORN ACCOUNT—which totaled approximately $8.5M —MICHEL, INDIVIDUAL NO. 1,
INDIVIDUAL NO. 2, and HIGGINBOTHAM, among others, were involved in efforts to influence the 1MDB investigation."

" 30. On 8/7/17, for example, INDIVIDUAL NO 1’s assistant emailed INDIVIDUAL
NO 1...“Malaysia Talking Points”...prep'd for MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL NO. 1 [NAJIB RAZAK], in anticipation of meeting between MALAYSIAN OFFICIAL NO 1 and U.S. GOV'T OFFICIAL NO 1"

Trump?

"One of the talking points, for example, read, “[U.S. GOV'T OFFICIAL NO. 1] may mention [INDIVIDUAL NO. 1]’s name. If he does, I will confirm that I know [INDIVIDUAL NO. 1] and that he wants a closer relationship between the USA and Malaysia.”

"Several other talking points focused specifically on the 1MDB investigation and conveyed that U.S. involvement in the investigation was
unnecessary: “1MDB message on all levels this is being handles [sic] by Saudia [sic] Arabia and Abu
Dhabi, and Malaysia."

🤔😳

https://twitter.com/ThomasS4217/status/1069034627749285890

Shit.

https://twitter.com/ThomasS4217/status/1055279800129064960

"Malaysian Attorney General has publically announced that no American has been
harmed by any 1MDB transaction[.] The involvement of US prosecutors has caused unnecessary tension
American [sic], and could cause a negative reaction among Malaysians[.]"

LOLOLOL

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/972307391503990784

Still No 30:

"...Finally, I will send Malaysian Atty General ahead of my visit to the US in September to meet [U.S. GOV'T OFFICIAL NO. 2]. I would like an introduction to [U.S. GOV'T OFFICIAL NO. 3].”

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

More payments to Artemus and Anicorn accounts, 8/17 through 11/17....

"33. Following this series of finc'l transactions, MICHEL and HIGGINBOTHAM traveled
to Macau, China in early 9/17 to meet w/JHO LOW. Specifically, HIGGINBOTHAM and
MICHEL met w/JHO LOW in Macau to discuss ways to continue to funnel JHO LOW’s $$$ into
U.S. finc'l institutions..."

"...to pay THOSE INVOLVED IN THE LOBBYING CAMPAIGN, such as INDIVIDUAL NO. 1 and INDIVIDUAL NO. 2, to resolve DOJ’s 1MDB investigation. Because JHO LOW was concerned that U.S. banks would not allow him to transfer large sums of money in or through the US financial system..."

(Individuals Nos 1 and 2 being Broidy and Nickie Lum, h/t @ThomasS4217)

@ThomasS4217 "...and to use a cover story that would conceal from U.S. finc'l institutions JHO LOW’s connection to these funds and, instead, claim that the funds were for entertainment purposes. In truth...these funds would be used to pay those involved in the lobbying campaign..."

@ThomasS4217 LOLOLOLOL:

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1041360204296667136

@ThomasS4217 "JHO LOW, however, insisted that some of the money actually
go toward entertainment purposes, consistent with the “cover story.”

Good thinking, Jho Low! US Gov ain't got nothin' on you! 🤡

"34. JHO LOW also came up with an idea to have HIGGINBOTHAM sign a power of attorney for an acct in the name of Red Rock IX Limited, a corporate entity that exists in part to transfer JHO
LOW’s money..."

Acct was at Chinese state-owned bank. Dis bad. China's hiding Low, right?

Mo money:

"36. On 9/20/17, the ANICORN ACCOUNT received a wire transfer from Lucky Mark (HK) Trading Ltd for approx $30M. A document dated 9/13/17 purports to be a loan agrmt between Lucky Mark and Anicorn apparently related to the $30M wire..."

OK, so we're mid-9/17 in this money laundering conspiracy. They're hiring US persons to talk to US gov't officials [TRUMP ADMIN] to make Jho Low's 1MDB investigation go away. 🙄

Just dropping this here; polly not related. No not really, it prolly is: 😁

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1069032965840134144

Rosenstein chose someone, clearly they were on this already, so this guys prolly clean:

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1069035128444215296

Broidy and Lum discussing Pras signing a W9, and Individual 3 finally pops up:

"Later that same day, INDIVIDUAL NO. 1 and INDIVIDUAL NO. 2 received an email from INDIVIDUAL NO. 3 who wrote, “[INDIVIDUAL NO. 1] [,] Attached is the executed W-9 for [CORPORATION NO. 2]...."

"Please contact me if you have need any [sic] additional information.” Attached to the email was a W-9 form for an entity named [CORPORATION NO. 2] executed that same day. INDIVIDUAL NO. 1 responded, “Thank you [INDIVIDUAL NO. 3].”

(35. cont'd)

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

"37. No additional transactions occurred following Anicorn’s receipt of the approx $30M dollars because City Nat'l Bank ended its relationship wi/Anicorn and Artemus on or about 9/29/17, and issued cashier’s checks to MICHEL for the remaining balances (approx $37M)."

"38. Around this time, MICHEL contacted HIGGINBOTHAM and told him that a certain amount of money needed to come into the US and be verifiable to those involved in the LOBBYING CAMPAIGN before moving forward."

"39. On or about 10/23/17, HIGGINBOTHAM received a wire transfer for approx $41m to the HIGGINBOTHAM 1078 ACCOUNT from an entity in Hong Kong
called Red Rock IX Ltd. He subsequently transferred $25M...into the HIGGINBOTHAM 9974 ACCOUNT, another Citibank account in DC."

Now discussing the lying to the US banks:

"41. On 7/21/17, City National Bank req'd info from INDIVIDUAL NO. 4, a rep of Anicorn, about the nature of the company and the purpose of the payments from Lucky
Mark (HK) Trading Ltd. ..."

"...INDIVIDUAL NO. 4 forwarded the request to HIGGINBOTHAM, asking
him to call to discuss after he had reviewed the request.

42. On 9/19/17, City National Bank requested additional docs and info related to the Anicorn/Lucky Mark transactions..."

Of course, Higginbotham made false statements to the bank about the source of the funds:

"43. The statement of HIGGINBOTHAM to City National Bank about the Anicorn funds was
false. Lucky Mark (HK) Trading Limited is not a souvenir or gift or novelty company...."

"The company that transferred the funds to Anicorn—namely, Lucky Mark (HK) Trading Limited—was formed in 2016, and appears to be affiliated with JHO LOW, and does not appear to carry on any legitimate business."

City Nat'l cashed them out.

So what do they do? Why, head on over to Morgan Stanley!

"Shortly thereafter, these checks were provided to Morgan Stanley to open investment mgmt accts in Anicorn’s & Artemus’s names, in which HIGGINBOTHAM was
listed as one of two acct managers."

False statements to MULTIPLE banks:

"HIGGINBOTHAM & MICHEL caused false stmts to be made to City Nat'l Bank, Morgan Stanley, & Citibank to conceal JHO
LOW’s connection w/these funds and transactions, conceal the purpose of these transactions, and
effectuate the overall scheme."

50. Bank fraud

51. Asset forfeiture

52. (inc'g prev allegations herein by ref)

53. CONSPIRACY to commit bank fraud

54. Properties forfeiture

55.( inc'g prev in by ref)

56. more conspiracy, lol

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…

58. (inc'g prev in by ref)

59. Laundering monetary intruments, bank fraud, knowignly making false statements, lol...

60. More properties forfeiture...

That's it.

So endeth the money-laundering-for-shits and-giggles by the Trump Admin, Higginbotham/Elliot Broidy/Wu Tang Clan edition, thread. 🤓✌🏽

Note: Elliott Broidy's name is not mentioned in this Complaint, yet "many people are saying" he is Individual No 1. 😁🤡

Sorry for the weird spacing in this thread - I do the thread in Tweetdeck (copy from DOJ doc), they look OK over there, then I come over to Twitter and it looks like I've been drunk-tweeting. But I swear I'm not. No really! 😁