Thread by @jennycohn1

Paul Manafort's lobbying client, GTech (a lottery operator) merged with IGT (a producer of slot machines) in 2015. In June 2016, one of IGT/GTech's executives, Nicole Nolette, moved to Dominion Voting, the second largest voting machine vendor in the U.S. 1/

In the mid-1990's, Mr. Gates accepted "an internship as a researcher at a pioneering consulting outfit co-founded by Mr. Manafort that did political and lobbying work for...the lottery operator Gtech..." 2/ nytimes.com/2018/08/06/us/…

IGT and GTech merged in April 2015. 3/prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Dominion Voting's Executive VP of Operations is a former chief of staff of International Gaming Technology and VP of the combined IGT/Gtech. She moved to Dominion Voting in June 2016. 4/

5/ According to a 2017 study by Penn Wharton, Dominion Voting accounts for about 37% of US election equipment. trustthevote.org/wp-content/upl…

More about Paul Manafort's ties to GTech whose executive moved to Dominion Voting (37% of US election equipment) in June 2016. 6/ politico.com/story/2016/04/…

Check it out. IGT's chair until 2018 was Democrat Donald Sweitzer who also once worked for Paul Manafort! 7/ golocalprov.com/business/new-m…

Sweitzer is himself now involved in international elections. He sits on a board with Ken Blackwell. Yike. 8/

https://twitter.com/loonyberg/status/1078864105694478336

Doug Davenport, a lobbyist who worked on Trump's campaign. concurrently worked as a lobbyist for IGT/GTech. 9/politico.com/tipsheets/poli…

“Gtech's Chairman Resigns After Loss In Suit Tied to Bribery Assertions” - 1998 10/wsj.com/articles/SB886…

“[I]n summer 2006, an investigation in Texas found that...GTECH...doled out tens of millions of dollars — some of which went to foreign lottery officials — to expand its business in South America, Europe and the Caribbean.” 11/lotterypost.com/news/150037

“Company with Rendell ties [GTech] reporting $7 million less than casinos' earnings numbers.” - 2007 12/articles.mcall.com/2007-10-12/new…