Thread by @MsMariaT

Whoopsies! 💩 Ms Wilkoff is cooperating. “House Intelligence Committee probing Melania Trump friend who made $1.6M off inauguration” salon.com/2019/04/04/hou…

*Ms. "Wolkoff"

"The Barrack-led committee raised $107 million and spent $100 million, about TWICE as much as former Presidents Obama and George W. Bush raised or spent on any of their inaugurations."

TWICE as much for that sad-trombone inauguration! 😩

Recall, Rick Gates asked vendors to accept payment "off the books."

Why do they hate America?

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1093668438432595968

"Steve Kerrigan, the chief of staff for Obama’s first inaugural committee, told the Times the $1.6 million “supervisory fee” that Wolkoff received was “roughly one-fourth of what we paid our entire 450-person staff” in 2009."

"The massive contributions to the committee also earned more than a dozen major donors ambassador positions, including the key position of ambassador to the United Arab Emirates...."

"While other presidents always picked career diplomatic officials for the “sensitive” post to the UAE, Trump instead chose John Rakolta, a “wealthy real estate developer with NO DIPLOMATIC experience,” NBC News reported."

#CondoDiplomacy

"At least 14 donors who gave an average of $350K to the inaugural committee were selected to be ambassadors. Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Iceland NEVER VISITED THE COUNTRY... "

WTAF?!

"....and his pick to be ambassador to the Bahamas did not know that the islands were not part of the United States,"

WTF would you need an ambassador for if....Oh fuck it, never mind.

"Six of the 14 noms have been held up in the Republican-led Senate over questions about their qualifications.

Though it’s not unusual for presidents to tap big donors for cushy diplo jobs, about 2/3 of confirmed ambassadors have been career foreign service officials."

"Winston Wolkoff has cooperated w/the SDNY probe since last fall, earlier than inaugural officials knew about the investigation....

SDNY is also investigating donations to the committee as well as...Tom Barrack’s ties to the Middle East."

✌🏽

salon.com/2019/04/04/hou…

OMG, you guys: the guy that Trump tapped to be Ambassador to Iceland (which is actually kinda important because of all the Russian/crypto/money-laundering craziness coming outta there right now...)

...the guy is a freakin' DERMATOLOGIST! 🤣😂😵

go.shr.lc/2Ka0hke

It took me less than 30 seconds to find Dr Jeffrey-Two-Stars-on-Yelp Gunter, with Elliot Broidy.

Because, of course. Hand-picked by Broidy, I'll bet.

elliottbroidy2013.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/ell…

Kind of interesting that Dr. Jeffrey Ross Gunter was reported as just a dermatologist, because he also seems to dabble in "Capital Management": @ninaandtito 🤓

Hmm, Iceland placement more interesting now....

dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

Dr. Jeffrey Ross Gunter - (note the "Capital Management, LLC; could you get any more generic?) - is a Rudy Giuliani and Lindsey Graham fan, too. I don't even see Trump's name here.

Weird! 🙃

Yet he got an Ambassadorship (he did give to inaugural)!

opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/r…

corporationwiki.com/California/Bev… Dr. Jeffry Gunter/Beverly Capital Management, LLC

Inactive, foreign corp.

Who goes to a derm with two-freakin' stars? Yikes! 😵

yelp.com/biz/jeffrey-gu…

Our next Ambassador to Iceland, ladies and gents!

Jeffrey R. Gunter (don't leave off the R, like I did!), is affil'd w/28 diff companies here:

corporationwiki.com/California/Lan…

h/t @ThomasS4217 🤓✌🏽

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