So Epoch Times was founded by John Tang in 2000. Tang is a follower of Falun Gong, a Chinese practice followed by tens of millions who's opposed by the State run Chinese government.
There have been wide spread crackdowns on the movement over the years including reports of mass organ harvesting and conversion therapy which amounted to torture. 😬
So why the sudden pivot to start reporting silly "SPYGATE!!" nonsense and other conspiracies that have led it to become popular amongst the RW including being one of Trump's favorite daily reads.
EPOCH TIMES ASSOCIATION INC is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization tax exempt charity tied to it. Maybe @mrspanstreppon can chime in here.
ET is offered up to retailers for free. This could be explained by the large sum of funding that it's provided. $492,776 in donations from fee, dues, government grants and the like in 2016
John Tang is also head of NTDTV (New Tang Dynasty Television) and is considered a "sister" group to Epoch.
Here, Mar-A-Lago member, Bannon ally, and fugitive, Guo Wengui (Miles Kwok) speaks positively about the Falun Gong movement and the issue of the mass organ harvesting the Chinese government is accused of.
Guo, like ET, might be as the story suggested, using political calculus to get in the better graces of those in power currently. We all remember @TrueFactsStated snapping a pic of the elusive Guo not too long ago. 😁
#EpsteinAssociate Erika Kellerhals has been Epstein's go to tax attorney for years. Listed as secretary/tresurer/trustee of multiple charities of his and involved in many of his main pursuits in the last decade.
Born and raised in New York, Erika's parents ran a restaurant on Staten Island for decades before closing up shop in 2014. Erika went to NYU then worked at a few law firms before up and moving to the Virgin Islands in 2003 and working at Marjorie Roberts firm there.
Marjorie is an interesting one. She was a major campaign bundler for President Obama in 2012 and very close to Cecile DeJongh, Epstein employee, and wife of former VI Gov DeJongh. Cecile is the founder of the Rwanda Project (Kellerhals also tied to it) which was funded by Epstein
This #EpsteinAssociate thread will be a little different as @mrspanstreppon has done all the leg work so I shall just add her tweets and insert a few details myself.
Co-Executor of the Epstein estate, President of his charity Gratitude America, Co-Conspirator, Richard David Kahn
A few stories first in case you missed them that feature Kahn.
This #EpsteinAssociate is as a licensed CPA and works for Jeffrey Epstein's company in the Virgin Islands, Financial Trust. Her current CPA biz still uses his VI address.
In the black book and listed as VP of Financial Trust
She and her family are part of a few current businesses operating in the Virgin Islands/New Jersey. The CPA one "Accounting Strategies Group" "See and Ski Powerboat Rentals," and "Maritime Yacht Sales" facebook.com/SeeAndSki/ facebook.com/maritimeyachts…
Her husband Mathias originally from Germany, started See and Ski's in 1983.
Aside from Jeanne's accounting biz, See's also list its location on American Yacht Harbor which is co-owned by Epstein and Andrew Farkas.
This reddit user has done a great job uncovering this #EpsteinAssociate, Pamela Boulet, a former personal assistant to Jean Luc-Brunel who worked at the Karin models agency for 15 years