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@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 1/ From the redacted Mueller report, a <thread> on Jared's friend Rick Gerson, who apparently assumed the #RussiaBackchannel role for Kushner. (more...) @PortlusGlam

https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1129831622868635649

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam 2/ Redacted Mueller report, p 156:
"In approximately late November 2016, the UAE🇦🇪 national security adviser⤵️ [Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan] introduced Dmitriev to Rick Gerson, a friend of Jared Kushner who runs a hedge fund in New York." more
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazza_bin…

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam 3/ Redacted Mueller report, p 156-157:
Let's see if anyone here agrees with this⤵️ statement:
"Gerson stated he had no formal role in the transition and had no involvement in the Trump Campaign other than occasional casual discussions about the Campaign with Kushner." (more...)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam 4/ Redacted Mueller report, p 157:
"After the election, Gerson ▶️assisted the transition by arranging meetings◀️ for transition officials with former UK prime minister Tony Blair🇬🇧 and a UAE🇦🇪 delegation led by Crown Prince Mohammed [MbZ]." (more...)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam 5/ The remainder of this <thread> will provide timeline for "Dmitriev Post-Election Contact with Rick Gerson Regarding US.-Russia Relations," during which Gerson acted as (at least one) liaison for first DJT-Putin phone call on Saturday, Jan 28, 2017: (more...)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam 6/ 5-point US-Russia Reconciliation plan slide on previous page from @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive, which was broadcast (live!) on May 16, 2019. But you can view it here⤵️now, or late: (more...)

https://twitter.com/IdeaGov/status/1129264131159220225

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 7/ "When Dmitriev and Gerson met, they principally discussed potential joint ventures between Gerson’s hedge fund and RDlF."
"Gerson told the Office that the Transition Team had not asked him to engage in these discussions w/Dmitriev, and that he did so on his own initiative👀...

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 8/ ... and as a private citizen."
"Dmitriev told Gerson that he had been tasked by Putin to develop and execute a.
reconciliation plan between the United States and Russia." (more...)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 9/ The redacted Mueller report has lots of footnotes re: text msgs, other convos Dmitriev had with Gerson and Nader (obviously from Gerson/Nader):
Jan 9:
Dmitriev asks Nader if meeting w/Erik Prince would be worthwhile🤣, and also asks Gerson to show his bio to Kushner. (more...)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 10/ All dates are 2017⤵️:
Jan 16:
Dmitriev sends Gerson 5-pt reconcilation plan, asks Gerson to give to Kushner
Jan 18:
Gerson gives 2-pg plan to Kushner, who gives copies to Bannon and Tillerson
Jan 19:
Dmitriev gives a copy of 2-page 5-point plan to Nader... (more)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 11/
Jan 26:
Dmitriev tells Gerson that his "boss" [Putin] asked for feedback from US on plan, and adds: "my boss asked me to try to have the key US meetings in the next 2 weeks if possible." Dmitriev tells Gerson that Putin and DJT would speak by phone that Saturday, Jan 28...

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 12/
Jan 28:
Dmitriev texts Nader “to see if I can confirm to my boss that your friends may use some of the ideas from the 2 pager I sent you in the telephone call that will happen at 12 EST (Putin-DJT phone call)"... more

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 13/
Jan 28 (con't)
"After the call, Dmitriev wrote to Nader that 'the call went very well. My boss wants me to continue making some public statements that us [sic] Russia cooperation is good and important.'“ more...

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 14/
Jan 28 (con't):
"Gerson also wrote to Dmitriev to say that the call had gone well, and Dmitriev
replied that the document they had drafted together 'played an important role.'” 🤨 /end

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 15/ Adding a couple more thoughts on where Israel might have influenced Gerson, acting "on his own initiative👀and as a private citizen:" (more...)

https://twitter.com/ZevShalev/status/1119047312687419393

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 16/ “Kushner took the Middle East from Tillerson’s portfolio,” [@VickyPJWard] Ward wrote. “‘I want Israel🇮🇱,’ is how he put it, according to a former Tillerson aide..." /end
From Mar 19, 2019:
nymag.com/intelligencer/…

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive Jun 2, 2019 update with background on MbZ/UAE🇦🇪 , Mattis, Gerson.
15/ UAE🇦🇪 "has fewer citizens than Rhode Island." MbZ "may be the richest man in the world. He controls sovereign wealth funds worth $1.3 trillion, more than any other country." (more)

https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1135211313821564928

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 16/ UAE🇦🇪 "is estimated to have 9 million residents, but fewer than a million citizens; the rest are foreign workers."
"at least 5 people working for Prince Mohammed have been caught up in criminal investigations growing out of that [Mueller] inquiry. (con't)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 17/ ...A regular visitor to the United States for three decades, Prince Mohammed has now stayed away for 2 years, in part because he fears prosecutors might seek to question him or his aides." "(His brother, the foreign minister, has visited.)" (more...)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 18/ To arrange the [Dec 15, 2016, Jan 11, 2017] meetings⤵️, Prince Mohammed...turned to....Richard Gerson, founder of Falcon Edge Capital. He had worked w/the prince for years, and he was also a friend of Mr. Kushner."
Source: May 16, 2019 @NarativLive @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 19/ "One of Prince Mohammed’s younger brothers had introduced Mr. Gerson to a Russian businessman who acts as a liaison between President Vladimir V. Putin and the Persian Gulf monarchs, according to the special counsel’s report. (con't)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 20/ ...The Russian businessman, Kirill Dmitriev, conferred with Mr. Gerson about a 'reconciliation plan' for the United States and Russia🇷🇺, and shortly before the inauguration Mr. Gerson gave a two-page summary of the plan to Mr. Kushner." (more...)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 21/ "Gerson wrote to the prince🇦🇪 after the election in a private text message" “'👉I am always here as your trusted family back channel any time you want to discreetly pass something'👀...one of several provided to The Times by a 3rd party and corroborated independently. (con't)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 22/ ...He [Gerson] signed off another message as “your loyal soldier.”👀
"Each winter, Prince Mohammed invites financiers and former officials to AbuDhabi for a salon that demonstrates his global influence.
Last Dec's guest list included:
Tony Blair🇬🇧
Nicolas Sarkozy🇫🇷 (more)

@lauferlaw @Agenthades1 @PortlusGlam @traciemac_Bmore @ZevShalev @NarativLive 23/
Kirill Dmitriev🇷🇺
Condoleezza Rice
Steven Hadley
American investors Mohamed A. El-Erian, David M. Rubenstein and Thomas S. Kaplan
Chinese🇨🇳 computer scientist and investor Kai-Fu Lee (more...)