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And Taylor was US Ambassador who in leaked US embassy cable on Dmitry Firtash & gas biz RUE said Firtash:

"acknowledged ties to Russian organized crime figure Seymon Mogilevich, stating he needed Mogilevich's approval to get into business in the first place"
HT @resistancelines
@resistancelines From December 2008 - US embassy cables: Gas supplies linked to Russian mafia

SUBJECT: UKRAINE: FIRTASH MAKES HIS CASE TO THE USG

Signed - Taylor
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@resistancelines Ambassador William B. Taylor returns to Ukraine to lead US mission - Taylor, who served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine from May 2006 to May 2009, has returned as chargé d’affaires, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine
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Michael Milken went to jail for insider trading - now Mnuchin, Kushner, Giuliani are lobbying Trump to pardon his crimes and Milken is benefitting from two projects in opportunity zones personally designated by Mnuchin, by @EricLiptonNYT @JesseDrucker
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Judge rules that the DOJ must provide the House grand jury material redacted form Mueller report by October 30th
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Destination Vienna:

Connecting Trump, Giuliani, Parnas, Fruman & a notorious Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, described by our DOJ as an “upper-echelon [assoc] of Russian organized crime.” #Mogilevich

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‼️Firtash & Mogilevich

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