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💣RUMafia💣

Oleg Deripaska-Linked Firm Was Raided

Filings in U.K. reveal ‘live and ongoing’ U.S. criminal probe

Laundering inv’n grew out of Mueller’s work

The investigators are seeking evidence of “money laundering, tax offenses and fraud offenses” from 18 individuals and...
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Companies including Deripaska’s Terra Services Ltd., a real estate firm.

Assocs of Dmytro Firtash were working to dig up dirt on former VP Biden last summer in an effort to get Rudy Giuliani’s help in the oligarch’s legal case for which he is fighting extradition.
💣RUMafia3💣

Giuliani pushed Trump adm to grant a visa to a UKR official (Shokin) promising dirt on DEM

Tapping pro-Trump lawyers like diGenova and Toensing looked like a useful way to help get his case thrown out.

DiGenova and Toensing have billed Firtash about $1 million.
💣RUMafia4💣

Trump was given options:

“NSC prepared & presented plans for international peacekeepers to keep Russia at bay to protect:

📌US military intelligence,

📌strategic positions &

📌Kurdish allies.

Trump co-opted those plans & handed everything over to Russia.”
💣RUMafia5💣

Turkey is suspected of using white phosphorus against Kurdish civilians in Syria

Erdogan says Syria offensive will continue if truce deal not fully implemented

The Kremlin said the Trump to Erdogan Ltr was highly unusual for correspondence between heads of state.
💣RUMafia6💣

Gordon Sondland Elbowed His Way Into Ukraine Policy. It Could Cost Him. .

“At one dinner party, Sondland said his job was “to destroy the European Union,’’

A 58% majority says Trump definitely or probably has done things that are ‘grounds for impeachment’
💣RUMafia7💣

Impeachment inquiry shows Trump at the center of Ukraine efforts against rivals

Devin Nunes Tries to Use Steele Dossier to Defend Trump During Closed-Door Impeachment Hearing

“It was nutso,” said one person familiar with the exchange. “It was awkward.”
💣RUMafia8💣

Trump calls General Mattis an “overrated general.”

“I’m honored to be considered that by Trump because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress,” Mattis said.

“So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals, & frankly that sounds pretty good to me.”
💣RUMafia9💣

McKinley attributed his resignation to “what appears to be the utilization of our ambassadors overseas to advance domestic political objectives” & DOS’ failure to “offer support to foreign service employees caught up in the impeachment inquiry”
💣RUMafia10💣

Pentagon expert could reveal key details in Ukraine probe

U.S. hits Cuba with new sanctions over human rights, Venezuela

Current and Former Precious Metals Traders Charged with Multi-Year Market Manipulation Racketeering Conspiracy

#JPMorgan #BearSterns
💣RUMafia11💣

Giuliani's work for Iranian group with bloody past could lead to more legal woes #MEK

Giuliani ally Michael Mukasey’s move to register as a lobbyist for an Iranian dissident group may spur the DOJ to investigate, experts say.

#Chao #JoeLieberman
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PG&E said it could take 10 yrs to improve its electric system enough to significantly diminish the need to pull the plug on customers

Then @PGE4Me must provide their clients w/ generators—we are here b/c of deferred maintenance; instead paid bonus’/stockholders💰
💣RUMafia11💣

Giuliani Mixes His Business With Role as Trump’s Lawyer

Giuliani met w/ DOJ officials Brian Benczkowski & attorneys in the fraud section.

They were there to discuss a foreign bribery case for a client that Giuliani described as “very, very sensitive.”

#Firtash
💣RUMafia12💣

Inside West Virginia’s opioid battle:

‘They looked at us like an easy target’

Nearly 6,900 children are in state care, double the number from a decade ago.

Officials estimate that more than 80 percent have been impacted by the drug epidemic.
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Biden expands edge in U.S. DEM nomination race: Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Stymied by a polarized agency, FEC Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub finds her voice as a Trump critic

The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission wields her Twitter handle like a Swiss Army knife
💣RUMafia14💣

DeSantis downplayed ties to Giuliani’s gang. Then we found them hugging

Trump ‘Chaos Trades’
Story suggests traders made billions front-running policy news

3x involving the U.S.-China trade war, once the bombing of Saudi oil fields and once Hong Kong politics.
💣RUMafia15💣

Ex-VA chief Shulkin’s new book decries ‘toxic, subversive’ culture in Trump’s WH

He describes a deep state of subordinates within his own inner of political appointees — who assumed outsize power with a singular goal: to privatize veterans’ health care.
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“Privatization leading to the dismantling of the VA’s extensive HC system is a terrible idea,” he writes.

The appointees pushed unfettered” access to private care that would cost taxpayers billions of dollars, ignoring the more moderate approach he advocated.
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Trump’s Biden conspiracy began by pressuring UKR to discredit RU probe, help Manafort

Trump's obsession with UKR may have begun with a RW conspiracy theory that DNC faked RU hack

HRC suggests Putin has kompromat on Trump, RU will back Tulsi Gabbard 3rd-party bid
💣RUMafia18💣

Stealthy RU Hacker Group Resurfaces With Clever New Tricks

Largely out of the spotlight since 2016, Cozy Bear hackers have been caught perpetrating a years-long campaign.

“Operation Ghost: details how the group known as Cozy Bear, APT29, or collectively the Dukes
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Which was one of two RU-intel linked groups found to have hacked the DNC—has used a variety of methods to remain active.

Mulvaney admits to Trump’s corruption, then utterly fails to walk it back

Mulvaney’s walkback doesn’t pass the laugh test.
💣RUMafia20💣

The DOJ Hired the Son of Firtash’s attorneys: Let that sink in.

Brady Toensing’s family is neck-deep in the Ukraine scandal.

Billionaire WV governor's family biz received max amount of farm aid

France resists EU membership talks for North Macedonia and Albania
💣RUMafia21💣

Ukraine Now Has America's Javelin Missile and Russia Isn't Happy

A study showed that more than 50% of the farm aid went to the nation's largest & wealthiest farms.

Farm aid from Trump's trade war has cost more than double the 2009 auto bailout
💣RUMafia22💣

Next-gen satellite comms system ready for use, U.S. Navy says

Trump taps Dan Brouillette DOE’s #2 to take over for Perry

France, Italy & Germany will block FB’s new Libra bitcoin from use in Europe,

HouseGOP plan vote to censure Schiff, re impeachment inquiry🙄
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US & European legislative foreign affairs chairs jointly condemn Trump on Syria

RU & CH swallow up strategic businesses in the US heartland

China has become the largest buyer of US real estate,

Icahn Discloses U.S. Probe of Trades Before Steel Tariff Imposed
💣RUMafia24💣

Saudi Aramco delays planned launch of long-awaited IPO
Riyadh had been expected to sign off on key listing this week

Erdogan says his country "cannot forget" the harshly worded letter from Trump about the Turkish military offensive into Syria.
💣RUMafia25💣

Erdogan said that Turkey would "do what's necessary" concerning the letter "when the time comes." He did not elaborate.

Boeing 2016 internal msgs suggest EEs may have misled FAA on 737 MAX

MX president says El Chapo’s son released to avoid ‘war’ with drug cartel
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The DOS determined 38 people were "culpable" in 91 cases of sending classified info in messages that ended up in HRC's personal email.

The 38 are current & former DOS officials but were not identified in the report that was sent to Congress this week
Democrats introduce 'THUG Act' to block funding for G-7 at Trump resort

thehill.com/homenews/house…
HUD officials admit they knowingly stalled Puerto Rico housing relief funds

“HUD did fail to comply with the law,” said Rep. David Price, D-N.C., said at the hearing.

nbcnews.com/news/latino/hu…
Oleg Deripaska-Linked Firm Was Raided for Undisclosed U.S. Inquiry

Filings in U.K. reveal ‘live and ongoing’ U.S. criminal probe

Laundering investigation grew out of Robert Mueller’s work

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Gordon Sondland Elbowed His Way Into Ukraine Policy. It Could Cost Him. .

“At one dinner party, Mr. Sondland said his job was “to destroy the European Union,’’ one senior European official said.”

nytimes.com/2019/10/16/us/…
This👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Re: Trump Awarding G7 contract to his Doral Resort.

Ukraine Now Has America's Javelin Missile and Russia Isn't Happy

news.yahoo.com/ukraine-now-am…
Russia and China swallow up strategic businesses in the US heartland
China has become the largest buyer of US real estate, earning local political clout

irishtimes.com/business/manuf…
Giuliani Mixes His Business With Role as Trump’s Lawyer
Amid intensifying scrutiny of his own work, the former New York mayor met recently with senior Justice Department officials on behalf of a client in a foreign bribery case.

nytimes.com/2019/10/18/us/…
Giuliani pushed Trump administration to grant a visa to a Ukrainian official (Shokin) promising dirt on Democrats

cnn.com/2019/10/18/pol…
Pentagon expert could reveal key details in Ukraine probe

news.yahoo.com/pentagon-exper…
Trump calls General Mattis an “overrated general.”

“I’m honored to be considered that by Trump because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actress,” Mattis said. “So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals, & frankly that sounds pretty good to me.”

apnews.com/d5e1d90da93a40…
Here’s the connection between Trump’s Ukraine scandal and convict Paul Manafort’s multitude of crimes: CNN’s Avlon

rawstory.com/2019/10/heres-…
Randy Perkins donated $500,000 to America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC, a day after his company won federal money as part of a contract. The same PAC was dubbed “Committee 1” in a federal indictment alleging illegal donations from two Rudy’s fixers

propublica.org/article/the-pr…
Turkey is suspected of using white phosphorus against Kurdish civilians in Syria
Stop the burning, I beg you stop the burning, cries bombed boy

thetimes.co.uk/article/turkey…
Trump’s Biden conspiracy began by pressuring Ukraine to discredit Russia probe, help Paul Manafort
Trump's obsession with Ukraine may have begun with a right-wing conspiracy theory that DNC faked Russia hack

salon.com/2019/09/27/tru…
The report, titled “Operation Ghost: details how the group known as Cozy Bear, APT29, or the Dukes—which was one of two Russian-intelligence linked groups found to have hacked the DNC—has used a variety of methods to remain active.

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Stealthy Russian Hacker Group Resurfaces With Clever New Tricks
Largely out of the spotlight since 2016, Cozy Bear hackers have been caught perpetrating a years-long campaign.

wired.com/story/cozy-bea…
Devin Nunes Tries to Use Steele Dossier to Defend Trump During Closed-Door Impeachment Hearing

“It was nutso,” said one person familiar with the exchange. “It was awkward.”

thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-ra…
Analysts Have a Few Problems With Trump ‘Chaos Trades’ Article

Story suggests traders made billions front-running policy news

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Giuliani's work for Iranian group with bloody past could lead to more legal woes #MEK

Giuliani ally Michael Mukasey’s move to register as a lobbyist for an Iranian dissident group may spur the DOJ to investigate, experts say.

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
The Justice Department Hired the Son of a Vocal Trump Defender
Brady Toensing’s family is neck-deep in the Ukraine scandal.

motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Mick Mulvaney admits to Trump’s corruption, then utterly fails to walk it back

Mick Mulvaney’s walkback doesn’t pass the laugh test. Here’s the timeline.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Exclusive: How a Ukrainian Oligarch Wanted by U.S. Authorities Helped Giuliani Attack Biden

time.com/5699201/exclus…
Operation Ghost: The Dukes (APT29. & Cozy Bear) aren’t back – they never left

welivesecurity.com/2019/10/17/ope…
Billionaire WV governor's family biz received max amount of farm aid

A study showed that more than 50% of the farm aid went to the nation's largest & wealthiest farms.

Farm aid from Trump's trade war has cost more than double the 2009 auto bailout

axios.com/us-china-trade…
🌳Breathe🌳

Thank god it’s Friday! What an insane week.

This Firtash, Giuliani, Frick & Frack & political operative/foreign agent registered (Kurdistan too—imagine that) attys story take new & even more bizarre twists & turns daily/hourly.

I will post an update in the am.
@threadreaderapp unroll please and TY!

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#ThePatriotTimes

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October 18, 2019

Rest well #TeamPatriot #USVIA
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