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How fitting that 1st public witness is William Taylor - West Point graduate, infantry officer in 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam & US ambassador to Ukraine 2006-09 who had identified Firtash had ties to Russian organized crime figure Seymon Mogilevich
apnews.com/37b6123fa31a45…
2nd witness George Kent, graduate of Harvard, the Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies, National Defense University’s Eisenhower School. Joined State Dept 1992,
speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Thai & worked in Poland, Uzbekistan and Bangkok
apnews.com/37b6123fa31a45…
3rd witness Marie Yovanovitch, degree in History & Russian Studies Princeton, National Defense University's National War College, joined US Foreign Service 1986 w/assignments in London, Moscow, Mogadishu, was ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic, Armenia, Ukraine
apnews.com/37b6123fa31a45…
Btw @AP you should include the impressive educational credentials of Ambassador Yovanovitch as you did for the two men in the story (which took me a minute to google)
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There's a mystery $50mil debt related to Trump Int'l Hotel & Tower Chicago

I found SEC filings related to $130mil mezzanine loan on TIHT Chicago from before loan was paid off that may shed light on the loan (but may not tie to $50mil debt mystery) /thread
Both @russchoma @Fahrenthold have reported extensively on a mystery $50 million debt on Trump’s financial disclosure for Chicago Unit Acquisition LLC and in 2016
@susannecraig reported that Trump said the $ was a loan he purchased back from several banks
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This 2017 @dyertimes story is a must read: Why Putin chose Trump to get even with Clinton

Great overview of how Russian energy interests in Europe, thru Ukraine & aligned w/kleptocrats in Azerbaijan, Turkey & Trump have shaped events

HT @truthseekingiam
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@dyertimes @truthseekingiam To paraphrase:

To understand the Trump/Russia scandal we must see Russia as it truly is today: a cartel of wealthy oligarchs from Russia, Azerbaijan & Turkey manipulating political systems to maintain cash flow, mostly from the sale of natural resources
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@dyertimes @truthseekingiam The article correctly points out that while many people (including me in thread below) focused on the Russia/Exxon arctic exploration deal as a pivotal event, it's essential to look at the wider historical and global energy story to understand Trump/Russia
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Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr’s criminal investigation zeros in on Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg

Per source SDNY asked DA to "stand-down" & a year later SDNY concluded investigation

Now clock is running out on 2 year window for some charges, by @peterelkind
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Dmytro Firtash’s is an Ukrainian Oligarch. His wealth stems in large part from the lucrative natural gas trade in Ukraine, whose pipelines have long served as the key conduit for Russian gas supplies heading to Western Europe.

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Dmytro Firtash has been under indictment in Chicago since 2014. He was also involved in a failed business deal w/ex-Trump campaign chair Paul #Manafort." #Bvlgari

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