💣VZgate💣
Giuliani, Parnas & Rep. Pete Sessions involved in back-channel talks with Maduro—Erik Prince too.
In 2017 DonJr pals Gentry Beach & Wadie Habboush lobbied to lift VZ sanction & “dev biz optys.”
Corey Lewandowski lobbied on behalf of Citgo — the prize.
Giuliani, Parnas & Rep. Pete Sessions involved in back-channel talks with Maduro—Erik Prince too.
In 2017 DonJr pals Gentry Beach & Wadie Habboush lobbied to lift VZ sanction & “dev biz optys.”
Corey Lewandowski lobbied on behalf of Citgo — the prize.
💣VZgate2💣
Wealthy VZ energy executive, Alejandro Betancourt López, hired Giuliani to serve as his lawyer and help argue that he should not be charged in a $1.2 billion money-laundering case in Florida.
López hosted Giuliani in Madrid when he met w/ Yermak, Zelensky’s aide
Wealthy VZ energy executive, Alejandro Betancourt López, hired Giuliani to serve as his lawyer and help argue that he should not be charged in a $1.2 billion money-laundering case in Florida.
López hosted Giuliani in Madrid when he met w/ Yermak, Zelensky’s aide
💣VZgate3💣
The Lopez case alleges that top officials of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, business leaders and bankers conspired to steal money from the company & then launder it through Miami real estate purchases & other investment schemes.
#Hint #TrumpProperties
Get it?
The Lopez case alleges that top officials of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, business leaders and bankers conspired to steal money from the company & then launder it through Miami real estate purchases & other investment schemes.
#Hint #TrumpProperties
Get it?
💣VZgate4💣
The Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama, for instance, identified VZ as one of the club's “main feeding countries,”
A marketing firm launched a campaign to find Venezuelan buyers for the company, and it bought ads in VZ magazines.
#NarcoLago
The Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama, for instance, identified VZ as one of the club's “main feeding countries,”
A marketing firm launched a campaign to find Venezuelan buyers for the company, and it bought ads in VZ magazines.
#NarcoLago
💣VZgate5💣
Giuliani with DOJ officials and urged them not to charge Betancourt (Lopez’s cousin)
VZ was set to lose ownership of Citgo by OCT 27, 2019, with the shares of the Texas-based refinery going to RU Rosneft & to backers of Maduro regime.
Giuliani with DOJ officials and urged them not to charge Betancourt (Lopez’s cousin)
VZ was set to lose ownership of Citgo by OCT 27, 2019, with the shares of the Texas-based refinery going to RU Rosneft & to backers of Maduro regime.
💣VZgate6💣
10/24/19: The Trump adm moved to protect Citgo from creditors by closing a narrow loophole on sanctions intended to topple the VZ gov’t.
🔑Giuliani & Sessions were part of a shadow diplo effort, to unseat
Maduro from power & reopen resource-rich VZ to business,
10/24/19: The Trump adm moved to protect Citgo from creditors by closing a narrow loophole on sanctions intended to topple the VZ gov’t.
🔑Giuliani & Sessions were part of a shadow diplo effort, to unseat
Maduro from power & reopen resource-rich VZ to business,
💣VZgate7💣
It was June 27, more than a week after Trump had first asked about putting a hold on security aid to Ukraine, & Mulvaney needed an answer.
The aide, Robert B. Blair, replied that it would be possible, but not pretty.
“Expect Congress to become unhinged” #Impeached
It was June 27, more than a week after Trump had first asked about putting a hold on security aid to Ukraine, & Mulvaney needed an answer.
The aide, Robert B. Blair, replied that it would be possible, but not pretty.
“Expect Congress to become unhinged” #Impeached
💣VZgate8💣
📌If the WH tried to countermand spending passed by the H/S, Blair wrote, added it might further fuel the narrative that Trump was pro-Russia.
Giuliani met w/ Bolton to discuss the off-the-books plan to ease Maduro from office — a plan Bolton vehemently rejected.
📌If the WH tried to countermand spending passed by the H/S, Blair wrote, added it might further fuel the narrative that Trump was pro-Russia.
Giuliani met w/ Bolton to discuss the off-the-books plan to ease Maduro from office — a plan Bolton vehemently rejected.
💣VZgate9💣
In Jan 2019, the US formally recognized Maduro’s rival Juan Guaidó as president, a policy move backed by Bolton.
Sessions had long been interested in Venezuela, in part because many of his Texas constituents had energy interests there, according to his spokesman.
In Jan 2019, the US formally recognized Maduro’s rival Juan Guaidó as president, a policy move backed by Bolton.
Sessions had long been interested in Venezuela, in part because many of his Texas constituents had energy interests there, according to his spokesman.
💣VZgate10💣
Sessions, played a key role in the push for the ouster of Amb Yovanovitch around the time he met w/ Parnas in 2018 — he has known Giuliani for three decades.
Sessions was hosted by Raúl Gorrín Belisario, who was viewed with distrust by some U.S. officials.
Sessions, played a key role in the push for the ouster of Amb Yovanovitch around the time he met w/ Parnas in 2018 — he has known Giuliani for three decades.
Sessions was hosted by Raúl Gorrín Belisario, who was viewed with distrust by some U.S. officials.
💣VZgate11💣
Months later Raúl Gorrín Belisario would be indicted in Florida on charges of money laundering and bribery.
Some U.S. officials said they worried that the deal Sessions was floating could help Maduro remain in power, rather than ease him from office.
Months later Raúl Gorrín Belisario would be indicted in Florida on charges of money laundering and bribery.
Some U.S. officials said they worried that the deal Sessions was floating could help Maduro remain in power, rather than ease him from office.
💣VZgate11💣
About five weeks after returning from Caracas, Sessions met with Parnas, who wanted to discuss a proposal to sell LNG in Ukraine.
On May 9, Sessions sent Pompeo a letter urging Yovanovitch’s removal
📌Maduro won reelection in May with nearly 68 % of the vote. 🙄
About five weeks after returning from Caracas, Sessions met with Parnas, who wanted to discuss a proposal to sell LNG in Ukraine.
On May 9, Sessions sent Pompeo a letter urging Yovanovitch’s removal
📌Maduro won reelection in May with nearly 68 % of the vote. 🙄
💣VZgate12💣
In August, U.S. prosecutors charged Gorrín, Sessions’s host for the congressman’s VZ visit, with participating in a $1 B money-laundering & bribery scheme.
Prosecutors have said Gorrín is a fugitive.
In Aug, Giuliani agreed to try to negotiate with Maduro.
In August, U.S. prosecutors charged Gorrín, Sessions’s host for the congressman’s VZ visit, with participating in a $1 B money-laundering & bribery scheme.
Prosecutors have said Gorrín is a fugitive.
In Aug, Giuliani agreed to try to negotiate with Maduro.
💣VZgate12💣
In Aug, Giuliani met in NY at the Grand Havana Room cigar bar, blocks from Trump Tower w/ Parnas and two American business executives with investments in VZ to discuss the effort.
About a month later, Maduro was on the phone with Sessions — Giuliani listening in.
In Aug, Giuliani met in NY at the Grand Havana Room cigar bar, blocks from Trump Tower w/ Parnas and two American business executives with investments in VZ to discuss the effort.
About a month later, Maduro was on the phone with Sessions — Giuliani listening in.
💣VZgate13💣
VZ biz leaders who had amassed vast wealth under Maduro switched sides & began to assist Guaidó.
Gorrín played a key role in a failed effort to persuade the nation’s SupCt to recognize Guaidó, over Maduro, as part of an effort to curry favor with the Americans.
VZ biz leaders who had amassed vast wealth under Maduro switched sides & began to assist Guaidó.
Gorrín played a key role in a failed effort to persuade the nation’s SupCt to recognize Guaidó, over Maduro, as part of an effort to curry favor with the Americans.
💣VZgate13💣
📌Reminder: Trump sold condos to a number of regime-connected Venezuelans
At least half a dozen Venezuelans linked to government officials purchased Trump condominiums in NYC and South Florida via shell companies prior to Trump becoming president. 💰💦
📌Reminder: Trump sold condos to a number of regime-connected Venezuelans
At least half a dozen Venezuelans linked to government officials purchased Trump condominiums in NYC and South Florida via shell companies prior to Trump becoming president. 💰💦
💣VZgate14💣
Reminder: 4/2017 Lewandowski’s firm quietly inked deal with to lobby for state owned Citgo comes amid rising tensions.
Avenue Strategies was brought on by Citgo to help provide access to the Trump adm amid calls for the US to seize the company’s assets
Reminder: 4/2017 Lewandowski’s firm quietly inked deal with to lobby for state owned Citgo comes amid rising tensions.
Avenue Strategies was brought on by Citgo to help provide access to the Trump adm amid calls for the US to seize the company’s assets
💣VZgate15💣
Graham: “My advice to Giuliani would be to share what he got from UKR with the IC to make sure it’s not Russia propaganda.
I’m very suspicious of what the Russians are up to all over the world.”
Erik Prince’s latest sales pitch: mercenaries for Venezuela
Graham: “My advice to Giuliani would be to share what he got from UKR with the IC to make sure it’s not Russia propaganda.
I’m very suspicious of what the Russians are up to all over the world.”
Erik Prince’s latest sales pitch: mercenaries for Venezuela
💣VZgate16💣
The World Worries About Russia’s Natural Gas Pipeline Nordstream 2
A new natural gas pipeline into Europe from Russia is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, worries leaders in Eastern Europe, and most recently has become the target of US sanctions.
The World Worries About Russia’s Natural Gas Pipeline Nordstream 2
A new natural gas pipeline into Europe from Russia is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, worries leaders in Eastern Europe, and most recently has become the target of US sanctions.
💣VZgate16💣
Russia’s Gazprom PJSC owns the project, w/ Royal Dutch Shell Plc and four other investors including Germany’s Uniper SE & Wintershall AG providing half of the €9.5B ($10.7 billion) cost.
Russia's Putin, Germany's Merkel pledge support to Nord Stream 2: Kremlin😱
Russia’s Gazprom PJSC owns the project, w/ Royal Dutch Shell Plc and four other investors including Germany’s Uniper SE & Wintershall AG providing half of the €9.5B ($10.7 billion) cost.
Russia's Putin, Germany's Merkel pledge support to Nord Stream 2: Kremlin😱
💣VZgate17💣
Ukraine, Russia-backed rebels swap prisoners in latest sign of peace efforts
The exchange was agreed upon by Zelenskiy & Putin during peace talks in Paris earlier this month.
NatSec Adviser Robert O'Brien told Pompeo he's not running for Senate in Kansas.😎
Ukraine, Russia-backed rebels swap prisoners in latest sign of peace efforts
The exchange was agreed upon by Zelenskiy & Putin during peace talks in Paris earlier this month.
NatSec Adviser Robert O'Brien told Pompeo he's not running for Senate in Kansas.😎
💣VZgate18💣
Media repeatedly falls into the trap of presenting facts & lies as roughly equivalent & then blames political tribalism for not seeming to know the difference.
Media then dramatizes the nation’s polarization, hypes ID politics, then laments about “divided America.”
Media repeatedly falls into the trap of presenting facts & lies as roughly equivalent & then blames political tribalism for not seeming to know the difference.
Media then dramatizes the nation’s polarization, hypes ID politics, then laments about “divided America.”
💣VZgate19💣
New York Gov. Cuomo Calls Monsey Hanukkah Attack an Act of Domestic Terrorism
Grafton Thomas Arrested in Machete Attack at Monsey, New York, Rabbi’s Hanukkah Celebration
One victim killed and suspect dead in Texas church shooting
New York Gov. Cuomo Calls Monsey Hanukkah Attack an Act of Domestic Terrorism
Grafton Thomas Arrested in Machete Attack at Monsey, New York, Rabbi’s Hanukkah Celebration
One victim killed and suspect dead in Texas church shooting
💣VZgate20💣
The United States is demanding the extradition of a rogue U.S. soldier, accused of killing a Florida couple in 2018, from Ukraine.
He has been living in Ukraine on and off since 2015.
Serb President Vucic to Step Down as Party Chief After Elections
The United States is demanding the extradition of a rogue U.S. soldier, accused of killing a Florida couple in 2018, from Ukraine.
He has been living in Ukraine on and off since 2015.
Serb President Vucic to Step Down as Party Chief After Elections
💣VZgate21💣
The U.S. said it carried out airstrikes against an Iranian-backed Shia militia group in Iraq and Syria it said had targeted American forces
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis says he is receiving treatment for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer
The U.S. said it carried out airstrikes against an Iranian-backed Shia militia group in Iraq and Syria it said had targeted American forces
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis says he is receiving treatment for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer
💣VZgate22💣
Banks Set for Biggest Job Cull Since 2015 as Morgan Stanley Cuts
Trump notwithstanding, incomes in blue America continue to grow faster than in red areas
Manhattan Real Estate Didn’t Have a Good Year
Sales of existing apartments dropped to slowest pace since 2011.
Banks Set for Biggest Job Cull Since 2015 as Morgan Stanley Cuts
Trump notwithstanding, incomes in blue America continue to grow faster than in red areas
Manhattan Real Estate Didn’t Have a Good Year
Sales of existing apartments dropped to slowest pace since 2011.
📌NEW DETAILS:
Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion
The inside story of President Trump’s demand to halt military assistance to an ally shows the price he was willing to pay to carry out his agenda.
nytimes.com/2019/12/29/us/…
Behind the Ukraine Aid Freeze: 84 Days of Conflict and Confusion
The inside story of President Trump’s demand to halt military assistance to an ally shows the price he was willing to pay to carry out his agenda.
nytimes.com/2019/12/29/us/…
#VenezuelaGate
Trump’s lawyer and the Venezuelan president:
Giuliani, Parnas & Rep. Pete Sessions got involved in back-channel talks with Maduro
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Trump’s lawyer and the Venezuelan president:
Giuliani, Parnas & Rep. Pete Sessions got involved in back-channel talks with Maduro
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
2018: Trump sold condos to regime-connected Venezuelans
At least half a dozen Venezuelans linked to government officials purchased Trump condominiums in New York City and South Florida prior to Trump becoming president.
politico.com/story/2019/08/…
At least half a dozen Venezuelans linked to government officials purchased Trump condominiums in New York City and South Florida prior to Trump becoming president.
politico.com/story/2019/08/…
On 2/8/17 Gentry Beach & Wadie Habboush met w/ NSC officials. Habboush presented senior NSC officials w/ a detailed plan to improve political relations w/ VZ & lift US sanctions in exchange for opening up the SA country to potential business opportunities.
mic.com/articles/17293…
mic.com/articles/17293…
The next day, 2/9/17 Habboush returned to the White House and presented the plan directly to White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, the two sources said.
mic.com/articles/17293…
mic.com/articles/17293…
Beach and Habboush set up their meetings with NSC officials through deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland. Beach's attorney confirmed that Beach and McFarland were acquainted
mic.com/articles/17293…
mic.com/articles/17293…
Habboush told NSC officials he had met directly with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez prior to his visit, multiple sources confirmed.
mic.com/articles/17293…
mic.com/articles/17293…
B/c Beach & Habboush obtained access to senior NSC officials &that Beach was a big-$ fundraiser for the campaign raised alarm among lawyers in the WHCO over possible conflicts of interest & ethics violations.
mic.com/articles/17293…
mic.com/articles/17293…
3/12/17
DonJr & HFM Gentry Beach involved in business deals since the mid-2000s & just formed, Future Venture LLC.
LY Beach met with top NSC officials to push a plan that would curb US sanctions in Venezuela & open up business for U.S. companies re oil..
dallasnews.com/business/busin…
DonJr & HFM Gentry Beach involved in business deals since the mid-2000s & just formed, Future Venture LLC.
LY Beach met with top NSC officials to push a plan that would curb US sanctions in Venezuela & open up business for U.S. companies re oil..
dallasnews.com/business/busin…
4/4/17
Flynn and Bannon met with Texas billionaire, Gentry Beach and international investor, Wadie Habboush. Beach has been identified as a close personal friend of Donald Trump, Jr., and that’s where ethics concerns arise.
bipartisanreport.com/2017/04/04/tru…
Flynn and Bannon met with Texas billionaire, Gentry Beach and international investor, Wadie Habboush. Beach has been identified as a close personal friend of Donald Trump, Jr., and that’s where ethics concerns arise.
bipartisanreport.com/2017/04/04/tru…
📌Emrullah Turanlı, ERDOGAN-TIED BUSINESSMAN GRANTED ACCESS TO TRUMP THROUGH DONOR Wadie Habboush
Taşyapı happens to have initially helped develop the Trump Towers project in Istanbul
citizensforethics.org/turkish-busine…
Taşyapı happens to have initially helped develop the Trump Towers project in Istanbul
citizensforethics.org/turkish-busine…
4/19/17
A U.S. subsidiary of a Venezuelan state-owned oil company that has stirred national security concerns among U.S. senators contributed $500,000 to President Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, federal disclosures show.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
A U.S. subsidiary of a Venezuelan state-owned oil company that has stirred national security concerns among U.S. senators contributed $500,000 to President Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, federal disclosures show.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
4/27/17
The oil company’s half-million donation to Donald Trump’s Inaugural Committee wasn’t illegal. But it certainly wasn’t moral. And the cash may have come from the Kremlin, at least indirectly.
thedailybeast.com/russia-gave-to…
The oil company’s half-million donation to Donald Trump’s Inaugural Committee wasn’t illegal. But it certainly wasn’t moral. And the cash may have come from the Kremlin, at least indirectly.
thedailybeast.com/russia-gave-to…
5/3/17
Lewandowski’s firm Avenue Strategies quietly inked deal with Venezuela-owned company
Contract to lobby for Citgo comes amid rising tensions.
politico.com/story/2017/05/…
Lewandowski’s firm Avenue Strategies quietly inked deal with Venezuela-owned company
Contract to lobby for Citgo comes amid rising tensions.
politico.com/story/2017/05/…
Avenue Strategies was brought on by Citgo to help provide access to the Trump administration amid calls for the U.S. to seize the company’s assets as a way to expand the impact of sanctions against Venezuela.
politico.com/story/2017/05/…
politico.com/story/2017/05/…
5/4/17
Lewandowski, said he is leaving his newly-formed lobbying firm amid revelations it agreed to lobby for VZ’s Citgo. A large chunk of Citgo could soon be owned by RU’s Rosneft, under the terms of a deal that has led to calls for the WH to intervene.
cbsnews.com/news/lewandows…
Lewandowski, said he is leaving his newly-formed lobbying firm amid revelations it agreed to lobby for VZ’s Citgo. A large chunk of Citgo could soon be owned by RU’s Rosneft, under the terms of a deal that has led to calls for the WH to intervene.
cbsnews.com/news/lewandows…
Blackwater founder Erik Prince held secret talks with top Venezuelan official re providing Mercenaries.
reuters.com/article/us-ven…
reuters.com/article/us-ven…
IMPORTANT READ
A decade of loss: What slipped away in America in the 2010s
By RICK WILSON
nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
A decade of loss: What slipped away in America in the 2010s
By RICK WILSON
nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis says he is receiving treatment for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer
washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
Why the World Worries About Russia’s Natural Gas Pipeline
A new natural gas pipeline into Europe from Russia is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, as it’s called, worries leaders in E Europe, & most recently has become the target of US sanctions.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
A new natural gas pipeline into Europe from Russia is shaking up geopolitics. Nord Stream 2, as it’s called, worries leaders in E Europe, & most recently has become the target of US sanctions.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Russia's Putin, Germany's Merkel pledge support to Nord Stream 2: Kremlin
😱History Repeats....
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
😱History Repeats....
reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Lindsey Graham: “My advice to Giuliani would be to share what he got from Ukraine with the IC [intelligence community] to make sure it’s not Russia propaganda. I’m very suspicious of what the Russians are up to all over the world.”
thedailybeast.com/gop-senators-a…
thedailybeast.com/gop-senators-a…
Important Thread
Poland — Putin’s revisionist history speech blaming Poland for the start of WWII
National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said he's spoken in the past days with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who told him he's not running for Senate in Kansas.
cnn.com/2019/12/29/pol…
cnn.com/2019/12/29/pol…
Ukraine, Russia-backed rebels swap prisoners in latest sign of peace efforts
The exchange was agreed upon by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin during peace talks in Paris earlier this month.
nbcnews.com/news/world/ukr…
The exchange was agreed upon by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin during peace talks in Paris earlier this month.
nbcnews.com/news/world/ukr…
Media repeatedly falls into the trap of presenting facts & lies as roughly equivalent & then blames political tribalism for not seeming to know the difference.
Media then dramatizes the nation’s polarization, compete with laments about “divided America.”
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
Media then dramatizes the nation’s polarization, compete with laments about “divided America.”
washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
Chinese man charged with taking photos of US Navy base
Witnesses warned Lyuyou Liao he was trespassing in restricted area known as Truman Annex
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Witnesses warned Lyuyou Liao he was trespassing in restricted area known as Truman Annex
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
The United States is demanding the extradition of a rogue U.S. soldier, accused of killing a Florida couple in 2018, from Ukraine.
He has been living in Ukraine on and off since 2015.
nypost.com/2019/12/28/us-…
He has been living in Ukraine on and off since 2015.
nypost.com/2019/12/28/us-…
🌿#PAM #PAMFAM🌿
This Artist Uses Snowshoes to Carve Massive, Ephemeral Artworks into the Snow
sunset.com/travel/outdoor…
This Artist Uses Snowshoes to Carve Massive, Ephemeral Artworks into the Snow
sunset.com/travel/outdoor…
🌿#PAM #PAMFAM🌿
The Daily Beast art team is leading the game in illustration, photo collage, and innovative gifs. Here, we round up some of our favorites from 2019.
thedailybeast.com/the-best-of-th…
The Daily Beast art team is leading the game in illustration, photo collage, and innovative gifs. Here, we round up some of our favorites from 2019.
thedailybeast.com/the-best-of-th…
🌳Breathe🌳
Surprisingly, it was bombs away today.
What Trump did to UKR is not unique.
He & FruityG are conducting a shadow gov’t contrary to US interests, teaming up with The worst Transnational Org Criminals around the world, working to protect their corrupt interests.
Surprisingly, it was bombs away today.
What Trump did to UKR is not unique.
He & FruityG are conducting a shadow gov’t contrary to US interests, teaming up with The worst Transnational Org Criminals around the world, working to protect their corrupt interests.
@threadreaderapp unroll please and TY!
#NutShellReport
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December 28, 29, 2019
Rest well #TeamPatriot #USVIA
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#NutShellReport
#ThePatriotTimes
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December 28, 29, 2019
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