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Erik Prince, founder of security firm Blackwater & brother of Betsy DeVos, has been referred to US Treasury Dept for possible sanctions violations tied to his recent trip to Venezuela to meet a top aide of Maduro per 2 senior US officials by @APjoshgoodman
apnews.com/0641c2b37886a0…
@APjoshgoodman A person familiar with Prince’s visit said he had been asked to travel to Venezuela by an unidentified European businessman with longstanding ties to the oil-rich nation.
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@APjoshgoodman Prince's trip prompted questions about whether he was there to open secret back channel to Maduro on behalf of Trump admin (State Dept denies)

Trip marks a reversal for Prince, who earlier in 2019 allegedly pitched plan for mercenary army to topple Maduro
apnews.com/0641c2b37886a0…
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Roman Nasirov, seen in this video with Lev Parnas and Trump at Mar-a-Lago, was arrested for embezzling millions in case linked to fugitive ex Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko - who in 2006 bought the rights to Miss Ukraine from Trump HT @StacyJannis
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@maddow The cynic in me expected another Felix Sater or Lanny Davis interview😴 but this is🔥
@maddow But the cynic in me still questions whether this will lead to any real consequences...

And, I wonder if Parnas would have this discussion with @maddow without the okay - not of Giuliani or Trump - but of Firtash... which makes me wonder what the ultimate goal is
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A new name in the Giuliani, Parnas, Fruman, Firtash saga: Dmitry Torner - Torner is a Firtash executive who was an aspiring Ukrainian politician, later accused by Ukrainian authorities of escaping incarceration in Moldova and living under a new name
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Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Dept for possible sanctions violations tied to his recent trip to Venezuela for a meeting with a top aide of President Nicolas Maduro apnews.com/0641c2b37886a0…
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