Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is behind many of Trump’s judicial nominees, including Kavanaugh. Leonard Leo, Executive Vice President, served as an outside adviser to Trump on the Supreme Court and related judicial selection and confirmation issues.
Leo supported the confirmation of Neal Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and the Roberts and Alito U.S. Supreme Court confirmations in 2005–2006 & raised $15 mn+ from donors like Koch Industries, the Mercer Family Foundation.
Leo’ BH Group donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration in a form of a check, publicly described as anonymous. More here: medium.com/@ZarinaZabrisk…
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⬇️ Interactions between Trump and Russian entities over several decades (real estate transactions, political engagements, and associations with individuals linked to Russian OG and security services)
💣w/Jonathan Pearce ATP Geopolitics
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30 years of ties: open sources resource based on archives and major publications.
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A detailed essay with links here (as it has been pinned to my profile since 2018
🧵Kirill Dmitriev is a part of the Russian delegation in Riyadh. In 2017, Trump’s team rep spoke to Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), in Davos - the first public contact between Trump administration and Kremlin-backed business.
On Jan 17, 2017, Scaramucci, aide to Trump, the only unofficial rep of Trump’s team at the forum in Davos discussed possible joint investments with Kirill Dmitriev, head of the RDIF, a $10bn state-run investment vehicle, sanctioned by the US in 2015.
The same day, Putin confirmed Dmitriev as general director of the managing company of the RDIF for another term of five years.
Speaking to Bloomberg TV, Scaramucci said he’s long known Dmitriev and worked with him to set up the business delegation as a private citizen.
2/ 🔴 Rotten Herring propaganda technique prompts a direct association between a person, group or institution and a scandalous accusation.
A false accusation is circulated on SM; bots/trolls push it; the media reports it as a story; it is echoed by many outlets.
3/ A public discussion ensues. After a certain number of repetitions, a negative emotional response is formed about the person, group or institution being falsely accused.
Even if the fake is debunked, the negative association remain, just like the smell of rotten herring.