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22 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
When was the last time public pressure in the U.S. got lobbying/PR shops to drop a dictatorship as a client this quickly?
This is an interesting tweet, considering Boxer helps run one of Turkey's primary lobbying shops in Washington.
There is a fascinating story of the successful public pressure campaign over the last two weeks to get American lobbying/PR firms to drop Turkey and Azerbaijan as clients. Just remarkable.
This is precisely what FARA was first created for 80+ years ago: a transparency tool to help shame/deter PR and lobbying groups from working with dictatorships.

Amazing to watch it be used for that in real-time.
Shaffer is the only person both NYT and Washington Post have had to run disclosure-related corrections for, after she failed to disclose her ties to Azerbaijan: newrepublic.com/article/120830…

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Casey Michel 🇰🇿 Profile picture
20 Oct
What a deeply, deeply stupid piece. Doesn't even bother to mention Aliyev once. Honestly surprised anyone would write "America must have Azerbaijan's back" in public in 2020.
Aliyev's regime is hardly "unabashedly pro-Western," but it's certainly "unabashedly pro-kleptocracy." Image
Anyway, don't be surprised if/when more American officials begin pushing for Global Magnitsky sanctions on Aliyev's cronies.
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19 Oct
The thing that highlights Greenwald's ignorance here is that the U.S. has *consistently* led the global efforts at cracking down on domestic/trans-national corruption. (A legacy Trump has obviously helped kneecap.)
Criminalizing bribery of foreign officials. Requiring transparency in foreign lobbying. Leveling massive fines against foreign money laundering banks. Piloting tax-transparency agreements. Asset seizures. Targeted sanctions programs.

Time and again, the U.S. has led on this.
Has the U.S. fallen short in other areas of trans-national corruption? Of course. (See: anonymous shell company formation, AML exemptions for real estate, etc.—which is why I'm writing this book.)

But claiming the U.S. "doesn't care" about domestic corruption is sheer idiocy.
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14 Oct
This is a great thread tossing buckets of cold water on that ludicrous NY Post story today:
Honestly amazed that the garbage story from the NY Post, and its amplification in MAGA world, just recycles the same exact lies and spin we've seen for over a year now.
Was wondering when this was going to become relevant. (Not that any of these emails should automatically be treated as authentic, anyway.) nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/…
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1 Oct
NEW: Ivanka Trump likes to pose as a successful businesswoman.

But in looking through her major projects—in Azerbaijan, Panama, and New York—one thing is clear: She's just as steeped in corruption, fraud, and money laundering concerns as her father.

newrepublic.com/article/159546…
First, look at what we learned from Trump's tax returns: that Ivanka was apparently in on a con to help Trump scam the IRS (and American taxpayers) by portraying her as a "consultant." Image
Second, there's the Trump hotel project in Panama, which Trump called Ivanka's "baby."

The signs of trans-national money laundering around Ivanka's "baby" were as obvious as anything associated with any building in the entire Western Hemisphere. Image
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27 Sep
For more on how @IvankaTrump’s signature real estate deals were disasters linked to drug cartels and money laundering: thinkprogress.org/ivankas-real-e…
.@IvankaTrump ’appears to have received some of these consulting fees, despite having been a top Trump Organization executive.’ nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/…
'Ivanka reported almost $4 million in revenue from the Trump Hotel in DC in 2019, slightly less than in her disclosure from last year. This appears to contradict Eric Trump’s claim that 2019 was one of the Trump Organization’s most profitable years.' citizensforethics.org/jared-kushner-…
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27 Sep
‘[Trump’s] properties have become bazaars for collecting money directly from lobbyists, foreign officials and others seeking face time, access or favor; the records for the first time put precise dollar figures on those transactions.‘ nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Trump made $73 million from foreign sources in his first two years in the White House, including millions in licensing deals in the Philippines, India, and Turkey:
‘In Azerbaijan, Mr. Trump collected $5 million on a hotel deal and reported $1.1 million in consulting fees’
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