what a failure for the Capitol police, from not prepping beforehand, to taking selfies during, to letting smiling jeering rioters exit the building after
Russia is only part of the Trump story, but this history of Putin is filled with lessons, including how Westerners underestimated how political, KGB, mafia & business interests would merge under Putin as democratic rights eroded
A new name in the book surprised me because of his role in Trump's orbit - Shalva Tchigirinsky aka Chigirinsky met Trump at the Taj Mahal in 1990, reportedly had Solnetsevskaya ties, mentored Aras Agalarov, knew Steve Wynn and was involved in one of the Trump Moscow discussions
Great reporting by @CJBarker on Erik Prince lawsuit against The Intercept, which found Prince's sworn statement about his ties to WY included misstatements about his WY voting record and businesses HT @seth_hettena
In response to article Prince said he thought Jones Creek & CMNS Systems were in WY but later believed they are DE entities
This CMNS Systems incorporated in DE Aug 2020 has a MI address and Chris Coleman CEO (not clear this is same one Prince referenced) opengovus.com/sam-entity/117…
The Democratic Republic of Congo as suffered under authoritarian rule of Joseph Kabila, but a $9.5 million lobbying campaign by Mer Security and Communication Systems helped Kabila gain support of Trump admin, including Guiliani & Pompeo by @AlbertSamaha buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
"When the history of the Trump administration is written, much will be made of the president undermining democracy at home. But as the Congo episode shows, he also did so abroad."
Sources report Kushner helped set up American Made Media Consultants shell co w/president Lara Trump, vp John Pence (Mike Pence nephew) & treasurer/secretary Sean Dollman (Trump campaign CFO), which secretly spent $600mil+, by @tomlobianco@davelevinthal