THREAD/ Watch this space. I've been told by multiple people that Akhavan is the lynchpin of Wirecard's massive fraud in the US. wsj.com/articles/men-a…
From WSJ: "The government also recently indicated, in a pretrial filing related to a grand-jury subpoena sent to Mastercard, that there is a “broader, ongoing criminal investigation into other individuals and conducted related to, but not encompassed by, the charged scheme.”"
I reported last month that investigators are zeroing-in on Akhavan in the Wirecard investigation. It is massive and complex. I acquired Suspicious Activity Reports on Akhavan: forensicnews.net/us-authorities…
Akhavan had numerous companies with millions of dollars at Wirecard Bank, which was plundered by suspected Russian intelligence asset Jan Marsalek.
Not only that, but Akhavan's companies assisted with payment processing for Wirecard, according to multiple sources. Akhavan and Jan first met over a decade ago and have since been extremely close.
Their relationship was so close, that people who worked with Wirecard were regularly told to run ideas by/consult with "Jan and Ray".
In emails published by @hmtillack, @t_stoneman, and other intrepid German journalists, Ray and Jan call each other "love" and "darling".
All told, the Wirecard fraud was over $2 billion. Marsalek disappeared, likely to Russia. But a key US-based insider who may have facilitated much of the wrongdoing is currently sitting at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan.
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Hostile takeover + selective leaking + emotionally charged rhetoric with little substance. It’s the same, boring playbook. #twitterfiles
Musk and the people with whom he’s surrounded himself are copy-pasting the faux rage machine (see: WikiLeaks, the laptop, masks, etc etc etc etc)
This isn’t an adult discussion about the limitations of online speech. It’s just clickbait for the dying platform.
Make conservatives think it’s an existential crisis to the world, make liberals rage quote tweet = Engagement. It’s such an easy formula for bad actors. It’s tired.
I know people are tired of "collusion" talk, but it doesn't mean that this isn't a huge five-alarm fire still.
Trump received millions (I've heard 8 figures) from Saudi to host the LIV Golf nonsense and now a big real estate deal. He's running for President tomorrow.
All the while, Trump had top secret code word documents in his office at his house.
Operative questions I've yet to see asked of either the Trump or Saudi sides: When and where did the LIV Golf negotiations take place?
Democrats lead in 214 House races. They have to take the lead and win 4 of these for the majority.
CA13, AZ6 look plausible. Maybe CA41? Maybe OR5?
CA22 isn't out of the question either. I think the Democrats best chance is to sweep CA13, CA41, and CA22 and pick up maybe the AZ6 seat or a Boebert recount?
The House is going to be at MOST a 7-seat lead for the GOP. If *everything* goes right for the Democrats, they could hold the House with 219 seats.
Imagine a 218-217 House... It's going to be a long 2 years.