2020 collusion with Russia was so much worse than 2016 collusion with Russia.
In 2016, Trump’s team secretly met with lawyers, businessmen, and other cutouts for Russian intel. In 2020, Trump’s team met with active Russian intelligence agents in public and produced documentaries and books and interviews for the whole world to see.
In 2016, Trump Jr had one meeting with a Russian lawyer who said she had dirt on Clinton. In 2019/2020, Giuliani and Caputo flew all around the world meeting with known Russian intelligence officers who had troves of fake documents and testimonies framing Biden.
In 2016, there were rumors of a Russian payment from an oil deal that were never substantiated. In 2019/2020, the Russian mafia directly paid Trump’s lawyers over $1,000,000.
In 2016, Roger Stone told people he had a backchannel to WikiLeaks which was publishing Russian intelligence propaganda. In 2019, 2020 Russian intelligence literally produced Trump aide Michael Caputo's documentary.
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I was parked outside an Asian-owned massage spa a couple weeks ago for like 30 minutes, checking email and responding to messages after I had an appointment at a neighboring business. An older man came out and told me that I needed to leave or else he would call the cops (thread)
At first I was offended and felt disrespected but after the recent events it made me rethink the experience.
It’s now clear that the insane increase in hate crimes against Asians is contributing to extreme fear within the community. To him, I was a guy parked outside of his business for a half an hour for no reason and it probably made them uncomfortable.
First, we explained *why* banks flag adult entertainment businesses more often and how some in the industry find these behaviors to be burdensome and detrimental.
We also reiterated that the bulk of the complaints filed in these SARs are largely about Radvinsky's dealings within his own companies i.e. layering payments to other accounts owned by him, changing round-dollar amount transfers, etc. This is *not* primarily about paying models..
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…
"Despite the early warning, the group took no action against Weaver and pressed forward with its high-profile work."
"multiple people familiar with the situation say that Steslow immediately raised the email with Galen, who helped manage day-to-day operations at the time, and the Lincoln Project’s corporate counsel Matthew Sanderson."