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5 Jun, 8 tweets, 6 min read
Look who's back thru the revolving door... head of the DOJ Criminal Division Benczkowski, who was all top DOJ guy on DJT's Transition team...

@MingGao26

kirkland.com/lawyers/b/benc…
I don't remember this Venezuela angle in the Giuliani Ukraine corruption saga... it also involves Benczkowski 👀

A wealthy Venezuelan hosted Giuliani as he pursued Ukraine campaign. Then Giuliani lobbied the Justice Department on his behalf.

washingtonpost.com/politics/a-wea…
@washingtonpost needs 4 bylines to cover Giuliani's goings-on 🤦‍♂️

It seems Rudy's corruption adventures are Transnational!

Venezuela energy exec Alejandro Betancourt López ImageImageImage
"a striking example of how Trump’s lawyer has continued to offer his services to foreign clients with interests before the U.S. government while working on behalf of the president"

Some might call it 100% corrupt Banana Republic type stuff... 😏 ImageImageImage
Rudy was already gonna be in Madrid for "something else"

He's very efficient with handling multiple Quid Pro Quos! ImageImageImage
Venezuelan elite guy gets $1.8 Billion contract to build power plants for Hugo Chavez 🤔

Derwick Associates - not a very Venezuelan name

They totally denied taking bribes! ImageImageImage
Purchased a 23 million Euro Spanish castle estate, hmm...

Rudy at a meeting about Betancourt with Benczkowski at DOJ at same time SDNY investigating Parnas and Fruman 👀 ImageImageImageImage
Lead defendant in PDVSA July 2018 Corruption case is Francisco Convit Guruceaga, Betancourt's cousin!

Parnas and Fruman sought dirty deals in both Ukraine and Venezuela!

Hi, Rick Perry 👋

3 Amigos gonna do hard time? ImageImageImageImage

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8 Jun
Castillo the teacher takes the lead over Fujimori!

We don't need any more Fujimori leaders in South America!

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Her dad made his name for defeating Shining Path

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Is this nail in the coffin for highly-destructive Pebble Mine plan?

Alaska Native corporation to protect its land, dealing blow to massive gold mine project
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The best salmon spawning region in the entire world! ImageImageImage
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8 Jun
Details of Trump's soft coup continue to come out... 👀

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Uhh...sure seems like time for Schumer to tee up another Jan. 6th Commission vote!

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7 Jun
PM-elect Bennett may get most of the MSM coverage for his strong religious views,

but it was Yair Lapid who brought all the different POVs together into the Change Bloc majority coalition
Bibi's toxic leadership style, history of backstabbing rivals & cult of personality, also deserves credit for bringing Bennett & Lapid together

Distinguished pol of the week: A model of coalition building
Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
MSM loves to play up fear of the unknown, gridlock, & thinking Change Bloc will govern as badly as Bibi did

But I'm ready for a change. Anything is better than an indicted-demagogue crook like Bibi remaining in power to stay out of prison ImageImage
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6 Jun
Holy $hit, it's gonna be a long couple of days before Knesset votes Change Bloc into power and Bibi to the dumpster of history...and his waiting prison cell

Will a Jan. 6th-style attack happen in Israel before the vote ousts Netanyahu??? 🤔
Typical Bibi, talking out of both sides of his mouth, paying lip service to Democratic norms,

But secretly stoking divisive provocations thru his online army...

Israeli security chief issues rare warning over potential for Jan. 6-style mob violence

washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
Luckily Israel has a lot less time than the US transition of power...

Only 3 more days ImageImage
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6 Jun
It's all good news in Israel as long as Change Bloc maintains 61+ vote majority

Doesn't matter how rightwing PM Bennett is. Bibi ousted!

Israel’s likely leadership change prompts a hasty rethinking in Washington
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Calling Bibi's exit a huge relief is an understatement

He is the TOC Underboss in Israel and an ally of the GOP Enterprise ImageImageImage
The way leading GOPigs rallied to Bibi's side as the Change Bloc majority was confirmed shows how sad they are to see him lose power ImageImageImage
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