Dmytro Firtash who has ties to Kremlin, Gazprom & reputed Russian mafia ties and hired Trump aligned lawyers Toensing & diGenova & paid Lev Parnas during hunt for dirt on Biden - asks to be allowed to enter Ukraine to protect country from Russian invasion en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/8…
To add to irony of Firtash's request to protect Ukraine:
In 2021 Ukraine imposed sanctions on Firtash for selling titanium products that allegedly were used by Russian military enterprises
Firtash was indicted in US for alleged bribery in titanium deal
Ex-Goldman Banker Tim Leissner testified that Malaysian financier Jho Low said he met Jared Kushner and discussed shutting down US investigation of 1MDB scandal, w/global settlement & no criminal charges
Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy pleaded guilty in 2020 to illegally lobbying the admin on Low’s behalf. Broidy said Low paid him $6million and promised a $75mil success fee if the Justice Department dropped its investigation. Trump pardoned Broidy.
Per Leissner, Low said he hired former NJ Governor Chris Christie, a Trump confidante at the time, to be his lawyer in settlement negotiations. Low claimed he promised Christie a $10 million success fee if the case was resolved without criminal charges
Update on Questionardo Limited - Ahmad Al Khatib (ex dir of Cambridge Analytica successor Emerdata) with director Chun Shun Johnson Ko (ex Emerdata director and Erik Prince partner)
Main shareholders are Duncan Chu(Chau), Ko, Al Khatib, Oakwood Media
News on Trump social media deal Digital World Acquisition - ARC Group exec Abraham Cinta offered $2mil to form DWAC thru Singapore fund & $ from Israeli blockchain entrepreneurs Stas Oskin & Sebastian Stupurac, by @DEER_ECHO_@MJBerens1 HT @braisincapital
Besides the money ARC would invest with its Singapore fund, two investors from Israel, blockchain entrepreneurs Stas Oskin and Sebastian Stupurac, would put in an additional $350,000
Auspex International, run by ex Emerdata (Cambridge Analytica successor) director Ahmad Al-Khatib & ex CA exec Mark Turnbull - won €200,000 consulting contract in Romania for Alliance of Liberals and Democrats/ALDE in 2019 by @MattBernardini7@BylineTimes bylinetimes.com/2022/02/08/a-f…
Story notes Craig Tiedman was identified as chief operating officer of Auspex International - Tiedman was formerly a US Dept of Defense advisor to Afghanistan govt and director of policy and research at Henry Jackson Society a right-leaning UK think tank
Here's my 2020 chart showing where many of the people who worked at Cambridge Analytica went and new companies including Auspex International that were created
Ilya Lichtenstein 34 and Heather Morgan 31 (both married and from New York) arrested for alleged conspiracy to launder $4.5billion in stolen cryptocurrency - government seized $3.6billion directly linked to 2016 hack of Bitfinex a virtual currency exchange justice.gov/opa/pr/two-arr…
Motion to compel filed by @NewYorkStateAG - legal action to force Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump to comply with investigation into the Trump Organization’s financial dealings
Interesting detail - Ivanka occupied an apartment at Trump Park Avenue for "extraordinarily favorable terms" with option to purchase unit for $8,500,000, though the apt was valued over years on Trump's financial statement between $20,820,000 and $25 mil ag.ny.gov/sites/default/…
OAG "identified additional facts and evidence demonstrating the frequent use of misleading asset valuations in order to obtain financial benefits. The misleading practices appear to impact numerous assets reported by Mr. Trump on his Statements of Financial Condition."