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Feb 18 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
In 2020 Israeli company Percepto International run by Lior Chorev & Royi Burstien (ex-CEO of Psy-Group) orchestrated manipulation campaign against Int'l Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Burkina Faso, presumably at govt's request @Cecileski @FbdnStories
forbiddenstories.org/story-killers/…
Last year I started digging into a @BylineTimes story on Auspex International (run by ex-Cambridge Analytica/Emerdata officials) and their work in Hungary - I noticed Chorev was an ADLE provider and I tweeted about Chorev, Burstien, Percepto International
Below is link to an amazing series of articles from @FbdnStories that are part of a collaborative global investigation

#StoryKillers Inside the deadly disinformation-for-hire

forbiddenstories.org/case/story-kil…
Here's link to all the #StoryKillers partner articles
forbiddenstories.org/kiosk/story-ki…

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Feb 14
After helping prince’s rise, Trump and Kushner benefit from Saudi funds

An investment fund overseen by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is backing ventures that profit Trump & Kushner, raising questions of conflict, by @PostKranish

washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
Good to keep this story on the radar - but here's my chart from last year telling this same story of Saudi funding to Trump and Kushner

newstracs.com/saudi-arabia-f…
An interesting detail in WaPo story - Kushner’s company A Fin Management declared that $2.51 billion of its total $2.54 billion in assets under management came from “non-United States persons” - and as my chart noted their largest fund only had 2 clients

washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
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Feb 7
Associate Of Sanctioned Oligarch Indicted For Sanctions Evasion And Money Laundering

Fugitive Vladimir Voronchenko Aided In Concealing Luxury Real Estate Owned By Viktor Vekselberg - and scheme to pay over $4 million to maintain four US properties

justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/a…
USA v VLADIMIR VORONCHENKO, a/k/a “Vladimir Vorontchenko” - Indictment

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In September 2022 the FBI searched properties in NY and FL - all properties searched were owned by Vekselberg’s childhood friend Vladimir Voronchenko or companies tied to Voronchenko’s family and associates

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Jan 23
I was the first to publicly share info on FARA filing re: Deripaska & Charles McGonigal and noted there was a McGonigal who was former Special Agent in Charge of Counterintelligence Division for FBI NY Field Office who later worked for Brookfield Properties (to toot my own horn:)
My tweet on Deripaska, Fokin, Shastakov, McGonigal FARA has 80 likes

So few MSM reporters pay attention to my work or that of some great twitter researchers

Regardless, it's fascinating seeing open source tidbits appear years later in breaking news

Thanks to @emptywheel for the shoutout :)

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Jan 23
Former Special Agent in Charge of FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charles F. McGonigal and Russian court and govt interpreter Sergey Shestakov both charged with violating US Sanctions on Russia - conspiring to provide services to Oleg Deripaska

justice.gov/opa/pr/former-…
In 2021 McGonigal & Shestakov conspired to provide services violating US sanctions imposed on Deripaska.

In 2018 after negotiations with an agent of Deripaska, McGonigal & Shestakov investigated a rival Russian oligarch in return for concealed payments.

justice.gov/opa/pr/former-… Image
Initial FARA filing that revealed this work for Oleg Deripaska

Yevgenyi Fokin at EN+ hired Sergey Shastakov w/Eastlink Communications in 2019, who helped retain law firm Kobre and Kim and contacted Charles F. McGonigal and Spectrum Risk Solutions

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Jan 20
Nickie Lum Davis sentenced to 2 years prison for unregistered lobbying campaign to influence Trump & others to drop investigation of 1MDB and Jho Low, who paid millions to Davis & co-conspirators Elliott Broidy, George Higginbotham, Prakazrel “Pras” Michel
justice.gov/opa/pr/busines…
Broidy pleaded guilty for his role in the scheme and then was pardoned by Trump on Jan. 19, 2021

Higginbotham pleaded guilty and will be sentenced at a later date

Pras Michel, a member of the Fugees, was charged and his trial is set to begin in March

justice.gov/opa/pr/busines…
In addition to attempts to lobby Trump, the AG and others to drop investigation of 1MDB and Jho Low - Davis, Broidy, Higginbotham, Michel were charged with attempt to extradite Steve Bannon's business partner Guo Wengui to China on behalf of a PRC minister
justice.gov/opa/pr/busines…
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Jan 10
Former Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg to be sentenced Tuesday

Weisselberg pleaded guilty last year to tax fraud and was promised a sentence of 5 months in jail on Rikers Island and 5 years probation for his testimony, and to repay nearly $2mil in taxes

abcnews.go.com/US/former-trum…
Live updates on Trump Org CFO Weisselberg sentencing today in this thread - expected sentencing of 5 months in jail on Rikers Island, 5 years probation and $2 million in taxes to be repaid

Trump Org exec Allen Weisselberg gets 5-month sentence on Rikers Island (eligible for release after a little more than 3 months if he behaves). He has paid nearly $2 million in back taxes, penalties, interest and will have 5 years probation after jail term
apnews.com/article/politi…
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