AG PAM BONDI CLEARED THE WAY FOR ISRAEL’S FOREIGN INFLUENCE OPERATION
On her 1st day, newly appointed AG Pam Bondi, disbanded the Foreign Influence Task Force, the DOJ office responsible for enforcing FARA. The change specifically limits DOJ prosecutors from criminally charging those involved in public-relations work & policy advocacy on behalf of foreign businesses & nonprofits.
This is key to understanding how Israel’s current foreign influence campaign is structured. The Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) states a Foreign Agent is "an individual who agrees to operate within the US subject to the direction of a foreign gov or official." The penalty for unregistered Foreign Agents is 10yrs in prison.
FARA documents show money and direction flow from Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Havas Media Group to entities operating in the US (Clock Tower X, Bridges Partners & Show Faith By Works). Employees of the entities are also registered under FARA but what’s not registered are independent contractors (also known as 1099 Contractors) and subcontractors.
Since Pam Bondi has directed the DOJ to only prosecute individuals who fall under the definition of the Espionage Act from 1917 (123 years ago), FARA violations involving PR firms and nonprofits engaged in Israeli influence campaigns online and via social media & media have free reign to propagandize Americans. That also means, unregistered 1099 contractors and subcontractors will also not be prosecuted. Furthermore, the penalty for not registering (should this become an issue) is no longer criminal charges leading to 10 year prison sentences. It is a simple slap on the wrist and a reminder to register.
This deliberate incapacitation of DOJ’s enforcement mechanism gives a green light to foreign influence operatives, ensuring that the Knesset's 2018 plan to skirt FARA can proceed with minimal risk of prosecution.
I will do a separate thread to show how this memo was also used to dismiss one of the biggest FARA cases of our lifetime, NYC Mayor, Eric Adams.
SOURCES:
Link to Ian Carroll Show (highly recommended watching the full episode to understand the various touchpoints)
Shoutout to @gunclubprez for finding the legal review of the Pam Bondi memo & sharing it with me. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known to look for the actual memo.
@gunclubprez Fun Fact, Dinesh D’Souza partnered with Salem Media Group to produce the recently released “The Dragon’s Prophecy”. Was this an Israel directed project? We don’t know because NEITHER ARE REGISTERED UNDER FARA.
@gunclubprez Pro-Israel Social Media Influencers with documented record of attending Israel/Pro-Israel Influencer events hosted and/or paid for by Israel or Pro-Israel Zionists
(NONE ARE REGISTERED UNDER FARA)
Salem Media Group is the largest Christian Media Network in the US. It operates in aprox 1/2 of US states to include 3 states another Israel agent, Show Faith by Works, LLC is geofencing, tracking & target marketing Christians with Israel propaganda:
- California
- Arizona
- Colorado
Clock Tower X, LLC’s FARA documents show they will use AI to produce and distribute pro-Israel propaganda to millions of Christians through Salem Media Network properties & aligned distribution channels.
I just put all the events of the Influencer campaign that I can find on a timeline that I’ll post tomorrow morning (gotta do a double check) but WTF!
For now, if u live in these states & go to church, you’re getting geofenced, tracked by your phone & targeted with Israel ads:
- California
- Arizona
- Nevada
- Colorado
- All Christian Colleges
They called it the “largest Geofencing & targeted Christian Digital Campaign ever”
Starting on page 34 are the names of the churches. Check to see if your church is on the list.
Credit to ICU for trying to tell me about this while I was down a deep rabbit hole. Once I read the full FARA doc, I was like, 🤯 that’s what he was talking about.
I’m told 81 accounts that appear to be anywhere from 30K followers to 200K+ have been targeted by @X verification removal. One account, Patriotic Voice got his back
Every account that’s been targeted is critical of Israel. This is not a coincidence.