Former Trump aide, Nick Muzin goes to work for the opposition - Democratic Party of Albania (DPA) a right-wing faction favoring RU agendas.
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3.21.17 Muzin registers as FARA, DPA the client, and DPA Chairman and signatory, Lulzim Basha.
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Make Albania Great Again, the slogan of Basha’s campaign complete w/street re-named after Trump.
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Incumbent, Rama hires Ballad Partners run by longtime Trump lobbyist (unnamed) along with Rep Robert Wesley(D-FL) for $20K per month.
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Basha has a picture taken with Trump and reports ‘extraordinary meeting’ to Albanian press, pushed by DPA. Was there a meeting?
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As Gates and Manafort get clipped by Mueller for their FARA registrations (or lack thereof), Trump Admin style -Munzin asks to amend his 8 months after he began work for Qatar.
But the Albania story isn’t over.
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Biniatta is *based in Edinburgh? That’s weird.
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Agmt was to pay Muzin $150K in 3 installments and a 1X payment of $500K.
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The DPA says that they have no relationship with Biniatta, and only paid Munzin $25K. So the net amount of the original DPA agreement, $50K is so far unaccounted for and the $500K was paid to Munzin by the mysterious entity, Biniatta.
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At this point you’ve guessed the Scottish based shell company for whom Munzin is a foreign agent, has Russian ties.
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Biniatta has no reply upon further inquiry.
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All told:
Biniatta
Global Delta Trade
Blackshire United
Contoform LP
and West Breton Impex LP
All have similar sites.
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He declines to explain how he was first introduced to Biniatta though.
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In 2017 KFG filed documents w/British registry naming a RU national, Konstantinos Ferulev as having primary control over firm.
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When contacted a Russian decides mid-inquiry that he is not the Canada customer support line for Babyonica, but a wrong #.
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Info about these shell companies limited, but David Corn points out, they could be thread b/t RU, GOP operative, and DAP.
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Didn’t the #13Russians Indictment mention Macedonia?
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He also boasts of brokering meetings with Assad, and Jewish organization Presidents.
No experience in the Balkans, yet $52K paid by Muzin for work on Albanian elections.
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But the conversation ends when Biniatta is mentioned.
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-Brandon Wheeler(son of Jack Wheeler) ED - Freedom Research Foundation $27.5K
-Baron Public Affairs $20K
Neither was forthcoming with work specifications for which they were paid by Muzin.
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This story needs to get Maddow’d.
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