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SCOOP: Saudi Arabia is spending up to *$450,000* per month to lobby the Trump admin on uranium enrichment (for a nuclear program).

The money is going to a law firm that represents Trump's real estate empire.

My latest: tytnetwork.com/2018/03/08/sau…
The law firm Saudi Arabia hired, King & Spalding, counted as one of its partners Trump's replacement for Jim Comey: current FBI Director Christopher Wray. tytnetwork.com/2018/03/08/sau…
King & Spalding also represents the Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft and has represented Gazprom. tytnetwork.com/2018/03/08/sau…
Just five days after Saudi Arabia registered to lobby the Trump admin, Energy Secretary Rick Perry abruptly canceled a trip to India so he could fly to London to discuss a nuclear cooperation agreement with senior Saudi officials. tytnetwork.com/2018/03/08/sau…
Saudi Arabia claims it only wants a civilian nuclear program (for energy) but refuses to sign an agreement prohibiting it from pursuing a nuclear weapons program. tytnetwork.com/2018/03/08/sau…
US Senator Ed Markey sent a letter to both Rick Perry and Secretary of State Tillerson, reminding them of their “obligation to inform Congress of any effort related to a new agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation.”

Markey's office tells me neither has responded.
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Senator @EdMarkey: "It seems crazy to loosen important nonproliferation standards [for Saudi Arabia] just to try to secure an uncertain commercial deal."

tytnetwork.com/2018/03/08/sau…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) so, believe it or not, this is perfectly legal - as are many of the worst practices
Happy to see media following up on my story. I have this crazy idea that If the Trump admin is going to help Saudi Arabia go nuclear, there should be a public debate about it alternet.org/news-amp-polit…
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The manufacturer of the tear gas used on migrants in Tijuana by CBP (Customs and Border Patrol) this weekend had just been awarded its largest ever subcontract from CBP.

The firm also supplied the tear gas used on demonstrators in Ferguson & Standing Rock
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Notice that it includes the border states of California, New Mexico, and Texas.
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Trump’s new DOJ chief is still working for *14* different companies, per Iowa state records I reviewed.

The businesses are strikingly varied, spanning road racing, childcare, custom bikes, ice rinks, real estate & more.

This may violate DOJ ethics rules:
tyt.com/stories/4vZLCH…
Here are some logos of the businesses for which Matthew Whitaker is still listed as Registered Agent.

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7 of the businesses that list Whitaker as their registered agent also list as their business address the office of his former law firm, Hagenow & Gustoff (formerly Whitaker Hagenow & Gustoff LLP).
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Our economic system in a nutshell
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