BREAKING: JW just released new docs from the State Dept showing the Podesta Group working on behalf of the pro-Russia Ukrainian political group “Party of Regions.” The docs also show then-Obama WH Counsel John Podesta lobbying for his brother’s firm. (1/9)
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JW received these docs through a FOIA lawsuit against the State Dept for all records about the Podesta Group & the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine – b/c we wanted to know what the Podesta Group’s involvement was with the Obama State Department. (2/9)
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An email from now-State Dept official Baxter Hunt dated 3/28/13 shows the Podesta Group – led by Tony Podesta (brother of Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman John Podesta) – represented the "Party of Regions" (a pro-Kremlin political party in Ukraine). (3/9)
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The Party of Regions that the Podesta Group was representing & lobbying on behalf of served as the pro-Russia pro-Kremlin political base for Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovych – who ended up fleeing to Russia in 2014. (4/9)
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Just like Paul Manafort – currently under indictment in Special Counsel Mueller’s errant Russia investigation – the Podesta Group had to retroactively file Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) disclosures with the DOJ for its Ukrainian-related work. (5/9)
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The Podesta Group’s FARA filing says it conducted outreach to congressional & executive branch offices, the media, NGOs, & think tanks. But unlike w/ Paul Manafort & Rick Gates, Special Counsel Mueller hasn’t indicted anyone from the Podesta Group. (6/9)
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The new emails also show then-Obama WH Counselor John Podesta lobbying for the Podesta Group’s efforts to secure a maintenance facility from Jet Blue & Lufthansa for Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was selected for the facility to service A320s in 2014. (7/9)
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Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: “By the standards of the Mueller special counsel operation, these emails alone would have been enough for the Podestas to have been hauled before a grand jury or worse.” (8/9)
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Judicial Watch President @TomFitton: “These emails are a stark reminder that the Mueller special counsel operation seems more interested in the alleged foreign ties of the Trump team, rather than Hillary Clinton’s (and Barack Obama’s) associates.” (9/9)
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