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| mikenov on Twitter: Josef Meinrad Ackermann is a Swiss banker, former Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank. He has also been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:21:46 -0500
Josef Meinrad Ackermann is a Swiss banker, former Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank. He has also been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty. Wikipedia google.com/search?q=josef…
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Josef Ackermann
Banker
DescriptionJosef Meinrad Ackermann is a Swiss banker, former Chairman of the Bank of Cyprus, and former chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank. He has also been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty. Wikipedia
Born: February 7, 1948 (age 71 years), Walenstadt, Switzerland
Spouse: Pirkko Mölsä (m. 1977)
Employers: Deutsche Bank (CEO, 2002-2012), Bank of Cyprus (Chairman, 2014-2019)
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| National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien on John Bolton: "I'm not going to write a tell-all book when I leave this office."pic.twitter.com/zbvtt1wg88 | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:09:01 -0500
National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien on John Bolton: "I'm not going to write a tell-all book when I leave this office." pic.twitter.com/zbvtt1wg88
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| mikenov on Twitter: Beyond the Partisan Fight, a Wealth of Evidence About Trump and Ukraine nyti.ms/2UBYlov | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:01:36 -0500 | ||
| mikenov on Twitter: Assured of Acquittal, Trump Makes Case for a Second Term nyti.ms/37ZlqFr | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 10:01:14 -0500 | ||
| mikenov on Twitter: In any case, Deutsche Bank, along with the rest of its industry, is benefiting from having Trump in the White House. His administration has been systematically rolling back regulations erected after the financial crisis... facebook.co | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:58:00 -0500
In any case, Deutsche Bank, along with the rest of its industry, is benefiting from having Trump in the White House. His administration has been systematically rolling back regulations erected after the financial crisis... facebook.com/mike.nova3/pos…
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| mikenov on Twitter: Before and during World War II, the bank was a leading financier of the Nazis, helping to pay for projects including the construction of Auschwitz. As the Iron Curtain fell, Deutsche Bank executives saw an opportunity... #Trump #CIA | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:45:03 -0500
Before and during World War II, the bank was a leading financier of the Nazis, helping to pay for projects including the construction of Auschwitz. As the Iron Curtain fell, Deutsche Bank executives saw an opportunity...
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| mikenov on Twitter: (Before and during World War II, the bank was a leading financier of the Nazis, helping to pay for projects including the construction of Auschwitz.) As the Iron Curtain fell, Deutsche Bank executives saw an opportunity... institutio | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:41:25 -0500
(Before and during World War II, the bank was a leading financier of the Nazis, helping to pay for projects including the construction of Auschwitz.) As the Iron Curtain fell, Deutsche Bank executives saw an opportunity...
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| mikenov on Twitter: The inside story of the president and Deutsche Bank, his lender of last resort. The Money Behind Trump’s Money - The New York Times nytimes.com/2020/02/04/mag… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:15:25 -0500
The inside story of the president and Deutsche Bank, his lender of last resort.
The Money Behind Trump’s Money - The New York Times nytimes.com/2020/02/04/mag… | ||
| The Money Behind Trump’s Money - The New York Times | ||
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:13:27 -0500
David Enrich is the finance editor at The Times and the author of the forthcoming book “Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction,” from which his article in this issue is adapted.
A version of this article appears in print on , Page 35 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: The Money Behind Trump’s Money
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @Will_Bunch: On a slow news days when nothing else is happening, the New York Times drops the 411 on Trump and Deutsche Bank https://t.c… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:02:41 -0500
On a slow news days when nothing else is happening, the New York Times drops the 411 on Trump and Deutsche Bank nytimes.com/2020/02/04/mag…
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| mikenov on Twitter: The FBI News Review - fbinewsreview.blogspot.com - Blog by Michael Novakhov: 8:44 AM 2/5/2020 - mikenov on Twitter: RT @busines... fbinewsreview.blogspot.com/2020/02/844-am… | ||
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| 8:44 AM 2/5/2020 - mikenov on Twitter: RT @businessinsider: Jeff Bezos dumped $1.8 billion in Amazon stock after its share price skyrocketed businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-dum… | ||
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:48:07 -0500
Speaker Pelosi tears up President Trump's speech as the president ends his State of the Union address. mikenov on Twitter: RT @BostonGlobe: Democrats descend on New Hampshire after Iowa caucuses bos.gl/R8Y0EZQ
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| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:35:49 -0500
Democrats descend on New Hampshire after Iowa caucuses bos.gl/R8Y0EZQ
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @adrianadesala: NOPE twitter.com/soliver2020/st… | ||
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @traveler_master: Their Huge Age Difference Didn't Get In Their Way | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:34:08 -0500
Their Huge Age Difference Didn't Get In Their Way
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @Reuters: China's Xi says virus controls at crucial stage: state media reut.rs/3bcy3Pp pic.twitter.com/hFdoJQqKWT | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:33:31 -0500
China's Xi says virus controls at crucial stage: state media reut.rs/3bcy3Pp pic.twitter.com/hFdoJQqKWT
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @AlMonitor: Escalation in Syria and Libya tests limits of Erdogan-Putin ties al-monitor.com/pulse/original… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:33:10 -0500
Escalation in Syria and Libya tests limits of Erdogan-Putin ties al-monitor.com/pulse/original…
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @businessinsider: Jeff Bezos dumped $1.8 billion in Amazon stock after its share price skyrocketed businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-dum… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:28:59 -0500
Jeff Bezos dumped $1.8 billion in Amazon stock after its share price skyrocketed businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-dum…
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @mod_russia: Глава российского военного ведомства отметил, что 30 января со дня установления дипломатических отношений между двумя стран… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:28:32 -0500
Глава российского военного ведомства отметил, что 30 января со дня установления дипломатических отношений между двумя странами исполнилось 70 лет pic.twitter.com/lCfFMDXWM7
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @mod_russia: #СергейШойгу в ходе переговоров в Москве обсудил вопросы военного сотрудничества с министром национальной обороны Вьетнама… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:28:27 -0500
#СергейШойгу в ходе переговоров в Москве обсудил вопросы военного сотрудничества с министром национальной обороны Вьетнама генералом армии Нго Суан Литем #Шойгу #РоссияВьетнам #Переговоры #ДвусторонниеВстречи pic.twitter.com/ycyQpbmDmY
   
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @WSJ: The Justice Department has ramped up its antitrust probe of Google, with a heavy focus on the company’s online ad tools, say peopl… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:28:09 -0500
The Justice Department has ramped up its antitrust probe of Google, with a heavy focus on the company’s online ad tools, say people familiar with the matter on.wsj.com/3bgiaHs
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @thehill: End of impeachment trial to leave deep scars in Senate hill.cm/4h7WwUc pic.twitter.com/OaAagfkB6U | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:27:58 -0500
End of impeachment trial to leave deep scars in Senate hill.cm/4h7WwUc pic.twitter.com/OaAagfkB6U
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @haaretzcom: Politics is a pain in the gas for Israel and its Mideast neighbors haaretz.com/israel-news/bu… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:27:51 -0500
Politics is a pain in the gas for Israel and its Mideast neighbors
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @CNN: President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address, annotated cnn.it/2OvohhA #sotu pic.twitter.com/OgiiRmTMma | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:27:34 -0500
President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address, annotated cnn.it/2OvohhA #sotu pic.twitter.com/OgiiRmTMma
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @CDNnow: The firm behind the phone app that caused delays in reporting the results of the Iowa Democratic caucus is operated by three Hi… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:19:24 -0500
The firm behind the phone app that caused delays in reporting the results of the Iowa Democratic caucus is operated by three Hillary Clinton campaign veterans. The firm has also done business during the 2020 election cycle with Democratic bit.ly/2v5bIT6 #iowacaucuses pic.twitter.com/HwsILWFl1y
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @thehill: Democrats walk out of Trump's address: "It's like watching professional wrestling" hill.cm/C5CgJgl https://t.co/InmyLF… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:19:06 -0500
Democrats walk out of Trump's address: "It's like watching professional wrestling" hill.cm/C5CgJgl pic.twitter.com/InmyLF7l9j
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @NoticentroWAPA: El secretario de la agencia dice que el tiempo se debe al proceso de planificación. bit.ly/2Uy6me5 | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:18:54 -0500
El secretario de la agencia dice que el tiempo se debe al proceso de planificación. bit.ly/2Uy6me5
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @julito77: Serious question here: Did @wandavazquezg need a translator during @SenRickScott meeting like she said she needed one when sh… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:18:37 -0500
Serious question here: Did @wandavazquezg need a translator during @SenRickScott meeting like she said she needed one when she was interviewed by @DavidBegnaud? twitter.com/wandavazquezg/…
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @cnni: French police are investigating the murder of a Chechen blogger, who was a vocal critic of President Ramzan Kadyrov, in a hotel r… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:17:16 -0500
French police are investigating the murder of a Chechen blogger, who was a vocal critic of President Ramzan Kadyrov, in a hotel room. Officials say he "suffered a violent death," and investigators believe he knew his killer cnn.it/39bhEcc
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @MSNBC: Pete Buttigieg surges in new poll ahead of the New Hampshire primary, overtaking Joe Biden and Sen. Warren following the initial… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:16:52 -0500
Pete Buttigieg surges in new poll ahead of the New Hampshire primary, overtaking Joe Biden and Sen. Warren following the initial results of the #IowaCaucuses, but coming in behind Sen. Sanders. on.msnbc.com/380DeQd
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @Real_Theology: This is what building bridges to the American people looks like.. The #PelosiTantrum is a tragic image of how divided ou… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:16:13 -0500
This is what building bridges to the American people looks like.. The #PelosiTantrum is a tragic image of how divided our country is. pic.twitter.com/q2GjCEJgwn
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @VoceroPR: Las hostilidades han repuntado desde que el gobierno de Estados Unidos presentó su plan para Oriente Medio https://t.co/HJ7lz… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:15:31 -0500
Las hostilidades han repuntado desde que el gobierno de Estados Unidos presentó su plan para Oriente Medio ow.ly/pngs50ye40M
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @NBCNews: WATCH: No handshake between President Trump and Speaker Pelosi at the start of the State of the Union tonight. https://t.co/Zv… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:15:13 -0500
WATCH: No handshake between President Trump and Speaker Pelosi at the start of the State of the Union tonight. nbcnews.to/2RZGiqf
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @CNBC: As President Trump finished his #SOTU speech, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up the hard copy that he had given her before he be… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:15:00 -0500
As President Trump finished his #SOTU speech, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up the hard copy that he had given her before he began, and tossed it aside. cnb.cx/2RZvDMv pic.twitter.com/S0PvCMYw8x
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @CNNPolitics: The US military has deployed a new type of nuclear weapon seen as key to countering Russia cnn.it/2RXyzci https:/… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:14:16 -0500
The US military has deployed a new type of nuclear weapon seen as key to countering Russia cnn.it/2RXyzci pic.twitter.com/y9OZ77GTFE
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @MiddleEastMnt: Turkey: At least 5 killed in avalanche middleeastmonitor.com/20200205-at-le… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:12:58 -0500
Turkey: At least 5 killed in avalanche middleeastmonitor.com/20200205-at-le…
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @haaretzcom: Ancient place of worship found near Jerusalem challenges assumptions about First Temple haaretz.com/archaeology/.p… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:12:52 -0500
Ancient place of worship found near Jerusalem challenges assumptions about First Temple
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @netanyahu: גבירותיי ורבותיי, מהפך pic.twitter.com/0Zz4yT6mjZ | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:02:05 -0500
גבירותיי ורבותיי, מהפך pic.twitter.com/0Zz4yT6mjZ
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @realDonaldTrump: It was a great and triumphant evening for our Country. Thank you for all of the nice remarks and wonderful reviews of… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:01:43 -0500
It was a great and triumphant evening for our Country. Thank you for all of the nice remarks and wonderful reviews of my State of the Union Speech. It was my great honor to have done it!
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @Pontifex_es: Hay una pobreza que hemos de aceptar, la de nuestro ser, y una pobreza que debemos buscar, la concreta, de las cosas de es… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:01:29 -0500
Hay una pobreza que hemos de aceptar, la de nuestro ser, y una pobreza que debemos buscar, la concreta, de las cosas de este mundo, para ser libres y poder amar. #AudienciaGeneral #Bienaventuranzas
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| mikenov on Twitter: RT @Pontifex: There is a poverty that we must accept, that of our own being, and a poverty that we must seek instead - a concrete one - fro… | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 08:01:18 -0500
There is a poverty that we must accept, that of our own being, and a poverty that we must seek instead - a concrete one - from the things of this world, in order to be free and to be able to love. #GeneralAudience #Beatitudes
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| How Parnas and Fruman’s Dodgy Donation Was Uncovered by Two People Using Google Translate | ||
| Wed, 05 Feb 2020 05:36:34 -0500
by Ilya Marritz, WNYC
Stay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica’s investigations into the president’s business practices.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman have attained notoriety for their parts in the Ukraine mess. They’re both Soviet-born U.S. citizens who worked closely with the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, serving as emissaries in the campaign to oust then-U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and press Ukraine’s government to investigate Joe Biden’s son.
But Parnas and Fruman also exemplify the shattering of norms when it comes to the influence of big money in politics during the administration of President Donald Trump — and that’s the subject of this week’s episode of “Trump, Inc”.
Using a recently formed LLC, Parnas and Fruman donated $325,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC in early 2018. They then attended a dinner with the president — at the president’s hotel — and got the ear of the president. At that dinner, in April 2018, Parnas and Fruman made the first known pitch to Trump to remove Yovanovitch, helping set in motion a series of events that led to the president’s impeachment.
Parnas and Fruman have since been indicted by federal prosecutors in New York for, among other things, acting on behalf of one or more Ukrainian officials who wanted the U.S. ambassador removed, and funneling money from a Russian businessman into campaigns in Nevada while concealing the source of the funds. The men have pleaded not guilty.
At first glance, the indictments seem to show that potential campaign abuses are being effectively policed. But the “Trump, Inc.” episode shows just the opposite: The events came to light because of an improbable, almost random, series of events and at least one key slip-up.
Parnas and Fruman’s successful attempt to use money to win access to the president wasn’t brought to light by prosecutors. Or by the federal agency set up specifically to enforce the laws governing money in politics. It was uncovered by a few watchdogs responding to a question from a reporter and using Google Translate to decipher Russian-language articles published in Ukraine. “The only reason that we know about Parnas and Fruman is that they weren’t sophisticated donors,” said Robert Maguire, the research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
The process began with a question. In a newsletter he wrote, reporter Lachlan Markay of The Daily Beast wondered about a $325,000 donation to the pro-Trump America First PAC attributed to an entity he’d never heard of called Global Energy Producers. Could anybody, he asked his readers, tell him anything about it?
That piqued the curiosity of Brendan Fischer, the director of the federal reform program at the elections watchdog group Campaign Legal Center. He noted the size of the donation, which represented 6.5% of what the America First PAC had taken in that quarter. He asked a researcher-investigator at the center, Maggie Christ, to begin digging.
Christ learned that Global Energy Producers was a Delaware LLC formed only five weeks before. There was no sign it was an operating business or had any assets. As is typical, the Delaware LLC’s address revealed nothing.
But Christ noticed a second address. It turned out to be the Boca Raton, Florida, home of a man named Lev Parnas. (Suffice it to say that most people who set up an LLC that shields their identity choose to leave their home address off the documents they file. Parnas’ lawyer declined to be interviewed.)
Christ had never heard of Parnas. He was a cipher online; he’d never been covered by the news, as far as Christ could discern. “Fruman and Parnas had no public footprints at that point,” she said. “They were just not public figures at all. So we were pretty confused as to what their motivations might have been.”
Christ kept pulling threads. Using Google Translate, she was able to read some Russian-language articles that had appeared in Ukraine, one of which described Fruman as a “channel of direct communication between the Jewish community of Kiev and the President of the United States.” From there she found indications that Parnas and Fruman had been at a dinner with the president as well as a photo of Fruman at Mar-a-Lago with Trump.
Suspicious, the Campaign Legal Center decided to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission charging that Global Energy Producers was a front for an unnamed donor — which, the organization contended, would violate U.S. election laws.
The complaint generated more information. A lawyer in Florida representing a family claiming to be owed money by Parnas — an investment years ago in a movie called “Anatomy of an Assassin,” which the man asserted Parnas never repaid — contacted the Campaign Legal Center. That lawyer was then able to subpoena bank and wire transfer records. The resulting documents revealed that Global Energy Producers hadn’t donated the $325,000 to the America First PAC; a different shell company, this one owned by Parnas and wife, had actually contributed the money.
That only increased the suspicions, and ultimately federal prosecutors echoed the Campaign Legal Center’s assertions in their indictment, while also adding the allegation that Parnas and Fruman were acting on behalf of “at least one foreign official — a Ukrainian government official who sought the dismissal of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.”
What became of the complaint to the FEC? The agency isn’t allowed to say what, if anything, it’s doing in response to the complaint (though the FEC would typically step aside when prosecutors file criminal charges that parallel an FEC investigation).
But even if the FEC wanted to take action, it couldn’t. The agency no longer has the minimum number of commissioners legally required to bring an enforcement action, effectively making the agency impotent. And even before that, according to Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, a Democratic appointee, the agency had succumbed to total paralysis. What was once a partisan divide at the agency, she said, had turned into a dispute over whether the very notion of enforcing election laws has merit. It no longer matters, she said, whether the potential target of an investigation is a Republican or a Democrat.
As Weintraub put it: “So Republicans have voted over and over again not to enforce the law, not to investigate, not to pursue allegations against Democrats. And Democratic commissioners have, on the other hand, voted to pursue them. So most, most recently, we had a case alleging a multimillion dollar coordination scheme between a super PAC and the Hillary Clinton campaign. And I voted to pursue the investigation and the Republicans blocked it. And this has happened — this scenario — has happened over and over and over again.” (The two other sitting FEC commissioners, both Republican appointees, declined to be interviewed.)
To hear the full story, listen to “Trump, Inc.” And if you’d like to get involved and do your own campaign sleuthing, you can read more here.
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The FBI News Review - fbinewsreview.blogspot.com - Blog by Michael Novakhov.
Selected Posts
Letter to the Republican Senators
My Dear Sirs!
My Dear Brothers in Humanity!
There is no more important task placed on your shoulders than the issue of Mr. Trump’s removal from office. It is the moral imperative: to weigh this issue carefully and to decide upon it. America’s fate is in your hands. The world’s fate is in your hands. The fate of the Western Civilization, the cherished fruit of God’s Will and the labors of humans for the thousands of years is in your hands.
Please, do not make the mistake of retaining him in office. Whatever the charges are, the bottom line is that Donald Trump, for a variety of reasons, is not suitable for this high office. He might be barely fit but not suitable, as vague and imprecise this term may be.
Please, do remove him.
Remove this Monster, this threat to Humanity, this Enemy of the People!
Sincerely, and with the utmost respect,
Michael Novakhov
12:46 PM 12/21/2019 – Post Link
SANTA CLARITA SHOOTING AS THE “MESSAGE IN A BULLET”: “SO, HOW ABOUT IT: USA IS A GOOSE!” SIGNATURE: BERGHOF (BERHOW)
Santa Clarita shooting as the “message in a bullet”: “So, how about it: USA is a Goose!” Signature: Berghof (Berhow)6:23 AM 11/15/2019 – “So, how about it: USA is a Goose!”: Santa Clarita shooting: Nathaniel Berhow’s social media accounts were accessed by others; it means that the involvement of more than person is likely. Just like it felt likely to me in many other, previous episodes of the mass and school shootings.
Berghof, the “Hill Farm“.
Saugus High school shooting:
Saugus: SAU = USA, gus = “Goose”
“So, how about it: USA is a Goose!“
This might be one of the possible working interpretations for the purposes of generating the investigative lead.
Michael Novakhov
Saugus High school shooting:
Saugus: SAU = USA, gus = “Goose”
“So, how about it: USA is a Goose!“
This might be one of the possible working interpretations for the purposes of generating the investigative lead.
Michael Novakhov
Santa Clarita shooting:
Nathaniel Berhow’s social media accounts were accessed by others; it means that the involvement of more than one person is likely.
Just like it felt likely to me in many other, previous episodes of the mass and school shootings.
Nathaniel Berhow’s social media accounts were accessed by others; it means that the involvement of more than one person is likely.
Just like it felt likely to me in many other, previous episodes of the mass and school shootings.
It means, that this can be the well organized and managed activity, and possibly the hostile intelligence / TOC operation, and possibly for about last 10 years.
Attention, my dear friends from the FBI: As far as I remember, this is the first report of the clear indications of the group participation in these activities, and the direct perpetrators might be the “designated” and manipulated objects, tools, weapons, victims, “soldiers”, etc.
The phenomenon of the mass shootings has to be reexamined in the light of this information.
It might be more complex than it looks.
Michael Novakhov
6:23 AM 11/15/2019 – Post Link
Attention, my dear friends from the FBI: As far as I remember, this is the first report of the clear indications of the group participation in these activities, and the direct perpetrators might be the “designated” and manipulated objects, tools, weapons, victims, “soldiers”, etc.
The phenomenon of the mass shootings has to be reexamined in the light of this information.
It might be more complex than it looks.
Michael Novakhov
6:23 AM 11/15/2019 – Post Link
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