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George Soros's secret 2016 access to State exposes 'big money' hypocrisy of Democrats
The Hill ^ | 8/7/2019 | john Solomon

Posted on 08/07/2019 10:52:25 PM PDT by bitt

Liberal mega-donor George Soros made some big bets during the last U.S. presidential election. One was that Hillary Clinton would win the presidency. Another was that he could reshape Ukraine’s government to his liking, and that his business empire might find fertile ground in that former Soviet state.

So when Donald Trump’s improbable march to the White House picked up steam in the spring of 2016, Team Soros marched to the top of the State Department to protect some of those investments, according to newly released department memos providing a rare glimpse into the Democratic donor’s extraordinary access to the Obama administration.

Then-Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland received repeated calls, emails and meeting requests from Soros, according to the memos obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the conservative group Citizens United.

On May 25, 2016, for example, Chris Canavan of the Soros Fund Management firm provided Nuland a written briefing under the heading “Russia sovereign bond issue.” At the time, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime posed a threat to Soros’s vision for Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: georgesoros; statedepartment

1 posted on 08/07/2019 10:52:25 PM PDT by bitt
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JF’n, you gots a lot of splainin to do......


2 posted on 08/07/2019 10:53:15 PM PDT by bitt (Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul - Douglas MacArthur)
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To: bitt

Excellently written,


3 posted on 08/08/2019 8:37:45 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: bitt

And yet, nothing will happen to any of them.

And nothing will change.


4 posted on 08/08/2019 8:38:26 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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