Obama engaged Ukraine to give the Russian collusion narrative an early boost (and 2016 Hillary)

thehill.com ^ | 04/25/19 07 | JOHN SOLOMON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR

[semimojo]

This was a ploy to divert attention from the dirty deals of Hillary's pals...........the infamous Podestas (who Manafort worked for in the Ukraine)...........

Not sure I see how having Ukraine re-open an investigation into Manafort diverts attention from his firm but there’s a lot here to not understand.

[Liz]

Newly Released Mueller Document Suggests Dem Power Broker Tony Podesta Misled Federal Investigators
Law and Crime ^ | 3:44 pm, September 15th, 2018 | Colin Kalmbacher / FR Posted by E. Pluribus Unum

The office of special counsel Robert Mueller just released a document which appears to show that longtime Democratic Party power broker Tony Podesta misled federal investigators when questioned about his obligations, and how he understood them, under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

The document is dated March 31, 2017 and was released late Saturday morning in line with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request initiated by the New York Times‘ Kenneth Vogel. Taking the form of a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division and addressed to Podesta’s attorney Matthew T. Sanderson, the document reads, in relevant part:

In conclusion, we have determined that Podesta must register under FARA, because the firm’s activities on behalf of the [European Centre For a Modern Ukraine (ECFMU)] constitute “political activities” as defined under the Act and were conducted at the order, request, or under the direction or control of a foreign principal…in furtherance of, and for the purpose of influencing, U.S. government officials and sections of the public within the United States, with reference to the political or public interests, policies or relations of a foreign government or foreign political party.

The document continues, noting, “the principal beneficiary of the political activities conducted within the United States was the Ukrainian government and/or the [pro-Russian] Party of Regions.” (Excerpt) Read more at lawandcrime.com ...

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gatewaypundit.com
By Jim Hoft February 24, 2019

Paul Manafort Indicted and in Solitary Confinement While Hillary and Creepy Podesta Brothers Run Free –
Manafort Worked for Podestas!
Robert Mueller filed under seal, an 800-page redacted sentencing memo on Paul Manafort in the Washington D.C case ahead of the midnight deadline and was ordered to release it by corrupt Obama judge Amy Berman Jackson.Mueller said in the sentencing memo that Paul Manafort “repeatedly and brazenly” violated the law for over a decade. Mueller also accused Manafort in engaging in witness tampering while on bail, perjuring himself and making false statements. Last Friday, Robert Mueller issued a sentencing memo in the Virginia case recommending Paul Manafort, who will turn 70 in April, serve between 19.5 to 24.5 years in prison. In other words, Paul Manafort should die in prison for the crime of associating with Donald Trump — the crimes Manafort is being charged with were dug up by the criminal and corrupt Andrew Weissmann as revenge.

The Virginia sentencing memo also recommends Manafort pay a fine of up to $24 million, restitution of more than $24 million and forfeiture in the amount of more than $4 million, reported CBS. The corrupt and criminal Obama-appointed Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled last week that Paul Manafort intentionally lied to Mueller and the FBI and voided his plea deal. Paul Manafort faces an additional maximum of 10 years in prison in the D.C. case, however, Mueller did not offer a specific recommendation for how much time Manafort should serve in the memo released Saturday. Paul Manafort is scheduled to be sentenced March 8th in the Virginia case and March 13th in the Washington D.C. case.

The case in Washington D.C. involves Manafort’s illegal lobbying on behalf of Ukrainian interests — these are the same ‘crimes’ Tony Podesta committed (failing to file a FARA form) yet Tony Podesta was allowed to retroactively file a FARA form for his work in Ukraine then Mueller granted him immunity.

The Podesta’s are surprisingly not even mentioned in Mueller’s filing – Manafort worked with the Podesta brothers in the Ukraine. John Podesta was Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Manager. Manafort was President Trump’s Campaign Manager for a couple months. Manafort and the Podesta’s brought a number of individuals to the Ukraine in an effort to support their candidate. It’s unknown how much these visitors were paid by the Podesta’s and Manafort’s Ukrainian candidate or if they filed the correct forms with the US government for visiting there.

Hillary visited the Ukraine – as did Chelsea. Corrupt cop Mueller was a guest as well –

According to a new report by Bloomberg, New York prosecutors have put together a criminal case against Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort that they could quickly file if Trump were to issue him a presidential pardon. Will they do the same for the Podesta brothers? We all know the answer to that. The US today is clearly a two-tiered system of justice. One set of laws for the Clintons, Obama and their corrupt accomplices and one for the rest of America.

[Boardwalk]

I have to say you are a freerepublic treasure! Keep up the fine work!

[Liz]

Let's play connect the dots....ready?

UKRAINIAN BILLIONAIRE VIKTOR PINCHUK DONATED $29 MILLION TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION-----
he's THAT altruistic (cackle).

September 2013 -- Clinton Foundation mega-donor, Viktor Pinchuk introes Hillary Clinton paid speech at one of his events
(cough) promoting Ukrainian membership of the European Union, the break with Russia, and regime change in Kiev and Moscow.

POINTS TO PONDER Was Viktor Pinchuk the Oligarch that the fired Ukrainian prosecutor was investigating?
WRT a $5 billion IMF theft, being investigated simultaneously with Hunter Bidens $3 million salary?

SALIENT POINT: The fired Ukrainian prosecutor was investigating the $5 billion IMF money theft;
he was fired when Joe Biden twisted his arm for investigating (cough) Hunter Biden's Burisma appointment.

HMMMMMMM....Could be Obama was peeved that Hunter only got $3 million of the missing IMF $5 billion?

Or was Hunter----with the expensive cocaine habit-----holding out?

Chelsea Clinton and Viktor Pinchuk who donated $29 million to Clinton Foundation in Kiev, Ukraine 8/21/16.

[relictele]

We also need decentralized government - not theoretically but practically.

The rest of the world telecommutes these days yet we have an entire huge metro area in DC where people crawl along in gridlock to go to offices every day.

Meetings, lunches, cocktails. It’s a company town in which the company is looking to screw its source of funding every day.

Congress and the Supreme Court have a laughably light schedule of sessions.

[Liz]

T/Y.

[exDemMom]

Congress and the Supreme Court have a laughably light schedule of sessions.

It’s clear they do not have enough to do to justify their 180k salaries. If they did, they would not have enough time to manufacture “evidence” of the President’s supposed misdeeds or make sweetheart deals with lobbyists, crony capitalists, and foreign governments that make them millionaires.

I totally agree with you. Congress should telework, and stay home where their constituents are. They make decisions that affect ordinary people’s lives; they should live among those people so that they can see the effects of those decisions and get feedback.

[Religion and Politics]

I will give Obama credit. If the implication here is to be believed he was smart enough to go after Manafort three months before he joined the Trump campaign.

They had this ready to go with media leaks, etc. That is just too coincidental to me. I remembered at the time wondering how Trump could have selected such a radioactive campaign manager. Manafort's half life was like 10 days.

[Spok]

It’s becoming more and more clear that the real animus against Trump isn’t rooted in his tweets or SCOTUS appointments but the exposure of the universal malignancy that infects nearly all politics. The depth and virulence of corruption is directly proportional to the amount of money that is up for grabs, which is in the billions. It’s revealing that the real rarity is the politician who does not imbibe. Like DJT.

[DouglasKC]

Well remember trump wasnt being quiet about Obama...especially hthe lack of a birth certificate.

[agatheringstorm]

The fact that the Obama administration was going after Manafort months before his appointment as Trump’s campaign manager indicates to me that the Intelligence Community was already surveilling Trump’s campaign teams phone calls in early 2016. Manafort would have been in contact with the team for months before his appointment. The Intelligence Community knew he was going to get appointed and had this black ledger waiting for him.

John Solomon, if you’re listening, look for an earlier FISA warrant, probably in the January/February 2016 timeframe.

[agatheringstorm]

How is story this not in the Free Republic breaking news?

[kvanbrunt2]

Absolutely —CIA and FBI in Nome Alaska, Homeland security in El Paso. Land mangement in North Dakota. Ag in Washington state, CMS in chicago. Treasury in Birmingham, AL. DOJ in Yuma, Arizona.. Just a start. Education in North or west Philly.

[semimojo]

Yeah, but anticipating Manafort of all people?

[BenLurkin]

Good catch. Good question.

[Ann Archy]

Om... Tad Devine is one of the ICKIEST people on earth!!

[Ann Archy]

Wasn’t HILLIARY s State department Also Missing 5 BILLION DOLLARS while she was the SECRETARY???

[NorseViking]

Why is he not in prison but Manafort is? There is a phone record of the former head of that Ukraine had for FBI bragging how he helped to hit Manafort to bring down Trump.
I like the part when he said that Trump would be better for America but Hillary is absolute best for ‘us’.

[Liz]

6 bill............

[Ann Archy]

Could she have given $6 BILLION from the State Dept to Ukraine?? And then the Ukranians "disappeared" $5 BILLION of it?? Paid thru many Countries to LAUNDER it to OUR CORRUPT POLITICIANS and FAMILIES???

I wonder if that could be the path that money took.