I’d never heard the story about the deposit money.
I know that they identified the vehicle from a serial number stamped into the rear axle housing.
I read an opinion posted on Facebook by one of those “Republicans” which voted for Biden and talks like a leftist, but a Marine, promoted as a “future leader” so that tells you a lot. He was “explaining” Ukraine and maybe he knows, maybe not. But the last paragraph says to me the Dems are anxious to move away from those “culture” wars because they are so damning. However, we should never move away from things like he says because they are rotting us from within. Meet the new Dem/leftist talking point #1 from Justin Louis Pitcock, probably CIA, but maybe just someone who likes to pontificate to the uninformed:
“What does that look like? It looks like laying down our culture war weapons about masks or CRT or abortion – not to say there aren’t substantive issues at stake. Our priorities just aren’t right. Prioritize the strength of our country. Prioritize fixing the things broken with our system, both internal and external, over our favored policy outcomes. Bolster the NATO alliance and do the same in the Pacific because President Xi is absolutely watching this and thinking about Taiwan. The task is taking a long view lest we cede the world stage to authoritarians and communist dictators.”