Had a close relative who was a rich biz owner go to Russia on a hunting trip. Was supplied with copius amounts of booze and whores. Cut the trip short because of VD infection.
it began with:
26 Jul: Sara Carter: Russia Probe Twist: A Billion Dollar CEO, A Convicted Russian Agent And The FBI
If what you already know about the FBI’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia has you wondering what can come next, “make sure you are sitting down because it’s about to get worse,” said Patrick Byrne, the philanthropist and CEO of the mega online retail chain Overstock.com...
Oddly, Byrne’s name was not disclosed by prosecutors in the case or by the FBI. And despite the government’s earlier efforts to paint Butina as a Russian spy attempting to infiltrate Republican circles she was never investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, which charged 25 Russian agents with interfering in the U.S. election. Further, the FBI, unlike convicted Russian bombshell spy Anna Chapman, did nothing to stop Butina from meeting with high level Republican and conservative figures. The bureau also didn’t warn those conservative figures she had made contact with, even though they had her under surveillance and allegedly Byrne had been reporting on her during that time. As noted in a column by The Hill’s John Solomon Chapman’s actions were handled differently than Butina. When one of Chapman’s associates, who went by the name of Cynthia Murphy, made contact with Alan Patricof, a major Democratic donor close to Hillary Clinton, the FBI acted swiftly to arrest the entire cell...
“Eventually, her conversations became less about philosophy and it became clear that she was doing things that made me quite uncomfortable,” stated Byrne. “She was basically schmoozing around with the political class and eventually she said to me at one point I want to meet anyone in the Hillary campaign, the Cruz, the Rubio campaigns.”...
https://saraacarter.com/russia-probe-twist-a-billion-dollar-ceo-a-convicted-russian-agent-and-the-fbi/
now MSM is trying to make the story about FBI spying on Clinton. Bloomberg only names Clinton here (their whole article is rubbish) and uses “Russian investigation” in place of Trump’s name:
Updated 23 Aug: Bloomberg: Patrick Byrne’s Overstock Exit Came After Admission He Romanced Russian
By Jeran Wittenstein; With assistance by Bob Ivry
In a series of public announcements the last two weeks, the flamboyant entrepreneur cited entanglements with the “deep state” that included cooperating with law enforcement agents he called “Men in Black” with their “Clinton Investigation” and “Russia Investigation.”...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-22/overstock-com-ceo-byrne-resigns-after-deep-state-controversy?srnd=markets-vp
this one inkes to CTH’s first piece too:
22 Aug: ConservtiveTreehouse: Patrick Byrne CEO of Overstock Corp. Resigns and Admits to Participating in FBI Political Surveillance…
by sundance
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/08/22/patrick-byrne-ceo-of-overstock-corp-resigns-and-admits-to-participating-in-fbi-political-surveillance/