Posted on 10/30/2017 12:46:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The lobbying firms the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs are the unnamed companies in the grand jury indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, according to three sources with knowledge of the investigation.
The indictment, unsealed Monday, refers to "Company A" and "Company B" as the firms Manafort and Gates solicited in 2012 to lobby on behalf of the Ukranian government. Company A is Mercury Public Affairs and Company B is the Podesta Group, the sources said.
The revelation of the companies identities points to more details about the players involved in the high-stakes venture run by Manafort and Gates to push the interest of a pro-Russia Ukranian political party inside the United States. It also provides a glimpse into the material special prosecutor Robert Mueller has corroborated on both companies and the potential legal repercussions both groups could face.
According to the indictment, the lobbying firms were paid $2 million from offshore accounts controlled by Manafort.
Their work included lobbying "multiple members of Congress and their staffs about Ukraine sanctions, the validity of Ukraine elections" that the reasons for imprisoning Yulia Tymoshenko, the political rival of Russian-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
The indictment also revealed that Gates told Company A, now known to be Mercury, in February 2012 that it would be "representing the Government of Ukraine in [Washington] D.C."
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No problem!
LS has been spot on with his comments, and he came here all on his own (as you said, long ago), no "insider" has sent him.
I am not a mind reader, but you from the get-go, have set a pattern of promoting, a list of people inside the Trump administration, that are in legal jeopardy.
I have no clue what your real purpose literally is, except one time, you posted something about making a profit in the market, based upon what was happening in Syria.
You sling the snarks with the best of them, rearranging words used into phrases never intended to have the meaning given.
I am tired of your personal war against LS, just because you think you know more than anyone else... does not mean that you do. LS does not spoon feed, he treats people like they have common sense... and can follow subject matters. That is, until they demonstrate otherwise.
Is that his story HA my money is still on Sessions
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So you do EXACTLY that, and then try to call me out on doing what you just did? Are you really a liberal? Of course I want those exact words instead of your childish snark, but I know you can't provide it.
I don't think I have posted anything on FR about my opinion on Mueller. He could be a black hat, afraid of what could be in store if he doesn't help get the bigger black hats. Or, he could be in there trying to take down Trump, or he could be someone who never wanted to wear the black hat, and wants out. All of these are possibilities, Since I am not an insider, I don't know the truth, and neither do you.
I’m not suggesting that Mueller has an alliance with Trump, quite the opposite. When I said that it was arranged that Mueller would be special counsel before Trump was inaugurated, I meant that the conspiracy involving Jarrett, Obama, Rice, Comey and the Swamp Time Players had met and choreagraphed this whole scenario. They just needed an excuse to appoint the counsel, and firing Comey (after Rosey advised he do that) gave the excuse. Mueller was appointed in a New York minute. It was prearranged. That is why I don’t think the post that someone had here about this being a Mueller effort to go after Hillary and Obama has any credibility or likelihood. But as I said, I will be happy to be proven wrong.
I am on the record. I am pitting my knowledge and sources..NONE of which have inside information against LS and his inside sources
We will see who is right. .and IF he is right that there is an alliance..he is creating a problem by running his mouth as there should be no alliance for legal reasons
Now, wait....what could Trump and Meuller have in common to form any sort of “alliance”? On what basis would/should Trump trust a swamp dweller with such an ability to screw up the Trump agenda?
See the live thread for answers to your questions. Its nonsense to me so I can’t justify this crazy story.
LibSlayer, I believe.
No. Initial LS are the alias
Give the devil his do LS did write all those books, and I think he has a good time with us but we do him right back...
I think the column by L.S. that’s being referred to is this one.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/mueller-actually-working-trump/
ahhh....OK. Thanks.
No. No column. Posts on the live thread including 398..or thereabouts... that every poster here but me knows trump is play acting when it comes to mueller
And you are making a fool of yourself by running your mouth today.
Difference is I clearly state that I have no inside sources. Very clearly.
And I am not claiming mueller is working for trump.
HOLD on I know both posters, they are both very good thinkers, take what you get from both and form your own opinion...
LS I have no question are you a Libra fitflol
Actually he is done here. He gives us the benefit of his research and associations and gets nothing but grief for it. Well, not nothing - There are those of us that appreciate his efforts. But we are not the most vocal and adamant, going from thread to thread insulting him. I dont blame him in the least for moving on.
Sad because I do think Trump got a lot of input from three republic. At least it seemed during the campaign that he was following along with a lot of what we were saying. Or at least verifying that we agreed.
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