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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I know you arent suggesting it!!!
He has some connection and dose know history and I appreciate what he says today I asked his source and he said the radio lmbo
He will be back got an email from him..
One question. Do you really believe every single poster here knows mueller is working for trump and trump is Just play acting in regards to mueller
Rhetorical
The premise is ludicrous because it also means every single person on FR calling for his resignation was play acting
I am on the record. I am pitting my knowledge and sources..NONE of which have inside information against LS and his inside sources
Most of us don’t agree on everything, but what I don’t understand is all the nastiness you have toward a fellow freeper. Especially one that is not only popular, but someone who we actually know who he is, unlike the rest of us anonymous scribblers. Make your case, argue back and forth if needed, but then let it go. Why do the “super duper secret alliance snark, or the “play acting” comments. For all I know, you may have valid points, but due to your attitude, I don’t want to agree with you. Make people want to agree.
Quidam - lol
FR ‘s version of 24 business hours
Where is MurrayMom btw
He should not leave
But when he makes what I think is just a crazy assertion about everyone on Fr knowing mueller is working for trump he should expect to get called on it
Lord knows I got called out plenty when I said long ago they were looking at money laundering on manafort.
He is a professor and a historian, and offers a different perspective than what we are used to getting from the MSM “eggspurts”. He clearly states that he is only offering his opinion, and that he may not be correct.
Unfortunately, some posters here seem to have taken a dislike to his views, and clog up threads with meaningless food fights about what he supposedly said, usually mischaracterized.
It is unfortunate that those who disagree with his thoughts keep harping on and on.
I appreciate his posts, for I enjoy reading others’ opinions.
Because that is what i called it . Play acting. That is the assertion. Come on..people wanting muellers head have been real
I have sources. Including at least one previous high level insider. They have always been 100 percent right. Mueller is working for trump.
I have no sources. Mueller is not working with trump
Two very very very different intimations
I have watched RummyChick do this constantly. She seems to have a need to argue incessantly, and usually resorts to as hominem attacks when others do not agree with her.
I don’t think she remembers what Rumsfeld said about the knowns, the known unknowns, and the unknown unknowns.
Hope I remembered that quote correctly, or else she will be warming up her fingers to go after me. I will not respond, however. It ruins the exchange of ideas and the discussion.
Thank you for bringing me up to speed. I will be reading, following LS posts.
This is what has you, all in a snit? I have not taken a 'poll' to find out what anyone 'knows'... Personally, I am sick of all the bitching about Sessions, when only the people, those he supervises, knows what he is doing... and they are NOT talking. Session is anti-leaking and he has stated he will not discuss ongoing investigations... Very few people really know what is actually going on inside the Attorney Generals office. Most especially those that have nothing better to do than to bitch out Sessions.
I happen to think Sessions has a massive job, just to reinstate 'law and order' in a corrupt 'just-us' department. Which was corrupted back to the days of the Clintons, and NO republican did squat about Hillry when she was co-president. When was the last time Mueller said anything in public? I have no clue IF he is good or bad, and IF his hearts desire is to follow the law and order without paying out political favors...
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/trump-robert-mueller-fbi-director-interview/index.html ..... What does it say that President Trump interview Mueller the day before he was tapped to be 'special counsel'....???
I like that kooky site thanks.
/Pol/ is full of LARPers but when it’s right it’s spot on to the level that the NSA shuts down its servers for hours and scrubs them accurate.
Sigh. I disagree with your assessment. I dont have a problem with people who disagree with me except for a select few that I can name
Btw .look at lakesharks history for example and his crazy attacks on me
But hey..believe what you want
Trump doesnt have a problem with sessions.so says someone with sources
You are so right. I wouldn’t have commented on this thread, but with LS not even posting she was on here bad mouthing him. This is really not in good form for most of us, but evidently, how she rolls. I do think that her point is to stop good debate. I wonder who she really is?
/Pol/ is a rough crowd with essentially no moderation. If you ever post on it, don’t be surprised if people call you a N***** or tell you to kill yourself.
True.
You can debate all you want. Start with the debate of whether Mueller is working with trump
And should he be fired
And is he outside the scope with manafort
I am not stoppingvyou
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