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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There are 4 mystery sealed indictments that may or may not be related
Oops..inarticulate..not indictments...cases..which could be anything..
You have no sources at all. And you will not listen to evidence.
This thing is passing you by.
We know that Sessions has recused himself concerning all matters Hillary. So we know Sessions is not doing those things.
And people should complain about that.
Sure i have sources for information..not inside sources..or media sources or federal employee sources. NONE
Exactly what evidence am I not listening to?
Was Podesta registered as a foreign agent?
Cant answer. There are only certain things that interested me. Cant tell you much on flynn or podesta..
Except both podestas are creepy
Then why go after Podesta?
Oh, just about everything that is popping out today all around you.
You continue to harangue LS when he is proven more correct every minute.
You refuse to believe that Mueller could end up being a good guy. I will wait and see - and LS always says that he could be wrong. But he hasn’t been wrong yet.
So bookmark this thread. IMO, the person who is running the most risk of looking like a fool in a few weeks is you, not LS.
exactly... With specificity..what evidence am I ignoring..if you mean some poster claiming Mueller is working for trump in some kind of alliance when legally he shouldn’t be..yep.dont believe it.
.what else do you have with specificity.
I have someone evidence for you. THE SNITCH was just in london. Professor in charging doc was from london.
Charging doc wording indicates what sometimes is wearing a wire
What evidence relating to your claim about the trump/mueller alliance was possibly being gathered in London...just days before charge is unsealed
The evidence is piling up all around you as we speak.
Maybe start with the Trump interview of Mueller and go from there.
But you have a preconceived vision of reality that no evidence will allow you to see different possibilities.
I wait and see. You, without any evidence and only with conjecture, discount arguably our most famous FReeper as “some poster”.
I’m just giving you friendly feedback - and it will be the last feedback I give you - that your unsourced conjecture is only that, and really gives no basis for the tirades you have been on today.
You mean interview of Mueller before he started turning the screws..yep..ignoring it..no alliance based on that
I repeat. .legally there should no alliance
what else with specificity
New info out tonight about bannon that totally negates your theory.
Of course..the stories might not be true
Btw.if the bannon story is true..and thats a big if..former wh ethics guy says he is breaking law
Btw.if the bannon story is true..and thats a big if..former wh ethics guy says he is breaking law
Former white house ethics guy? I’m sorry but bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
What former ethics guy is this? bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Please. stop. You believe a former white house ethics guy? Really? Yeah, all that ethic-ing in the former white house.
Painter provides the statute
what are you talking about?
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