Now the question becomes which members of congress were lobbied by these guys??? LOL
My question #1: Who was the Secretary of State being influenced by this, if true?
This is rather interesting.
Mueller is alleging that payments to offshore companies - they may or may not be just accounts, but regardless, they are companies under the laws of the countries they are in - are somehow reportable as personal income.
Now that’s hard to prove. All the major corporations of this country have trillions parked offshore that’s income to offshore corporations they control. How that money comes home can be complicated, and may or may not be taxable.
Manafort most likely structured transactions in a way that he, his accountants and attorneys thought was legitimate if somewhat of a stretch. Companies push the envelope like that all the time.
And this is why 5 or 6 years ago - when all of this happened - Mueller did nothing. He knows all that.
So this indictment is just a hail mary move on his part to A) take the heat off Hillary and b) keep his own gig going, since most everyone see’s that it’s a con.
Five years came and went and Mr. Mueller just now discovers that payments in kind from offshore companies should be reported a different way then what he would like?
Tell Tim Cook.
Haiti and Panama Papers...
Former Secretary of State and Democratic 2016 Presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton condemned “outrageous tax havens and loopholes ... in Panama and elsewhere” at a Pennsylvania AFL–CIO event. Clinton added that “some of this behavior is clearly against the law, and everyone who violates the law anywhere should be held accountable”, but it was “scandalous how much is actually legal”. Clinton promised that “We are going after all these scams and make sure everyone pays their fair share here in America.”
This doesn’t seem to be going toward Trump.
So someone from the Trump campaign was colluding with lobbying firms connected with the Clinton campaign?
Manifort is not an idiot. He knows exactly who put him under this scrutiny...
I am less surprised by this news than by the fact that
NBC would report it.
So who are the principals of Mercury Public Affairs?
As soon as the Dems realize this is backfiring they will DEMAND that Trump fires Mueller!
Then it only follows that ‘Company C’ is the Clinton Charity/Slush fund, Right? RIGHT?!?!
*Rolleyes*
How do you say “ Oh crap!” in Ukrainian?
“pro-Russia Ukranian political party”
fake stream media found a way to get the word “russian” in a story about Ukraine ...
Nothing to do with Trump if true.
CNN’s breathless hysterical reporting seems to overlook the Podesta angle. I don’t normally watch CNN but I was at the doctors office today.
“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.”
Clarification: 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 [PRO-Russia/PRO-Putin elements within] the Ukranian government.
They were BEGGING for an investigation and now they don’t like the outcome?
Cry.Me.A.River.
[FLASHBACK]
Hillary Clinton on Ukraine: Russia behaving like Nazi Germany
MAR 5, 2014
BY JAKE MILLER | CBS News
EXCERPT:
The former secretary of state, speaking at a private fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Long Beach, said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to occupy Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula under the pretext of protecting ethnic Russians there is similar to “what Hitler did back in the 1930s.” (The Los Angeles News Group posted an audio recording of Clinton’s remarks on Wednesday.)