Posted on 09/29/2019 3:24:00 AM PDT by Enlightened1
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation of two prominent lobbyists that was spun off from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe has concluded without charges.
Justice Department lawyers recently informed representatives for Tony Podesta and former Rep. Vin Weber that they have ended the investigation.
Their unregistered lobbying work for pro-Russia Ukrainian interests had come under investigation first by Mueller and later by federal prosecutors in New York.
Weber lawyer Robert Trout says he and his client are “obviously” pleased with the outcome.
The move, first reported by The Washington Post, follows the acquittal of prominent Washington lawyer Greg Craig. He had been accused of misleading the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan declined to comment.
(Excerpt) Read more at wbng.com ...
Ukraine this and Ukraine that for a week now
Meanwhile the DOJ closed their case on the Podesta brothers
PIZZA-GATE has officially been covered up
WE live in a BANANA REPUBLIC....our Justice Dept. is now the "JUST US" dept.!
We are getting played!
This is some left over Mueller investigation. When Mueller pardoned Tony Podesta in 2017 on everything. Which was expected. This isn’t the the new investigations which will take a long ass time before we see any results
Cambridge firm scores big backing to produce mystery ethanol-maker. Alternative fuel maker Joule Unlimited Inc. has raised $30 million in venture funding, the largest such deal this year for a clean technology company in New England, according to the National Venture Capital Association.The company, which is based in Cambridge, declined to name the investors, but said the money will be used to help produce its fossil fuel substitutes in larger quantities. Formerly known as Joule Biotechnologies, the firm said it will also begin making what chief executive Bill Sims described as a “high quality’’ diesel fuel. (Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
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Newly Released Mueller Document Suggests Dem Power Broker Tony Podesta Misled Federal Investigators
Law and Crime ^ | 3:44 pm, September 15th, 2018 | Colin Kalmbacher / FR Posted by E. Pluribus Unum
The office of special counsel Robert Mueller just released a document which appears to show that longtime Democratic Party power broker Tony Podesta misled federal investigators when questioned about his obligations, and how he understood them, under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
The document is dated March 31, 2017 and was released late Saturday morning in line with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request initiated by the New York Times‘ Kenneth Vogel. Taking the form of a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Security Division and addressed to Podesta’s attorney Matthew T. Sanderson, the document reads, in relevant part:
In conclusion, we have determined that Podesta must register under FARA, because the firm’s activities on behalf of the [European Centre For a Modern Ukraine (ECFMU)] constitute “political activities” as defined under the Act and were conducted at the order, request, or under the direction or control of a foreign principal…in furtherance of, and for the purpose of influencing, U.S. government officials and sections of the public within the United States, with reference to the political or public interests, policies or relations of a foreign government or foreign political party.
The document continues, noting, “the principal beneficiary of the political activities conducted within the United States was the Ukrainian government and/or the [pro-Russian] Party of Regions.” (Excerpt) Read more at lawandcrime.com ...
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By Jim Hoft February 24, 2019
Paul Manafort Indicted and in Solitary Confinement While Hillary and Creepy Podesta Brothers Run Free –
Manafort Worked for Podestas!
Robert Mueller filed under seal, an 800-page redacted sentencing memo on Paul Manafort in the Washington D.C case ahead of the midnight deadline and was ordered to release it by corrupt Obama judge Amy Berman Jackson.Mueller said in the sentencing memo that Paul Manafort “repeatedly and brazenly” violated the law for over a decade. Mueller also accused Manafort in engaging in witness tampering while on bail, perjuring himself and making false statements. Last Friday, Robert Mueller issued a sentencing memo in the Virginia case recommending Paul Manafort, who will turn 70 in April, serve between 19.5 to 24.5 years in prison. In other words, Paul Manafort should die in prison for the crime of associating with Donald Trump — the crimes Manafort is being charged with were dug up by the criminal and corrupt Andrew Weissmann as revenge.
The Virginia sentencing memo also recommends Manafort pay a fine of up to $24 million, restitution of more than $24 million and forfeiture in the amount of more than $4 million, reported CBS. The corrupt and criminal Obama-appointed Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled last week that Paul Manafort intentionally lied to Mueller and the FBI and voided his plea deal. Paul Manafort faces an additional maximum of 10 years in prison in the D.C. case, however, Mueller did not offer a specific recommendation for how much time Manafort should serve in the memo released Saturday. Paul Manafort is scheduled to be sentenced March 8th in the Virginia case and March 13th in the Washington D.C. case.
The case in Washington D.C. involves Manafort’s illegal lobbying on behalf of Ukrainian interests — these are the same ‘crimes’ Tony Podesta committed (failing to file a FARA form) yet Tony Podesta was allowed to retroactively file a FARA form for his work in Ukraine then Mueller granted him immunity.
The Podesta’s are surprisingly not even mentioned in Mueller’s filing – Manafort worked with the Podesta brothers in the Ukraine. John Podesta was Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Manager. Manafort was President Trump’s Campaign Manager for a couple months. Manafort and the Podesta’s brought a number of individuals to the Ukraine in an effort to support their candidate. It’s unknown how much these visitors were paid by the Podesta’s and Manafort’s Ukrainian candidate or if they filed the correct forms with the US government for visiting there.
Hillary visited the Ukraine – as did Chelsea. Corrupt cop Mueller was a guest as well –
According to a new report by Bloomberg, New York prosecutors have put together a criminal case against Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort that they could quickly file if Trump were to issue him a presidential pardon. Will they do the same for the Podesta brothers? We all know the answer to that. The US today is clearly a two-tiered system of justice. One set of laws for the Clintons, Obama and their corrupt accomplices and one for the rest of America.
they murdered so many, but apparently
only on orders from the DEEP STATE.
short of CW2, podesta and comey are free
to continue pedophagia and treason unabated.
Just my humble opinion but we are at war now. These legal skirmishes have become irrelevant.
And I don’t LIKE IT! Pretty much lost faith in any REAL justice being done......they are ALL CORRUPT as HELL!
The left acts with impunity for good reason.
Of course it ends without charges.
I expected nothing more.
All Hail Wm. Barr.
Still curious as to why he would shut down his whole lobbying firm - the most powerful one in DC
“This isn’t the the new investigations which will take a long ass time before we see any results”
Like ‘Until the twelveth of never’
Wasn’t that a Johnny Mathis song?
“This isn’t the the new investigations which will take a long ass time before we see any results.”
Like ‘Until the twelveth of never’
Wasn’t that a Johnny Mathis song?
It hadn’t anything to do with Podesta brothers pedophilia. It was related to working with Russian leaning interests in Ukraine without registering.
DOJ in NY incompetently brought their case against Greg Craig and having lost, they are closing out similar cases. But these cases were shoddy to begin with having been put together under Mueller. They were brought only because Mueller’s biased attorneys had their sights trained on Manafort.
The move, first reported by The Washington Post, follows the acquittal of prominent Washington lawyer Greg Craig. He had been accused of misleading the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine.
Thanks, Liz.
I was going to post .... while Manafort still sits in prison.
Hi.
“the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan declined to comment.”
There has to be a comment. Why? Because Paul Manafort is in jail and he was partners with these guys at the time.
5.56mm
When the real war starts to take back this country ,call it a civil war if you like, we’re going to have to be ready to give up everything. Are you,and by that I mean everybody,to give everything you own and worked for,your apparent freedom,lives and family? Otherwise don’t start it. I’m doing well but I would give it up to fight for liberty if I knew that I was not alone. Because those chains of tyranny are starting to get uncomfortable resting on me.
These DOJ prosecutors are as worthless as tits on a boar!!
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