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Tony Podesta Resigns from Podesta Group as Mueller Probe Heats Up
breitbart ^ | KRISTINA WONG

Posted on 10/30/2017 12:57:04 PM PDT by davikkm

Democratic “power lobbyist” Tony Podesta is resigning from the Podesta Group, after coming under investigation by FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Politico reported Monday. “Podesta announced his decision during a firm-wide meeting Monday morning and is alerting clients of his impending departure,” Politico reported. Podesta’s brother, John Podesta, served as chairman of Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

The news came just hours after Mueller charged lobbyist and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his partner Rick Gates with 12 counts related to alleged money laundering, tax evasion, violating lobbying rules, and making false statements.

The charges were related to work they did for former pro-Russia Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Russian party “Party of Regions.” Manafort had organized a public relations campaign on behalf of a pro-Russian non-profit called European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU), and the Podesta Group was one of several firms who worked on that campaign to promote Ukraine in the United States.

The Podesta Group belatedly filed paperwork with the Justice Department in April stating it had done work for the campaign, which benefited the Party of Regions. The Podesta Group said at the time it believed its client was a European think tank untethered to a political party, according to Politico.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201705; 201710; democrats; ecmu; manafort; mueller; partyofregions; podesta; podestagroup; rickgates; trumprussia; ukraine; yanukovyich
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1 posted on 10/30/2017 12:57:04 PM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Comey is writing his speech exonerating Podesta now.


2 posted on 10/30/2017 12:57:35 PM PDT by davikkm
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To: davikkm

Gee, Wally, I wonder why?........................


3 posted on 10/30/2017 12:59:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: davikkm

When is his evil cadaver brother, John, going to be exposed for the devil-worshiper he is? An announcement on Halloween would be appropriate.


4 posted on 10/30/2017 1:00:24 PM PDT by txrefugee
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Who gives a ####?

That won’t get him indicted.


5 posted on 10/30/2017 1:01:58 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: davikkm

Hey Tony....what’s cooking?


6 posted on 10/30/2017 1:03:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: davikkm

Have the Feds grabbed his passport yet?

Talk about a flight risk....


7 posted on 10/30/2017 1:13:37 PM PDT by ASOC (If you're forced to give a man a fish, he eats one day. Deport him and you'll never feed him again.)
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To: davikkm

Notice the Commie media(Not even Fox News) mentions Podesta at all..its ALL about Manafort and how bad this looks for Trump even though Manafort was in the campaign for 3 months only to stop Ted Cruz from stealing Trump’s delegates..HELLO URANIUM ONE, apparently giving 20 percent of our Uranium is NO BIG DEAL


8 posted on 10/30/2017 1:13:43 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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I can only watch FBN during the day and early evening. They mention the U1 and Clinton/Russian Dossier. During the day FNC is worthless.
9 posted on 10/30/2017 1:16:47 PM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

they will get their liberal base all frothed up about manafort for about a day. Ratings and all, right now they just got speculation on the others.


10 posted on 10/30/2017 1:21:13 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
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To: davikkm
You know, the more I think about this, the more I'm thinking that Clinton and her minions have a lot more to worry about than at first glance.

Manifort is not an idiot. He knows exactly who put him under this scrutiny...

11 posted on 10/30/2017 1:29:17 PM PDT by Magnatron
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Yeh any day now the Podesta’s will be indicted. (Sarc)


12 posted on 10/30/2017 1:30:16 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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13 posted on 10/30/2017 1:41:46 PM PDT by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: davikkm

Comey claims that Manafort had “intent” while Podesta had no “intent” — so don’t prosecute the Democrat! /s


14 posted on 10/30/2017 1:43:01 PM PDT by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Twitter points out there are 4 sealed case numbers between Gp and manafort...something like 182 to 201..


15 posted on 10/30/2017 1:44:45 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: davikkm

Isn’t Tony Podesta the one who has the bizarre art collection of monsters molesting children?


16 posted on 10/30/2017 1:49:21 PM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, Conservative by principle.)
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To: davikkm

I guess this makes his involvement “old news” and “already litigated.” :)


17 posted on 10/30/2017 1:53:43 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: davikkm

Comey is writing his speech exonerating Podesta now.

I think the word “matter” is going to be used a lot in the coming days.


18 posted on 10/30/2017 2:03:22 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Selling 20 percent of our Uranium . . . for $145 million to the Clinton Crime Family Foundation.


19 posted on 10/30/2017 3:04:38 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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So it looks like Manafort and Podesta will be the pieces removed from the political chess board.


20 posted on 10/30/2017 3:35:05 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.” - DJT)
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