Tony Podesta Threatens Tucker Carlson After Bombshell Report On Russian Influence Peddling

Zero Point Now ^ | 10/31/2017

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Tony Podesta has reportedly threatened Fox’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” hours after resigning from his role at the Podesta Group – a D.C. lobbying firm accused by a former executive of pedaling Russian influence along with fellow lobbyist and short-lived Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

Tony Podesta threatened "Tucker Carlson Tonight" after resigning. Wanted our reporting shutdown. #Tucker @FoxNews

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 31, 2017

Watch:

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Manfort was indicted over the weekend on 12 counts ranging from tax fraud, money laundering and giving false statements between 2006 and 2015, and is currently under house arrest after turning himself over to the FBI Monday – fueling speculation as to whether Tony Podesta’s sudden departure from his firm is connected.

Of note, Monday’s indictment lists “Company A” and “Company B” as firms involved in the investigation – which NBC reports are the Podesta Group and D.C. Public Relations firm Mercury Public Affairs.

Last week Carlson reported that Tony Podesta is a central figure in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Directly after his report, Carlson’s show was contacted by a former long-time executive of the Podesta Group with “direct personal knowledge” of Tony Podesta’s questionable activities, which Carlson divulged the next evening.

While the nature of Podesta’s threat has not been made public, Carlson later tweeted “We’re confident the Mueller probe will reveal a lot more about Tony Podesta’s lobbying practices in the near future.”

We're confident the Mueller probe will reveal a lot more about Tony Podesta's lobbying practices in the near future #Tucker @FoxNews

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 31, 2017

To review

After meeting with the former Podesta Group executive who has been “extensively” interviewed by Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel, Tucker Carlson Tonight relayed several highly troubling aspects of the Tony Podesta’s relationship with business associate and fellow lobbyist, Paul Manafort.

According to the former Podesta Group executive, Manafort and Tony Podesta were running a Russian influence-peddling racket up and down Washington D.C., bringing a “parade” of Russian oligarchs to congress for meetings. Podesta was also “Basically part of the Clinton Foundation,” meeting regularly to discuss the now-infamous Uranium One deal.

Highlights, as previously reported (video below):

• Lobbyist and temporary Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is at the center of the Russia probe – however the scope of the investigation has broadened to include his activities prior to the 2016 election.
• Manafort worked with the Podesta Group since at least 2011 on behalf of Russian interests, and was at the Podesta Group offices “all the time, at least once a month,” peddling Russian influence through a shell group called the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU).
• Manafort brought a “parade” of Russian oligarchs to congress for meetings with members and their staffs, however, the Russia’s “central effort” was the Obama Administration.
• In 2013, John Podesta recommended that Tony hire David Adams, Hillary Clinton’s chief adviser at the State Department, giving them a “direct liaison” between the group’s Russian clients and Hillary Clinton’s State Department.
• In late 2013 or early 2014, Tony Podesta and a representative for the Clinton Foundation met to discuss how to help Uranium One – the Russian owned company that controls 20 percent of American Uranium Production – and whose board members gave over $100 million to the Clinton Foundation.
• “Tony Podesta was basically part of the Clinton Foundation.”
• Believing she would win the 2016 election, Russia considered the Podesta Group’s connection to Hillary highly valuable.
• Podesta Group is a nebulous organization with no board oversight and all financial decisions made by Tony Podesta. Carlson’s source said payments and kickbacks could be hard for investigators to trace, describing it as a “highly secret treasure trove.” One employee’s only official job was to manage Tony Podesta’s art collection, which could be used to conceal financial transactions.

Former Podesta Group Exec: Paul Manafort was in PG offices "all the time" representing Russian political and business interests. #RussiaGate pic.twitter.com/6dFB1MJRdP

— ZeroPointNow (@ZeroPointNow) October 25, 2017

"Tony Podesta was basically part of the Clinton Foundation," Podesta Group may be concealing financial transactions through art collection. pic.twitter.com/yyyo57THMJ

— ZeroPointNow (@ZeroPointNow) October 25, 2017

[treetopsandroofs]

Next week, Tony P will report receiving death threats.

[M Kehoe]

I would take a threat from Tony or his brother very seriously.

5.56mm

[silverleaf]

Given the theme of Tony’s “ art” it is not improbable he was moving not just lewd pictures of S&M torture and kids being abused and passed off as “ art”
Check out art images from his favorite artist “ Anna Gaskell”

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/apr/20/usa.world

[Heart of Georgia]

‘John Podesta recommended that Tony hire David Adams, Hillary Clinton’s chief adviser at the State Department, giving them a “direct liaison” between the group’s Russian clients and Hillary Clinton’s State Department.’

So they want us to believe that SOS Clinton was an innocent bystander while the Podesta’s and David Adams plotted?

When all is said and done, we need a book that exposes the treachery of the clintons ... call it What [Really] Happened.

[a little elbow grease]

“Hey Tucker, does the name Vince Foster ring a bell?” ;-)

****

Tucker, do you remember the story of Kathleen Willey's cat?

[Taiku]

The last paragraph of the letter is very interesting. Can someone unilaterally declare his letter confidential and a breach of the Copyrite Act, forbidding its dissemination?

Now to paraphrase Andrew Jackson, let them try to enforce it....

[Heart of Georgia]

‘Believing she would win the 2016 election, Russia considered the Podesta Group’s connection to Hillary highly valuable.’

And then Russia decided to sabotage their established connection by helping Donald Trump win.

[Heart of Georgia]

I read a lot of what I would call “depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is” in there — such as ‘Manafort did not regularly attend meetings’ would depend on what the definitions of ‘regularly’, ‘attend’, and ‘meetings’ are.

Also, Tucker didn’t say the ECMU was a ‘sham’ as the letter states. He called it a ‘shell group.’

[Ann Archy]

I thought Tony QUIT the Podesta Group.....What a freaking joke.

[FreedomPoster]

Not only No, but hell no. And last night Tucker basically laughed in their faces and doubled down.

[buffaloguy]

The pressure on the press by Obama and his minions has been stronger than anyone can remember and it may still as strong as then. Tucker just broke out of the pack. Let’s see what happens with other news operations.

[Lurker]

For later.

L

[Political Junkie Too]

Can someone unilaterally declare his letter confidential and a breach of the Copyright Act, forbidding its dissemination?

I thought only creative works are protected by the Copyright Act, such as literature, music, scripts, dance, art, etc., but not legal pleadings.

I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like they are treating this as a binding contract simply because Carlson received it. I can't tell where both parties agreed to the confidential nature of it.

It would seem to me, as a legal matter Carlson has complete control of his own legal actions, and this other party cannot make summary blanket statements as to what Carlson can or cannot do on his own legal behalf.

-PJ

[JimRed]

What exactly was the threat? I see “Wanted our reporting shutdown.”

Oh, OK...”While the nature of Podesta’s threat has not been made public”...

The hook for a later broadcast. I’d watch.

[JimRed]

And then, the letter.

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[vette6387]

“I’d love to see a poll somewhere as to which Podesta brother is creepier.”

Well Tony Podesta reminds me of Frank Sinatra in his later years when he had a fat face, and his brother John looks like Elmer Gantry with a big schnozz! So take your pick, they are both creeps, but then you would have to be to be associated with the Clitons

[Sam Gamgee]

What they will do if they ever had a successful suit, is claim “malice” against Tucker, because by airing it on TV he was “shaming” the Podestas.

[T-Bone Texan]

5 words, Tucker: “The Boys On The Tracks”.

[a little elbow grease]

“The Boys On The Tracks”.

___________

Oh yes.

Keywords: Mena Airport, Barry Seal, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Asa Hutchinson, drug running, gun running, Iran-Contra, Fahmy Malak, Rose Law Firm, Dan Harmon. And that's just a few of them.

Those were the bad old days. (Barry Seal was quite a colorful character.)