Posted on 11/01/2017 7:54:05 AM PDT by Trump_vs_Evil_Witch
A big-shot lobbyist and Democratic donor has gotten caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation because of his firm's ties to the lobbying organization led by President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Tony Podesta, who stepped down from his position as the head of the lobbying firm the Podesta Group on Monday, reportedly worked with Manafort's lobbying firm that had sought to ease the Obama administration's tough stance toward Ukraine's Russian-backed government.
He is now being investigated by Mueller for failing to properly disclose these efforts to regulators.
The Mueller investigation had initially only delved into the Podesta Group's activities to gather facts on Manafort, whose indictment was announced yesterday, but then began to investigate the Podesta Group itself after it became apparent that it had failed to disclose that it was lobbying in the US on behalf of a foreign actor, a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates were also charged with failing to disclose their activities to FARA regulators, in addition to several other federal offenses.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Hardly sounds like someone running scared, does it, so maybe he does have immunity as George Webb claimed yesterday. Here’s a piece from Slate stating they actually HOPE he’s indicted, because they claim it wouldn’t lead to anything else, and gives Mueller the much needed cover of impartiality:
Have to scroll down to the third article, stupid slate.com...
Thanks to Thinden for finding these interesting pics.
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