Jesse Helms: . ."the first lady's two brothers were involved in a nut-growing venture with a crooked Georgian warlord, whose goal is to overthrow our friend and ally, President Eduard Shevardnadze. Worse still, the Rodham brothers' partner in this venture was a man named Grigory Loutchansky, and we'll hear about him later today, a known organized-crime figure involved in the smuggling of nuclear materials.Now, the question is inevitable: Why would the Rodhams do business with a thug like Loutchansky? A better question, I guess, is why wouldn't they? After all, Loutchansky was invited to attend a 1995 fundraiser you know where, and he had his picture with the president in 1993.
And I guess that's the one over there. Loutchansky was invited to that fundraiser the same year the president went to Moscow and called for, quote, "an all-out battle to create a market based on law, and not lawlessness." In uttering that worthy phrase, while simultaneously consorting with a corrupt figure like Loutchansky, surely it sends the wrong signal to President Yeltsin and Russian leaders of today.
Now then, how can the United States ask Russian government officials not to consort with such criminals at home, when our own president and vice president appear to have done so? "
This is interesting. When I first clicked on the thread article I reminded my husband of the Rodham hazelnut "business" and how I always thought it was an obvious money laundering scheme. Then I scroll down and see that they were dealing directly with this Loutchansky!!!