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EXCLUSIVE: Dem Super-Lobbyist Podesta Got $170K To End US Sanctions On Russian Bank
Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | March 6, 2017 | Richard Pollock

Posted on 03/07/2017 4:59:08 AM PST by kevcol

Democrat super-lobbyist Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period last year to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s economic sanctions against that country, The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned.

Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

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1 posted on 03/07/2017 4:59:08 AM PST by kevcol
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To: kevcol

2 posted on 03/07/2017 4:59:35 AM PST by kevcol
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To: kevcol

BWA HA HA HA


3 posted on 03/07/2017 5:00:56 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon)
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To: kevcol

January 20th was just the beginning. Heads are going to explode at an ever increasing rate.


4 posted on 03/07/2017 5:05:28 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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The Podesta angle in this must be investigated.

After she lost, the furious Hillary horse-whipped her 2016 campaign chair, John Podesta, into action. Podesta came charging out of the gate like Greased Lightning, galloping at breakneck speed, sweating it out, desperate to make Hillary look like a "victim."

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John Podesta Op-Ed: Washington Post post-election op-ed / FR POSTED by by ColdOne

PODESTA: The more we learn about the Russian plot to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s campaign and elect Donald Trump, and the failure of the FBI to adequately respond, the more shocking it gets. The former acting director of the CIA has called the Russian cyberattack “the political equivalent of 9/11.” Just as after the real 9/11, we need a robust, independent investigation into what went wrong inside the government and how to better protect our country in the future.

As the former chair of the Clinton campaign and a direct target of Russian hacking, I understand just how serious this is. So I was surprised to read in the New York Times that when the FBI discovered the Russian attack in September 2015, it failed to (Excerpt) Read more of Podesta at washingtonpost.com ...

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WikiLeaks: Tax Form Reveals Hillary's campaign chair, John Podesta,
Continued Ties to Russian Energy Company After Claiming He Divested

LINK http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/31/wikileaks-tax- form-reveals-john-podesta- continued-ties-to-russian-energy-company-after- claiming-he-divested/

PODESTA'S LUCRATIVE RUSSIAN CONNECTIONS--- A leaked Jan. 3, 2014 document shows that Podesta transferred more than 25,000 of 75,000 shares of Joule Technologies---a Russian-connected firm---to Leonidio Holdings LLC.

Leonidio Holdings, LLC, is listed w/ an address at his daughter's Megan Rouse’s Shannon Court home in Dublin, California. Rouse operates Megan Rouse Financial Planning from that same address.

The inference is to money laundering, perhaps tax evasion. Suggests that Megan Rouse's father, John Podesta, hid stocks connected to Russia. Documents show that Podesta received 75,000 shares of Joule Unlimited Technologies......an outfit which was linked to alleged money laundering by the Russian government, according to media reports.

The Center for American Progress (CAP) was started in 2003 by John Podesta, Bill Clinton's onetime Chief of Staff; Podesta led Obama’s presidential transition team after 2008 and was Hillary’s 2016 campaign manager.

5 posted on 03/07/2017 5:24:47 AM PST by Liz (DNC Chair Perez's new Democrat slogan: Join us, or we'll sue Trump. W w)
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To: Mr. Douglas

“January 20th was just the beginning.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEA7fQhJy84


6 posted on 03/07/2017 5:25:53 AM PST by PGalt (HOORAY President Donald J. Trump)
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Somebody out there has SO much stuff on Podesta this is the gift that’s going to keep giving and giving for a decade or more.


7 posted on 03/07/2017 5:27:06 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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PODESTA DECONSTRUCTED---A leaked Jan. 3, 2014 document shows that Podesta transferred more than 25,000 of 75,000 shares of Joule Technologies---a Russian-connected firm---to Leonidio Holdings LLC......listed w/ an address at his daughter's Megan Rouse’s Shannon Court home in Dublin, California. Rouse operates Megan Rouse Financial Planning from that same address. The inference is to money laundering, perhaps tax evasion. Suggests that Megan Rouse's father, John Podesta, hid stocks connected to Russia.

Conspiring w/ a family member to hide income, launder illicit money, and evade taxes is a known scam---uncovered by the IRS in the UBS investigation.

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IRS REFERENCE Offshore Tax-Avoidance and IRS Compliance Efforts

The IRS continues to uncover abusive tax-avoidance schemes involving offshore activity pertaining to Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) investigation.

SOURCE---https://www.irs.gov/uac/offshore-tax-avoidance-and-irs-compliance-efforts

8 posted on 03/07/2017 5:35:30 AM PST by Liz (DNC Chair Perez's new Democrat slogan: Join us, or we'll sue Trump. W w)
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To: GOPJ; ExTexasRedhead; Jane Long; MinuteGal; jsanders2001; V K Lee; HarleyLady27; ...

ping


9 posted on 03/07/2017 5:37:52 AM PST by Liz (DNC Chair Perez's new Democrat slogan: Join us, or we'll sue Trump. W w)
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To: kevcol

That’s Tony in the middle, but who are the guys on either side?

BTW, nice tie, Tony!


10 posted on 03/07/2017 5:43:01 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: kevcol

Why is Spock violating the Prime Directive and engaging with someone from this century?


11 posted on 03/07/2017 5:46:08 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Fresh Wind

The one on the right is that odd bird Congresswoman Delario, or something like that.

The one on the left looks very similar to the Russian ambassador.

Not sure.


12 posted on 03/07/2017 5:46:50 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/13/wikileaks-bombshell-john-podesta-owned-75000-shares-putin-connected-energy-company/


13 posted on 03/07/2017 6:04:01 AM PST by scooby321 (o even lower)
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To: Liz

Thanks again, Liz!


14 posted on 03/07/2017 8:10:41 AM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: kevcol
His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments...

Someone needs to look into this...

15 posted on 03/07/2017 9:10:53 AM PST by GOPJ ("Acting' is the art of lying convincingly. Outside of Hollywood that's 'con-men' stuff..)
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To: kevcol

And while he did this, he was also head of Team Clinton.

Clearly a conflict of interest. This is a real anti-Podesta story, as opposed to the other recent ‘net BS. Simply put, Podesta is slime, for real, not rumor.

Mr. Trump should simply tell all the cabinet secretaries that ant business, country, etc. the employs Mr. Podesta “loses” ant appeal he makes.


16 posted on 03/07/2017 10:45:06 AM PST by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: kevcol

TYPOS FIXED.

And while he did this, he was also head of Team Clinton.

Clearly a conflict of interest. This is a real anti-Podesta story, as opposed to the other recent ‘net BS. Simply put, Podesta is slime, for real, not rumor.

Mr. Trump should simply tell all the cabinet secretaries that any business, country, etc. the employs Mr. Podesta “loses” any appeal he makes.


17 posted on 03/07/2017 10:46:44 AM PST by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: kevcol; Liz
I want to know WHY IN THE HELL IS THIS NOT THE HEADLINE OF (AT LEAST) THE CONSERVATIVE MEDIA? THIS NEEDS TO BE SHOUTED FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOPS AND I HAVEN'T HEAR A PEEP ABOUT IT ON FOX NEWS OR RADIO!

I would think that Drudge would at least headline it in red!

18 posted on 03/07/2017 6:03:03 PM PST by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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