just thought about this..04 bush regime did he know about this?
Good question. This is an interesting article that helps with the timeline of when Bubba got involved and flew to meet the leader of Kazakhstan. How could ‘W’ not know?
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/us/politics/31donor.html
The next article discusses the corruption charges of James Giffen who was an advisor for Nazarbayev the leader of Kazakhstan. While charges were under way with James Griffin and corruption with Na arbayev, the Bush’s invited Nazarbayev for dinner. This is a quote from the article.
“Mr. Giffen’s lawyers say he cannot be found guilty of bribing a foreign government because his activities were part of his official duties as an adviser to the Kazakh government and they received the blessing of senior American officials who regularly debriefed him on his activities.
That contention has prompted a blizzard of motions, memorandums and filings between the federal government and Mr. Giffen’s lawyers. Federal prosecutors have sought to block Mr. Giffen’s access to documents on the grounds that disclosing them could breach national security interests.”
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/business/yourmoney/05giffen.html
So, my opinion - yes, everyone knew what was going on. How much and why, that’s a lot to be revealed.