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Democrat Mississippi Senate hopeful misled about $750G lobbying contract with African despot
Fox News ^ | November 15, 2018 | Lukas Mikelionis

Posted on 11/26/2018 6:02:51 PM PST by george76

Mike Espy who is seeking to unseat appointed U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and serve the last two years of the six-year term vacated when Republican Thad Cochran retired for health reasons

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A Democratic Senate hopeful in Mississippi cashed in $750,000 after lobbying on behalf of an African despot currently on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.

Mike Espy, a former lobbyist and U.S. agriculture secretary under President Bill Clinton, is running against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was appointed as a temporary successor to longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran after his retirement in April.

Neither Hyde-Smith nor Espy managed to break the required 50 percent of the vote last week, forcing a Nov. 27 runoff election which has largely been forgotten in the wake of Florida's electoral aftermath chaos. Espy lost to the Republican by less than one point.

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Espy was paid $750,000 in 2011 by then Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s government. The payment appears to contradict Espy’s previous statements that he accepted just a portion of it.

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according to a FARA Supplemental Statement filed with the Department of Justice in 2011, not only did Espy collect the full $750,000 figure, he also dropped the contract just 15 days before it was supposed to end, contradicting his comments.

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Espy represented the African ruler who lost the 2010 election, but refused to concede to his opponent, unleashing extrajudicial killings, torture, and rape of his political opponents, according to the U.S. State Department.

He’s currently being tried at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

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Under the Gbagbo regime, the Ivory Coast’s cocoa industry was condemned due to rampant child labor and slaves as young as seven years-old.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; blackkk; cindyhydesmith; cochran; election2018; election2020; espy; fraud; ivorycoast; laurentgbagbo; mikeespy; mississippi; thadcochran

1 posted on 11/26/2018 6:02:51 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

After all the fraud done this pass election by the rats the republican doesn’t have a prayer! Watch a recount come to the mix after tomorrow night’s tally!! The evil mediaVOMITS aren’t working overtime smearing this lady as a racist for nothing!! THE FIX IS IN!!


2 posted on 11/26/2018 6:08:27 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: george76

Corruption? Graft? Child slavery? Nothing to see here. Because Democrat.


3 posted on 11/26/2018 6:09:17 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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Was Espy able to get Jesse Jackson in on the deal with the Ivory Coast president?

4 posted on 11/26/2018 6:20:46 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Based on the facial expression on the pure as the driven snow Jacksons face he and Gbagbo were still off by a few hundred thousand dollars in negotiations.


5 posted on 11/26/2018 6:28:28 PM PST by DAC21
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Espy's got Spartacus Booker on his team.


6 posted on 11/26/2018 6:31:30 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: RoseofTexas

She will win easily and past the amount where the election can be stolen.


7 posted on 11/26/2018 6:36:23 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: Liz

Was Espy able to get Jesse Jackson in on the deal with the Ivory Coast president?

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The righteous reverend jackson prolly received his standard “tithe” from espy.


8 posted on 11/26/2018 6:36:32 PM PST by thinden
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To: george76

Democrats committing fraud, nah can’t be/sarc


9 posted on 11/26/2018 7:00:19 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Espy was paid $750,000 in 2011 by then Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s government. The payment appears to contradict Espy’s previous statements that he accepted just a portion of it... not only did Espy collect the full $750,000 figure, he also dropped the contract just 15 days before it was supposed to end, contradicting his comments... Espy represented the African ruler who lost the 2010 election, but refused to concede to his opponent, unleashing extrajudicial killings, torture, and rape of his political opponents, according to the U.S. State Department.
Maybe it wasn't rape-rape. Thanks george76.

10 posted on 11/26/2018 7:50:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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Mike Espy like his loser, cohorts, Andrew Gillum & Stacey Abrams is dirty from head to toe!!! Vote today in MS for Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith to be the next U.S. Senator from the great state of Mississippi!!! Mike Espy = “ZERO”!!!


11 posted on 11/27/2018 3:13:07 AM PST by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: DAC21

Yeah......I thought the same thing......LOL.


12 posted on 11/27/2018 3:49:19 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: thinden

Espy is so tolerant and compassionate (smirk)......especially to shakedown artists like Jesse.


13 posted on 11/27/2018 3:54:07 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Well, let’s hope that conservatives in MS show up, unlike in AL in December 2017.


14 posted on 11/27/2018 3:56:10 AM PST by Theodore R.
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GLOBALISM UP CLOSE---Candidate Mike Espy, a onetime lobbyist, represented African despot Ivory Coast president
Laurent Gbagbo to the tune of $750,000.

Now on trial, Laurent Gbagbo lost the 2010 election, but refused to concede, unleashing extrajudicial killings,
torture, and rape of his political opponents........according to the US State Department.

15 posted on 11/27/2018 4:01:31 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Theodore R.

Hope so.


16 posted on 11/27/2018 4:02:07 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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