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Ukrainian Oligarch Paid $700,000 To The Husband Of A House Judiciary Committee Democrat
thefederalist.com ^ | December 16, 2019 | By Chrissy Clark

Posted on 12/16/2019 12:37:13 PM PST by Red Badger

Robert Powell, the husband of Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., reportedly took $700,000 from a Ukrainian oligarch named Igor Kolomoisky. Mucarsel-Powell sits on the House Judiciary Committee, the committee that drafted two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his alleged abuse of power with regards to Ukraine.

In 2018, the Daily Beast reported that a number of businesses linked to Kolomoisky hired Powell as an attorney. One of those firms paid Powell at least $700,000 over two years, according to public records.

The Miami Herald reported Powell was working for companies tied to Kolomoisky for 10 years. Powell made most of his money in the two years leading up to his wife’s election in 2018.

Kolomoisky has been accused of contract killings and embezzlement in the past. Yet, in 2018 when Mucarsel-Powell was running for her seat, she did not see her husband’s work as relevant to her campaign.

“Debbie Mucrasel-Powell is running for Congress, not her husband. To imply that Debbie has anything to do with her indirect shareholder of a parent company that once employed her husband is an enormous stretch,” said Michael Hernandez, senior communications advisor for her campaign in 2018.

While Mucrasel-Powell may have convinced her constituents that her husband’s work is unrelated, it is a clear conflict in the current impeachment of Trump. Mucarsel-Powell voted to impeach Trump.

Florida Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell just voted to impeach @realDonaldTrump.

What got ZERO attention: Her husband took $700K from firms tied to a Ukrainian oligarch under FBI investigation.

A total double standard! #FL26

— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) December 13, 2019

The House has moved to impeach Trump over a July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. When the House initiated impeachment hearings, they were arguing Trump asked for a quid pro quo or potentially bribed the Ukrainian president. No evidence to corroborate those charges has been found, so now the House is charging the president with abuse of power and obstructing Congress in relation to the Ukrainian phone call.

And yet, no Democrats see a problem with one of their own committee members’ spouses doing business with a Ukrainian ogliarch. There has been no check on whether Mucrasel-Powell is benefitting from her husband’s work with a foreign power that interfered in the 2016 election.

There is a double standard in Mucrasel-Powell’s ability to impeach the President for his work in Ukraine, simultaneously, allowing her husband to earn money from Kolomoisky, a thug from the same foreign power. Chrissy Clark is a staff writer at The Federalist. Follow her on social media @chrissyclark_ or contact her at chrissy@thefederalist.com.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: boom; cleveland; debbiemucarselpowell; florida; igorkolomoisky; kickbacks; kolomoisky; mucarselpowell; ohio; oligarch; privatbank; robertpowell; trump; ukraine; ukrainian; ukrainianoligarch; volodymyrzelensky
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To: Roccus
Do you honestly think that Republicans aren't involved in this

Did I ever say that Hillary? You moron

You are just like and no better than the leftist in making up your talking points.

BZZZZT

61 posted on 12/16/2019 3:14:47 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Red Badger

Bttt.

5.56mm


62 posted on 12/16/2019 3:18:59 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: Red Badger

The criminality of our government is mind boggling.

If they do this with foreign aid money, what do they do with government contracts???


63 posted on 12/16/2019 3:32:01 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: Red Badger
Odd how the Washington Post and New York Times have ZERO interest in this story...

Warning:

White Liberal "Elites" who murder conservative children signal each other by scratching their heads. Look for the signals... it could save your child's life...

(very similar to the OK sign the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified as outing 'white supremacists' - except 'head scratches' out liberal elite killers) ----- Watch for it - stay safe.)

64 posted on 12/16/2019 3:33:44 PM PST by GOPJ (White Liberal "Elites" who murder conservative children signal each other by scratching their heads.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Florida Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell just voted to impeach @realDonaldTrump. What got ZERO attention: Her husband took $700K from firms tied to a Ukrainian oligarch under FBI investigation. A total double standard! #FL26

Florida newspapers won't give a damn about this story UNLESS someone sends it to them with the party (D to R) changed...

Warning:

White Liberal "Elites" who murder conservative children signal each other by scratching their heads. Look for the signals... it could save your child's life...

(very similar to the OK sign the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified as outing 'white supremacists' - except 'head scratches' out liberal elite killers) ----- Watch for it - stay safe.)

65 posted on 12/16/2019 3:36:58 PM PST by GOPJ (White Liberal "Elites" who murder conservative children signal each other by scratching their heads.)
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To: bgill

Romney’s kid, Kerry’s step kid, Billy-Bob (thru Victor Pinchuk)

Gramnesty and Schiff, major campaign donations courtesy of Ukraine.

I suspect MANY, MANY more congress critters and their family members are in bed with Ukraine (and probably the Mexican drug cartels too.)


66 posted on 12/16/2019 3:40:54 PM PST by lizma2
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To: xzins

Graft, fraud, waste and abuse.

It’s the DC way.


67 posted on 12/16/2019 3:41:38 PM PST by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: Montaignes Cat
Our parliament are nearly all whores.
I don't know about your Parliament or even what country its in but our Congressional members , IMHO, are "nearly all whores." too.

If you know EVERYTHING about anybody, something out of their past will allow you to change their opinion on ANYTHING.

Worse, we have the "best" spy networks in the world which has demonstrated repeatedly that "mere mortals" have strangely and completely changed their positions overnight.

See John Roberts, SCOTUS, for reference.

68 posted on 12/16/2019 3:42:30 PM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: reformedliberal

“quality of life during civil war in Yugoslavia/the Balkans.”

My cousin died in that war.


69 posted on 12/16/2019 3:44:10 PM PST by lizma2
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To: MHGinTN

Yeah...he’s busy.


70 posted on 12/16/2019 3:44:52 PM PST by rrrod
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To: lizma2

Condolences.

I spent some time back in the day following the lives of ordinary people in that turmoil. Every prog should be forced to spend a year in a similar hellish situation.


71 posted on 12/16/2019 3:53:00 PM PST by reformedliberal
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To: ealgeone

The oligarchs and their club steal it from the people and their public assets in Ukraine just as they did in Russia. It is a club of elites and few are in it.

They’ve probably stolen the gold in our Ft Knox too. Perhaps Jeffrey Epstein and his blackmail plan helped in that respect. Was it ever audited? I don’t trust our media or government or those who steal it.


72 posted on 12/16/2019 4:10:45 PM PST by apoliticalone (Without freedom of speech we have no democracy and will lose all our freedoms.)
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To: Red Badger
The Ukraine has been a convenient shop for dems to steal & launder our tax dollars.

Conveniently hiring spouses & children of elected dems and dem power brokers and dumping loads of cash on them because “jobs”.

I’d like to see where all our handouts to the Ukraine have gone. Perhaps for more shovel ready jobs?

73 posted on 12/16/2019 4:21:34 PM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
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To: Red Badger

How do you take that kind of money from anyone...what was the payback..and who is willing to pay for money anyway! congress,, of course!


74 posted on 12/16/2019 5:23:41 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
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To: griswold3
Free $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$700,000

worms1-zpsc1b201e3

75 posted on 12/16/2019 5:29:56 PM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
catoutfbag
76 posted on 12/16/2019 5:32:31 PM PST by timestax
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To: apoliticalone
They’ve probably stolen the gold in our Ft Knox too.

NO DOUBT !

77 posted on 12/16/2019 5:35:39 PM PST by timestax
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To: Red Badger
American Foreign aid. That’s how it works. We give money to corrupt foreign officials, then they kickback some of it to Congress’ relatives................

Partner, this is exactly correct since the DemonRat party has been using Ukraine as the DemonRat slush fund.

Like I said before we are all beyond P.O.ed.

78 posted on 12/16/2019 6:25:53 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: timestax
They’ve probably stolen the gold in our Ft Knox too. NO DOUBT !

Partner, I even hate to say this but this is what you get when we elect a "An America Hating POTUS who is a piece of work like Obama."

Obama is a Mooselimb and he was not even eligible to be our POTUS.

79 posted on 12/16/2019 6:31:11 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: Blood of Tyrants; NCC-1701
"There ought to be a law requiring ALL public officials to disclose their and their families’ ties with anything that has even the appearance of impropriety or conflict of interest.

It is the exact opposite of this. Read Peter Schweizer's outstanding book Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.

Congress writes the laws that allow their close friends and family to take huge sums of money for board memberships, no-knowledge jobs, donations to their so-called non-profit charities, etc. It’s legal but would not be liked by most constituents. IMHO this is the main reason that almost all members of Congress stick together and are against Trump. They don’t want their corruption-by-proxy gravy train to end or even be exposed.

80 posted on 12/16/2019 6:37:55 PM PST by Freee-dame
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