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FBI raids offices at downtown One Cleveland Center building tied to Ukrainian oligarch (Clinton! Burisma?)
https://www.cleveland.com ^ | 08.04.2020 | John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer and Eric Heisig, cleveland.com

Posted on 08/04/2020 2:51:13 PM PDT by rxsid

FBI raids offices at downtown One Cleveland Center building tied to Ukrainian oligarch

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The FBI on Tuesday raided the Cleveland offices of a company with ties to a Ukrainian oligarch that owns several downtown buildings.

FBI spokeswoman Vicki Anderson said agents searched the offices of Optima Management Group in One Cleveland Center at East 9th Street and St. Clair Avenue. A spokesman for the IRS also said his agency’s investigators were present.

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Anderson said agents also executed search warrants at an office in Miami.

Federal authorities in Cleveland have been conducting a wide-ranging probe involving Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky that has been ongoing for quite some time.

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Published reports said that Kolomoisky had refused to set up a meeting with President Donald Trump’s ally Rudy Giuliani and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an attempt to dig up dirt against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden last year.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Ohio
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To: American in Israel
"Did the FIB bring its truck mounted paper shredder?"

Ha! Good one...unfortunately.

21 posted on 08/04/2020 3:43:21 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Jim from C-Town
My wife’s company is headquartered in that building.

My brother-in-law was an accountant that worked for Optima. He left six months ago because he knew something was going on.

22 posted on 08/04/2020 3:47:34 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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PING

Thanks, rxsid.

23 posted on 08/04/2020 4:17:04 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: rxsid

They probably raided them to find incriminating evidence against Biden and his punk son...so it can be destroyed.


24 posted on 08/04/2020 4:20:08 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: rxsid

L8r


25 posted on 08/04/2020 4:26:39 PM PDT by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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To: LucyT

Habbening! 🤞🏻


26 posted on 08/04/2020 4:35:59 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: rxsid
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.: Ukrainian Oligarch Paid $700,000 To The Husband Of A House Judiciary Committee Democrat
27 posted on 08/04/2020 4:45:09 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: rxsid

They must of missed a payment to the Clinton Foundation.


28 posted on 08/05/2020 10:23:21 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirs)
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To: Red Badger; Fedora
FYI - FBI raids offices at downtown One Cleveland Center building tied to Ukrainian oligarch (Clinton! Burisma?)

RE: 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.: Ukrainian Oligarch Paid $700,000 To The Husband Of A House Judiciary Committee Democrat

29 posted on 08/05/2020 11:34:21 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; big bad easter bunny; ...

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Some older, but impt. articles as I catch up from PC problems.

FBI raids offices at downtown One Cleveland Center building tied to Ukrainian oligarch (Clinton! Burisma?)
https://www.cleveland.com ^ | 08.04.2020 | John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer and Eric Heisig, cleveland.com

Posted on 8/4/2020, 5:51:13 PM by rxsid


30 posted on 08/07/2020 7:46:44 AM PDT by Lowell1775
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To: LucyT; bitt
Check this out...

You all know why Trump has now left the White House - being seen off by the entire WH staff before he traveled to Ohio - because he won't be back for awhile - to go to his resort in Bedminster, NJ, right? pic.twitter.com/OdcPVysmIj— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Everybody focuses on SPYGATE SPYGATE SPYGATE. [or OBAMAGATE OBAMAGATE OBAMAGATE, the new name some have adopted for the scandal].

Step back and remember the big picture. What were Obama & Co. so *desperate* to keep hidden if Trump won the election?— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

I can think of THREE THINGS off the top of my head that Obama, Hillary and Biden and A WHOLE LOT OF THE DC SWAMP would be frantic to keep from being exposed:— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

1) Uranium One: the sale of 25% of US uranium stocks placing them under the direct control of Vladimir Putin and the Russians.

Massive bribes paved the way to get that deal done to sell out our country. People who took that dirty $ are **desperate** to keep it buried.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

2) Untold billions of dollars in US aid sent to corrupt foreign governments where US officials not only knew much of this aid was going to be STOLEN, they **kept the money flowing** in exchange for a couple million bucks kicked back to them in DC under the table.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

3) The Weiner laptop, which is reported to have had stuff on it that caused veteran NYPD detectives to throw up.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

I'll add a fourth:

4) The secret side deals and bribery that went on to get the Iran Deal done, as well as all the Obama White House spying on members of Congress opposed to the deal & reporters investigating the illegal activity.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Somethings about to happen.

Trump needs to be in a tightly controlled environment while whatever this is goes down. A lot of people have access to the White House that will NOT have access to him at Bedminster.
— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

The Optima FBI raids in Cleveland and Miami 3 days ago sent a CLEAR SIGNAL to the President's enemies that yes indeed, he and Barr and Rudy are going to see this through.

They are **really going to do it**.

They have not been bluffing.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Those FBI raids in Cleveland & Miami were directly linked to the Ukrainian corruption that caused at least $6 billion in US taxpayer money sent to Ukraine to disappear.

The two offices that were raided were involved in a massive amount of money laundering.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

It turns out that two of the Ukrainian oligarch's that ran PrivatBank, a large bank that got $1.8 billion in US aid and 'lost' it, laundered hundreds of millions of dollars through over a dozen shell companies & then used the laundered $ to purchase real estate in Cleveland.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

For about a year and a half, ever since @RudyGiuliani revealed he was investigating the money trail of all of this stolen US aid in Ukraine the Democrats & the DNC Media roundly mocked and lampooned him.

It didn't stop anything.https://t.co/dPyoiinwRi— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

So let's review what happened over the last 3 days.

Trump's enemies got a huge tripwire tripped from two simultaneous FBI raids targeting the PrivatBank stolen money laundering trail in Cleveland & Miami.

Trump travels to Cleveland, poses in front of laundering machines.
— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Trump then says this while standing in front of those laundering machines in Cleveland: https://t.co/WuddRXbAEB— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Trump then doesn't go back to the White House, turns out the staff came out to see him off before he left for Cleveland because nobody's going to be seeing him for awhile, and then he's supposedly left Cleveland for his Bedminster resort in NJ.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

While Trump was appearing in Cleveland yesterday, this gets filed by the DOJ, to seize ASSETS PrivatBank purchased with it's laundered money in Kentucky and Texas. https://t.co/aDsZoIGtLf— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Of course, all the real estate the PrivatBank money was used to buy in Cleveland and Miami will also end up being seized.

Now you know why Trump has been carefully setting up asset forfeiture for the past 3 years.https://t.co/m5FxunG8Uh— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Understand this clearly: up until 3 days ago, a lot of the people involved in this MASSIVE WORLDWIDE CORRUPTION were likely telling themselves Trump wouldn't dare try this. The repercussions would be far too great.

He would know they would come after him in sheer desperation.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

And with those raids, and that very first of many asset forfeiture filings by the DOJ yesterday, these people now know the truth down to the marrow of their bones:

Trump is going to do it.

HE'S REALLY GOING TO DO IT.

He & Barr & Rudy are pulling the pin on this grenade.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

And now that the pin has been pulled the Democrats, the GOP involved, the foreign leaders out there involved, and the media, they all know where that grenade is being tossed.

It's in the air now. Coming towards them.— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020

 

Do not underestimate the desperation and the sheer viciousness these people would descend into in their attempts to do whatever it takes to keep that grenade from landing in their midst and going off and completely exposing them.

Trump certainly isn't.

/end— I Have Not Yet Begun To Pounce - Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) August 7, 2020


31 posted on 08/08/2020 10:29:25 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Lowell1775
FYI
32 posted on 08/08/2020 10:35:08 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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PING

Check out # 31.

Thanks, rxsid.

33 posted on 08/09/2020 12:48:35 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Akron Al; arbee4bush; agrace; ATOMIC_PUNK; Badeye; big bad easter bunny; ...

OHIO PING!

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FBI raids offices at downtown One Cleveland Center building tied to Ukrainian oligarch (Clinton! Burisma?)
https://www.cleveland.com ^ | 08.04.2020 | John Caniglia, The Plain Dealer and Eric Heisig, cleveland.com

Posted on 8/4/2020, 5:51:13 PM by rxsid


34 posted on 08/09/2020 6:59:30 AM PDT by Lowell1775
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To: rxsid

who owns those buildings?


35 posted on 08/09/2020 10:44:55 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT ( Amos5: Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the (gate) Court.)
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To: rxsid

who owns those buildings?


36 posted on 08/09/2020 10:44:56 AM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT ( Amos5: Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the (gate) Court.)
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT

from the link provided:

Using the laundered loan proceeds, Optima acquired the following Cleveland buildings:
One Cleveland Center: 1375 E. 9th St. Acquired for $86.3 million in May, 2008
55 Public Square. Acquired for $34 million in July, 2008.
Huntington Building: 925 Euclid Ave. Acquired for $18.5 million in June, 2010.
AECOM/Penton Media Building: 1300 E. 9th St. Acquired for $46.5 million in August, 2010
Crowne Plaza Building: 777 St. Clair Ave. Acquired in a joint venture with Denver-based Sage Hospitality Group.


37 posted on 08/09/2020 5:02:02 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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