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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAide from Trump's transition team charged today
Last edited Mon Dec 17, 2018, 02:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Bijan Kian (Rafiekian) was charged today with illegally lobbying for Turkey. There are a couple of threads active on this sory, but nothing I've seen points out that this guy was an aide to Trump's transition team.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/michael-flynns-business-partner-charged-with-illegally-lobbying-for-turkey/2018/12/17/46fb3762-020a-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html?utm_term=.0eecd264cebe&noredirect=on
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/bijan-kian-donald-trump-transition-aide-was-key-pl/
Edit* I guess he was just fetching coffee for the boys at Director of National Intelligence.
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Aide from Trump's transition team charged today (Original Post)
pecosbob
Dec 2018
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dalton99a
(81,065 posts)1. Yep, deputy lead:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-transition-aide-bijan-kian-played-key-role-in-flynns-turkish-work/
Soon after Flynn Intel ceased operations after Mr. Trump's election, Flynn and Kian joined the president-elect's transition team. Kian described his role on his LinkedIn profile as "deputy lead" assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Kian said he provided "policy input, strategic guidance and operational counsel to prepare" candidates for the director of national intelligence, the CIA and other top officials.
triron
(21,915 posts)3. More corruption tied to Trump.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)4. The walls are closing in.
Making Trump sweat a bit more.