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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe mystery of Iadonisi's secret work for Trump campaign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-mystery-behind-a-flynn-associates-quiet-work-for-the-trump-campaign/2017/05/04/fc86980e-3044-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.htmlMatea Gold May 4 at 5:47 PM
Jon Iadonisi, a friend and business associate of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, had two under-the-radar projects underway in the fall of 2016.
One of his companies was helping Flynn with an investigative effort for an ally of the Turkish government details of which Flynn revealed only after he was forced to step down from his White House post.
At the same time, Iadonisi was also doing work for the Trump campaign, although his role was not publicly reported, according to people familiar with his involvement.
The project Iadonisi was engaged in for Trumps campaign focused on social media, according to a person with knowledge of the arrangement. What that work consisted of and why his company was not disclosed as a vendor in campaign finance reports remains a mystery.
The Trump campaign did not report any payments to Iadonisi or his firms. However, Federal Election Commission reports show that the Trump campaign paid $200,000 on Dec. 5 for data management services to Colt Ventures ..................
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The mystery of Iadonisi's secret work for Trump campaign. (Original Post)
L. Coyote
May 2017
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Lewandowski leaves lobbying firm amid reports he used it to sell access to Trump:
L. Coyote
May 2017
#7
Zoonart
(11,863 posts)1. SOCIAL MEDIA
This may be the source of the backdoor for the Russian bots that targeted social media groups, especially Bernie Sanders groups with fake news and slanders against Hillary.
Here is a link to Raw Story with more info:
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/revealed-mike-flynns-assistant-ran-secret-social-media-operation-and-results-were-reported-to-bannon/?comments=disqus
monmouth4
(9,699 posts)2. How about DU? The timing for that debacle was ultra-professional..n/t
mopinko
(70,102 posts)3. i'd bet the rent
if i could find a sucker to take that bet.
monmouth4
(9,699 posts)4. Me too, it was the "Democratic" that killed the Underground that day..n/t
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)6. This thread was exploding that day just as the site went down:
monmouth4
(9,699 posts)8. Whoa..n/t
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)10. Funny how the subject of the post turned out to be true
triron
(22,002 posts)5. yes I post somehing on this yesterday
had never heard of Iadonisi. Thanks for illuminating this somewhat. Still mysterious shit.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)7. Lewandowski leaves lobbying firm amid reports he used it to sell access to Trump:
Link to tweet
President Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski will leave the lobbying and consulting firm Avenue Strategies and dissolve his partnership with the firm's co-founder, Barry Bennett, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
Lewandowski has faced recent accusations that he used the firm to peddle access to the White House and participated in lobbying activities without proper registration.
The former campaign operative is not a registered lobbyist and says he only work with clients in an advisory capacity.
Avenue Strategies, which Lewandowski founded with Bennett after Trump's victory in November, will continue to operate under its current name, Bennett told Bloomberg, adding that Lewandowski brought bad publicity to the firm. .........
Lewandowski has faced recent accusations that he used the firm to peddle access to the White House and participated in lobbying activities without proper registration.
The former campaign operative is not a registered lobbyist and says he only work with clients in an advisory capacity.
Avenue Strategies, which Lewandowski founded with Bennett after Trump's victory in November, will continue to operate under its current name, Bennett told Bloomberg, adding that Lewandowski brought bad publicity to the firm. .........
orangecrush
(19,551 posts)9. "Strange"
That's one way of Putin it!