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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:16 PM Nov 2019

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Bloomberg Hires FARA Agent for Ukranian Oligarch Tied Directly to the Russian Mob

Let me help with the headline: BLOOMBERG HIRES FARA AGENT FOR UKRAINIAN OLIGARCH TIED DIRECTLY TO THE RUSSIAN MOB.

Starting political life consulting to Genovese crime boss Louis "The Chin" Gigante, his firm Penn, Schoen, and Berland went on to register as FARA agents.

Schoen registered FARA for PINCHUK, partner of Russian Mob "oligarchs," in 2000, just unregistering two weeks ago.

PINCHUK, who works with Ukrainian Mob oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky - currently under investigation for money laundering in the US - Rinat Akhmetov and others.

Pinchuk's YES conference is where CNN's Fareed Zakaria was going to interview Ukraine's Pres. Zelenskyy.

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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bloomberg Hires FARA Agent for Ukranian Oligarch Tied Directly to the Russian Mob (Original Post) MelissaB Nov 2019 OP

Anyone else here getting tired of all the Russian/Ukrainian agents and Oligarchs in our Elections? Pachamama Nov 2019 #1

+ 99% backtoblue Nov 2019 #2

Was this a wise choice?? gibraltar72 Nov 2019 #3

Why would anyone do that? Karadeniz Nov 2019 #4

Well. Since Trump acts like a mob boss, Bloomberg may feel the need to mob up. Blue_true Nov 2019 #5

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

1. Anyone else here getting tired of all the Russian/Ukrainian agents and Oligarchs in our Elections?

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:19 PM

Nov 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

backtoblue

(11,343 posts)

2. + 99%

Reply to Pachamama (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:22 PM

Nov 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

gibraltar72

(7,503 posts)

3. Was this a wise choice??

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:35 PM

Nov 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Karadeniz

(22,513 posts)

4. Why would anyone do that?

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:30 PM

Nov 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

5. Well. Since Trump acts like a mob boss, Bloomberg may feel the need to mob up.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 10:41 PM

Nov 2019

Or maybe the consigiere simply hates one Donald Trump and among democrats, Bloomberg appeals to him the most.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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