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Related: About this forumTrump's Ego Makes Him an Easy Mark
How a Ukrainian oligarch pulled the presidents strings in service of his own agenda.
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On Tuesday, U.S. prosecutors announced that Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash paid Parnas $1 million, which would be in addition to the $1.2 million Firtash paid lawyers Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova. That might explain why the FBI was looking into the possibility that a foreign influence operation was using Giuliani to make inroads with the White House.
As a reminder, Firtash is an upper echelon associate of Russian organized crime with close ties to the Kremlin. He currently lives in Vienna, awaiting extradition to the U.S. on bribery and racketeering charges. This is the guy who was paying Parnas, Toensing, and diGenova, who were then passing some of that cash on to Giuliani.
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But according to Betsy Swan and Adam Rawnsley, Firtash also has a personal beef with Joe Biden.
Two Ukrainian gas industry experts say the gas-market reforms pushed by Biden and others in 2014 and 2015 hit Firtash in the wallet, and badly. One knowledgeable outside observer estimated that the 2014 and 2015 gas reforms and legislation cost him hundreds of millions of dollars.
On Dec. 9, 2015, Biden gave a speech to Ukraines parliament. He praised the protesters who forced out Ukraines Russia-friendly president, he recited Ukrainian poetry, and he called for reforms to Ukraines gas market, too.
The energy sector needs to be competitive, ruled by market principlesnot sweetheart deals, he said, basking in the audiences repeated applause.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2019/12/18/trumps-ego-makes-him-an-easy-mark/
I'm posting in primaries to be on the safe side as my excerpt mentions Joe Biden (in a positive light) but I encourage reading the whole article. It explains what is going on with Giuliani-Ukraine-Trump.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)Long story short. Biden cut off their crooked money pipeline. Rudy, Joe and Victoria cashed in. They all hate Joe Biden because he is honest and exposed their corruption.
So, like Trump they use projection.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,434 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
2naSalit
(86,293 posts)used as a "judas" to show where the bodies are hidden.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden