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Donald Trump pledged to “drain the swamp” of money and influence in Washington. But sludge has kept pouring in — and some of it is coming from foreigners who are trying to buy sway with the president and his advisers.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, were arrested on Thursday and charged with trying to aid Ukrainian and Russian foreign nationals by secretly directing $325,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC.
And they are only the latest in a string of moneymen and women connected to Trump — including possible Middle Eastern donors to Trump’s inaugural committee, Mar-a-Lago neighbor Cindy Yang, GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy and imprisoned former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort — who have come under scrutiny since 2016 over funneling foreign money into American politics.
‘GIVE BACK THE MONEY!’ Russia’s Fingerprints Are All Over Trump’s Ukraine Whistleblower Scandal.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-fingerprints-are-all-over-trumps-ukraine-whistleblower-scandal
McCarthy, DeSantis pledge to return donations from indicted Giuliani associates.
https://www.axios.com/kevin-mccarthy-ron-desantis-campaign-donations-giuliani-4d09f7d3-9a03-480f-a55f-db54f6c72d7b.html
Rick Scott donates contributions from arrested Giuliani associates... Scott’s received contributions from the two associates of Rudy Giuliani who were arrested last week.
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/10/14/rick-scott-donates-contributions-from-arrested-giuliani-associates/
If a Democrat wins the 2020 election, will the president claim that the election was rigged and refuse to relinquish power? Would he condone violence as he intimated in March of this year when he noted that he has the “support of the police, military and ‘Bikers for Trump’” and that “it would be very bad” if they had to get tough on his opponents?
https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2019/07/30/2020-partisan-divide-austin-sarat
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russias-fingerprints-are-all-over-trumps-ukraine-whistleblower-scandal
McCarthy, DeSantis pledge to return donations from indicted Giuliani associates.
https://www.axios.com/kevin-mccarthy-ron-desantis-campaign-donations-giuliani-4d09f7d3-9a03-480f-a55f-db54f6c72d7b.html
Rick Scott donates contributions from arrested Giuliani associates... Scott’s received contributions from the two associates of Rudy Giuliani who were arrested last week.
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/10/14/rick-scott-donates-contributions-from-arrested-giuliani-associates/
If a Democrat wins the 2020 election, will the president claim that the election was rigged and refuse to relinquish power? Would he condone violence as he intimated in March of this year when he noted that he has the “support of the police, military and ‘Bikers for Trump’” and that “it would be very bad” if they had to get tough on his opponents?
https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2019/07/30/2020-partisan-divide-austin-sarat
LEV PARNAS, IGOR FRUMAN, DAVID CORREIA, and ANDREY KUKUSHKIN, the defendants, conspired to circumvent the federal laws against foreign influence by engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates for federal and State office so that the defendants could buy potential influence with candidates, campaigns, and the candidates' governments. https://www.axios.com/rudy-giuliani-lev-parnas-igor-fruman-ukraine-ca85bf8c-6e7b-4534-a192-d0925bdb7401.html
Ukraine sanctions two businessmen tied to Giuliani...
Ukraine on Friday announced sanctions against two businessmen with ties to former President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, accusing one of selling titanium products that ended up in the hands of the Russian military.
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council announced the sanctions against Dmytro Firtash and Pavel Fuks, though it added that the exact details of the penalties would be detailed in a separate decree from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to Reuters.
Security council secretary Oleksiy Danilov said in a briefing that Firtash, an influential businessman in Ukraine who has been indicted in the United States on bribery and racketeering charges, received the sanctions due to "his involvement in the titanium business.”
The Ukraine-born Parnas and Belarus-born Fruman were charged over their alleged use of a shell company to make an illegal $325,000 donation to a committee supporting Trump’s re-election.
In the new indictment, prosecutors added charges accusing Parnas and U.S.-born David Correia of conspiring to induce people to plow more than $2 million in their insurance company Fraud Guarantee, but spending much of it on rent, luxury car leasing payments, political donations and other expenses. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani-idUSKBN26T37M
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American optimism is highest in more than 10 years... (7/12/2021)
Poll of the week: A new Gallup poll finds that 59.2% of Americans say they're thriving. Additionally, 73% of Americans said they experienced enjoyment for a lot of the previous day.
The former is the highest rating Gallup has ever recorded on the measure dating back to when it was first taken more than 13 years ago. The latter is the highest since the coronavirus pandemic began early last year. https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/11/politics/american-optimism-analysis/index.html
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