jackhutton 🇺🇸Jan 28, 2024
What does Donald Trump have over these Republicans in Congress. Watching Senator Lankford- Oklahoma, talk about immigration to Margaret Brennan on Face The Nation -- you can sense the animal fear these people have of Trump.
What does he have over them?
Show threadNicole ParsonsJan 29, 2024

@jackhutton

It's not Trump. It's Trump's billionaires.

They have the best domestic espionage operations, some of it composed of volunteer partisans.

Someone, for example, released sealed court records of Fanni Willis's co-worker's divorce to the GOP.

According to Ronan Farrow's reporting on Harvey Weinstein such domestic espionage operations are commonplace for the rich.

They can mount a targeted harassment campaign on social media that will trigger bomb threats at ...

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Show threadNicole ParsonsJan 29, 2024

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.... your grandchild's school within hours. Swatting. Private security. Pelosi's husband. Threats to family & friends.

The only way to get 147 members of Congress to deny an election on Jan 6 is the donors.

The only way to get 179 members of Congress to sign an amicus brief to the Supreme Court to keep Trump on the ballot in Colorado is the donors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/18/mcconnell-trump-supreme-court-colorado-ballot/

Forbes has identified over 133 domestic billionaires who funded Trump in 2020.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/

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McConnell, Republican lawmakers sign Supreme Court brief on keeping Trump on ballot

More than 170 congressional Republicans have signed on to a brief in support of Donald Trump’s legal battle to remain on the primary ballot in Colorado.

The Washington Post
Show threadNicole ParsonsJan 29, 2024

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No one knows how many foreign billionaires are funding Trump via a corporation, nonprofit like the NRA, DAF, PAC, think tank, or hedge fund.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/10/former-putin-adviser-has-secret-investment-in-us-energy-firm-praised-by-trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/us/politics/russia-election-interference.html

Alexander Voloshin, Oleg Deripaska, Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev all funded the GOP, & the Russians play rough, as Prigozhin's fate demonstrates.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/25/russia-ukraine-war-news-prigozhin-wagner/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/russian-backed-ethane-company-hires-lobbying-firm-connected-to-trump.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

https://www.newsweek.com/house-speaker-mike-johnson-donations-russia-butina-1838501

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/12/14/ex-fbi-agent-who-helped-russian-billionaire-deripaska-spy-on-rival-gets-50-months-in-prison/

Former Putin adviser has secret investment in US energy firm praised by Trump

Exclusive: Alexander Voloshin has undisclosed stake in American Ethane - which has been hailed by Donald Trump

The Guardian
Show threadSpocko
@Npars01 yep. We know of 30 million from Russia that went to Trump went through the NRA. But they weren't the only Republicans that got NRA Russian money.
Jan 29, 2024 at 6:07amWeb
Show threadWeaselJan 29, 2024

@spocko @Npars01

Follow the rubles (green arrows) from Russia through Butina and NRA to U.S. Senators (in yellow oval) and Trump campaign (yellow background).

Putin's Org Chart (2016)

Show threadSpockoJan 29, 2024
@weaselx86 @Npars01 Wow! More complicated than mine, but my graphics are more fun. 😉
Here is my Butina video. https://youtu.be/IKzx8VBUquc?si=zBYjYb1keGho8Rbd
Follow the Rubles To NRA's GOP Campaigns Via Maria Butina

YouTube
Show threadGina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴Jan 29, 2024

@spocko @weaselx86 @Npars01

Love the video.

It's from 5yrs ago but so well done, couldn't resist sharing.

So did the #NRA and the #GOP ever come clean?

Asking for some friends.

#Election2024

https://youtu.be/IKzx8VBUquc?si=-iXm5hq9yWrOV0di

Follow the Rubles To NRA's GOP Campaigns Via Maria Butina

YouTube
Show threadMartha HowellJan 29, 2024
@spocko @Npars01
Ron "Putin's Boy" Johnson, called home to Moscow on July 4, 2018, with his Republican co-compromatskis, to bend to Vlad. Came back saying that Russian interference in the election was overblown. He took NRussA money.
Show threadJerameeJan 29, 2024

@MHowell @spocko @Npars01
Focusing on the guilt-by-association /Russia factor plays into the conservatives hands. That was their go-to smear for decades. It's also a logical fallacy.

The real issue is political bribery/campaign donations.

Show threadNicole ParsonsJan 30, 2024

@Jeramee @MHowell @spocko

This isn't a false "guilt by association" allegation, Republican operatives are going to jail for their collusion with Russian oligarchs.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/14/ex-fbi-counterintelligence-official-gets-over-4-years-in-prison-for-aiding-russian-oligarch-00131911

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-gop-russian-problem

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/russian-oligarch-charged-making-illegal-political-contributions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48070413

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erickson_(activist)

Ex-FBI counterintelligence official gets over 4 years in prison for aiding Russian oligarch

The judge said Charles McGonigal harmed national security by repeatedly flouting sanctions meant to put economic pressure on Russia to get results without military force.

POLITICO
Show threadJoe Hill 🇵🇸🇺🇦Jan 30, 2024
@Npars01 @Jeramee @MHowell @spocko
I think it’s highly likely that McGonigal was #RudyGuilliani’s source for the #WeinerLaptop story that #Comey claims forced his hand wrt #ButterEmails.