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ALSO: In light of SAM PATTEN

artappraiser — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 22:33:25 +0000

In reply to Foreign $$$ @ inauguration? guilty as charged. Next?

ALSO: In light of SAM PATTEN's guilty plea to lobbying & finance violations, this quote from him from last year is quite something: “I’ve worked in Ukraine, Iraq, I’ve worked in deeply corrupt countries, and [the American] system isn’t very different.” https://t.co/NioaewHRT0
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 2, 2018

So actual Deep State, not

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 08:54:09 +0000

In reply to some elaboration Ken Vogel

So actual Deep State, not just fake news meta deep state.

some elaboration Ken Vogel

artappraiser — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 04:06:53 +0000

In reply to Foreign $$$ @ inauguration? guilty as charged. Next?

some elaboration Ken Vogel put on his tweet of the NYT article (he was lead author):

@kenvogel

SAM PATTEN CHARGES ARE IMPORTANT: They relate to his work with longtime MANAFORT deputy KONSTANTIN KILIMNIK ("foreigner A" in charging doc) on behalf of a pro-Russian Ukrainian party for which Manafort also worked. Shows that MUELLER's work is bearing fruit beyond core of probe.

SAM PATTEN specialized in off-the-radar & unregistered lobbying for clients in former Soviet states. He told me last year that specialists like him are "more effective than 20 guys in slick suits who put their interns on an account to contact … Congress."

and then he added this:

The document charging SAM PATTEN with violating FARA doesn't name KONSTANTIN KILIMNIK, but indicates that Patten & "Foreigner A," a Russian, formed a US co. to do work starting in 2015.
And DC incorporation papers show that the pair formed Begemot Ventures International in 2015. pic.twitter.com/KLZaOb1zNV
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) August 31, 2018

Cambridge Analytica and

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:18:00 +0000

In reply to Bad news for anyone who lied

Cambridge Analytica and Manafort ties also quite important - Patten will be a window into their (black) soul, both for upcoming Manafort trial (or to get him to plea) and the continuing mystery of what CA + Manafort (+ Gates) did worldwide (incl Brexit) along with the Mercers' role in all this. Perjury charges for lying to Congress are a nice little persuader (nit that Nunes isn't a 1-man lying machine himself, among others)

Bad news for anyone who lied

artappraiser — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 22:13:29 +0000

In reply to Foreign $$$ @ inauguration? guilty as charged. Next?

Bad news for anyone who lied to Congress about Russia stuff. https://t.co/0G4MgHu7XB
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) August 31, 2018