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| Head of the Leftwing Foreign Policy Influence Shop ‘The Brookings Institution’ Is an Illegal Agent of Qatar, Court Records Allege | |
| 2022-06-11 | |
| Regarding the Christina Pushaw story... [AceOfSpades] Gee, I wonder why the DOJ would have chosen to leak this story today to a corrupt propaganda paper that carries its water for it. Might it have leaked this in order to offset the story that General John Allen, a leader at the leftwing, extremely Clinton-aligned Brookings Institution -- essentially an incubator for the Russiagate Conspiracy Theory, as it employed "Primary Sub-Source 1," Igor "Iggy" Danchenko, who will go on trial soon -- is now being investigated for acting as an illegal, undisclosed agent of Qatar? Dave Reaboi has been screaming about all the DC Swamp Creatures -- especially those allied with the Democrats -- who are paid foreign agents of Qatar, but who are permitted to continue operating without registering under FARA because so many of them are on the take that to start calling out any of them would bring down the entire dirty whorehouse. At this point Ace posts a screenshot of a tweet I can't find to link to... go to the original post, please. Anyway, continuing... Dave Reaboi has been making the case that a substantial part of the DC foreign policy Swamp is not-so-secretly on Qatar's payroll for years. He wrote a book about it: Qatar's Shadow War: The Islamist Emirate and its Information Operations in the United States. Federal prosecutors have obtained records indicating that John R. Allen, the retired four-star Marine general who commanded all American troops in Afghanistan and now heads a venerable Washington think tank, secretly lobbied for the government of Qatar, lied to investigators about his role and tried to withhold evidence sought by a federal subpoena, according to court documents. So yes, I strongly suspect the DOJ leaked the bullshit about Christina Pushaw to offset this major, major scandal about a four start general getting caught acting as a secret agent for Qatar. Given that half of DC is on Qatar's payroll, I don't know if I'd expect this go any further than Allen. The whole town has a strong personal interest in making this investigation short and laser-focused on a single individual. Though that might be a little tricky: Other filings in the case appear to remain sealed, and the public release of the warrant application may have been accidental. The filing lays out evidence that General Allen joined in the secret lobbying plan along with Richard G. Olson, a former United States ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, and Imaad Zuberi, a business executive with ties in the Middle East They accidentally released the warrant application, so they rushed out the leak about Christina Pushaw. Mr. Zuberi is serving a prison sentence for violating foreign lobbying, campaign finance and tax laws, as well as for obstruction of justice. Mr. Olson has agreed to plead guilty for participating in the Qatari lobbying effort in violation of a prohibition on such activity during the first year after leaving diplomatic service.I'm tired of formatting and the weather's bad...
"I am not deterred by any smear piece from these legacy media outlets," DeSantis said during a press conference in West Palm Beach. "The only reason they’re attacking her is because she’s doing a great job." According to the Post, Pushaw belatedly registered this week as a foreign agent of a former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, regarding work she did for the politician between 2018 and 2020. She made the disclosure after being contacted by the Justice Department, her attorney Michael Sherwin said. "She began her work in 2018 as a volunteer in the post-Soviet country, Sherwin said, and was ultimately paid $25,000 over the course of two years. She received her first payment, of $10,000 in October 2018, in cash, according to her filing. She stayed for free for six weeks in an apartment owned by a Saakashvili associate in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. "Her efforts included writing op-eds, reaching out to supporters and officials, and advocating on his behalf in Georgia and in the United States," Sherwin said. "The work ended in 2020. Ms. Pushaw was notified recently by the DOJ that her work on behalf of Mr. Saakashvilli likely required FARA registration. Ms. Pushaw filed for the registration retroactively as soon as she was made aware." National Security expert David Reaboi, who previously worked for the Embassy of Hungary registered as a foreign agent under FARA, told American Greatness that the story is a "nothingburger." "Of course, there’s no shame in working for a foreign client, especially one that’s pro-America and aligns with your values," Reaboi said. "What Christina Pushaw did wasn’t improper in any way, and long preceded her work for the Governor in Florida." He continued: "Christina is by far the sharpest Comms staffer working in politics today—she’s exceptionally good at her job, and she doesn’t suffer fools. It’s no surprise that the leftist media is after her, because she’s made them look more foolish than anyone else. This cheap attack will fail, thankfully." For her part, Pushaw told Florida’s Voice that "retroactive filing is routine." "I voluntarily complied as soon as I was notified that I might be required to file," she said. "I have been very open about my past work in Georgia, which ended in 2020 — six months before I came to Florida. This has nothing to do with my work or the governor’s office." Pushaw pointed out on Twitter that—contra the media narrative—she was working for a leader who was an enemy of Russia President Vladimir Putin.
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