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2020-08-05 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Oligarch Paid $700,000 To The Husband Of A House Judiciary Committee Democrat
[THEFEDERALIST] Robert Powell, the husband of Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., reportedly took $700,000 from a Ukrainian oligarch named Igor Kolomoisky. Mucarsel-Powell sits on the House Judiciary Committee, the committee that drafted two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
for his alleged abuse of power with regards to Ukraine.

In 2018, the Daily Beast reported that a number of businesses linked to Kolomoisky hired Powell as an attorney. One of those firms paid Powell at least $700,000 over two years, according to public records.

The Miami Herald reported Powell was working for companies tied to Kolomoisky for 10 years. Powell made most of his money in the two years leading up to his wife’s election in 2018.

Kolomoisky has been accused of contract killings and embezzlement in the past. Yet, in 2018 when Mucarsel-Powell was running for her seat, she did not see her husband’s work as relevant to her campaign.

"Debbie Mucrasel-Powell is running for Congress, not her husband. To imply that Debbie has anything to do with her indirect shareholder of a parent company that once employed her husband is an enormous stretch," said Michael Hernandez, senior communications advisor for her campaign in 2018.

While Mucrasel-Powell may have convinced her constituents that her husband’s work is unrelated, it is a clear conflict in the current impeachment of Trump. Mucarsel-Powell voted to impeach Trump.
Posted by Fred 2020-08-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ]  Top

#1 I think we just found some of that alleged Russian interference with our politics.
Posted by gorb 2020-08-05 01:28||   2020-08-05 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Igor Kolomoisky: On October 1st we reported that the Biden (and now Kerry) scandal in the Ukraine is much more than about the money paid to Hunter Biden for being a Board member at the largest gas producer in the Ukraine, Burisma Holdings. The real scandal involves billions in funds from the IMF and US in aid that has gone missing.

Burisma (Ukraine’s largest oil and gas provider) has been the subject of many recent news articles because of its scandalous close-knit ties with President Obama’s Vice President Biden and Secretary of State Kerry. (Yes, Kerry is involved here too)

A controlling shareholder of Burisma is believed to be held by an entity called Privat Group:

The Privat Group, or PrivatBank Group (Ukrainian: Група “Приват”, Grupa “Privat”) is a global business group, based in Ukraine. Privat Group controls thousands of companies of virtually every industry in Ukraine, the European Union, Georgia, Ghana, Russia, the United States and other countries. Steel, oil & gas, chemical and energy are sectors of the group’s prime influence and expertise. None of the group’s capital is publicly traded on any stock exchange.

Privat Group is controlled by Ukraine’s largest commercial bank, PrivatBank, whose owner was Igor Kolomoisky. PrivatBank was later nationalized by the Ukraine in December 2016, taking 100% control of the PrivatBank entity, a month after the 2016 US election:

Kolomoisky’s bank, PrivatBank, is later revealed to be a recipient of billions of dollars of IMF funds. Kolomoisky is believed to have looted those funds:

At one point in time, Kolomoisky had been placed on a US Government Visa ban list due to his questionable business practices; however, shortly after Archer Devon and Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma, that ban was mysteriously lifted, and there has been no investigation into these missing funds.
Posted by Alistaire Oppressor of the Welsh6649 2020-08-05 05:00||   2020-08-05 05:00|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ Thanks, Alistaire. That explains the stench. Kerry, Slow Joe, and Hoover are involved
Posted by Frank G 2020-08-05 10:52||   2020-08-05 10:52|| Front Page Top

#4 FYI FOLLOW LIVE: Yates says Flynn 'neutered' Obama WH's Russia stance

It's being run by Lindey, no deep facts being brought up. BS show so far.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-08-05 11:02||   2020-08-05 11:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Wray's FBI and the IRS?

Probably destroying evidence of any Biden wrongdoing.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-08-05 11:04||   2020-08-05 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Igor Kolomoisky, laundered millions of dollars through Cleveland real estate.
Posted by Clem 2020-08-05 16:15||   2020-08-05 16:15|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ Sorry for the duplicate article...just noticed the other post.
Posted by Clem 2020-08-05 16:20||   2020-08-05 16:20|| Front Page Top

#8 It is germane to the discussion here, Clem. It only becomes an issue when we don’t catch duplicate article posts, and each develops its own discussion thread. Take it as a great-minds-think-alike compliment. :-) On an exciting day, three or four of us will submit the same or similar articles on a single story, confirming its importance to our readers — so I try to make final passes before and after the midnight rollover, weeding out duplicates and stacking under one post related articles.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-05 16:52||   2020-08-05 16:52|| Front Page Top

#9 /\ Grazie mille, TW!
Posted by Clem 2020-08-05 18:10||   2020-08-05 18:10|| Front Page Top

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