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Report: Chuck Schumer Receives Campaign Donations from Russian Pipeline-Linked Affiliates |
2022-01-26 |
[Breitbart] Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who helped block sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 project, received campaign donations from corporate PACs affiliated with two of the European companies that helped fund the pipeline, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon. The corporate political action committees of ENGIE North America and BASF Corporation, two affiliates of European companies that are associated with the funding for Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, gave $2,500 campaign contributions to Schumer’s campaign in September, according to records with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the report stated. Reportedly, the parent company for ENGIE North America and a subsidiary for BASF are part of the group of five businesses that financed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany. The Free Beacon wrote: The contributions to Schumer came amid an aggressive lobbying effort in Washington over sanctions on the 764-mile pipeline. The five European companies that back Nord Stream 2—Wintershall, ENGIE, Uniper, Shell, and OMV—have paid millions of dollars to lobbying firms to block sanctions. All of this occurred as Schumer reportedly blocked requests from Senate Republicans for legislation to enforce sanctions on the Russian pipeline project after President Joe Biden waived sanctions last year. At the time, Biden said that the pipeline was almost complete and imposing sanctions would be “counter-productive” for European relations. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) attempted to pass legislation earlier this month but failed after Senate Democrats used the filibuster, which they are busy trying to eliminate, to block his legislation. The bill only had 55 votes, short of the filibuster’s required 60 votes to end debate and move to a final vote. The Free Beacon noted that neither Schumer’s office nor ENGIE North America returned a comment request. But a spokesman for BASF illuded that its American subsidiary does not lobby members of Congress on the Nord Stream 2 and that Wintershall does not have a presence in the U.S. “Any implied connection between our Employee PAC contributions and Nord Stream 2 is incorrect,” the spokesman said. |
Posted by:Skidmark |
#3 There must be some kind of secret deal between Putin and the Deep State elites where they can bash Putin verbally all they want, impose sanctions on him, threaten war with him and blame all of their problems on him while he keeps smiling. Somehow I don't believe there will ever be a war with Russia. It's all kabuki. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-01-26 13:08 |
#2 Compromised "seven ways from Sunday," as it were |
Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-01-26 08:10 |
#1 Term limits and hangings for treason. Nether will happened, we are fucked. |
Posted by: Woodrow 2022-01-26 08:07 |