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2019-11-15 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Leaked documents from Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s office indicate “slush fund” owned and operated by Devon Archer, John Kerry Senior, John Kerry Junior, Heinz Jr, and Hunter Biden.

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Posted by Fred 2019-11-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 The news blackout from NYT, WaPo, CNN et al. is surreal.

We're now in the Soviet Union.
Pravda, Izvestia, dezinformatsiya, agitprop, show trials, disappearances ...

Posted by Lex 2019-11-15 00:20|| 2019-11-15 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 a “slush fund” owned and operated by Devon Archer, John Kerry Senior

Riiiiight - since when did Jawn Jawn ever get serious cake outside of marrying it twice?

Posted by Raj 2019-11-15 00:45|| 2019-11-15 00:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Riiiiight - since when did Jawn Jawn ever get serious cake outside of marrying it twice?

He got more than crumbs from insider trading in September 2008, thanks to his access to closed-door testimony from Hank Paulson to the Senate Finance Committee during the depths of the financial meltdown. Here's an excerpt from Peter Schweitzer's excellent reporting on all the insider traders in Congress-- Kerry was one of the worst:

On Tuesday, September 16, 2008, when Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke held another of their terrifying closed-door meetings with congressional leaders (two days before the “ashen-faced” meeting), the stock market had dipped only a few percentage points, and most people assumed that the financial crisis was a disruption that would have just a limited effect on the broader economy.

But what Paulson and Bernanke told lawmakers on September 16 made it clear that the public’s perception was wrong. Paulson, in his memoir, explains that during the meeting he outlined that the federal government was going to bail out the insurance giant AIG and that the markets were in deep trouble. “There was an almost surreal quality to the meeting,” he recounts. “The stunned lawmakers looked at us as if not quite believing what they were hearing.”

The next day, Congressman Jim Moran, Democrat of Virginia, a member of the Appropriations Committee, dumped his shares in ninety different companies....

September 17, 2008, was by far Moran’s most active trading day of the year. He dumped shares in Goldman Sachs, General Dynamics, Franklin Resources, Flowserve Corporation, Ecolabs, Edison International, Electronic Arts, DirecTV, Conoco, Procter & Gamble, AT&T, Apple, CVS, Cisco, Chubb, and a dozen more
companies. Moran’s timing was impeccable. He didn’t profit very much from these trades, but he avoided the larger losses that the general public would face in a matter of weeks. Moran and his wife actually eked out a net capital gain on these trades.

Moran was just one of many. At least ten U.S. senators, including John Kerry, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Dick Durbin, traded stock or mutual funds related to the financial industry the following day.

...Senator Durbin did not just sell stocks based on his inside knowledge. Like [GOP Rep. Spencer] Bachus, he was looking for opportunities to invest. Though he sold many of his holdings, he also bought tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of Berkshire Hathaway...Durbin bought shares on September 19 and 22 — more than $60,000 worth.

His timing was nearly perfect. The next day, September 23, it was announced that Berkshire Hathaway was buying part of Goldman Sachs, which would yield a 10% guaranteed dividend for Berkshire investors like Durbin. The deal had been discussed behind closed doors for days before Buffett announced it publicly. Durbin’s spokesman insists that the senator “didn’t use any information from that closed-door gathering to counsel his trades the following day.” Yet it is almost certain that Durbin, as chairman of a crucial subcommittee, knew about the Goldman Sachs deal.

When the House Financial Services Committee was crafting legislation for the bailout of banks in the fall of 2008, eight members of the committee were actively and aggressively trading bank stocks. So too were members of the Senate Finance Committee.

As the Treasury Department was conferring over which banks would get the bailout money, Senator John Kerry started buying Citigroup stock. The markets might have been down and in turmoil, but Kerry was buying the troubled company. Lots of it. He purchased up to $550,000 in Citigroup stock in early and mid-October. He also bought up to $350,000 in Bank of America shares.

Days later, on October 28, it was announced that Citigroup was getting $25 billion from the TARP. Capital Purchase Program and another $25 billion from the Targeted Investment Program.

On November 4, it was announced that Citi would be provided additional loan guarantees that could total $277 billion, from the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-15 00:56|| 2019-11-15 00:56|| Front Page Top

#4 DOJ DO "SOMFIN!"

Posted by ranture 2019-11-15 06:03|| 2019-11-15 06:03|| Front Page Top

#5 The news blackout from NYT, WaPo, CNN et al. is surreal.

It's no worse than it was during Obama's reign of lawlessness.

If any of the MSM outlets told me water was wet, I'd check it myself.

Posted by One Eyed Tsar 2019-11-15 06:23|| 2019-11-15 06:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Federalist Papers article:

BREAKING, Leaked Documents Show Tens Of Millions From Ukraine Paid To Kerry, Biden Jr Fund, Report

Documents have been discovered that show cash transfers from a Ukrainian gas company to a slush fund operated by several major Democrats.

The slush fund is reportedly run by former Secretary of State John Kerry, John Kerry Jr., another Kerry family member and Hunter Biden, Michael Coudrey reported.

“Leaked documents from the Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s office indicate complex money transfers from foreign sources into the control of a ‘slush fund’ owned and operated by Devon Archer, John Kerry Senior, John Kerry Junior, Heinz Jr, and Hunter Biden,” he said.

“According to the Department of Financial Monitoring (Counter-intelligence) of Latvia, the following sums of money were obtained from Busima Holding Limited (Cyprus) which is open at AS PrivatBank in Latvia.

“This describes the money transfer of $14,655,982 and $366,015 EUR from “Wirelogic Technology AS”, and $1,964,375 from “Digitex Organization LLP”.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-15 06:27|| 2019-11-15 06:27|| Front Page Top

....“Leaked documents from the Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s office indicate complex money transfers from foreign sources into the control of a ‘slush fund’ owned and operated by Devon Archer, John Kerry Senior, John Kerry Junior, Heinz Jr, and Hunter Biden,” he said.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-15 06:30|| 2019-11-15 06:30|| Front Page Top

#8 So what's the slush actually funding?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-15 09:00|| 2019-11-15 09:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Hunter Biden, Devon Archer, the Kerry's might need to explain these ahem, cough, cough "complex money transactions" (money laundering arrangement).

Posted by JohnQC 2019-11-15 10:20|| 2019-11-15 10:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Blow 'n' Skank fund.

Posted by Lex 2019-11-15 10:56|| 2019-11-15 10:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Nothing from the Clinton Foundation? Or does that only work one way?

Posted by gorb 2019-11-15 23:44|| 2019-11-15 23:44|| Front Page Top

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