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MATTHEW SHEFFIELD at Salon
https://www.salon.com/2017/10/23/robert-muellers-widening-russia-probe-is-sweeping-up-democrats-including-lobbyist-tony-podesta/
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That's the overall takeaway from a series of news reports, including one from NBC that indicated that special prosecutor Robert Mueller has been investigating the business dealings of Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta. His firm, the Podesta Group, is one of several that did work on behalf of Paul Manafort, the former campaign chair of President Donald Trump's campaign.
Manafort, who has told friends that he expects to be indicted by Mueller, has been under investigation for his work on behalf of a number of Russian billionaires with interests in Ukraine and elsewhere all of whom are closely connected to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Podesta's firm was hired to do lobbying by Manafort on behalf of an outfit called the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU), which itself was hired to burnish the image of Ukraine's then-president, who was closely tied to Moscow.
According to NBC's sources, Mueller's inquiry into the Podesta Group has expanded into whether it violated U.S. legal requirements that American individuals and corporations formally disclose their work on behalf of foreign governments. The failure to file under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) is a felony and can result in up to five years' imprisonment. Prosecutions of FARA violations are rare and are often used as leverage in larger cases.
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Lebam in LA
(1,345 posts)too bad. We must weed out traitors no matter what party they belong to.
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)flotsam
(3,268 posts)but we should clearly state that if guilty we support expulsion and punishment.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)JI7
(89,252 posts)Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)above reproach...sarcasm.
SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)If they broke the law they should pay the price, you'd think they knew what they were doing if in that business.
No excuses.
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)and corrupt the entire process. Someone noted above that Podesta should be presumed innocent at this point, but if you read the article you can see that he is clearly not and neither is Manafort, at least on this issue.
Money erases integrity in politics. It's a really old game that's probably been around since the beginning of government. We need to get it out of our politics if we want a government that is truly a responsive representation of the people.
applegrove
(118,696 posts)corruption in government. It entrenched the rich and makes barriers from the poor making it with a small business. Hard work then is not what pays.
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)Trump because this is a Democrat is the same as a GOP sort of post.
applegrove
(118,696 posts)accountable. And I was speaking about corruption growing in the US which includes Manafort and some in Trump's white house. Fresh air and all.