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You mean when the FBI heavily edited Flynn’s 302 form to the point they were “trying not to completely re-write” it?
You mean when the FBI heavily edited Flynn’s 302 form to the point they were “trying not to completely re-write” it?
But we generally only see the characters they play.
5 years ago Will Smith may have been on that list.
And look at all of his clients now in jail.
Why so many actors?
Your anger should be directed at the military industrial complex.
From the linked table, the largest specific group is Soviets.
It is evidence.
Of course AIPAC is government controlled. It does nothing against their interests and everything for them.
Attempting to argue the contrary is disingenuous.
Overpay for services. Pay for non existing services. Use intermediaries. There are many, many laundering techniques and Russians are not stupid.
The point is that the shady thing happen at the donor level. The PAC stays clean and above board, and it’s financial practices remain opaque.
No. I stated that Russia can follow the AIPAC model, set up ARPAC, funnel money to some American donors and influence the election perfectly legally.
A lot of words just to say that we don’t know anything about AIPACs finances.
Russia just needs to copy the Israeli lobbying model.
Let’s try a simple experiment.
Show me a breakdown of AIPACs sources of funds and spending. It doesn’t to be a nicely presented infographic (although it should). Just link me to the data.
Rabbi Alexander Schindler, former chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (a US advocacy group), told an Israeli magazine in 1976, “The Presidents’ Conference and its members have been instruments of official governmental Israeli policy. It was seen as our task to receive directions from government circles and to do our best no matter what to affect the Jewish community.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States
So we agree AIPAC should register under FARA. Sign here
If a homegrown fully American Pro-Russia PAC was started, how could we be sure there was no Russian government involvement? Donations are opaque.
The point is all I’m doing is swapping the word Russia for Israel. All the same laws apply.
Arguing about levels of understanding is irrelevant.
The point is that whatever works for AIPAC can be replicated for the Russian equivalent ARPAC.
You need evidence to substantiate that FARA was circumvented by funneling funds from foreign entities.
Why? Surely all PACs are fully transparent about the sources of their funds. Every dollar donated can be attributed to US citizens and, in turn, they can prove none of their income came from overseas.
Then so too can the American Russian Public Affairs Committee be funded entirely by US citizens, ran entirely by US citizens, and have zero visible connection to the Russian government.
So all Russia needs to do is register ARPAC inside the US and no-one can touch them.
An ad hominem argument, and the charge that was pled guilty to then withdrawn was “lying to the FBI”, evidenced only by the suspicious fd-302. Not an Emoluments Clause violation.