Hi @pedodestroyer. Thanks for posting this. I agree that the way this was leaked and then squashed on 4chan is sketchy and possibly a false flag designed to instigate a witchhunt against a local business that could be used to shut down internet platforms. I'm going to flair this "Possible Disinfo" as a reminder to all researchers not to get inadvertently sucked in.
Out of curiosity, any additional info from those threads about where that "Podesta" pic came from? What else did the person who posted it post in the thread?
Off topic, but some Tony Podesta news just broke. Manafort pleaded guilty today in his other criminal case and the court docs have a lot of detail covering his illegal lobbying scheme. Tony Podesta is mentioned by name once, but The Podesta Group is almost certainly named as either Company A or B in the court docs. The other company would be Republican lobbying firm, Mercury Associates run by Vin Weber, an ex-Congressman close to Gingrich and many others. He signed he Project for the New American Century letter.
The US part of the lobbying scheme is RG/Podesta/Weber. RG would be Rick Gates who already plead guilty.
To start I recommend a fluid structure as follows:
Overall PlM/AK/Kozhara
Europe Inayl'Rob/r
US - RG/Podesta/Weber
Ukr
Legal EL, YM, CEC lawyer, others?
The way the scheme worked was Podesta and Weber were hired by a think tank in Belgium, but the think tank was setup by Manafort so it wasn't independent. The docs mention that several employees at a lobbying firm understood that Paul Manafort was their real client....this would be a key issue in legal liability. Another US attorney is currently looking at Podesta and Weber and this document looks like they have the goods.
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Vindicator ago
Hi @pedodestroyer. Thanks for posting this. I agree that the way this was leaked and then squashed on 4chan is sketchy and possibly a false flag designed to instigate a witchhunt against a local business that could be used to shut down internet platforms. I'm going to flair this "Possible Disinfo" as a reminder to all researchers not to get inadvertently sucked in.
Out of curiosity, any additional info from those threads about where that "Podesta" pic came from? What else did the person who posted it post in the thread?
MichaelClayton ago
“Voat is the wild west of freedom of speech” “Flagging this and will possibly delete” Haha vindicator is a faggot
Are_we_sure ago
Off topic, but some Tony Podesta news just broke. Manafort pleaded guilty today in his other criminal case and the court docs have a lot of detail covering his illegal lobbying scheme. Tony Podesta is mentioned by name once, but The Podesta Group is almost certainly named as either Company A or B in the court docs. The other company would be Republican lobbying firm, Mercury Associates run by Vin Weber, an ex-Congressman close to Gingrich and many others. He signed he Project for the New American Century letter.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-superseding-criminal-information-against-paul-manafort
The US part of the lobbying scheme is RG/Podesta/Weber. RG would be Rick Gates who already plead guilty.
The way the scheme worked was Podesta and Weber were hired by a think tank in Belgium, but the think tank was setup by Manafort so it wasn't independent. The docs mention that several employees at a lobbying firm understood that Paul Manafort was their real client....this would be a key issue in legal liability. Another US attorney is currently looking at Podesta and Weber and this document looks like they have the goods.
pedodestroyer ago
im not sure, i wasnt in the original thread. i just caught it all before it got deleted
JesustheNarwhal ago
Isn't pasadena where Jack Parsons lived?