With regards to Mueller, Manafort…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-25/former-podesta-group-executive-says-firm-peddled-russian-oligarchs-all-over-dc-paul-
>The former executive who has been "extensively" interviewed by Mueller's team, said the FBI probe is now focusing on people in Washington who have worked as de-facto operatives on behalf of Russian government and business.
>peddling Russian influence through a shell group called the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU).
https://apnews.com/c01989a47ee5421593ba1b301ec07813/ap-sources-manafort-tied-undisclosed-foreign-lobbying
>Donald Trump’s campaign chairman helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million in payments to two prominent Washington lobbying firms in 2012, and did so in a way that effectively obscured the foreign political party’s efforts to influence U.S. policy.
When they say Russian investigation they are talking about a group ran by pro-Russian Ukrainian President.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/16/ukraine-andrei-derkach-clinton-investigation-241704
>Derkach also claimed that the campaign against candidate Trump included Ukrainian officials’ announcement last year of reported payments of more than $12 million by Ukraine’s previous leader, Viktor Yanukovych, to Paul Manafort, who was one of Trump’s campaign managers during the election.
I remember hearing that the Ukraine coluded with the DNC but it seemed to have vanished from headlines.
Either the $2.2 million is a part of the $12 million and Mueller is investigating Podesta or the $2.2 is separate (doesn't connect to Trump) but leads directly to the $12 million.
Regardless it looks like Russia's money was funneled to the Podesta group and given to Hillary Clinton.
What's also interesting is the man making the above accusations is said to work for the same "pro-Russia party."
>In a July 24 letter to Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Andrei Derkach, an independent MP who was formerly aligned with a pro-Russian party
Lastly I noticed this:
>Subsequent documents publicized by a Ukrainian legislator, Serhiy Leshchenko, suggested that Manafort concealed some of the money he received by transferring the payments through off-shore accounts.
>Manafort’s actual signature does not appear anywhere in the ledgers, however, and he denies receiving any illegal disbursements. None of the disclosed documents have been verified for their validity.
There's definitely a Russian money trail being investigated but it looks like it leads directly to Podesta/DNC. Manafort never signed the ledgers… so who did?
I also found this on Podesta's fara registrations:
https://www.fara.gov/docs/5926-Informational-Materials-20170817-39.pdf
>Of course, the Tymoshenko case raises questions that cannot be ignored. But even in this context, I believe that we should encourage dialogue and promote closer relations between Brussels and Kyiv. Beause in the end you can't stop history. And closer ties between Ukraine and the European Union is an inevitable process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Centre_for_a_Modern_Ukraine
It looks like they were also trying to become a member of the EU. Russia influencing EU through Ukraine via Podesta Group?
I'm not sure if it's connected but the Podesta Group represented Georgia from January 2010 to June 2013.
https://www.fara.gov/docs/5926-Exhibit-AB-20110729-10.pdf
https://www.fara.gov/docs/5926-Exhibit-AB-20100203-4.pdf
https://www.fara.gov/docs/5926-Exhibit-AB-20120313-16.pdf
Crimea was invaded and annexed February 2014:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation
Look who pops up again?
>On 22–23 February 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an all-night meeting with security services chiefs to discuss the extrication of deposed Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych. At the end of the meeting Putin remarked that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia"
This is what Q means when he says projection. Hillary and the DNC used the Podesta group (Russian lobbyist) to funnel Russian money (influence) into their campaign.
From the first article:
>"Tony Podesta was basically part of the Clinton Foundation."
Mueller's scope: Any crimes that are discovered during the investigation.
Time will tell.
BTW: Was Trump given evidence of all of this on his Helsinki summit? Was this why everyone in the MSM lost their shit?