Look where Brookings spent lots of money in 2016/17.
Global Fairness Initiative?
Who is that?
Karen Tramontano
Sources
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/530196577/201800449349300410/full
https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/cor/050563219_201709_990_2019031316170508.pdf
Who is Karen Tramontano?
Blue Star Strategies.
Burisma's PR firm
Why not just pay direct???
Because the funds were used for something else, under the table.
Hypothesis that Brookings (eg Strobe Talbott) paid for Igor Danchenko's work using GFI as a non-profit cutout.
Coordinated with Karen Tramontano as part of their Burisma protection strategy.
Almost $900,000 went into GFI from Brookings.
Plus another $1.3 million from other sources.
Then all of it out the door, somewhere…