FBI Used Russian Spy to Interfere in 2016 Election! Steele’s Main Dossier Source Was Subject of FBI Investigation Under Suspicion of Being a Russian Spy and “Threat to National Security”

Bombshell documents released by Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday and obtained by CBS’s Catherine Herridge revealed Christopher Steele’s main dossier source, Igor Danchenko, was the subject of a 2009-2011 (while Mueller was Director) FBI counter-intelligence investigation under suspicion of being a Russian spy and was deemed a “threat to national security.”

This was known to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane team as early as December 2016, yet they hid this information from the FISA court when they requested FISA renewals on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page.

The FBI obtained its first FISA warrant on Carter Page in October of 2016 and three subsequent renewals every 90 days until June of 2017.

“Between May 2009 and March 2011, the FBI maintained an investigation into the individual who later would be identified as Christopher Steele’s Primary Sub-source,” the two page FBI memo states. “The FBI commenced this investigation based on information by the FBI indicating that the Primary Sub-source may be a threat to national security.”

In other words, a suspected Russian spy who was a national security threat, was used by the FBI in order to accuse Carter Page, an American citizen, of being a traitor and an agent of Russia — and to obtain a spy warrant on him.

Even worse, the information provided by Russian spy Igor Danchenko was used to accuse President Trump of being a suspected agent of Russia.

Candidate Donald Trump AND President Trump was spied on by the FBI by information provided to the FBI by a dangerous Russian spy!

The final Carter Page FISA warrant was signed by Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe in June of 2017 AFTER Mueller was appointed special counsel.

Did Robert Mueller actually use information gathered in real time by the illegal wiretaps on Carter Page?

Wasn’t Mueller paid millions of dollars to find sources of Russian disinformation?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/fbi-used-russian-spy-interfere-2016-election-steeles-main-dossier-source-subject-fbi-investigation-suspicion-russian-spy-threat-national-security/

"I'm Doing Fine" - Ron Paul Tweets From Hospital After Suffering Apparent Stroke During Live Stream

Update (1500ET): In his first communication since this afternoon's incident, Dr. Paul has tweeted a message claiming he is "doing fine", along with a photo of him in a hospital gown and bed.

Update (1420ET): Fox News just reported that Dr. Paul has been hospitalized for "precautionary reasons", after he appeared to have a medical episode - some viewers speculated about a possible stroke - during a live discussion on his "Liberty Report" show. The former Congressman was discussing federal stimulus. Fox News said his son didn't comment.

If nothing else, it appears to suggest that speculation about Paul's death was a false rumor.

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It appears that former Texas Congressman and longtime Libertarian icon Dr. Ron Paul, 85, just had a stroke - or some other type of serious medical issue - during a live stream of his "Liberty Report" web series, which garners hundreds of thousands of viewers with every episode.

A flood of tweets wishing Paul well followed the emergence of the footage above on social media.

Please pray for Ron Paul. It appears a medical issue may have just happened during his show.

— We Are Libertarians (@werlibertarians) September 25, 2020

Pray for Dr. Ron Paul. Looks like he had a stroke or some sort of medical episode live on stream.

— Anthony Brian Logan (ABL) 🇺🇸 (@ANTHONYBLOGAN) September 25, 2020

Thoughts and prayers today with the greatest champion of Liberty in a generation, @RonPaul, and his family.

— Eric Brakey (@SenatorBrakey) September 25, 2020

Ron Paul is a living legend.

He just had some type of medical situation live on air - seems like a stroke?

Pray 🙏

— Daniel Bostic (@debostic) September 25, 2020

Prayers up for Ron Paul 🙏

— Quoth the Raven (@QTRResearch) September 25, 2020

That Ron Paul video is hard to watch. I hope he's okay.

— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) September 25, 2020

Say a prayer for Ron Paul. He’s truly one of the best humans in politics.

— Cassandra Fairbanks (@CassandraRules) September 25, 2020

pray for Ron Paul

— Jessica O’Donnell (@heckyessica) September 25, 2020

It appears Ron Paul may have just suffered a stroke. Pray for him and his family.

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 25, 2020

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ron-paul-appears-suffer-medical-emergency-during-live-show

Meghan Markle Could 'Seriously' Consider Running For White House, Report Claims

Rumours have long been circulating that Hollywood native Meghan Markle may have her eye on America’s number one job; however, the ex-actress’s representatives have never confirmed these alleged ambitions. The fresh claims come as Prince Harry’s wife strongly urged US voters not to ignore the upcoming presidential vote.

The Duchess of Sussex could eventually run for the White House, her close friend told Vanity Fair, suggesting that this intention was behind Markle’s decision to retain her US passport.

“One of the reasons she was so keen not to give up her American citizenship was so she had the option to go into politics,” a source claimed. “I think if Meghan and Harry ever gave up their titles she would seriously consider running for President.”

However, someone else close to the former star said that Prince Harry’s wife “harbours no ambition to enter a career in politics herself” despite maintaining a close interest and engagement with political life.

The comments followed a video message from the royal couple promoting Time 100’s list of this year’s top influencers. In a clip, the Sussexes urged Americans to vote in what Markle described as “the most important election of our lifetime.”

Neither Meghan nor Prince Harry mentioned their personal picks for the November battle - as members of the royal family, they are supposed to remain impartial concerning politics. However, some strong remarks from the Duke about “hate speech” prompted many to suggest that they have ditched their neutrality while indirectly taking a shot at President Trump and cheering for Democratic candidate Joe Biden.

Shortly after the video appeared online, Trump was asked by reporters at the White House about the couple’s strongly worded plea to American voters. The President responded by saying that he was not a “big fan” of Markle, while wishing “a lot of luck” to Prince Harry as he was apparently “going to need it”.

Buckingham Palace rushed to distance itself from the couple’s message, by maintaining that their comments were made “in a personal capacity” as neither the Duke nor Duchess of Sussex are considered to be working members of the royal family anymore.

Meghan and Harry are at present living in Los Angeles after they officially stepped down from their senior royal duties in March and moved to the US via Canada. Some royal commentators earlier claimed that the former actress would “run for President” at one point, as it was apparently “all part of the plan”. Markle has never publicly voiced this intention. However, back in November 2019, she had a private meeting with former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Sussexes former UK residence, Frogmore Cottage, which was described as a “very sweet, warm” gathering with the two women having “a lot of admiration for each other”.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202009251080573303-meghan-markle-could-seriously-consider-running-for-white-house-report-claims/

KREMLIN: Europe’s Refusal to Recognize Lukashenko Goes Against International Law

MOSCOW/BRUSSELS – The refusal of the European Union and the United States of America to recognize Alexander Lukashenko as the only legitimate president of Belarus is against the international law, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement.

“We do not welcome such decisions [as a refusal to recognize Lukashenko] that were made in some European countries. We think these decisions are against the international law,” Peskov told reporters, according to RIA Novosti.

The spokesman added that this refusal to recognize Lukashenko was in fact “covert” interference in Belarusian affairs. Peskov stressed that the position of these European countries would not impact the state and prospects of the Russian-Belarusian relationship.

Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in as the Belarusian president on Wednesday. The United States and its satellites in the European Union have already condemned the inauguration and “do not consider” Lukashenko to be the legitimate president. Reacting to the EU and US actions, Lukashenko said that a presidential inauguration is the internal affair of Belarus and that the country is not obliged to inform other states about it.

On August 9, the NATO/EU-backed Belarusian opposition organized protests after disputing the results of the presidential election in which incumbent President Lukashenko was re-elected for a sixth term by winning 80 percent of the vote. The foreign-backed opposition insists that its candidate, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, won the election. All major opposition, leaders, including Tikhanovskaya, left Belarus and moved to EU states.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly slammed NATO and the EU nations for direct interference in the internal affairs of Belarus. The West has supported and incited violence by the opposition, similar to the NATO-backed coup in Ukraine, including (luckily foiled) terrorist attacks. Moscow has also voiced its anger over foreign interference in the internal affairs of Belarus and offered full support to the country.

https://fort-russ.com/2020/09/kremlin-europes-refusal-to-recognize-lukashenko-goes-against-international-law/

Statement by President of Russia Vladimir Putin on a comprehensive program of measures for restoring the Russia – US cooperation in the filed of international information security

One of today’s major strategic challenges is the risk of a large-scale confrontation in the digital field. A special responsibility for its prevention lies on the key players in the field of ensuring international information security (IIS). In this regard, we would like to once again address the US with a suggestion to agree on a comprehensive program of practical measures to reboot our relations in the field of security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).

First. To restore a regular full-scale bilateral interagency high-level dialogue on the key issues of ensuring IIS.

Second. To maintain a continuous and effective functioning of the communication channels between competent agencies of our States through Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers, Computer Emergency Readiness Teams and high-level officials in charge of the issues of IIS within the bodies involved in ensuring national security, includig that of information.

Third. To jointly develop and conclude a bilateral intergovernmental agreement on preventing incidents in the information space similarly to the Soviet-American Agreement on the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas in force since 25 May 1972.

Fourth. To exchange, in a mutually acceptable format, guarantees of non-intervention into internal affairs of each other, including into electoral processes, inter alia, by means of the ICTs and high-tech methods.

We call on the US to greenlight the Russian-American professional expert dialogue on IIS without making it a hostage to our political disagreements.

These measures are aimed at building up trust between our States, promoting security and prosperity of our peoples. They will significantly contribute to ensuring global peace in the information space. Addressing all countries, including the US, we suggest reaching global agreement on a political commitment of States on no-first-strike with the use of ICTs against each other.

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/64086

Multinational Industrial Engineering Company To Pay $22 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Evaded Customs Duties

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/multinational-industrial-engineering-company-pay-22-million-settle-false-claims-act

Pell thanks Pope for cleaning Vatican ‘stables’ after cardinal who canceled 2016 audit resigns

Becciu was instrumental in April of 2016 in canceling an external audit of Vatican finances that had been planned by Cardinal Pell.

SYDNEY, Australia, September 25, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Cardinal George Pell, who had been tasked by Pope Francis in 2014 to clean up the Vatican’s finances, thanked the Pope for moving to “clean the stables” of the Vatican by accepting the resignation of a powerful Vatican official who in 2016 single-handedly canceled a planned external audit of Vatican finances.

“The Holy Father has elected to clean up Vatican finances,” the Australian cardinal wrote in an official statement dated today where he identifies himself as the former Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy in the Vatican. “He plays a long game and is to be thanked and congratulated on recent developments. I hope the cleaning of the stables continues in both the Vatican and Victoria.”

Yesterday the Holy See announced that Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciù, 72, had offered Pope Francis his resignation and, very unusually, his rights as a cardinal. The most recent cardinal to be stripped of his rights, but not also expelled from the College of Cardinals, was the late Cardinal Keith O’Brien after being accused of sexual misconduct with priests.

Reasons for Becciù’s resignation were not given although there was much speculation yesterday that it involved his use of Vatican charity money to invest in a luxury real estate development in London when he was the Substitute for General Affairs at the Secretariat of State. Becciù held that role from 2011 until 2018 when Pope Francis made him first a cardinal and then Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.

Becciu was instrumental in April of 2016 in canceling an external audit of Vatican finances that had been planned by Cardinal Pell. The firm PriceWaterhouseCooper was scheduled to conduct the audit.

“Unilaterally, and without permission of Pope Francis, Becciu cancelled the audit and announced in a letter to all Vatican departments that it would not take place. When Pell challenged internally the audit’s cancellation, Becciu persuaded Pope Francis to give his decision ex post facto approval, sources inside the prefecture told CNA. The audit never took place,” reported Catholic News Agency in a 2019 report.

Today a weekly Italian newsmagazine called L’Espresso published an exclusive article explaining why Becciù resigned: the investigation into the London real estate development had turned up evidence that he had funneled Vatican assets to his own blood relations.

“[D]uring his mandate, he entrustedoddly but licitlythe entire Vatican treasury to financier Enrico Crasso, formerly of Credit Suisse,” wrote journalist Massimiliano Coccia.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pell-thanks-pope-for-cleaning-vatican-stables-after-cardinal-who-canceled-2016-audit-resigns?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard

US Rep: “Food Shortages Are Coming” – Crops Destroyed – UK Limits Purchases

Rep. Scott from Georgia warns that “food shortages are coming.” Farms are destroying crops, plowing under fields without the labor to harvest them!

As new laws accelerate the demise of California’s agriculture, Washington’s governor commits an act of agricultural terrorism, emblematic of the wholesale attack on food production across the world.

UK’s Morrisons resumes rationing of pasta and canned goods, and “Safety Marshalls” and police are being deployed to ensure social distancing — as Boris Johnson deploys the Army to assist.

The scene is set for food shortages. Start growing your own today.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/09/us-rep-food-shortages-are-coming-crops-destroyed-uk-limits-purchases.html

PM Scott Morrison urges countries to share vaccine knowledge at UN speech

The race for a COVID-19 is unfolding at breakneck speed with the PM delivering a harsh warning to those that might get there first.

The Australian Prime Minister will warn the world of a “global responsibility” to share a COVID-19 vaccine as he addresses the United Nations at a virtual summit on Saturday.

The speech follows Scott Morrison’s blunt warning earlier this year that any nation that sought to exploit or hoard a vaccine or antiviral cure will be condemned by history.

In a statement to mark the United Nations General Assembly 75th Anniversary General Debate, Mr Morrison will urge the United Nations’ member states “to deny the virus the destruction it seeks to visit upon us, upon our lives, our livelihoods.”

“Whoever finds the vaccine must share it,’’ he says.

“This is a global responsibility, and it’s a moral responsibility, for a vaccine to be shared far and wide.

“Some might see short term advantage, or even profit. But I assure you to anyone who may think along those lines, humanity will have a very long memory and be a very, very severe judge. Australia’s pledge is clear: if we find the vaccine we will share it. That’s the pledge we all must make.”

The theme of the summit is ‘The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism – confronting COVID-19 through effective multilateralism”.

The Prime Minister’s speech focuses on the year the UN was founded in 1945.

“The year the Second World War ended. It was a year when humanity found hope amid despair,’’ he will say in the speech.

“This year is one of the hardest since then. So let our resolve now also be undiminished as it was at the beginning of the United Nations as we commit again, together, to realising the common hope that binds us all together.”

In July, Australia warned countries developing a vaccine that the world was watching and there was an “absolute responsibility” to share a cure.

“Any country that would hoard a vaccine discovery, I think, would not be met with welcome arms by the rest of the world,” Mr Morrison said.

But it’s the Prime Minister’s comments on an inquiry into the origins of the virus that could reignite tensions with China.

Despite previously sparking a backlash from China, Mr Morrison will strongly back the need to identify the zoonotic source of the COVID-19 virus and how it was transmitted to humans.

Australia’s support for the inquiry has sparked fury in China where it was viewed as an attempt to “single out” and blame Wuhan for the virus escaping.

Australia was one of 145 countries who supported an inquiry into the zoonotic source of the virus at the 73rd World Health Assembly earlier this year.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/pm-scott-morrison-urges-countries-to-share-vaccine-knowledge-at-un-speech/news-story/fd0b62cbaacc8eccbc291200fa2d5b48

Remember when this clown turned up at the WH with a known pedophile and Trump told the pedo to fuck off??? yeah fun times!

Death toll from Covid-19 could ‘very likely’ reach 2 MILLION before vaccine widely available, WHO says

The coronavirus death toll could double to reach the two million mark before a vaccine comes into wide use, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) head of emergencies Mike Ryan has warned.

The current death toll, which is hovering just below the one million mark, could easily grow twofold without a “concerted” effort to make an effective vaccine widely available as soon as possible, Ryan said in a Friday news conference.

“Unless we do it… the number you speak about [two million deaths] is not only imaginable, but sadly very likely,” he said.

The official also spoke about the ongoing increase in spread rates registered worldwide in the past few weeks after anti-coronavirus lockdowns were eased in many countries. Ryan cautioned against blaming the latest spike on young people, who have allegedly become the primary spreaders.

“I really hope we don't get into finger wagging: it’s all because of the youth,” he said. “The last thing a young person needs is an old person pontificating and wagging the finger.”

The situation in Europe, where several countries, including France and the UK, reported the highest-ever daily rises in Covid-19 cases, remains very “worrying,” WHO officials have said, urging the authorities to do their best to try and halt the spread before the season of regular flu comes around.

“We are at the end of September and we haven't even started our flu season yet, so what we are worried about is the possibility that these trends are going in the wrong direction,” WHO’s technical lead on coronavirus, Maria Van Kerkhove, said.

Globally, more than 32.3 million people have contracted the disease with over 980,000 succumbing to it, the latest figures by Johns Hopkins University show.

https://www.rt.com/news/501736-coronavirus-two-million-deaths/

How the Commonwealth Bank helped a Bitcoin fraud suspect accused of laundering billions

Alexander Vinnik is in a world of trouble.

Key points:

FINCEN Files reveal the secret role of the Commonwealth Bank and an Australian foreign exchange broker in supporting an alleged five billion dollar money laundering ring

The secret US Treasury documents were leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

A Russian national may be behind money laundering operation, prosecutors say

The 40-year-old Russian is inside a jail cell in France, where prosecutors argue he is responsible for a vast criminal enterprise.

His problems do not end there: US prosecutors want to extradite him to face criminal charges, while New Zealand police have frozen $130 million of his assets.

The Australian Federal Police are on his tail too.

That is because Mr Vinnik allegedly transferred nearly $100 million through Australia with the help of the Commonwealth Bank, to potentially launder the proceeds of crime.

A 'breeding ground' for hackers, fraudsters and public corruption

Mr Vinnik allegedly operated one of the world's most popular digital currency exchange sites.

Known as BTC-e, the site allowed users to exchange real currency for Bitcoin.

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And it offered members — who traded under pseudonyms like CocaineCowboys, ISIS and hacker4hire — near-total anonymity.

The company behind the website was registered in Seychelles — a known money-laundering haven — where people set up shell companies, and hide behind them to protect their identities.

American prosecutors argue BTC-e was a breeding ground for hackers, fraudsters, identity-theft scams, public corruption and drug trafficking.

But there's a further twist.

Remember how the Mueller investigation found Russian operatives were responsible for hacking the Democratic National Committee, which led to internal Clinton campaign emails getting leaked two days before the 2016 election?

Later analysis showed those Russian hackers paid for their operations using BTC-e, the service American prosecutors claim Mr Vinnik controlled.

How the criminal enterprise unravelled

About a month after Donald Trump was elected president, an analyst for the British bank Barclays began looking at the transactions coming in and out of BTC-e.

The analyst was so concerned by what they'd found, the bank sent a Suspicious Activity Report to the US Treasury's intelligence division.

"BTC-e also has a high volume of dark web and Tor market activity and mixing activity — a service used to mask and hide the ultimate source of Bitcoin to make them harder to trace," the analyst stated.

"Although otherwise legitimate trading activity does occur through BTC-e, the above intelligence indicated that wire activity with BTC-e should be treated with caution."

Meanwhile, an FBI investigation into the Bitcoin exchange was gathering pace.

On the morning of July 25, 2017, BTC-e users woke up, turned on their computers, and were met with a stark message.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-26/btc-e-vinnik-bitcoin-money-laundering/12703770