https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/msps-vote-against-motion-to-investigate-trump-property-purchases-in-scotland

MSPs in Holyrood have voted against a motion calling for an investigation into the finances of former US president Donald Trump.

Politicians debated today whether an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) should be sought in regard to Mr Trump’s property purchases, with the Scottish Greens suggesting ministers should use powers to open a probe.

The vote in Holyrood follows a lengthy campaign by Avaaz International calling on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to open an investigation into Mr Trump’s finances, which she has previously said was the responsibility of the Lord Advocate.

Avaaz’s legal director Nick Flynn said: “If President Putin owned Turnberry, there’s no doubt there would be a UWO on it right now.

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Ricken Patel was born on January 8, 1977 in the Canadian city of Edmonton. After graduating from Balliol College at Oxford University — where he studied politics, philosophy, and economics — he went on to earn a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard. Over the years, Patel has worked as a consultant for such entities as CARE International, the Gates Foundation, the International Center for Transitional Justice, the International Crisis Group, the Rockefeller Foundation, Harvard University, Oxford University, and the United Nations. He also served a stint alongside MoveOn.org founder Eli Pariser on the advisory council of J Street.

When Patel saw how effectively MoveOn was able to raise massive sums of money via Internet-based activities, he thought: “[W]ow! This is the tool.”

In 2003, Patel and other activists — most notably former Virginia congressman Tom Perriello — formed the nonprofit organization Res Publica, for which Patel served as nominal executive director). Under the stewardship of Patel and Perriello, Res Publica concentrated its early efforts on promoting left-wing activism in the American faith community.

The following year, Patel and Perriello worked with the National Council of Churches to establish Faithful America, an online movement-building initiative designed to be “a religious version of MoveOn.org.” Faithful America was later taken over by Faith in Public Life, where Patel served as a member of the board.

In 2006, Patel and Perriello initiated Avaaz.org,[1] as a global “e-advocacy” project of Res Publica. When Avaaz subsequently became an independent nonprofit in 2007, Patel became the organization’s executive director.

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