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The Economist warned that Europe is becoming more dependent on Russia while its own reserves decline.[268]Vincent Roberti[269] of Roberti Global and Walker Roberts[270] of BGR Group have received more than $5 million and $1.3 million respectively to lobby the US Congress for the gas project.[271][272]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream
A reading from a German Centre for Georesearch seismograph on the Danish island of Bornholm shows two spikes, at 0003 and 1700 GMT, followed by a lower-level 'hissing' on the day when the Nord Stream 1 and 2 Baltic gas pipelines sprang leaks one after the other
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11257689/CIA-warned-attack-Nord-Stream-pipes-WEEKS-ago.html
>>17596566 lb re post, thank you!
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Volker simultaneously worked as a Ukraine diplomat and as a lobbyist atBGR Group (the Haley Barbour/Ed Rogers super-firm), which represents Raytheon, the company that makes the Javelin anti-tank missile that Ukraine wants.Were it not for the larger Ukraine affair, that conflict of interest would be a scandal all by itself.
During this period, he kept his job as executive director of theMcCain Institute. His salary was reported as $329,000 for 2018. The Arizona governor's salary is $120,395.
The transcripts revealed his intimate role in the effort to squeeze Ukraine.
https://prospect.org/impeachment/sleazy-career-of-kurt-volker-ukraine-hungary/
❤️So that should be okay ❤️
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Question: https://static.politico.com/cc/9c/c411f2784711866b9be3d1977b2f/giuffrelewinamicus031919.pdf [Nick Lewin] >Mueller connection? >Comey connection? NAT SEC.
Answer: ARCHIVE POLITICO:Application to file an amicus curiae inGhislane Maxwellcase (/s/ Lewin) https://web.archive.org/web/20190320215440/https://static.politico.com/cc/9c/c411f2784711866b9be3d1977b2f/giuffrelewinamicus031919.pdf
Extra Answer:Nick Lewin connection to Mueller and Comey. He used to be both of their Special Counsel when they were directors of the FBI ----—- KRIEGER KIM & LEWIN LLP is just a second arm of the now defunct Podesta Group. After the Podesta Group was dismantled, it was reorganized into a few different firms, see: https://dark-to-light.org/2019/01/29/lobbying-spending-at-3-4-billion-in-2018-the-highest-in-8-years-podesta-Group-re-emerges-marijuana-and-pharma-top/ Three of those are: >>Klein/Johnson Group >>Cogent Strategies >Kreiger, Kim, & Lewin See also: Former Podesta Group principal joins BGR By THEODORIC MEYER (tmeyer@politico.com)11/20/2017 02:44 PM EST With David Beavers and Daniel Lippman LEWIN LANDS ATBGR Grouphttps://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2017/11/20/former-podesta-Group-principal-joins-BGR-029161 https://archive.fo/e7Wnn https://www.kklllp.com/professionals/nicholas-j-lewin/
It is all connected, same people.. the whole ficking thing, all of it.
#13902488 at 2021-06-14 19:04:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17599: Demand an Election Audit in Your State Edition
Lobbyists for Putin's Pipeline Dodge Foreign Agent Laws
The State Department labels Nord Stream 2 executives as 'foreign persons'
Beltway firms lobbying for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline have dodged foreign lobbying laws, even though the Biden administration has affirmed that the company behind the project has engaged in sanctionable activity that serves the Kremlin's geopolitical interests.
BGR Group and Roberti Global, two prominent Washington, D.C., consulting firms, have taken in nearly $9 million lobbying for Nord Stream 2 AG, the Swiss company building the pipeline. McLarty Inbound has received $2.6 million in fees from five private European companies that have loaned billions to Nord Stream 2. The company is based in Switzerland but wholly owned by Gazprom, a Russian gas company controlled by the Russian government.
Lobbyists for Nord Stream 2 have come under renewed scrutiny after theBiden administration waived sanctions that would have halted construction of the 764-mile pipeline,which will transport gas directly from Russia to Germany. Biden administration officials have defended the controversial waiver, saying they do not want to harm relations with Germany by imposing sanctions to block construction on the pipeline.
Sources tell the Washington Free Beacon that Nord Stream 2's lobbyists should still have to register as agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
"Lobbying Congress for a Russian geopolitical power grab is pretty much the definition of why FARA was created, so Americans would know who was pushing foreign interests," said a Republican national security veteran who works on the Nord Stream 2 issue. The Republican was baffled that the pro-pipeline lobbyists have escaped FARA registration.
The companies disclose their revenue through the Lobbying Disclosure Act, which is far less stringent than FARA. Lobbyists can be exempt from filing under FARA if their activities involve "bona fide commercial activity" that does not primarily serve a foreign interest.
But the State Department affirmed language in Protecting Europe's Energy Security Act (PEESA), a sanctions bill passed by Congress, that said Nord Stream 2 AG and its chief executive are "foreign persons" who engaged in sanctionable activity.
The term is significant for FARA, which requires agents to register for any work they do for foreign governments, companies, or individuals to influence public policy. The State Department has also called the pipeline a "Russian geopolitical project" that threatens European energy security.
"If this is in fact, as [Biden officials] call it, a foreign influence operation, anyone working on behalf of this ought to at least have to register under FARA," said Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, an expert at the Project on Government Oversight, a watchdog Group that supports tougher foreign agent regulations.
"[FARA's] intended to shine a light on people trying to wield foreign influence over U.S. policy in general," he said.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/lobbyists-for-putins-pipeline-dodge-foreign-agent-laws/
#7360966 at 2019-11-23 07:17:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9414: Baking a Bread for Comfiness
FORMER PODESTA, BGR LOBBYISTS START NEW FIRM:"Two more former lobbyists from the Podesta Group are striking out on their own after Tony Podesta's firm imploded last month," POLITICO's Theodoric Meyer reports. "The lobbyists, Oscar Ramirez and Dana Thompson, are teaming up with Josh Lamel, who recently left BGR Group, to start InSight Public Affairs.
Ramirez and Thompson lobbied for several of the same clients at the Podesta Group, according to disclosure records, including Airbnb, Lyft and T-Mobile. The two have already signed another former Podesta client, a trade Group called Career Education Colleges and Universities. Lamel, meanwhile, will continue working with the Re:Create Coalition, which advocates on copyright issues."
politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2017/12/04/former-podesta-Group-lobbyists-BGR-veteran-launch-new-firm-039741
This is sickening