Burisma Was Told To Remove Picture Of Joe Biden From Its Website, Emails Show

Hunter Biden and his business associates told Ukrainian energy firm Burisma to remove a picture of then-Vice President Joe Biden and Burisma board member Devon Archer from its website, emails from the Hunter Biden laptop archive show.

In May 2014, then-VP Biden’s counsel Demetra Lambros told Eric Schwerin, a business associate at Hunter Biden’s investment firm Rosemont Seneca Partners, to have Burisma remove an image of Joe Biden and Archer from its website, according to emails from Biden’s laptop archive.

“Hey, guys,” Schwerin said in a May 13, 2014 email to Hunter Biden and Archer. “There is apparently a photo of Devon and the VP on Burisma’s website (I can’t see it – the website isn’t working very well right now) but Demetra (VP Counsel) called and asked that we tell Burisma they need to take it down (legally they aren’t comfortable with the VP’s picture being up on the site as what seems like an endorsement).”

Schwerin was referencing then-VP Biden’s counsel Demetra Lambros, whom President Biden appointed in June 2021 to serve as Chair of the President’s Commission on White House fellowships. She previously worked with Biden in 1996 as General Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under then-Democratic Delaware Sen. Joe Biden’s chairmanship.

“Thanks Eric,” Archer responded. “Hunter got the call and it’s down. Was put up without authorization. Just on a Board call now and will call you this afternoon.”

“Looks like it may have been taken down…finally got on the site,” Schwerin said.

“Cool,” Schwerin followed up. “Thanks – I’ll let them know in case they haven’t seen it.”

The image of Joe Biden and Devon Archer does not appear on a version of Burisma’s website archived the following day. The now-defunct Burisma website previously featured profiles of Hunter Biden and Devon Archer on its board of directors page.

Schwerin sent multiple emails to Hunter Biden on May 13, 2014, asking about Burisma’s apparent ownership by a company registered in Cyprus and how he could explain that to Lambros. She raised the Cyprus issue to Schwerin after a Politico article detailing Hunter Biden’s Burisma board seat was published the same day.

“FYI, the only other issue Demetra raised/asked about was that there was a Cypriot connection (ownership?) of the firm and your Dad is going next week. She just raised it – nothing more than that” Schwerin said.

“The company is simply registered in Cyprus,” Hunter Biden wrote back.

https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/08/burisma-remove-picture-joe-biden-devon-archer-emails/

https://bidenlaptopemails.com/biden-emails/email.php?id=20140513-112643_78802

Former Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn who stepped down despite being primed to succeed Elon Musk amassed a staggering $590 MILLION in four years on the job

Zachary Kirkhorn, 39, stepped down as Tesla's chief financial officer after 13 years at the company, during which he was seen as a possible successor

Kirkhorn stepped down Friday but will remain with Tesla through the end of the year to 'support a seamless transition'

Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that in his final four years at the firm, Kirkhorn made $590 million - largely in Tesla stock

The former chief financial officer of Tesla, who stepped down on Friday, made an astonishing $590 million in his final four years at the firm, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.

Zachary Kirkhorn, 39, stepped down as Tesla's CFO after 13 years at the company.

His departure raised questions about who might succeed Musk, 52.

Tesla has no clear second-in-command, but Kirkhorn had been discussed by the board as a possible successor to Musk as CEO, The Wall Street Journal reported in May.

Although no longer CFO, he will remain at the Austin, Texas-based firm until the end of the year to 'support a seamless transition,' the company said.

Vaibhav Taneja was named CFO in addition to his current role as chief accounting officer, the company said in a regulatory filing on Monday.

Kikhorn is described as a calm presence among Tesla executives, and someone who helped turn Musk's ideas into reality.

Sources told The Wall Street Journal that the pair were like the legendary Apple executives, likening Kikhorn to Tim Cook, and Musk to Steve Jobs.

On Tuesday it emerged that the University of Pennsylvania-educated executive made $590 million since he was appointed CFO in March 2019.

The compensation was largely given in shares and options, Bloomberg reported.

Kirkhorn's compensation was comparatively modest, with a base salary of $300,000 in 2022.

He was also awarded $31,099 in previously-accrued paid time off that was applied toward the purchase of a Tesla, according to the company's most recent proxy filing.

He cashed in $6 million in Tesla shares this year.

During his time as CFO, Kirkhorn sold roughly $49 million worth of Tesla stock, according to Equilar.

His fortune pales in comparison to his boss, who is worth $230.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Kirkhorn and other Tesla executives were not part of the huge pay rise Tesla's board awarded Musk in 2018, which made him the richest man in the world.

Kirkhorn joined Tesla as a senior financial analyst, after two and a half years at the consultancy McKinsey.

He has given no indication of his next step.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12387367/Tesla-CFO-Musk-successor-Zach-Kirkhorn-earned-590-MILLION.html

More than 30 arrests were made in a two-day undercover operation in Jacksonville and another 24 arrests were made in a three-day sting in Nassau County as part of Operation Cross Country, an annual human trafficking investigation spear-headed by the FBI, authorities announced Monday.

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said the “mission-driven” national operation is designed to rescue trafficked juveniles and women and “to build cases against those who profit from the misery of human trafficking.”

The idea, he said, is not only to end human trafficking but to provide support to the victims.

Nationwide, the FBI helped locate over 200 victims of sex trafficking, as well as identify and arrest 126 individuals for child sexual exploitation or human trafficking offenses.

In 40 counties across north Florida, the FBI Jacksonville Division worked with representatives from 17 local, state, and federal agencies to recover two child victims of trafficking, two adult victims of trafficking, and arrest 16 individuals for traveling to meet with a minor, according to Assistant Special Agent in Charge Coult Markovsky. In addition, two more missing children were located, Markovsky said.

“Sex trafficking and child exploitation are among the most horrific crimes the FBI investigates, which is why we pursue bad actors so aggressively,” said Sherri E. Onks, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Jacksonville. “Each year Operation Cross Country sends a powerful message that exploiting others will not be tolerated by the FBI and with the help of our partners these offenders will be caught.”

Waters highlighted the arrests of two men, Robert Horvath and Michael Brockway, who were both arrested in sting operations and charged with traveling to have sex with children. They thought they were meeting girls as young as 13 or 14 years old, Waters said.

Brockway, a Navy sailor, was arrested July 28 at a McDonald’s on Beach Boulevard. He’s charged with using a computer to solicit sex with a child, unlawful use of a two-way device, and travel to meet with a child for sexual purposes.

Waters said none of the women identified as trafficking victims during Jacksonville’s two-day operation were juveniles, but a teenage trafficking victim was identified and rescued during the overall operation. The teen is now safe, Waters said.

“Although it is intentionally kept well-veiled by those that profit off it, human trafficking is very real in our community. It is a web of crimes that not only typically hides in plain sight but also feeds on the social disenfranchisement of its victims,” Waters said.

The FBI encourages continued vigilance and help from the public to identify and recover victims and bring perpetrators to justice. Tips can be reported to 1-800-CALL-FBI or https://tips.fbi.gov.

During Monday’s news conference, Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper highlighted his agency’s part in the national operation, which involved a three-day sting targeting escorts who use social media sites to solicit for prostitution and those soliciting prostitution.

Leeper said 24 arrests ranging in age from 23 to 53 were made for charges including prostitution, soliciting for prostitution, drug possession and selling drugs.

Leeper said one of the women who was rescued from sex trafficking during the operation had her fingerprints burned off by her trafficker “to make it harder for her to be identified.”

“The thing to remember is that these aren’t victimless crimes. Human trafficking and prostitution ruin the lives of everyone involved,” Leeper said. “We all know that the top three illegal money makers are dope, humans and guns. And one of those you can sell over and over and over again.”

https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/08/07/feds-join-jacksonville-nassau-county-authorities-to-announce-results-of-human-trafficking-investigation/

Senior OMCG member charged in nationwide anti-gang crackdown

The AFP has joined law enforcement across the country in a week-of-action targeting Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG) and their criminal networks, resulting in the arrest of an alleged Hells Angels OMCG Chapter President in Sydney.

The nationwide crackdown was coordinated by National Taskforce Morpheus and targeted the alleged illegal activities of OMCG members and their criminal networks, leading to a combined 159 arrests across the country.

Police also seized more than $200,000 in cash, 43 firearms, 22 weapons, 11 vehicles, and various prohibited drugs.

New South Wales

In NSW, the AFP, working with the Australian Tax Office (ATO), executed search warrants on 2 August 2023 at the homes of an alleged Hells Angels OMCG Chapter President in Parramatta and an alleged Hells Angels OMCG associate in Liverpool.

These warrants related to an ongoing joint Operation Protego-Cassowary targeting OMCG members and associates alleged to have been committing GST refund fraud.

https://www.afp.gov.au/news-media/media-releases/senior-omcg-member-charged-nationwide-anti-gang-crackdown

Business and Financial Leaders Lord Rothschild and Rupert Murdoch Invest in Genie Oil & Gas

Genie Energy Corporation (Genie Energy), a division of IDT Corporation

(NYSE: IDT, IDT.C), today announced that Lord (Jacob) Rothschild and

Rupert Murdoch have each purchased equity stakes in Genie Oil and Gas

Inc. Jacob Rothschild will join Rupert Murdoch on Genie Energy’s

Strategic Advisory Board and Jacob Rothschild’s interests will partner

with Genie Energy to raise capital for the eventual commercialization of

its oil shale projects.

Jacob Rothschild and Mr. Murdoch separately purchased equity positions

equivalent to a cumulative 5.5% stake in Genie Oil and Gas Inc., which

consists of IDT’s interests in American Shale Oil, LLC (AMSO), and

Israel Energy Initiatives, Ltd., (IEI), for a total of $11.0 million

dollars.

Claude Pupkin, CEO of Genie Oil and Gas, commented, “Genie’s success

will ultimately depend, in part, on access to the expertise of the oil

and gas industry and to the financial markets. Jacob Rothschild and

Rupert Murdoch are extremely well regarded by and connected to leaders

in these sectors. Their guidance and participation will prove

invaluable.”

“I am grateful to Howard Jonas and IDT for the opportunity to invest in

this important initiative,” Lord Rothschild said. “Rupert Murdoch’s

extraordinary achievements speak for themselves and we are very pleased

he has agreed to be our partner. Genie Energy is making good

technological progress to tap the world’s substantial oil shale deposits

which could transform the future prospects of Israel, the Middle East

and our allies around the world.”

Jacob Rothschild, OM, GBE is Chairman of the J. Rothschild group of

companies and of RIT Capital Partners plc (RITCP), the investment trust

company. RITCP is listed on the London Stock Exchange and has a market

cap of over £1.7 billion. Jacob Rothschild is also Chairman of Five

Arrows Limited, a family investment company, and a number of other

companies. Jacob Rothschild is a noted philanthropist, and serves as

Chairman of the Rothschild Foundation.

“The Rothschild family continues to build on its 250-year tradition of

leadership in the financing of innovation and growth,” said IDT’s

Chairman and CEO, Howard Jonas. “It is a great honor to me, my family

and our Company that he has agreed to partner with us to advance this

project to its successful conclusion. Rupert Murdoch is the greatest and

most well informed media magnate of our generation. His decision to

invest in our shale initiatives and serve on Genie’s Strategic Advisory

Board is very gratifying and we look forward to benefiting from his

input.”

“Covering and distributing news has been my life’s work,” said Mr.

Murdoch. “If Genie’s effort to develop shale oil is successful, as I

believe it will be, then the news we’ll report in the coming decades

will reflect a more prosperous, more democratic, and more secure world.”

Rupert Murdoch is the founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of News

Corporation, one of the world’s largest diversified media companies.

News Corporation’s holdings include Fox Entertainment, The Wall Street

Journal, the New York Post, HarperCollins and significant other media

assets on six continents.

https://www.idt.net/business-and-financial-leaders-lord-rothschild-and-rupert-murdoch-invest-in-genie-oil-gas/

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September 9, 2015

Genie Energy (GNE) Announces Additions to Advisory Board

NEWARK, NJ–(Marketwired - September 09, 2015) - Genie Energy, Ltd. (GNE) (NYSE:GNEPRA) and Michael Steinhardt, the Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) of Genie Oil and Gas, today announced that several distinguished leaders and public policy shapers have joined Mr. Steinhardt on Genie's Strategic Advisory Board. They are: Dr. Lawrence Summers, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Mary Landrieu and R. James Woolsey.

Dr. Lawrence Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus at Harvard University. He served as the 71st Secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton and as Director of the National Economic Council for President Obama.

The Honorable Bill Richardson served as Governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1997-1998) and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration (1998-2001), Chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and also served as Chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.

The Honorable Mary Landrieu was a United States Senator from Louisiana from 1996 to 2014. She served as chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. In her capacity as chair, she sponsored and passed the U.S.-Israel Energy Cooperation Bill. The bill fosters partnerships focused on developing resources such as natural gas and alternative fuels, on the academic, business and governmental levels.

R. James Woolsey served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1993 to 1995 and as Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979. He is co-founder of the United States Energy Security Council and is Chairman of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

The new appointees join the distinguished current members of the Board:

Richard Cheney: 46th Vice President of the United States, formerly President and CEO of Halliburton Company and U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1989 to 1993.

K. Rupert Murdoch: Founder and Executive Chairman of News Corporation, one of the world's largest diversified media companies. News Corporation's holdings include Fox Entertainment, Dow Jones and Company, the New York Post, HarperCollins and significant media assets on six continents.

Lord Jacob Rothschild, OM, GBE: Chairman of the J. Rothschild group of companies and of RIT Capital Partners plc. Chairman of Five Arrows Limited. Noted philanthropist and Chairman of the Rothschild Foundation.

Michael Steinhardt: Noted Wall Street investor and Principal Manager, Steinhardt Management LLC. Founder Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co., and noted philanthropist. Mr. Steinhardt serves as Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board.

"Genie's Strategic Advisory Board members represent a wide spectrum of political views, but are united in their passion to see the United States, Israel and the democracies of the world achieve sustainable energy independence," said Michael Steinhardt. "We believe that Genie Energy is positioned to contribute significantly to this effort through its oil and gas exploration program."

"We are honored that so many leading figures from government, academia and the business world share our vision and have agreed to support our efforts by serving on the Genie Oil and Gas Strategic Advisory Board," added Howard Jonas, Chairman and CEO of Genie Energy. "They join the prominent line up already serving on the SAB, and round out a truly unparalleled group who will help guide us in our groundbreaking work."

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/s/genie-energy-gne-announces-additions-123000232.html