Soros-Linked ‘Dark Money’ Group Is Funding Ads Urging Vulnerable Republicans To Impeach Trump, Records Show

A liberal “dark money” group that received millions of dollars from George Soros’s advocacy network, records show, is behind a seven-figure ad blitz urging vulnerable Republicans in swing districts to support the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

The ads, which were scheduled to air this week on “Fox and Friends” in the Washington, D.C., market and in 13 GOP-held congressional districts, feature military veterans urging Republican representatives to “put country over politics” by holding Trump accountable for “abusing his office and risking national security for his own gain.”

Each of the ads contains a disclosure stating they’re paid for by “Defend American Democracy,” but D.C. business registration documents reveal the group is just one of the many projects of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a dark money nonprofit that pumped $141 million into liberal causes in 2018 alone, Open Secrets reported.

The Sixteen Thirty Fund reported receiving $52 million from a single anonymous donor in 2018, but as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, it is not required to disclose the identity of its donors.

But other nonprofit organizations are required to disclose if they gave money to the Sixteen Thirty Fund. One of Soros’s primary donation vehicles, the Open Society Policy Center, has given $4.5 million to the fund between 2012 and 2017, according to their Form 990 annual disclosures.

“Defend American Democracy” does not disclose its affiliation to the Sixteen Thirty Fund on its website, however it does state its a project of “Protect The Investigation,” which is another such project of the Fund.

“Defend American Democracy” did not immediately return a request for comment.

The Sixteen Thirty Fund raised an unprecedented amount of money in 2018 as a liberal dark money group, Robert Maguire, a research director for the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told Politico.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/22/soros-dark-money-impeachment/

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US Federal Court Orders Tehran to Pay $180M to Washington Post Journalist - WaPo

Jason Rezaian, 43, the chief of The Washington Post’s Tehran bureau, was detained for over 18 months in Iran. along with his wife, who was released after two months of detention.

Washington DC federal Judge Richard Leon ordered the government of Iran to pay Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian and his family compensatory damages in the amount of $180 million, according to The Washington Post.

“Holding a man hostage and torturing him to gain leverage in negotiations with the United States is outrageous, deserving of punishment, and surely in need of deterrence,” the judge wrote in a 30-page ruling.

The federal judge distributed the amount between Rezaian and his family members as $23.8 million to the journalist in compensatory damages for pain, suffering and economic losses; $2.7 million to his brother, Ali; $2.7 million to his mother, Mary; and $150 million for the whole family in punitive damages, according to WaPo.

Rezaian’s then-newlywed wife, fellow journalist and Iranian citizen Yeganeh Salehi, was not a plaintiff in the lawsuit against Iran, although she was detained together with her husband before being released after two months.

Rezaian, who served as Washington Post’s Tehran bureau chief, was arrested on 22 July 2014 and was charged with espionage and three other security-related crimes, including “collaborating with hostile governments” and “propaganda against the establishment”. The administration of US President Barack Obama urged Tehran many times to free the journalist and accusing Iran of violation of international law.

In 2015, Rezaian was sentenced for several years in jail after being indicted on all four charges, including espionage and propaganda against the establishment.

Rezaian, along with three other Americans, was released in January 2016 under a prisoner-swap deal with the United States, in exchange for seven Iranian-US nationals serving jail time in the US.

The swap agreement also envisaged that the international criminal police group Interpol would cease prosecuting 14 other Iranian nationals.

Following the prisoner swap exchange, the Wall Street Journal alleged that the US had paid a ransom for the US nationals, allegations that were denied by the Obama administration.

https://sputniknews.com/us/201911231077382214-us-federal-court-orders-tehran-to-pay-180m-to-washington-post-journalist—wapo/

WTF do you make of this??? Funds transfer???

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Prince Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein and the crucial new witnesses: Unpublished photos show the Duke of York and his paedophile friend in New York during fateful weekend stay as stream of visitors to the Manhattan mansion in just 30 hours are revealed

Daily Mail investigation reveals further details about Prince Andrew's New York sojourn in December 2010

The royal claimed he 'never saw' anything at Jeffrey Epstein's £60 million mansion that aroused his suspicions

New pictures show there were six women and three men photographed entering and leaving during his stay

Photographs from December 5 and 6 also show what are believed to be three American protection officers

The Manhattan mansion belonging to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was notorious for its revolving cast of guests.

In his 'car crash' Newsnight interview, Prince Andrew likened the £60 million property to a 'railway station' on account of the sheer volume of visitors. Until now, the royal's New York sojourn in December 2010 — that proved key to his downfall this week — has largely been shrouded in secrecy.

Today, however, a Daily Mail investigation reveals further details about the extraordinary trip — including a whole new roster of potential witnesses who were present at the time and who could help the ongoing FBI probe into the billionaire's activities.

Prince Andrew claimed he 'never saw' anything there which aroused his suspicions, although there were six women and three men photographed entering and leaving during his stay who could corroborate or disprove his account.

Our exclusive pictures also show what are believed to be three male American protection officers. A closer look shows badges worn by the U.S. diplomatic security detail; their role would most likely have been to protect the visiting royal.

An eyewitness account describes a total of five protection officers that kept a polite distance from Andrew and Epstein as they passed the sealions attraction at the Central Park Zoo.

All of them could provide important testimonies for the investigation.

Here, with the help of our gallery, including previously unpublished photographs, we set out in detail the comings and goings during the Prince's visit nine years ago. We retraced the pair's steps during their infamous Central Park walk, during which Andrew claims he ended their association.

Our picture dossier includes close-ups of their intense exchange and a new photograph of them on the glamorous designer shopping street, Madison Avenue.

There is a distinctly frosty atmosphere as the now eighth in line to the throne appears to tap anxiously at his phone while Epstein frowns at his side.

The Duke of York has since admitted it was a mistake to visit the billionaire playboy's home 17 months after Epstein's release from jail for child sex offences.

MUCH MORE

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7716275/Prince-Andrew-Jeffrey-Epstein-crucial-new-witnesses.html