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The DOJ failed to declare the Russian Lobbyists as foreign agents
Posted on 7/15/17 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 7/15/17 at 1:40 pm
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WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is asking whether a suspected former Russian intelligence officer-turned U.S. lobbyist and the firm behind the unsubstantiated anti-Trump dossier should have registered as foreign agents for their efforts to bring down a U.S. law on behalf of the Kremlin. According to a complaint filed with the Justice Department, Fusion GPS, which was also involved in the creation of the unsubstantiated dossier alleging collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians, was involved in the pro-Russia campaign to kill the Global Magnitsky Act around the same time.
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Over the past few years, the Committee has repeatedly contacted the Department of Justice to raise concerns about the Department’s lack of enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”). I write regarding the Department’s response to the alleged failure of pro-Russia lobbyists to register under FARA. In July of 2016, Mr. William Browder filed a formal FARA complaint with the Justice Department regarding Fusion GPS, Rinat Akhmetshin, and their associates.[1] His complaint alleged that lobbyists working for Russian interests in a campaign to oppose the pending Global Magnitsky Act failed to register under FARA and the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
The Committee needs to understand what actions the Justice Department has taken in response to the information in Mr. Browder’s complaint. The issue is of particular concern to the Committee given that when Fusion GPS reportedly was acting as an unregistered agent of Russian interests, it appears to have been simultaneously overseeing the creation of the unsubstantiated dossier of allegations of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
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It is particularly disturbing that Mr. Akhmetshin and Fusion GPS were working together on this pro-Russia lobbying effort in 2016 in light of Mr. Akhmetshin’s history and reputation. Mr. Akhmetshin is a Russian immigrant to the U.S. who has admitted having been a “Soviet counterintelligence officer.”[14] In fact, it has been reported that he worked for the GRU and allegedly specializes in “active measures campaigns,” i.e., subversive political influence operations often involving disinformation and propaganda.
[15] According to press accounts, Mr. Akhmetshin “is known in foreign policy circles as a key pro-Russian operator,”[16] and Radio Free Europe described him as a “Russian ‘gun-for-hire’ [who] lurks in the shadows of Washington’s lobbying world.”[17] He was even accused in a lawsuit of organizing a scheme to hack the computers of one his client’s adversaries.[18]
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As you know, Fusion GPS is the company behind the creation of the unsubstantiated dossier alleging a conspiracy between President Trump and Russia. It is highly troubling that Fusion GPS appears to have been working with someone with ties to Russian intelligence –let alone someone alleged to have conducted political disinformation campaigns– as part of a pro-Russia lobbying effort while also simultaneously overseeing the creation of the Trump/Russia dossier. The relationship casts further doubt on an already highly dubious dossier.
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The actions of Mr. Akhmetshin, Fusion GPS, and the others described in Mr. Browder’s complaint appear to show that they acted on behalf of a foreign principal. This is exactly the type of activity Congress intended to reach with FARA. When properly enforced, FARA provides important transparency. However, in this case, because none of the parties involved in the anti-Magnitsky lobbying had properly registered under FARA, these suspicious connections were not appropriately documented and brought to public light.
In fact, it is unclear whether the FBI was or is aware of Fusion GPS’s pro-Russia lobbying and connection to Mr. Akhmetshin, or that these efforts coincided with the creation of the dossier. Presumably, such awareness would have informed the FBI’s evaluation of the dossier’s credibility. This is why it is important for the Department of Justice to actually enforce FARA’s disclosure requirements.
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What actions, if any, has the Department of Justice taken to enforce FARA’s requirements regarding the parties identified in Mr. Browder’s July 16, 2016 complaint? None of the parties involved appear to have registered these activities pursuant to FARA. Why has the Justice Department not required them to register under FARA? Has the Justice Department sent letters of inquiry to any of the parties identified in the complaint?
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This post was edited on 7/15/17 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 7/15/17 at 1:47 pm to Deuces
The democrats are like Wile E. Coyote.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:20 pm to Pax Regis
Obama's DOJ had already given the lawyer special entrance into the US, and then they failed to label them as foreign agents.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:25 pm to Deuces
We love our unregistered foreign agents don't we folks. Indictments are coming. All I can say is scrub all of your social media of pro Obama posts.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:27 pm to bencoleman
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All I can say is scrub all of your social media of pro Obama posts.
Love this line
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:28 pm to Errerrerrwere
I love the smell of Trumpflakes melting!
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:31 pm to Halftrack
Sad when you can't come up with your own words, memes, gifs, etc.
Sad.
Sad.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:39 pm to Halftrack
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I love the smell of Trumpflakes melting!
Ilove when leftists incorrectly appropriate catchphrases.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:43 pm to gthog61
Exactly.
He needs to edit for "in the morning."
It's a needed touch.
He needs to edit for "in the morning."
It's a needed touch.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:47 pm to Halftrack
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I love the smell of Trumpflakes melting!
I'm sorry that you're retarded.
This post was edited on 7/15/17 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:51 pm to Halftrack
Thanks for appropriating a culture you know nothing about.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 2:54 pm to Centinel
Life just gets better each day with the winning
Its like utopia
Its like utopia
Posted on 7/15/17 at 5:15 pm to Halftrack
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love the smell of Trumpflakes melting!
I bet that's a lot funnier in Cyrillic.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 7:22 pm to SDVTiger
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Its like utopia
Certainly more appealing than the "brave new world" that we would have continued slouching toward under another regime of another Alinsky protégée.
Posted on 7/15/17 at 9:04 pm to Pax Regis
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The democrats are like Wile E. Coyote.
Naw, Wile E. Coyote is a funny as shite cartoon character, Dimmerats are not funny at all.
I used to think it was funny watching these Dim fools melt but it's way beyond melting at this point. Whoever coined TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) should have submitted that condition to the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology because it's real and it need to be recognized as such. These poor drones need treatment ASAP!
Posted on 7/15/17 at 9:09 pm to Deuces
You mean the DOJ didn't fill out forms correctly?
Treason!
Treason!
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