Good article giving a short overview of corruption within the American political system. With the Mueller report basically over, consider phase 1 almost complete. Expect phase 2 to start soon. Look for Barr, Rosenstein, Huber, Horowitz, and U.S.A.'s all over the country to start handing out indictments. Wouldn't it be interesting if plea deals are already under seal? If the Podesta brothers were in that group, think of what the Venn Diagram's would look like with all the people they know in power in DC, the nation, and around the world?
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You Can’t Put America First Until Washington’s Foreign Bribery Industry Has Been Shut Down
Brian Cates
April 4, 2019 Updated: April 4, 2019
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As I noted in an earlier column, I suspect the Flynn Intel Group was created as part of a counterintelligence sting to identify and target people engaging in illegal lobbying to influence American foreign policy.
What would be the purpose of a counterintelligence sting targeting people looking to do illegal lobbying to influence U.S. foreign policy?
You can’t really put America first until you shut down the vast illegal foreign bribery industry in Washington that disguises itself as ‘lobbying.’ The Clintons, with their apparent
pay-for-play deals, are merely symptomatic of the entire D.C. lobbying and bribery culture. American foreign and even domestic policy has been for sale to the highest bidder for a long time.
Can you handle the brutal truth? A lot of the people spending big money in Washington to shape U.S. foreign policy … are not Americans.
You’re not really going to succeed in getting American lawmakers in D.C. and U.S. news media outlets to put America first until you cut off that massive pipeline of foreign cash that both have been getting from their foreign paymasters.
Many lawmakers in Washington and “news” media outlets sold out America to foreign interests long ago. These people needed Hillary to win that 2016 election to keep the machinery humming along smoothly.
Just from listening to Trump speaking on the campaign trail, the people involved in the massive pay-for-play industry in both the federal government and the news media knew he’d cause massive problems for them if he somehow managed to win that election.
China, Iran, Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and many other countries either have their governments or factions within their country paying a whole lot of money to our lawmakers and our mainstream media to “help” write U.S. foreign and even domestic policy.
Those on the receiving end of this vast pipeline of foreign money here in America, both in our government and in our media, are desperate to cover up what they’ve been doing, which is selling out the rest of us to their foreign clients and keep the money coming from their foreign paymasters.
Clear Precedents for Prosecution
It’s important to pay attention to the fact that Mueller’s investigation led to the prosecution of two prominent people for illegal foreign lobbying, and then trying to hide their gains through bank and tax fraud. The charges against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates show exactly how serious these crimes are.
Former Washington power player Tony Podesta may literally be the first person to have figured out where this is heading. Recall what Podesta did immediately following the unsealing of Manafort’s indictment.
Upon reading the Manafort indictment, Tony Podesta:
- Dissolved his successful lobbying firm;
- Dove into the deepest hole he could find;
- Still has not stuck his head out of that hole.
Since Podesta did that, you’ve had the Mueller investigation demonstrate just how bad it is to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Meanwhile, it’s been in the public sphere for months that the only investigation Flynn is cooperating with—that we know about thus far—is related to…what?
Illegal lobbying in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
What else do we know? Well, media reports have suggested U.S. Attorney John Huber of Utah
has been investigating the Clinton Foundation, which includes massive “donations” from many foreign countries.
While the DNC Media Complex and the Democrats in Washington might have thought the Mueller investigation was just about bringing down Trump, I believe they were allowed to think that, and in many cases, they were fed deliberate disinformation so they’d go on thinking that.
In fact, the Mueller investigation, wittingly or not, was long ago turned to the purpose of setting up what Trump is going to do now: which is to shut down the massive foreign bribery industry which much of the D.C. establishment reaps great profits from.
And he’ll win this fight, too.
Brian Cates is a writer based in South Texas and author of “Nobody Asked For My Opinion … But Here It Is Anyway!” He can be reached on Twitter @drawandstrike.
