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pnwmom

(110,301 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:15 PM Jan 2020

Christine Pelosi has just retweeted a Scott Stedman tweet about Deutsche bank.

Stedman has been making claims about Deutsche bank and a Trump and a whistleblower for weeks, but no MSM has picked up on this, so I wasn't taking it seriously.

But Christine Pelosi's tweet makes me wonder . . . could there be something to this?





Are the #TrumpDavos press going to ask about the #TrumpDeutscheBankLoans and how Deutsche Bank got $500MILLION from Russia’s Gazprom at same time as they lent millions to Trump? 👀
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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
2. The NYT isn't mainstream media now?
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:21 PM
Jan 2020
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/business/val-broeksmit-deutsche-bank-trump-whistle-blower.amp.html

For more than five years, Val Broeksmit has been dangling his Deutsche Bank files in front of journalists and government investigators, dreaming of becoming the next great American whistle-blower. He wants to expose what he sees as corporate wrongdoing, give some meaning to his father’s death — and maybe get famous along the way. Inside newsrooms and investigative bodies around the world, Mr. Broeksmit’s documents have become something of an open secret, and so are the psychological strings that come attached.

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pnwmom

(110,301 posts)
6. Of course they are -- but that was from October. They haven't been saying anything
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:27 PM
Jan 2020

about Stedman's recent reporting.

nolabear

(43,850 posts)
3. Oh good! I was wondering where that was going.
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:22 PM
Jan 2020

I like Christine. She’s got her mother’s guts and wicked sense of humor.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,151 posts)
4. Foreign press have much larger stones than our
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:24 PM
Jan 2020

Press in most cases, surely hope the topic is broached.

Tommy_Carcetti

(44,565 posts)
5. Stedman's a sharp guy.
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:26 PM
Jan 2020

Young and independent—hasn’t even gotten the coveted blue check yet—but that’s not to be confused with not doing proper reporting.

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)
7. I saw her tweet which led me to his tweet and posted his thread here.
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:28 PM
Jan 2020

I just deleted that thread, until I get more confirmation, I'm not seeing any other verified sources tweeting about it.

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)
12. I was worried about not having enough confirmation, I worded
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:34 PM
Jan 2020

that first post wrong, I saw hers and then his, I'm not seeing any other checks tweeting it out.
Thank you.

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)
13. I do feel hopeful, I've seen a few tweets and posts here
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:39 PM
Jan 2020

discussing the foreign press, having bigger balls than our press.

pnwmom

(110,301 posts)
11. If Christine happens to know anyone in the House, I hope
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 09:32 PM
Jan 2020

she will ask them to investigate this.

pnwmom

(110,301 posts)
16. I was being snarky. I bet she knows LOTS of people in the House
Tue Jan 21, 2020, 10:17 PM
Jan 2020

including her mom.

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