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EleanorR

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Fri Feb 21, 2020, 07:54 PM Feb 2020

Grenell did undisclosed work for an oligarch now subject to anti-corruption sanctions

So swampy, he fits right in.

President Donald Trump’s new acting intelligence director, Richard Grenell, used to do consulting work on behalf of an Eastern European oligarch who is now a fugitive and was recently barred from entering the U.S. under anti-corruption sanctions imposed last month by the State Department.

In 2016, Grenell wrote several articles defending the oligarch, a Moldovan politician named Vladimir Plahotniuc, but did not disclose that he was being paid, according to records and interviews. Grenell also did not register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which generally requires people to disclose work in the U.S. on behalf of foreign politicians.



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Grenell did undisclosed work for an oligarch now subject to anti-corruption sanctions (Original Post) EleanorR Feb 2020 OP
Handy for that amoral pig when he doesn't have to get his lowlife toadies through confirmation. Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #1
Oh NOOZ. another one of those "best" people that Trump promised to hire. riversedge Feb 2020 #2
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