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bucolic_frolic

(43,364 posts)
5. "Charitable donations" and total control of business regulation, deciding who does business at all
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 09:25 AM
Mar 2022

Sound familiar? No wonder TDFG was in awe and sucking up!

And no wonder Bob Mueller declined to venture into this space. He had no jurisdiction to charge the international oligarchs supporting Putin, the extents of their empires were scarcely mentioned at the time. Now we can see that the whole system of private equity, capital flight, hidden wealth must be undone. And wish the process luck, it will face massive resistance.

maxrandb

(15,364 posts)
6. There needs to be Congressional action
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 09:45 AM
Mar 2022

It is NOT an accident that a fucking war criminals assets are "difficult" to find.

Banks, Corporations, Investment Companies, Hedge Fund Managers, billionaires, millionaires, lawyers, accounting firms and the politicians they have brought and paid for spent decades and millions of dollars to ensure the assets of the wealthy are well hidden.

This should be a no-brainer for a Congressmember that has guts and integrity.

The world should NEVER find itself in a situation where an evil fuckstick, war criminal that is murdering and starving women and children, can so easily hide assets needed to hold him accountable.

I dare any Retrumplicans to vote against legislation that requires full disclosure, accountability and identification of assets.

It would be fitting if Putin helped us solve one of the most destructive issues facing freedom and democracy

The hiding of wealth and assets.

Not only should people know where Putin has hidden his assets, they should readily know where people like the Kochs, Mercers, Donnie Dipshit, Zuckerberg, Gates and others have hidden theirs.

It's not "difficult" to find the assets of oligarchs...it's intentional.

jimfields33

(16,015 posts)
7. The funds may be in another country
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 11:15 AM
Mar 2022

Congress can only deal with the money in our country. I’m sure he moved all that money before the war or at least the money he could.

FakeNoose

(32,823 posts)
9. Pootie's girlfriend and 4 children are hiding at a mountain villa in Switzerland
Fri Mar 18, 2022, 01:27 PM
Mar 2022

Also Pootie's super-yacht is parked nearby at a marina in northern Italy. Switzerland's banks allow accounts which are assigned by numbers rather than names. Don't we already have enough hints?

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