Barnes also got a big $23 million payday, per Greg Palast.
Barnes “lobbied” Texas Gov. George w Bush, whom Barnes previously helped get into the Texas Air National Guard to avoid Vietnam.
Reagan’s Treason: October Surprise and the $23 Million Payoff
by Greg Palast
20, 2023
Excerpt…
In Austin, Texas, I received unshakeable evidence that Barnes was the fixer who got Congressman Bush’s son out of the Vietnam draft. (This, while Bush Sr. was voting to send other men’s sons to Vietnam.)
What did Barnes get for his burial of Reagan’s deal with Iran and Bush Jr.’s draft dodging?
In 1999, I was investigating a company, GTech, which ran both the British and Texas lotteries. Texas had disqualified GTech from operating the state lottery based on strong evidence of corruption. But oddly, the new Governor of Texas, George W. Bush, fired the lottery director who banned GTEch. Then Bush’s new lottery commissioner gave GTech back its multi-billion-dollar contract, no bidding.
Notably, Bush’s firing of the state’s lottery director came two days after a meeting with GTech’s lobbyist—Ben Barnes.
Barnes’ fees from GTech? $23 million.
Continues…
https://www.gregpalast.com/reagans-treason-october-surprise/
Follow the money, they said…