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Wwcd

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3. Wonder if he'll have to turn over financials.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 03:30 PM
Feb 2018

Who paid him & how.
Inside the US or outside.
Mueller will look for all evidence of RU involvement & influence. No stone will be left unturned.

Devine has a long history with Manafort. Ukraine isn't the only country they exploited for campaign influence & money.

Here:

Check out some of the morally dubious people Devine has worked for below.

1. Manuel Zelaya

Former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was ousted in a 2009 coup when he attempted to change the constitution in order to allow him to be re-elected. Zelaya, a friend of the late Hugo Chavez, at one point ordered Honduras’ television stations to air several two-hour segments for ten days in a row praising the government. A journalist in the country who was critical of Zelaya was murdered by gunmen. Devine worked as a strategist and media consultant on Zelaya’s 2005 campaign


2. Alejandro Toledo

Toledo was president of Peru from 2001 to 2006 during which he signed the Peru-United States Trade Promotion Agreement. Sanders in the Senate voted against the deal and said, “one of the major reasons that the middle class in the United States is shrinking, poverty is increasing and the gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider is in fact due to our disastrous, unfettered trade policy.” Devine worked on Toledo’s 2001 presidential campaign as a strategist and media consultant.

3. Buddy Cianci

Devine served as chief of staff for one of America’s most infamous mayors from 1979 to 1980. Cianci was elected as a Republican mayor of Providence in 1974 and served until 1984, when he resigned over an assault charge. Cianci was alleged to have beaten a man he suspected of sleeping with his wife. The mayor allegedly stuck a lit cigarette in the man’s eye and denied urinating on him — although no one had brought that detail up.

4. Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada

Devine worked on Bolivian President Sanchez de Lozada’s 2002 presidential campaign as a strategist and media consultant. Lozada is currently in exile in the United States. During the “Gas Protests” in 2003 when the president militarized natural gas production in the country, 67 civilians were killed by government forces. “Whatever harm to property or persons that might be produced as an effect of fulfilling the objective of this supreme decree shall be compensated and guaranteed by the State,” de Lozada wrote in a decree.

5. Viktor Yanukovych

Yanukovych served as prime minister and president of Ukraine at different points in recent history. Devine worked as a strategist and media consultant for Yanukovych in 2006 and 2010. Yanukovych stepped down as president in 2014 when mass protests swept his country. The former prime minister lived in an opulent mansion that cost an estimated $100 million — a symbol of the corruption charges his administration faced.
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Yup. Its a good guess that with Devine's history of electioneering for profit, Mueller already suspects what Devine's purpose in 2016 was about.

Tad & Paul. Just two guys trying to making a living.

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They all knew RU was in it to keep HRC from becoming Pres. Wwcd Feb 2018 #1
I Wondered When His Name Was Going To Pop Up Me. Feb 2018 #2
Wonder if he'll have to turn over financials. Wwcd Feb 2018 #3
Maybe We'll Find That 10 Mil Me. Feb 2018 #5
To know that answer will mean revisiting the FEC campaign filing. Wwcd Feb 2018 #8
As an aside on Cianci Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #36
Man, that's quite a story. I get the hometown guy loyalty, to a point.but Wwcd Feb 2018 #38
It is certainly a story worthy of Scorsese Docreed2003 Feb 2018 #42
Maybe Tad Devine will show up on Mueller's TheDebbieDee Feb 2018 #4
Not sure. Post it if you locate it. He may just be a relative with no ties to any of Tad's business. Wwcd Feb 2018 #9
I found a Douglas Devine that stepped down from UTAC TheDebbieDee Feb 2018 #20
If its out there we'll come across it sooner or later. Wwcd Feb 2018 #21
Are you thinking of John Podesta's brother ? OnDoutside Feb 2018 #23
Could be... Did he step down from some Wall St firm? TheDebbieDee Feb 2018 #27
Welll time will tell on Ted Devines piece of tjis and i think Bernie visited Russia in 1988. CentralMass Feb 2018 #6
? This is about Manafort & Devine & their dubious history. Wwcd Feb 2018 #7
This isn't an examination mythology Feb 2018 #10
Omg..stop it. Wwcd Feb 2018 #28
While Sanders having visited Russia (In 1988) was thrown in to stir it up. CentralMass Feb 2018 #15
Wasn't Devine his chief political strategist? George II Feb 2018 #33
It appears Devine's main occupation in all listed dealings has been as a media strategist. Wwcd Feb 2018 #41
From wikipedia: George II Feb 2018 #47
Would probaly know every trick inthe book with that global resume. Wwcd Feb 2018 #49
WHAT "OTHER CAMP" are you talking about? George II Feb 2018 #12
Good question George. sheshe2 Feb 2018 #22
has to be implying if they wanted to they could attack Hillary...but how? Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #30
So You're Saying Devine Didn't Work With Manafort In Ukraine? Me. Feb 2018 #14
.... George II Feb 2018 #48
K&R sheshe2 Feb 2018 #11
One would think so mcar Feb 2018 #13
K&R Gothmog Feb 2018 #16
I hope not. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #17
There are all sorts of murky dealings btwn political figures past & present involving Russia money CentralMass Feb 2018 #18
Who's slinging mud? We're discussing Manafort & Devine due to their history together in elections Wwcd Feb 2018 #24
Operative word - BEFORE! And the plot had nothing to do with the deal at all...... George II Feb 2018 #32
Hillary is the answer! Cha Feb 2018 #19
Aha..there she is. Sipping her tea, sweetened with a bit of honey Wwcd Feb 2018 #25
Ever so wise.. Cha Feb 2018 #26
mmm hmm. Wwcd Feb 2018 #29
hmmm Cha Feb 2018 #37
Yup, common target was Hillary. R B Garr Feb 2018 #44
Wow..that would reveal all we need. Think Mueller's on it by now. Wwcd Feb 2018 #46
Surely this pic is NOT controversial around here of all places! Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #31
Nope.. the only Russian agent Hillary Cha Feb 2018 #39
lol, I love that! R B Garr Feb 2018 #43
Hey RB.. the link with the hattip.. Cha Feb 2018 #45
Yep.(nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #35
Something to think about.(nt) ehrnst Feb 2018 #34
Well, Gates used to work with Manafort and we see R B Garr Feb 2018 #40
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