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Kid Berwyn

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12. MM: Big Oil Russian Oligarchs Gift GOP Millions
Fri Dec 27, 2019, 10:43 AM
Dec 2019
Mitch McConnell’s Ties to Russian Oil Money

The Democratic Coalition
Jan. 28, 2019

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The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC run by Sen. McConnell’s former Chief of Staff, received a total of $3,500,000 ($2,500,000 in 2016 and $1,000,000 in 2017) via Access Industries and a subsidiary. Len Blavatnik is a Russian oligarch with US and UK citizenship who owns Access Industries and donated to Sen. McConnell’s 2016 Senate campaign vehicles.

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Blavatnik gave a total of $7.35 million to PACs working for high-ranking Republicans including organizations linked to both the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader during the 2015–16 federal campaign cycle. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is probing donor Blavatnik for his ties to Donald Trump and specifically a million dollar inaugural donation.

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https://medium.com/@TheDemCoalition/mitch-mcconnells-ties-to-russian-oil-money-db56f16a4824

Moscow Mitch [View all] Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 OP
Kick dalton99a Dec 2019 #1
MM: "Election Security Is Socialism" Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #11
+1. Election security is socialism? dalton99a Dec 2019 #13
K&R 2naSalit Dec 2019 #2
MM: Big Oil Russian Oligarchs Gift GOP Millions Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #12
Ditch Mitch! oasis Dec 2019 #3
And His Fiends Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #14
Time to ditch / Putin's bitch / Moscow Mitch ! nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #4
Arrests and Imprisonments Would He'p. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #16
He sells out America for 550 fucking jobs. mountain grammy Dec 2019 #5
FBI, CIA, etc. investigators are always surprised at how little it takes to betray America. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #18
He's just another old bastard that needs to go. rickyhall Dec 2019 #6
After a lengthy and horribly painful natural disease dalton99a Dec 2019 #15
He probably wouldn't even notice a change. Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #19
KICK! burrowowl Dec 2019 #7
Moscow Mitch, the Oligarch's Friend Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #20
K&R. dchill Dec 2019 #8
Leonard Blavatnik is American Oligarch Kid Berwyn Dec 2019 #21
from July and nobody seems to care how corrupt the GOP has become SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2019 #9
One big flaw in our system is the Senate majority leader has too much power. brush Dec 2019 #10
Kick Stuart G Dec 2019 #17
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