THE DNC's PODESTA WORKING FOR PUTIN?

Podesta Group Retroactively Files More DOJ Disclosures For Pro-Putin Work

August 27, 2017 By Regan Pifer

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Slowly but surely, the Department of Justice is making connections between the United States government and Putin’s Russia. It is not who you would expect.

The most recent admission? Or, I should say, retroactive submission is from the Podesta Group.

The same Podesta Group founded by Tony and John Podesta?

THE John Podesta who served as Obama’s chief of staff and chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign?

Yes, the same one.

INTERESTING.

According to the Washington Examiner, the Podesta group retroactively filed “several new disclosures with the Justice Department on Aug. 17 related to work the firm completed between 2012 and 2014 on behalf of a pro-Russia Ukrainian think tank.”

In case you didn’t catch that, Podesta’s firm did work for a pro-Russia Ukranian think tank.

Back in April, the powerful Washington lobbying firm run by Clinton ally Tony Podesta filed a document admitting its work for the pro-Russia European Centre for a Modern Ukraine may have principally benefited a foreign government. New disclosures revealed dozens of previously unreported interactions the firm made with influential government offices, including Hillary Clinton’s State Department and the office of former Vice President Joe Biden, while lobbying on behalf of the center. Embattled ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort failed to disclose his extensive lobbying efforts on behalf of the center at the time as well.

Well known, but rarely followed, these firms like Podesta’s know that anyone who lobbies/does PR “on behalf of foreign governments is required to register as a foreign agent in compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”

However, the Podesta Group did not file until the 17th of this month. The filings, which “include short-form registration statements for six Podesta Group employees and an amendment to the firm’s registration statement that includes a list of political contributions made by relevant employees throughout 2013.”

The Podesta Group was paid $1 million for their work.

In April, during the time of the firm’s filing, “CEO Kimberly Fritts ‘said in a statement that the firm relied on assurances from the think tank, the European Centre for Modern Ukraine, that it was not controlled or financed by a foreign government or political party. Based on that information, the firm disclosed its work to Congress rather than to the Justice Department.”

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

For anyone who is decluttering their home and has extra mops and cleaning supplies, package those up for the Podesta Group. They’ll need it.

Will anything come of these late filings and investigations of connections with Russia?

http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/podesta-group-retroactively-files-more-doj-disclosures-for-pro-putin-work