Russia’s Largest Bank Paid Podesta Group $170,000 During Election In Exchange For Washington Influence

Well well well… All of this Russophobic bullshit from the left turns out to be nothing more than hypocritical mudslinging.

“OMG! Trump is a Russian puppet! He’s colluding with Russia! My wife’s boyfriend was right!”

After spying on members of the Trump campaign’s communications and financial transactions – which the left is now attempting to deny – the Former NSA, CIA, and current FBI Director Comey have all confirmed that there’s ZERO evidence of collusion. Clean bill of health bitches.

Mean-fucking-while, turns out Russia’s largest bank – Sberbank – paid the Podesta group $170,000 over a 6 month period to lobby against 2014 economic sanctions put in place by the Obama administration:

Podesta’s efforts were a key part of under-the-radar lobbying during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign led mainly by veteran Democratic strategists to remove sanctions against Sberbank and VTB Capital, Russia’s second largest bank.

The two Russian banks spent more than $700,000 in 2016 on Washington lobbyists as they sought to end the U.S. sanctions, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms and documents filed with the Department of Justice.

The Podesta Group charged Sberbank $20,000 per month, plus expenses, on a contract from March through September 2016.

Oh, and Podesta forgot to register as a “Foreign Agent” while doing so.

So let’s get this straight; White House regular and creepy art aficionado Tony Podesta, brother of John Podesta (who would be Secretary of State today if Hillary had won), took money from the Russians during the US election in exchange for Washington influence.

took money from the Russians during the US election in exchange for Washington influence

took money from the Russians during the US election in exchange for Washington influence

took money from the Russians during the US election in exchange for Washington influence

Right.

Let’s add a bit more color and remember who has actual shady ties to Russia. From the NYT:

Between 2008 – 2010, Uranium One / UrAsia investors donated $8.65 Million to the Clinton Foundation.

June 2009, Russian State Nuclear Agency Rosatom (through a subsidiary) takes a 17% stake in Uranium One.

June 2010, Russian State Nuclear Agency Rosatom takes majority ownership of Uranium One, which Hillary Clinton’s State Department signed off on.

June 29th, 2010, Bill Clinton earns $500,000 for a speech in Moscow to a Russian Investment bank that assigned a “buy” rating to Uranium One stock.

January, 2013: Rosatom State Nuclear Agency now owns Uranium one and takes it private.

Wait, you say – that Uranium deal had to go through an adviiiisory committee (Michael Savage voice). Know what? That committee is a joke – a round table of cucks with rubber stamps.

“The committee almost never met, and when it deliberated it was usually at a fairly low bureaucratic level,” Richard Perle said. Perle, who has worked for the Reagan, Clinton and both Bush administrations added, “I think it’s a bit of a joke.” –CBS

Let’s talk transparency:

Clinton failed to disclose the $2.35 Million in donations (made in installments) from Uranium One chairman Ian Telfer to a nebulous slush fund subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation, set up by mining executive Frank Guistra (whose company merged with Uranium One). Guistra donated $31 Million to the Clinton Foundation. How charitable! (read more here in the New Yorker)

This is not the first time the Podesta group has taken Russian money:

The Podesta group made $180,000 lobbying for Uranium One (source – you have to add up the years). These donations were made over the same time period that the Clinton Foundation was receiving millions from UrAsia / U1 interests. Tony Podesta also sat on the board (along with senior Russian officials) of a small energy company called Joule. Two months after Podesta joined the board, Joule landed a sweet $35 Million contract from Vladimir Putin’s Rusnano investment fund – which Podesta failed to disclose as required by law. Oh, and before joining the Clinton Campaign, John Podesta transferred 75,000 shares of Joule to his daughter through a shell company with her address. Maybe the optics didn’t look good or something? 

BUT WAIT – ORANGE HITLER AND MUH RUSSIANS:

Donald Trump, evil incarnate, wants to get along with Russia! He held a Miss Universe pageant in Moscow! His incoming NSA director had a stint as a Russian TV commentator on the same channel as Larry King! Jeff Sessions spoke with the Russian Ambassador! THE HORROR.

I know a fair number of liberals read iBankCoin – so can you please try and absorb some of this? Can you reach back and use that childhood imagination of yours to picture a world in which Tony Podesta – Russian bank lobbyist – now has full access to the White House with his brother as SoS? Can you possibly apply the same kneejerk witch hunt mentality to the aforementioned facts?

I can hear it now as you mentally shitcan everything you just read:

“Dahnald’s goin’ down!”

“His impeachment over Russia is going to be GLORIOUS!”

“I once jerked off to Rachael Maddow and I’m fairly confused about my sexuality at this point. I need help.”

Now watch the logically challenged pivot to Trump’s caaaahnflicts of iiiihnterest or whatever the fuck else cow-eyed robots are being told to think by the Cuckington Post, MSNBC, CNN, and Stephen “Podesta Pal” Colbert.

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