Earl Browder’s grandson. It had to be something like that
I don’t believe a word of the “explanation”—I believe this was an underhanded attempt by Trump’s minions to officially distance the U.S. from Browder as a sign to Putin that we don’t care what happens to him.
Ongoing CYA coverup aside it’s perfectly obvious what happened here. Trump administration took a hatchet to Browder after synchronizing with its Russian handlers. Once the deed began to provoke public backlash and Congressional rumbling they couldn’t get away from it fast enough.
It’s quite possible that the initial trigger was the russians issuing a false report. But in any competent, nonmalicious administration that would have been fixed in 20 minutes.
If he never formally renounced his U,S, Citizenship in writing to the Attorney General and the Attorney General accepted then he is still a USC and can come and go as he wishes. He is getting bad advice somewhere or bullshitting.
Exactly my thought. But he would have to have a US passport to prove his citizenship. So, if he did not give up his US citizenship, he should at least apply for a new US passport immediately.
Trump wants him to disappear and Putin can make it happen. Win, win.
Sounds like a bureaucracy failure to me. Fixed now:
He did. From wikipedia (usually a good place to go for a quick check):
[Bill Browder] gave up his US citizenship in 1998 to avoid paying taxes related to foreign investment
I just read on another site that Russia has charged him with murder.
Makes you think twice about leaving the country doesn’t it. This used to be a safe haven for people but it seems Russia may have different reasons I found their influence on this to be seriously alarming. The interference in our voting and now this.
One error in the article. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is formally the president of Turkey, and is elected. While he’s an autocrat and generally undermining human rights in his country, he in fact did not take power via a military coup.
Military Dictators arise by democratic means too. The Ancient World and the last century have famous examples. Democracies can be very susceptible. So right about the author’s sloppy shorthand. The phrase brings very clear ideas to mind - none relevant to Turkey. Turkish Democracy and the Military’s safeguarding of it and the secular state throughout their histories make the writer’s malformed impression damaging, dis-informing.
The question remains how did he do it, it is a specific process with the last step being attorney general approval I still am unconvinced, of course that’s my nature, wanting proof and all that.