Giuliani Pal Admits To Funneling Foreign Money Into U.S Political Campaigns | Talking Points Memo

NEW YORK – An associate of Rudy Giuliani’s told a federal judge on Friday that he solicited campaign contributions from a wealthy foreigner as part of a bizarre plot to get political juice for a marijuana business.


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Shocked/not shocked that the “evil weed” can so easily be found acceptable by the old guard if they can make legit income from selling it.

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Judge, I didn’t mean to do nobody wrong, your honor, sir. You gotta believe me. I wouldn’t have done it if I had known. I’m sorry, Judge.

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Fruman did not sign any cooperation agreement with prosecutors. He agreed to a maximum sentence of 46 months behind bars as part of the agreement.

We’ll see how he feels about a cooperation agreement after about twelve months. No club fed for him.

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Did the money end up in campaigns? Seems like an important piece of information.

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Republicans will do anything for it!

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So, he pleaded guilty to one charge and will go to court on the others?

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So between Igor and Rudy, who was Cheech and who was Chong?

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Gee. If one didn’t know better Igor’s behavior would seem almost … criminal.

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the pot plot

Anybody know if it’s true @irasdad has already cornered the market?

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Does he think Giuliani is as guilty as the rest of us do?

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Let’s nip this rumor in the bud.

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Fun Fact: In every known language, “America First” means “Funded by Ex-Soviets”.

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It will be interesting to see if he gets expelled back to the Ukraine the way they revoke citizenship of Latinos for minor offences.

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And by local elections I believe those were in FL. So how many local campaign managers are sweating in FL, and not from COVID?
I also wonder if any of those foreign campaign funds ended up in those “shadow candidate’s” campaigns?

And just on a side note, Rudy seems to be the bait that attracts all the schmoes.

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Who was Bevis and who was Butthead?

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While Rudy, Lev, and Igor thought they were

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I see we’re ending this week on a high note.

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OT: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035653392/pope-francis-and-other-christian-leaders-are-calling-for-bold-climate-action

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