Not only praising putin and vilifying the USA, but making millions doing so, and maga celebrates the traitor...
If Trump wins yes this could be American policy. For people like Trump and Orban the fall of a democracy is not just no big deal but something they welcome.
Jessie Benton, who worked for the pro-Trump super PAC and was a longtime aide to former GOP Rep. Ron Paul, was convicted by a federal jury in November on several charges, including conspiring to solicit an illegal foreign campaign contribution. Both the Trump campaign and Trump himself were not aware of the scheme involving Russian money, the Justice Department has said. According to evidence presented at trial, Benton helped a Russian national secure a ticket to a Republican National Committee event in 2016, where he would have the opportunity to meet and take a picture with Trump. The Russian national paid Benton $100,000 to get the ticket, prosecutors said. Benton created a fake invoice suggesting he had received the money for consulting services, donated $25,000 of that money under his own name to the RNC to get a ticket to the event and pocketed the remaining $75,000. A veteran GOP operative, Benton has now been convicted of crimes related to the 2016 and 2012 elections. He was previously convicted of falsifying federal records as part of a plot to buy an endorsement from an Iowa state senator, who flipped her support to Paul during the 2012 Republican primary. Trump pardoned Benton for those crimes in late 2020, wiping those convictions off the books.
These are the types Trump pardons. Guys just like him. Shady, crooked white collar criminals. He dangles that pardon carrot in hopes they will aid him in doing those same type crimes again. You see the pattern over and over again with Trump. He not only associates with criminals, he hires them, campaigns with them, fundraises with them, goes into business with them, pardons them, and encourages them to commit crimes again. King of hush money, bribes, payoffs, and doing whatever it takes to win, make money, or keep his sorry crooked butt out of prison.
who knew that Elon Musk is a closeted Putin's useful idiot! Platform X (formerly Twitter) was forced by an American court to disclose its investors as part of a lawsuit filed by former employees. Specifically, this is about the 8VC Opportunities Fund II. On the fund's website, Denis Aven and Jack Moszkowicz are listed in the staff section. They are the sons of oligarchs Petr Aven and Vadim Moszkowicz. Petr Aven, a Russian billionaire and founder of Alfa Group, is described as "one of Putin's main portfolios." He is subject to sanctions imposed on Russia due to the war in Ukraine. Vadim Moszkowicz made his fortune in the agricultural industry and is part of Putin's inner circle, which is why he has also been subjected to Western sanctions.
This is a typical cap table of a company like this. None of these investors have any direct influence through their investment. Just because some Russians are LPs of 8VC (a pretty reputable VC fund) doesn't mean they have any say whatsoever in what goes on at X. Mirae is Korean. You think people can't make fun of Kimchi on X now? Child please. Biden and Harris, on the other hand, have Iranian terror supporters as appointed "advisors" going in and out of the White House as they please.
