[ April 15, 2024 ]
In 2008, I broke the groundbreaking news story of a massive network of foreign entities (some terror-tied) donating to then candidate’s Barack Obama’s campaign. I wrote extensively on it and devoted chapters to it in my first book, The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War on America. No media covered it, no federal agency prosecuted it.
I submitted everything to the FEC and David Keene, then Chairman of the ACU, but it came to nothing.
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Obama received illegal foreign campaign contributions from the terror statelet of Gaza. Among the “donors” Palestinian brothers inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were listed in government election filings as having donated $29,521.54 to Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign. There was no mass media coverage. None. But ABC News is all over a fake news contribution story about President Trump.
Obama’s 2008 campaign finance records are full of riddles, mysteries, and unanswered questions. Contributing nearly $25,000 to the Obama campaign was Monir Edwan, who was listed on FEC documents as contributing from the city of Rafah in the state “GA.” Georgia? No – there is no Rafah in the Peach State. Monir Edwan sent money to Obama from Rafah, Gaza.
Rafah is a Gaza “refugee” camp.
The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) “prohibits any foreign national from contributing, donating or spending funds in connection with any federal, state, or local election in the United States, either directly or indirectly. It is also unlawful to help foreign nationals violate that ban or to solicit, receive or accept contributions or donations from them. Persons who knowingly and willfully engage in these activities may be subject to fines and/or imprisonment.”
Yet no one has found it noteworthy that Barack Hussein Obama himself appears to be in violation of this statute.
According to the FEC, contributions to the Obama campaign from three brothers, Osama, Monir and Hosam Edwan, all from Rafah, totaled $33,000.And they weren’t alone. Al-Jazeera reported on March 31, 2008 that Gazans were manning phone banks for the Obama campaign.
The FEC (Federal Election Commission) never took any action on all the charges about Obama’s eligibility and foreign campaign donations? Longtime Atlas readers remember the blockbuster stories I broke during the early summer 2008 on illegal contributions, foreign contributions, contributions from Hamas-controlled areas in Gaza, and non-existent donors (scroll Obama’s Foreign Donors: The media averts its eyes)
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has questioned several witnesses about millions of dollars in donations to President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee last year, including questions about donors with connections to Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, sources with direct knowledge told ABC News.
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Those interviewed included longtime Trump friend and confidant Thomas Barrack, who oversaw the fundraising effort, as well as individuals familiar with the massive inaugural fund, according to sources with direct knowledge.
Barrack, a real estate investor, has long been described as a Trump “whisperer” whose close friendship with the president landed him a prime appearance during the GOP convention the night Trump accepted his party’s nomination.
The billionaire runs a fund with hundreds of millions in real estate and private equity holdings in the Middle East. Barrack oversaw the largest inaugural fundraising effort in U.S. history, bringing in $107 million – more than double what President Barack Obama raised for his first swearing-in festivities.
According to a source who has sat with the Mueller team for interviews in recent weeks, the special counsel is examining donors who have either business or personal connections in Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Several donors with those ties contributed large sums to the non-profit fundraising entity – gifts that topped out at $1 million dollars, according to public records.
PHOTO: President Donald Trump takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 2017 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony on January 20, 2017 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
more +Special counsel investigators have also asked witnesses about specific inauguration donors, including American businessmen Leonard Blavatnik, and Andrew Intrater, according to sources familiar with the Mueller sessions.
Neither has been accused of any wrongdoing.
Blavatnik is a billionaire with dual U.S. and British citizenship who has extensive business ties in Russia. Blavatnik gave $1 million to the inaugural fund through his company, Access Industries, according to FEC records. Companies are prohibited from giving donations to political candidates, however, donations to inaugural committees are not considered donations to candidates.
A spokesman for Blavatnik did not respond to questions from ABC News.
Intrater, an American relative and business associate of Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, runs a U.S. company with deep ties to Vekselberg’s Russia-based global conglomerate, Renova Group. Renova was recently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Intrater serves as the CEO of Columbus Nova, an investment company based in New York. FEC records show Intrater made a $250,000 donation to the Trump inauguration committee in early January 2017.
Following the donation, he and Vekselberg attended Trump’s inauguration, according to published reports. Also in 2017, Intrater gave another $35,000 to Trump Victory, the joint fundraising committee for the Trump campaign and Republican party. Of that, $29,600 went to the Republican National Committee.
Intrater has not responded to inquiries from ABC News.
PHOTO: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence during the 58th U.S. Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C.on January 20, 2017.Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence during the 58th U.S. Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C.on January 20, 2017.
more +Vekselberg, a Russian national, was questioned by the Mueller team after stepping off his private jet at a New York-area airport, The New York Times reported earlier this month. Vekselberg has also been in the headlines this week after the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, alleged that Veksleberg directed payments to a company formed by Cohen’s totaling $500,000.
The alleged payments, made by Columbus Nova — the firm led by Intrater — were listed in a seven-page document prepared by the law firm representing Stormy Daniels.
Daniels alleges she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
The document outlines what it claims are $4.4 million in payments to a corporate entity set up by Cohen shortly before the 2016 elections. The payments allegedly come from both obscure companies and well-known brands — foreign and domestic — including AT&T. Several of those companies have extensive business before the U.S. government.
The alleged payments continued until earlier this year.
Columbus Nova said in a statement earlier this week that the firm’s work with Cohen was not improper.
“Columbus Nova is a management company solely owned and controlled by Americans. After the inauguration, the firm hired Michael Cohen as a business consultant regarding potential sources of capital and potential investments in real estate and other ventures,” Columbus Nova’s attorney Richard Owens said in the statement. “Reports today that Viktor Vekselberg used Columbus Nova as a conduit for payments to Michael Cohen are false. The claim that Viktor Vekselberg was involved or provided any funding for Columbus Nova’s engagement of Michael Cohen is patently untrue. Neither Viktor Vekselberg nor anyone else other than Columbus Nova’s owners were involved in the decision to hire Cohen or provided funding for his engagement.”
Why these individuals would be of interest to the Mueller team remains unclear. The expanded probe sheds light on a possible growing area of interest to the Mueller investigation.
So far, the Mueller probe has led to nearly 20 indictments including plea deals for cooperation for two Trump loyalist – former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Deputy Campaign Manager Rick Gates.
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33 Comments
5 years ago
Dems/obama got funds from palstinians and gave back 50x times more as aid to the jihadis.
Trump was conned by Abbas initially but when he found out the truth boy was he mad as hell at the jihadi http://bit.ly/2rOmfyJ
That’s when he decided enough is enough and that inspite of huge opposition led to shifting of Embassy to Jerusalem and No more funding to the jihadis.
5 years ago
How does one know you’re not fabricating documentation?
5 years ago
Reply to
aemoreira1981
That takes an investigation/subpoenas etc. which Ms. Geller doesn’t have the power to order/initiate. Nice try though muslum apologist/sympathizing renob.
5 years ago
Reply to
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
That’s not being an apologist or sympathizer. It’s merely questioning the authenticity of information submitted.
5 years ago
Reply to
aemoreira1981
Oh, little aermoreira1981. When you were playing your favorite game, “Make-Believe” and being a “pretend lawyer”, you were amusing. However, your new game of “Humiliate Yourself”, is going a bit too far. Go back to “Make-Believe”, it won’t hurt you as much.
5 years ago
Reply to
aemoreira1981
R U a community organizer? Member of CAIR? MSA? R U paid to propagate FUD?
D
5 years ago
LOL THA CUCKS ON HERE WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING
5 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Notice he has to up arrow his comments.
Talk about desperation for attention….
5 years ago
Reply to
BRUH
DO you normally UP ARROW you own comments?
Do you often talk to yourself too?
It’s all very unhealthy.
5 years ago
It is more than past time to take a look at the records pertaining to democrat campaigns especially the donors, and the results of their donations.
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
As Mr. Daniel Greenfield once opined you can’t wake up those only pretending to be asleep.
5 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Apparently, Mueller is, like the Democrats, deemed to be above the law. It is time for Mueller to get the proverbial hook and indicted for his witch hunt that is solely to usurp the presidency and put the Democrats into the White House. This pathetic man is a traitor who will overlook or bury any of the criminal or seditionist dealings by the unscrupulous Democrats. It is so obvious that the swamp is fathomless and boundless infested with leftist turncoats. The Clintons, Obama and others of perfidious actions are left to carry on their criminal enterprises. Americans must start to openly protest this never-ending perfidy; if not America will become the mirrored-image of UK or EU.
D
5 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
US Government – giant swamp ( nothing new, been that way for a couple decades now ) – in steps Trump ( knows it’s a swamp, promises to clean it up ) – is getting bit up bad by the gators, but was holding his own – in his time of need, friend Jeff steps aside – Rod appoints friend Bob to special counsel with unlimited powers – Bob ( not the biggest gator, but damn close ) brings a known history of hatchet jobs, destroying innocent people’s lives, no regard for real truth, just a ” get your man, guilty or not, no matter what law you have to break to do it ” attitude ( Bob ain’t your man for getting to the bottom of things, he’s your man to follow an agenda ) – his target – Trump.
The man with the big gun who isn’t afraid to use it, is in the fight of his life against what – an upstanding man of the law or one of the most vicious monsters the swamp has ever produced ? Anyone who suggests he’s the right guy for special counsel is either completely ignorant, on the take ( what a surprize that would be ), against the President, or all of the above. If he can’t find something, he will do his best to trap Trump in some stupid, no nothing infraction, just as he has done multiple times before.
If you want to do anything, message Trump your support and tell him whatever he does, don’t talk to Bob, but also don’t fool yourselves into thinking that, apart from armed insurrection, there’s a hope in hell of cleaning this up. There isn’t.
5 years ago
Reply to
James Jones
Amen, indeed, Bob ain’t to be trusted, with the exception being, the Democrats. The entire fiasco make me want to puke.
D
5 years ago
Reply to
Ziggy46
He knows when he stops…it will be our turn to start the indictments… that is why he is dancing as fast as he can… when he stops he will be a dead man…
5 years ago
This is so ridiculous.
MUSLIMS OWNED HILLARY.
DEMS get their money from foreigners because their enslaved base
has no money.
D
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
everytime she opened her mouth it was first to decry islamophobia…& bring more in!!!
5 years ago
The federal government is so rotten and corrupted w/muslum petrodollars it can’t be trusted anymore. Maybe it’s time for someone in the US military to go ahead and cross the Rubicon.
5 years ago
Reply to
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
In all honesty, I have wondered for the entire 8 years of the fake presidency of obama, if a military coup was the only way to get out of this mess.
D
5 years ago
Reply to
CreoleGumbo
many of us R begining to think outside the box! ie military coup, military tribunals, internment camps for muzzies & lefties…this IS a civil war!
5 years ago
Reply to
garry pollack
Yes it it but unfortunately too many Americans don’t realize that; too many of us have become too comfortable; too many have been brainwashed to accept white guilt; and all groups that were sufficiently organized to mount a military level resistance have been squelched years ago. I really find myself wondering if the leftists foresaw militias and other groups capable of resistance years ago and went out to get rid of them for that very reason. The most recent group to take out has been the “returning vets.”
5 years ago
Demoncraps are never investigated for their open and high treason. Bill is still free after being accused of RAPE. Someone is being PAID OFF.
Both he and Hillarious should be hanging from ropes is very obvious for the CRIMES and BETRAYAL both did to this country.
Yet,none have been charged. We really do only have a ONE PARTY system if they are not brought to justice. Republicans have been put on notice
You have to choose sides. Criminal or the non-criminal. Which side are you on?
5 years ago
Isn’t it about time Mueller was investigated for his part in the uranium deal with RUSSIA…This must be the first time in American history that an all encompassing witch hunt has been publicly carried out for a sitting president… This whole farce has occurred for one reason..Hillary lost, she was fake, a crook and unlikeable…GET BLOODY OVER IT WILL YOU??
5 years ago
Is this another issue that Jeff Sessions should be looking at?
5 years ago
No matter what anyone says about Obomba, 50% of the country would vote for him again if possible.
5 years ago
Thank you Pamela….I have followed you for years….and appreciate all you have done and continue to do…
