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And now we find "You Lie!" Joe Wilson got dirty money from the Bobbsey Twins
SC’s Joe Wilson returning donations from man arrested for illegal influence
By Jamie Lovegrove jlovegrove@postandcourier.com
Oct 10, 2019 Updated 18 min ago
COLUMBIA — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina is among several members of Congress who received political contributions from a Soviet-born businessman arrested Wednesday on federal charges of violating campaign finance laws to influence American politicians. Wilson said in a statement he had no knowledge there was anything improper with the $5,400 in contributions. Wilson, a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, said he will return the money immediately.
Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, both U.S. citizens born in the former Soviet republics of Belarus and Ukraine, respectively, were allegedly engaged in a scheme to funnel foreign money to American political candidates to buy potential influence, according to the indictment.
The businessmen have been helping President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, in his efforts to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, The Wall Street Journal reported. The indictment does not mention Giuliani.
Federal fundraising records show Fruman donated to two congressmen in June 2018: Wilson, R-Springdale, and now-former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Tex. Specifically, he made two contributions to Wilson’s campaign for $2,700 each on June 12, 2018.
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/sc-s-joe-wilson-returning-donations-from-man-arrested-for/article_6d5b2f78-eb77-11e9-a97c-3f942f6b0556.html
By Jamie Lovegrove jlovegrove@postandcourier.com
Oct 10, 2019 Updated 18 min ago
COLUMBIA — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina is among several members of Congress who received political contributions from a Soviet-born businessman arrested Wednesday on federal charges of violating campaign finance laws to influence American politicians. Wilson said in a statement he had no knowledge there was anything improper with the $5,400 in contributions. Wilson, a member of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, said he will return the money immediately.
Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, both U.S. citizens born in the former Soviet republics of Belarus and Ukraine, respectively, were allegedly engaged in a scheme to funnel foreign money to American political candidates to buy potential influence, according to the indictment.
The businessmen have been helping President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, in his efforts to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, The Wall Street Journal reported. The indictment does not mention Giuliani.
Federal fundraising records show Fruman donated to two congressmen in June 2018: Wilson, R-Springdale, and now-former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Tex. Specifically, he made two contributions to Wilson’s campaign for $2,700 each on June 12, 2018.
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/sc-s-joe-wilson-returning-donations-from-man-arrested-for/article_6d5b2f78-eb77-11e9-a97c-3f942f6b0556.html
Stumbled upon this person's unrolled thread and this had been written about a year ago -
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Venture Capital @kelly2277
🔥Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas are part of the Sunny Isles, FL - Russian Mar A Lago Trump crowd that launders money thru LLCs to @GOP campaigns🔥 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/pro-trump-super-pac-got-illegal-contributions-complaint-alleges …
Trump's Mysterious Super-PAC Donor Accused of Breaking Law
Global Energy Producers LLC didn’t exist until April. A month later, before it had a working website, it was flush with enough cash to make one of the biggest donations of the year to America First...
bloomberg.com
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12:24 PM - Jul 26, 2018
Twitter thread from this individual unrolled -https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1022518082114408450.html
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