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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsErdogan reportedly pushed Biden to fire Preet Bharara in 2016. Obama White House refused.
Obamas former deputy assistant and Bidens ex-National Security Advisor below.
Note: Erdogan reportedly pushed Biden to fire @PreetBharara in 2016. Obama White House refused to interfere.
Bharara was fired shortly after Giuliani met with Erdogan the next year.
At the end of the Obama admin, Erdogan pushed us hard on the Zarrab case. Erdogan feared revelations about corruption would come out in court. We told him it wasnt appropriate for the WH to interfere in such cases.
Trump wasnt just helping Rudy here.
Link to tweet
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-09/trump-urged-top-aide-to-help-giuliani-client-facing-doj-charges
mitch96
(13,892 posts)Loved the way Rachel just laid it all out. Now Erdogan is in bed with Putin. This should be interesting and I feel bad for the Kurds.... Fucked again... the US is loosing it's credibility around the world.. Did this happen to the Roman empire also?
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Blue_true
(31,261 posts)face of assaults from the Huns and others. Loyal allies were left to their own devices. A similar dynamic caused the British Empire to shrink to what it is today.
Grasswire2
(13,568 posts)JHC.
And he's invited to the WH soon??
bdamomma
(63,837 posts)I wonder if Putin will seek in through a back door.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Hekate
(90,645 posts)People looking over in Primaries might want to look at this too, as evidence of Biden's record.
Whatever you decide, thanks for this post. The corruption is all-pervasive.