Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments "To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016

[deminks]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/secret-finding-60-russian-payments-to-finance-election?utm_term=.rhyEGp3Ax#.cfMgDM9ad

On Aug. 3 of last year, just as the US presidential election was entering its final, heated phase, the Russian foreign ministry sent nearly $30,000 to its embassy in Washington. The wire transfer, which came from a Kremlin-backed Russian bank, landed in one of the embassy’s Citibank accounts and contained a remarkable memo line: “to finance election campaign of 2016.”

That wire transfer is one of more than 60 now being scrutinized by the FBI and other federal agencies investigating Russian involvement in the US election. The transactions, which moved through Citibank accounts and totaled more than $380,000, each came from the Russian foreign ministry and most contained a memo line referencing the financing of the 2016 election.

The money wound up at Russian embassies in almost 60 countries from Afghanistan to Nigeria between Aug. 3 and Sept. 20, 2016. It is not clear how the funds were used. At least one transaction that came into the US originated with VTB Bank, a financial institution that is majority-owned by the Kremlin.

The US Treasury Department placed VTB Bank under sanctions in 2014, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The sanctions prohibit VTB Bank from raising capital or accepting loans from American individuals or companies. A wire transfer to the embassy’s US bank account is permitted, however, and Citibank has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Noteworthy. . . . nt

[Madam45for2923]

2. Excuse me! What????

[L. Coyote]

3. Nothing to see here, move along.

[kentuck]

4. Hmmmm...

interesting.

[louis-t]

5. Can you say 'money laundering'?

I knew you could.

[iluvtennis]

6. Hurry Up Mueller.

[disalitervisum]

12. While I appreciate the sentiment, don't hurry, please take the time

to dot every "i" and cross every "t" so this festering pus-bucket of maggots can be completely destroyed, and we can be rid of it forever.

[Alice11111]

15. Meanwhile, they are approving federal judges for 40 year

terms or more. Plus, their decisions will be with us for centuries, possibly.

Godspeed, Mueller. Im sure he is working as fast as humanly possible, plus trying to set things up, so that if he is taken out, NY State can go forward.

[calimary]

16. Welcome to DU, disalitervisum!

I get that. It must be rock-solid.

But at the same time, how long will this take? So far he's still got plenty of time to start World War III with North Korean and get us all killed. And so far, nobody who could actually do anything about it on that side of the aisle seems the least bit interested. They're a lot more interested in dragging their feet long enough to make sure their rich benefactors get their promised tax cuts.

[spanone]

7. K&R...

[dembotoz]

8. 380 k and they bought an election? i wanna shop where they shop

thats better than the old kmart blue light specials

[FarCenter]

11. Add the $100 K they are alleged to have paid for internet ads in rubles and your talking big money!

[dembotoz]

19. Still under half million

[FarCenter]

21. Election 2016's price tag: $6.8 billion

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/election-2016s-price-tag-6-8-billion/

A half million is about 1 / 10,000 of total campaign spending for the election. Or 0.01%. Or 100 parts per million.

[dembotoz]

23. so lots of bang for not so many bucks

[crosinski]

24. So much damage done with so little money. Mind-boggling, and kinda hard on the ego.

[FarCenter]

25. Putin must take the prize for most cost effective online campaigning by a wide margin

[aeromanKC]

9. If we know about this today

Mueller knew this 2 months ago

[TomVilmer]

10. More likely for the Russian Election Campaign Of 2016

Since the "money wound up at Russian embassies in almost 60 countries from Afghanistan to Nigeria between Aug. 3 and Sept. 20, 2016", and Russia held its State Duma elections on Sept 18, 2016. Not all Russia does is foreign election meddling - they also need time and money for meddling their own elections, and a couple of millions Russians votes abroad.

[treestar]

30. Thanks for that

I was going along with the way we were supposed to see this, but you have a great point. We are US-centric to think it is always about us.

[TomVilmer]

33. And thanks to you for responding!

I was happy to see that some of the US media later also got that point.

[Fish Barrel]

13. K&R

[calimary]

17. Welcome to DU, Fish Barrel!

First post here! Welcome to the club!

Stories like this one make me want to scream - "okay, have we seen enough yet?????"

[ewagner]

14. Not very KGB-like...

Clumsy memo on the transfer "...to finance election campaign of 2016"

Sort of reinforces my suspicion that the plan is to destabilize the United States government AND SOCIETY ITSELF...by creating chaos and fomenting enough dissent to trigger a civil war...

[lark]

18. I think so too.

Notice how it was Russia media that outted drumpf for telling Russia's ambassador Israeli top secret findings. Putin is also the 1 that keeps contradicting things drumpf says. Hair Furor is just a useful tool for Putin that he will totally savage if he doesn't get what he wants, or if he does, he'll still tell all on him aat the worst time to sow dissension and confusion here. Imagine if he proves how Russia funded RNC through Ukrainian plants and hacked the vote for drumpf in WI, MI, P & probably OH & FL too. OMG!

[Fullduplexxx]

29. Malcom nance says this is not for the american 2016 election

Amounts are too small and they were sent from a place the kremlin wouldnt use. Per nance. He said probably for Duma elections

[Achilleaze]

20. republican BETRAYAL: selling out America to the freaking evil empire*

Lock up republican TreasonWeasels for betraying America.


* per ronald reagan

[UCmeNdc]

22. If you do not have freedom, what do you have?

Our elections are not free anymore.

[Orsino]

26. Seems that Leopold has multiple sources, Congressional and FBI, for this story...

...but I'm gonna stay a little skeptical for a while.

[Wounded Bear]

27. Follow the money...

always follow the money.

[Fullduplexxx]

28. Malcom nance says this is not for the american 2016 election

Probably for duma elections . The amounts are very small and theyre sent from a place that the kremlin wouldnt use ... heard on stephanie miller show today

[Faux pas]

31. My o my

seems like the sh*t is eye high.

[Gothmog]

32. K&R