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Craig Unger

@craigunger

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Bestselling author of six books on GOP war on democracy, including three NYT bestsellers. Coming, October 1: Den of Spies, on the 1980 October Surprise.

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@craigunger
Craig Unger
4 months
The Independent is a British publication. Would love to see that headline in the States.....
@BorisTrump6
B̴o̴r̴i̴s̴ Trump
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About time this is a headline.
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Craig Unger
6 years
My favorite so far was: House of Carbs.
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Kevin M. Kruse
6 years
The Aristocraps!
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2 years
Just now, on CNN re immigration, MV, etc. Instead of expert from Biden admin, CNN had Chad Wolf, Trump's fmr acting head of Homeland Security. They omit that he was architect of Trump's family separation policy & that his cabinet appointment was illegal. Very, very Trumpy!
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Craig Unger
5 years
Can we retire the word “meddling?” Russia is assaulting America’ sovereignty by sabotaging our elections.
@tribelaw
Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️
5 years
This truly looks like TREASON in all but the narrowest possible sense. If confirmed, it’s utterly devastating. It points to an enemy of the nation sitting in the White House. This cannot stand if we are to survive as a sovereign constitutional republic.
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Craig Unger
5 years
Yes. As I reported in #HouseofTrump , Trump started laundering $ for RU mafia in '84, the RU Mafia works hand in glove w KGB/FSB, he was invited to Moscow shortly thereafter, and ran for pres in 88 on a foreign policy platform that sounded like it was written by KGB.
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Michelle Goldberg
5 years
Oh look here's Fiona Hill, a high-ranking NSC official in charge of Russia in the Trump administration, saying Putin targeted Trump back when he was a businessman
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Craig Unger
5 years
Nixon AG John Mitchell served 19 months in jail for obstructing justice and other charges re Watergate
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Joe Scarborough
5 years
BREAKING: The Attorney General actively engaged in a cover up, was called on it, and continued to cover up the truth about Trump’s obstruction of justice.
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Craig Unger
2 years
1/Speaking of which, now that we know Trump stole classified materials, it makes sense to review exactly how he's been compromised by Russia. @gtconway3d , @DashDobrofsky @KCBoyd3 @kelly2277 @TheRickWilson @anders_aslund @robreiner @natsechobbyist @djrothkopf RTs appreciated.
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George Conway
2 years
At this point, the case against Trump seems so strong that the only thing that could make it materially worse for him would be if he had done something like ship copies of the classified documents to the Kremlin. Seriously.
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3 years
Yes. Amazing how Biden administration has helped rebuild NATO after Trump nearly destroyed it.
@djrothkopf
David Rothkopf
3 years
If Putin expected a West in disarray, it didn't happen. NATO has remained unified & strong & is getting stronger. The EU has been effective. Major EU states are pulling their weight. & the U.S. is not only leading but doing so deftly, showing great respect & deference to allies.
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Craig Unger
2 years
I wrote 2 books showing 1) how Trump laundered $$ for the Russian Mafia & 2)how he was cultivated by and became an asset for the KGB. Maybe this explains why I was able to find such incriminating material and the FBI didn't.
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Craig Unger
6 years
1/Fascinating that "blocked #" phone call circa 2016 Trump Tower meeting went to real estate developer Howard Lorber who was much more than just a family friend. In '96, when Trump went to RU to try to develop Trump Tower in Moscow, Lorber came w his partner Bennett LeBow.
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John Santucci
6 years
The calls to blocked numbers, which came on June 6, and after it on June 9, were between Trump Jr.’s cell phone and two family friends -- NASCAR CEO Brian France and real estate developer Howard Lorber, according to the sources
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Craig Unger
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As I wrote in House of Trump, House of Putin and American Kompromat, Trump made millions laundering the money of the Russian Mafia through Trump real estate and he was cultivated as an asset by the KGB starting in 1980. @newrepublic
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The New Republic
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A former CIA officer asks a legitimate, and deadly serious, question: Have Russian operatives paid any Republican officials?
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Craig Unger
5 years
Nice piece. The NYTimes is especially remiss in refusing to acknowledge Hillary's exoneration. Hillary Clinton: The most exonerated politician ever
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Craig Unger
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Russian bots are targeting health of American children. My brother is a West Coast pediatrician working round the clock treating measles epidemic. Turns out, the anti-vax movement is amplified by Russian bots.
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Craig Unger
2 months
To be clear, if this is true, it means Putin operatives are backing one of America’s most powerful media platforms. Think that could be a problem?
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Denis Danilov
2 months
Elon Musk has complied after all and provided a list of X Holding Corp shareholders who helped the billionaire buy Twitter. And who do you think turned out to be the investors of the X platform? That's right, Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich. Now it is absolutely obvious where Musk
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Craig Unger
5 years
With most Republicans, it's not misinformation, it's disinformation. It's intentionally wrong and, often, part of a disinformation operation to mislead and confuse.
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Craig Unger
5 years
It’s about time! NY state just banned anonymous real estate sales. That’s how Trump laundered million for Russian Mafia.
@KleptocracyIntv
The Kleptocracy Initiative
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New York State just banned anonymous real estate purchases using LLCs. That's bad news for kleptocrats hoarding their stolen wealth in Manhattan penthouses.
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Craig Unger
6 years
RICO anyone? Congressional investigations should show that the Russian Mafia has laundered $ thru Trump condos for decades, lived in his bldgs, run ops there, & partnered w Trump. They own him. And remember, they are state actors, accountable to Putin.
@NormOrnstein
Norman Ornstein
6 years
How Giuliani Might Take Down Trump via @NYTimes . Read ⁦ @vermontgmg ⁩ for the real threat to Trump: confiscation of his assets. Give up his kids to save himself? Probably. Give up his money? No way!
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Craig Unger
5 years
Good point. When the Dems say there’s not enough support for impeachment, that’s like complaining about not having a verdict before the trial even starts. Watergate was a great spectacle. Not enough people will read Mueller. We need nationally televised hearings day after day.
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Richard W. Painter
5 years
Largest popular vote margin in history in November 1972. Gone by August 1974 because Congress did its job. 45 years later they’re scared of a Russian stooge who lost the popular vote? Pathetic. Nixon reelected in landslide, Nov. 7, 1972 via @politico
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Craig Unger
5 years
Pretty horrifying breach of national security-no? The Arabs literally editing Trump's speech!- with Tom Barrack giving advance copies to Saudi and UAE so they could make revisions.
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Trita Parsi
5 years
OMG! Trump's speeches were LITERALLY EDITED by Saudi Arabi and the UAE. LITERALLY. No wonder he has put America on the brink of war with Iran. That's the script Saudi wrote for him...
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Craig Unger
5 years
We need oversight, impeachment now, @SpeakerPelosi @RepAdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler . Top US intelligence analyst: GOP is greatest threat to American national security since Civil War.
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Craig Unger
6 years
Nance is right. Ex-KGB Gen. Oleg Kalugin told me precisely that. Which makes it deeply disturbing that so many Russian mobsters laundered $ thru, lived in, and ran operations in the home of the man who is now president. #Mogilevich compromised @realDonaldTrump many times over.
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Malcolm Nance
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Russian mafia is just an extension of Russian Intelligence. They’re not taking chances.
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Craig Unger
5 years
That’s why it’s called contempt.
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MSNBC
5 years
WATCH: At farewell ceremony for Deputy AG Rosenstein, AG Barr jokes about how quickly he has faced a contempt vote since becoming attorney general.
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Craig Unger
5 years
This is another dangerous moment: Trump is now consolidating power in intelligence just as he did with Barr in the judiciary.
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Clint Watts
5 years
One of the last voices of sanity in the administration, a loss for the country “Dan Coats, Who Challenged President Trump, To Depart Top Intelligence Job” -
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Craig Unger
5 years
What is most important is that they be nationally televised and go on day after day after day. Hundreds of millions of Americans will never read the Mueller Report or any of our books. Telling them isn't enough. They have to see it--live on natl TV.
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Rick Wilson
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I agree with the utility of hearings, but they don't have to start as impeachment hearings. A death of a thousand cuts is far superior than trying for a one-off one-shot deus ex machina.
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Craig Unger
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Little known fact re Don McGahn: His uncle Paddy McGahn was boss of Atlantic City & brought gambling & Trump to A.C. That turned out so well that @realDonaldTrump owed$4B & had to be bailed out by Russia. 𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓮-of-trump-house-of-Putin-by-Craig-Unger
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Kyle Griffin
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Wild. NYT reports Don McGahn and his lawyer grew suspicious of Trump, thinking Trump wanted him to be the fall guy in the Russia probe. McGahn didn't want to be the next John Dean. So he fully cooperated, thinking it was the only way to protect himself.
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Televised hearings day after day are the only way this country will have a shared national narrative.
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Virginia Heffernan
5 years
If wordy Twitter has a blindness, it's to subliteracy. @matthewamiller had to remind me that for more visual, auditory Americans—the YouTube-Instagram-TV crowd—IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON TV IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. We need Mueller's testimony. We need it televised.
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Craig Unger
6 years
We know what the Saudis do with buzzsaws. So now Trump gives them nukes?
Don't let this fade: Trump administration approves secret nuclear power work for Saudi Arabia
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Craig Unger
6 years
As per @anastasiaki , @MoscowTimes is purging content that links alleged Russian Mafioso to @RudyGiuliani .
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Anastasia Kirilenko
6 years
This is a scandal. The article - @RudyGiuliani Donor Linked to Russian Mobs ( #Mogilevich and Chernoy) just disapeared from the website of @MoscowTimes Guess what, I did snapshots from google cash and I will remain
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Craig Unger
3 months
Wake up NYT. Trump called for end of democracy.
@emptywheel
emptywheel (Chesapeake blue crab)
3 months
Here's the glaring top of the page headline from NYT about Trump telling Christians they won't have to vote anymore in four years.
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Craig Unger
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In a way, he is a mob boss. The Russian Mafia first laundered money thru Trump real estate 35 years ago. They own him.
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Mimi Rocah
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Reminds me of mob bosses shutting down worksites to get what they want.
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Craig Unger
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Now we're getting there. Why was Bruce Ohr punished by Trump? He was going after Mogilevich, the RU Mafia's financial genius whose operatives were living in and laundering $ thru Trump Tower for decades. For everything you wanted to know abt Mogi:
Bruce Ohr Fought Russian Organized Crime. Now He’s a Target of Trump.
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Craig Unger
5 years
Let's not forget that 15 out of 19 hijackers in 9/11 were Saudi and they're the primary backers of Al-Qaeda. Give them nukes? What could possibly go wrong? @RepKatieHill
@RepKatieHill
Rep. Katie Hill
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We have serious concerns that White House advisors, including Flynn & Kushner, are rushing to transfer highly sensitive nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia. This can't be undone. As vice chair of @OversightDems , I can promise we will investigate this report.
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Craig Unger
6 years
He lives on the 68th floor of a 58 story building.
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Alex Cole
6 years
Donald Trump is: 1) "a billionaire" but you can't see his taxes 2) "a genius" but you can't see his grades 3) "exonerated" but you can't see the report. It's no wonder people point and laugh at right-wingers. 😂
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Craig Unger
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Access journalism on steroids. Everyone knows the drill: Ask a tough question, and Trump will never talk to you again. Do his bidding, and he will feed you headline making material forever. Trump has the DC press corps performing like trained seals.
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Will Bunch
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The only thing more shocking than the allegation that a US president took a $10 million bribe from a foreign dictator is that said bribee held a TV news conference and not a single journalist asked about it
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Craig Unger
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Important: Trump made millions laundering huge sums of cash from the Russian Mafia through Trump real estate.
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Casey Michel
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This is a massive, massive deal in the world of counter-kleptocracy—the U.S. is finally ending the gargantuan anti-money laundering loopholes for real estate, private equity, hedge funds, and more. Can't overstate how important this is. What a feat.
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Craig Unger
6 years
Or perhaps the bigger sin is that he was going after RU crime boss Mogilevich whose operatives were laundering $$$ thru @realDonaldTrump condos>
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Ken Dilanian
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“It seems that Bruce had two sins: He met with Chris Steele and his wife worked for Fusion GPS. None of that seems wrong to me,” a former prosecutor said. “Bruce is a straight arrow. He was totally nonpartisan, as we all were expected to be."
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Craig Unger
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Remember that Pete Sessions father, William Sessions, was former director of FBI but ended up representing the powerful Russian mobster Semion Mogilevich
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If the Federalist Society is discredited--and it should be--so, alas, is the Supreme Court. Five out of nine members of the Court(Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Thomas, Roberts, and Alito) are current or former members.
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Craig Unger
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Let’s not forget the audio tape of McCarthy’s eureka moment telling Paul Ryan: “There’s two people, I think Putin pays—Rohrabacher and Trump...swear to God,”
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Eric Garland
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McCarthy (R-Vladivostok) "I don't mind if the President secretly conspires with a dictator and breaks every form of diplomatic and NatSec protocol."
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Craig Unger
6 years
1/Fascinating that AG William Barr should have $ ties to Howard Lorber's Vector Group. As I reported in #HouseofTrump , House of Putin, during his 1996 trip to Moscow, Trump was accompanied by Lorber and partner Bennett LeBow who had ties to very interesting people in Mosco
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Cristina Maza
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I wrote about Attorney General William Barr's financial ties to Russia and work for entities connected to the Russia investigation, including dividends from Howard Lorber's Vector Group and work for the law firm representing Alfa Bank
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Craig Unger
5 years
I missed this at the time, but, as someone who's written extensively about how the Russian Mafia laundered $$ thru Trump real estate, I find it extraordinary that FINCEN(Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) brought on Mary Daly who just happens to be Wm Barr's dtr.
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Wendy Siegelman
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I knew Barr's son-in-law was an attorney in the WH, but totally missed part of this Feb story about Barr's daughter Mary Daly leaving her job in the deputy attorney general’s office... for a gig at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) 😱
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Craig Unger
5 years
Paul Manafort passed the baton to Giuliani who is doing essentially the same job running disinformation on behalf of Putin. @Leshchenkos
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Serhiy Leshchenko
5 years
My new op-ed for @KyivPost . Giuliani’s interlocutors in Ukraine are not trustworthy. Most of them have long had contacts with Moscow, which seeks to shift responsibility for interference in the 2016 U.S. elections from Russia to Ukraine.
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Craig Unger
5 years
Absolutely. The Democrats need to turn Trump's catastrophes into an ongoing spectacle to tell Americans exactly what's going on. They've been lousy at it and now is the time to change.
@TheRickWilson
Rick Wilson
5 years
The fact that the Democrats aren't on rhe air and in digital hammering the living fuck out of Donald Trump right now with paid advertising boggles my goddamn mind
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Craig Unger
6 years
In charging doc, note #Manafort 's use of #Lucicle as shell company for laundering $. Lucicle was in name of #IvanFursin , a key operative for Semion #Mogilevich who is the brains behind the RU Mafia, and whose operatives worked w Trump for more than 30 yrs.
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Craig Unger
6 years
And here are the charges against #Manafort , which provide new info on #TrumpRussia .
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Craig Unger
2 years
19/So when one sees the mountains of classified documents stolen by Trump how is it possible to think this is not part of a spectacularly serious breach in national security?
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Craig Unger
3 months
And there you have it: Trump and Putin.
@NoLieWithBTC
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
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Marine Le Pen: “The policies I represent are the policies that are represented by Trump and Putin.” Her party just lost in a major upset.
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Craig Unger
5 years
No international crises? Russia has assaulted US sovereignty by interfering in '16 election & helped install a POTUS who became rich by laundering $ for the Ru Mafia. In return, Trump has welcomed intervention by RU in 2020, and has rendered Western alliance brain dead.
@RichardHaass
Richard N. Haass
5 years
So after 3 years of no international crises, @realDonaldTrump is facing one w Iran b/c he has rejected diplomacy & another w N Korea b/c he has asked too much of diplomacy. He will face both w little allied backing, less interagency process, & amidst impeachment. Happy New Year.
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Craig Unger
5 years
Dems need to do real oversight--and fast.
@SpyTalker
Jeff Stein
5 years
Barr again reaching for the norms of corrupt, authoritarian regimes, testing House Democrats’ spine. Will they act before it’s too late?
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Craig Unger
6 years
Actually, it's more serious than Pearl Harbor or 9/11, both of which were horrifying attacks. Russian interference in the 2016 election was truly an assault on American sovereignty, and resulted in the installation of Putin's man in the Oval Office.
@MollyMcKew
Molly McKew
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You mean -- the same language used by our intelligence services, in the Senate reports, and in the Mueller indictments? Ok 👍🙄 The "yeah the Kremlin is bad but it doesn't do anything" people have seriously not looked at a political map of the West.
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Craig Unger
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Why did @realDonaldTrump want to punish Bruce Ohr? He investigated #SemionMogilevich & wld know abt RU Mafia laundering $$ thru Trump condos, RU Mafia ties w Kremlin, & Mafia operations run from Trump Tower. For details, see House of Trump, House of Putin
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Polly Sigh
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When Russian mafia boss Semion Mogilevich [linked to Manafort, Trump, Putin] tried to cut a deal with FBI/DOJ on his 2006 money laundering charges, Bruce Ohr refused. Ohr also helped revoke Oleg Deripaska's visa. Now he's a target of Trump. #Maddow
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Craig Unger
5 years
If McGahn cares about his place in history, he’ll defy Trump, not Congress.
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Kyle Griffin
5 years
Breaking from NYT: Trump is preparing to instruct former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena and skip a hearing scheduled for Tuesday with the House Judiciary Committee.
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Craig Unger
6 years
Why did Trump pick #Kavanaugh ? Don't forget that 2011, K carefully crafted a ruling that allows foreigners (ie Russians) to fund political advocacy groups
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Craig Unger
5 years
@ryangoodlaw Trump is deeply compromised in ways that may or may not be criminal. Russian Mafia 1st laundered money thru Trump real estate 35 years ago. He sold 1300+ condos in all-cash, anonymous transactions. And Russians rescued after his Atlantic City blowout. They own him!
@rgoodlaw
Ryan Goodman
5 years
On Wednesday, the House Intelligence Committee will hear from two expert witnesses on Counterintelligence Implications of the Mueller Report. One of those witnesses is Stephanie Douglas. Read her excellent essay @just_security from Nov. 26, 2018:
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Craig Unger
4 years
We didn’t invite Al-Qaeda to be on the 9/11 Commission.
@MSignorile
Michelangelo Signorile
4 years
There should not be any Capitol insurrection commission if Republicans in Congress choose anyone to be on the commission. They are complicit in the attack and the cover up/obscuring of it. Don’t do it.
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Craig Unger
6 years
Mere fact checking is not enough: We know he lies. You have to frame the issue. The real national security crisis has nothing to do with the southern border. It's that Putin successfully put a Russian operative in the White House.
@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
6 years
Update to the update: NBC, ABC, and CBS will all carry Trump's address Tuesday night. Wall to wall coverage of his pro-wall speech. Hopefully surrounded by fact-checking.
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Craig Unger
3 years
You got that right.
@lizzyvoice
Country Over Party
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Craig Unger
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And it must investigate more than crimes. Often, the biggest scandal is what IS legal. The counterintelligence part of Mueller probe has never been released. We need to know how Russian $$ has compromised so many politicians--eg RU Mafia laundered $$ thru Trump real estate.
@glennkirschner2
Glenn Kirschner
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Which is EXACTLY why the 2020 Dem nominee must pledge to establish a #TrumpCrimesCommission #TCC to investigate/prosecute all crimes by Trump & his co-conspirators/aiders & abettors/accessories. This is essential to restoring the rule of law & deterring future crimes. #NoPardons
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Craig Unger
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hard to believe that 47 % of women support a candidate who is taking away control of their bodies....
@Out5p0ken
Outspoken™️
3 months
Good morning, here’s a POLE for ya Trump 😉
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Craig Unger
4 years
Out Jan.26! American Kompromat, the 1st detailed account of how the KGB cultivated Donald Trump as an intelligence asset. Plus, a look at the Epstein/Maxwell op as a kompromat factory collecting the dirty secrets of the elite. Buy now! @DuttonBooks
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Craig Unger
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As I reported in American Kompromat, Dimitri Simes, who played a key role in Trump’s 2016 campaign, was widely thought to be a Kremlin agent.
@RpsAgainstTrump
Republicans against Trump
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BREAKING The DOJ has charged Dimitri Simes, a Russian-born U.S. citizen and former adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign with working for a sanctioned Russian state television network and laundering the proceeds.
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Craig Unger
4 years
Coming soon!
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Craig Unger
6 years
If that were true, I suspect he would resign.
@thehill
The Hill
6 years
Trump claims he loses "massive amounts of money" being president
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Craig Unger
5 years
Let me suggest you read #HouseofTrumpHouseofPutin to see how the Russian Mafia bailed him out. They own him.
@MaxBoot
Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸
5 years
Really big issue is how Trump survived financially after 1994. Where did he get the cash to stay afloat? That’s what is hidden in more recent tax returns.
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Craig Unger
6 years
Yes. Meanwhile, Trump shuts down govt over The Wall (and distracts the media) when the real natl security threat is that we are already in global conflict w Russia using hybrid warfare that assaults our electoral system using disinformation, cyber warfare, etc
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Julia Carro
6 years
@craigunger Putin’s goal is to break up NATO and the western alliances so he can have a stronger presence. The whole process has worked beyond his dreams. From the larger scale installment of autocrats to the smaller scale support of certain Russia-friendly GOP.
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Craig Unger
5 years
As I note in #HouseofTrump , Pete's dad is ex-FBI director William Sessions, who became atty for RU mobster Mogilevich. When he was in Congress, Pete was a vocal opponent of sanctions against RU. via @TPM
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Craig Unger
6 years
6/So in June 2016, Emin sets up infamous Trump Tower meeting w Don, Jr., Jared, Manafort and the Russians in which Russians, many w ties to Russian Mafia, clearly want team Trump to promise that sanctions will be lifted. Lorber is the new figure in this. What is his real role?
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@craigunger
Craig Unger
4 years
Coming next week: American Kompromat in which I give the first detailed narrative of how the KGB cultivated Trump. I also examine the Jeffrey Epstein operation as a Kompromat factory that traded the dirty secrets of the most powerful people in the world and had ties to Ru.
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Craig Unger
6 years
The Wall is the Ultimate Distraction when Trump wants to throw the media off the scent. Our real nat'l security crisis isn't the "Southern Border." It's via cyber warfare from Russians who already won 1st battle: They put their man in the White House!
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
6 years
I am pleased to inform you that I will Address the Nation on the Humanitarian and National Security crisis on our Southern Border. Tuesday night at 9:00 P.M. Eastern.
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Craig Unger
6 years
I bet the GOP committee did NOT ask #BruceOhr , an expert on RU Mafia, how much $$ they laundered thru Trump properties, how many #Mogilevich operations were run out of Trump Tower, & whether Russian mobsters tied to RU intelligence channeled intel to Kremlin.
@kyledcheney
Kyle Cheney
6 years
NEW: Republicans interviewing BRUCE OHR say he’s shed light on the FBI’s handling of the Steele Dossier and doubts the bureau had about its credibility. Dems have staff in the room but no lawmakers on hand.
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Craig Unger
6 years
Why is @KamalaHarris pressing on #Kavanaugh contact w #Kasowitz ? In addition to representing @realDonaldTrump , remember that Kasowitz clients include #Deripaska ($$ to @PaulManafort ) and #Sberbank , the largest bank in Russia.
@Alyssa_Milano
Alyssa Milano
6 years
This may be the most important exchange from the Kavanaugh hearing today. Please watch and share widely. #StopKanavaugh
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Craig Unger
4 years
Barr wants control of that Ghislaine's kompromat...
@TeaPainUSA
Tea Pain
4 years
This makes you wonder about Bill Barr's sudden interest in the SDNY, don't it?
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Craig Unger
2 years
8/Before going to Moscow, Shvets said, the KGB would have evaluated DT’s personality: “The guy is not a complicated cookie, his most important characteristics being low intellect coupled w/ hyperinflated vanity. This combination makes him a dream for an experienced recruiter.”
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Craig Unger
5 years
And Parnas gets $ from Firtash who partners with Russian mobster Semyon Mogilevich. This is how Russian Mafia has effectively taken over the GOP.
@JohnWDean
John W. Dean
5 years
Lev Parnas is contributor to Kevin McCarthy. Looks like the Minority Leader is in the Ukraine loop. When will Rudy show up in his phone records. It is as if Putin has taken control of the GOP. What in hell are they doing? Will a reporter please ask him?
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Craig Unger
4 years
And we must not forget that even though the former guy is gone, the Russians still have enormous power over the GOP. It's no accident that Moscow Mitch gets a coal mine in KY courtesy of Deripaska. That's a gift from Putin to the most powerful Republican left standing.
@robreiner
Rob Reiner
4 years
As things begin to return to normal, we must never forget that the former President caused 100s of thousands of deaths, attempted to overthrow the US Government, and must be held accountable.
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Craig Unger
5 years
Who launders $ for the Russian Mafia. Who is destroying the Western alliance. Who’s in bed with Vladimir Putin. Lots more.
@robreiner
Rob Reiner
5 years
We have a President who aligns himself with murderous dictators & white supremacists. Who uses the Presidency to line his pockets. Whose policies strip people of health care & rip babies from their mothers. Who obliterates the rule of law. The time for Impeachment is now!
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Craig Unger
5 years
Yes. The only way to have a shared national narrative is to have nationally televised hearings day after day that show the entire world what happened.
@JillWineBanks
Jill Wine-Banks (now on Threads as jillwinebanks)
5 years
Best way to persuade voters is public hearings with fact wirnesss.
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Craig Unger
6 years
Dems have a big clean up job coming up, but they must not forget to regulate social media. How is it we allow #MarkZuckerberg , #FB , et al to make billions while they have become the biggest purveyors of Russian propaganda on the planet? via @WIRED
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Craig Unger
3 years
Many thanks. Americans really need to understand that Putin doesn't always invade with force as in Ukraine, but he invaded us from within, via Trump and what he has done still deeply infects the GOP.
@KCBoyd3
K. C. Boyd
3 years
Help make this go viral. You want clarity on Trump, his money-laundering, his criminal manipulation of our government and foreign policy? Here it is from a man who knows, @craigunger
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Craig Unger
5 months
I'm thrilled to announce the October 1 publication by HarperCollins of Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason that Stole the White House, my three decades-in-the-making investigation into the October Surprise allegations that the Reagan-Bush campaign
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Craig Unger
15 days
For too long Jimmy Carter was portrayed as someone who allowed America to be humiliated by Iran. As I prove in my new book, Den of Spies, Carter's reelection campaign was sabotaged by a treasonous covert operation in which the Reagan campaign secretly armed a repressive Islamic
@Heidi_Cuda
Bette Dangerous
15 days
@jimstewartson @craigunger Stealing it from a hero, a great and decent man who understood our global warming crisis and tried to put us on a path toward a better future. Reaganism is just Trumpism with pomade imo.
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Craig Unger
6 years
And the GOP used to want to keep big government out of our personal lives. Is it possible to be more intrusive than this?
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Craig Unger
5 years
Gee, what a surprise: President Trump Is Spending $20 Billion on an Aircraft Carrier. The Navy Wanted That Money for Cybersecurity
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Craig Unger
2 years
12/ A few weeks later, in September 1987, Yuri Shvets was in his KGB office when a cable came across his desk touting a successful new “active measure” by a new KGB asset. Attached was a full-page ad in the NYT voicing various KGB talking points. It was signed by Donald Trump.
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Craig Unger
4 years
Dershowitz’s client list reads like the Hollywood Walk of Fame for sex criminals: Claus von Bulow, OJ Simpson, Mike Tyson, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump and now George Nader.
@jkbjournalist
julie k. brown
4 years
Guess who the accused pedophile hired?
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Craig Unger
5 years
Durham investigated how the FBI allowed Whitey Bulger to continue his crime spree after he became an FBI cooperator. He should do the same re Bayrock & Felix Sater & their money laundering w Trump while Felix was a cooperator.
@OlgaNYC1211
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦
5 years
Since Barr is appointing John Durham to investigate the origins of Russia investigation maybe he can look at @realDonaldTrump over 3 decades of dealings with Russian mafia. Apparently he specializes in that. Unfortunately this regime like Russia will conduct farce investigations
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Craig Unger
2 months
If you read my book American Kompromat you’ll see how he’s been compromised by Russian intelligence since 1980.
@JonBowzerBauman
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
2 years
@gtconway3d Which he undoubtedly did. As I’ve been saying since this documents scandal began, the Occam’s Razor view of his entire “presidency” is that he was a Russian agent the whole time. Only that explains everything.
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Craig Unger
18 days
Out October 1! For too long, Jimmy Carter has been seen as a failed president who allowed America to be humiliated by Iran. Now, on his 100th birthday, the complete story of how the 1980 presidential campaign was sabotaged by the Republicans' treasonous
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Craig Unger
5 years
Why are the Democrats rolling over and letting the GOP get away with this?
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Craig Unger
6 years
Trump, of course, has known #RogerStone for nearly 40 years. After Trump's 1st trip to Moscow in '87, Roger started Trump's abortive 1988 presidential run. It included a full page ad in @nytimes , WaPo, etc that had a foreign policy that could have been written by the Kremlin.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
6 years
....about all of the one sided Fake Media coverage (collusion with Crooked H?) that I had to endure during my very successful presidential campaign. What about the now revealed bias by Facebook and many others. Roger Stone didn’t even work for me anywhere near the Election!
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Craig Unger
6 years
1/I, like McCabe, don't believe in coincidences either & one of the great untold stories is how McCabe's vast experience investigating the Russian Mafia repeatedly led him back to Trump Tower. @batchelorshow @FiringLineShow
@FiringLineShow
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
6 years
The rigged figure skating competition rocked the 2002 Olympics. Andrew McCabe says the Russian gangster behind it also ran a money laundering scheme out of Trump Tower and was at Miss Universe in Moscow. The ex-FBI Deputy adds, “I don’t really believe in coincidence.”
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Craig Unger
6 years
In # @HouseTrump , former fed prosecutor Ken McCallion told me he thought Trump may have given intel to Putin via Bayrock: "Now that Trump was getting investments from the Russians, Putin could keep track of where their money went because Bayrock kept a ledger ."
@MollyMcKew
Molly McKew
6 years
Two years later, wondering why no one in any media org has ever asked any questions about this -- one of the most serious allegations on the Steele dossier, that Trump org had been collecting info for the Kremlin on its opponents for almost a decade.
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Craig Unger
6 years
And, yet again, Trump is going after #LisaPage , who had investigated Russian crime boss Semion #Mogilevich .
@gtconway3d
George Conway
6 years
Lies, as usual.
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Craig Unger
2 months
Important post. As Trump continues to fall apart, the real battle will be to make sure enough states certify so the election is not thrown to the House of Representatives. @NormOrnstein
@NormOrnstein
Norman Ornstein
2 months
Trump's desperation strategy is clear: get enough states to fail to certify, throw the election to the House. Rs may have a majority of states even if Ds recapture the House. Here are 10 key states that could make the difference, with the key races involved. Thread
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Craig Unger
5 years
"Inaccurate refrain" isn't just a really bad euphemism. It's wrong. "Inaccurate" means imprecise, inexact. It suggests an attempt to arrive at the truth that falls short--not a deliberately provocative, highly-partisan fabrication. Will NYT ever stop normalizing Trump?
@KevinMKruse
Kevin M. Kruse
5 years
"Revived an inaccurate refrain"? Are you kidding me with this?
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