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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 10 months

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The “missing” witness long-touted by Republicans in Congress as the missing link to their probe into alleged Biden family corruption was accused of being an unregistered foreign agent for China and an international arms trafficker while violating U.S. sanctions on Iran and lying to investigators, among a laundry list of other federal charges unsealed Monday.

Dual U.S.-Israeli citizen Gal Luft was originally charged on Nov. 1, 2022 and arrested in February, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.

Luft had already skipped out on his bail while in Cyprus awaiting extradition to the U.S. for the case in March—though he alleges that the sprawling case against him represents political persecution and retaliation by the Biden administration against a potential witness.

The House Oversight Committee has for months touted a secret “informant” who could provide evidence of an alleged “quid pro quo” deal for foreign aid between an Obama-era Biden and an unnamed country—though details of the arrangement remain murky and unverified at best.

Those claims partially unraveled when Rep. James Comer (R-KY) in May held a much-hyped press conference in which he promised to expose the preliminary findings of four months’ worth of scrutiny into the Biden family’s business dealings—while failing to air any real evidence of corruption. He then offered a partial excuse for the failure: their star witness had up and disappeared.

The situation was memorialized in a much-publicized Fox News interview, in which a credulous Maria Bartiromo appeared shocked by the revelations.

“Well, unfortunately, we can’t track down the informant,” the Kentucky representative said. “We’re hopeful that the informant is still there. The whistleblower knows the informant. The whistleblower is very credible.”

“We’re hopeful that we can find the informant,” Comer added. “Remember, these informants are kind of in the spy business, so they don’t make a habit of being seen a lot or being high-profile or anything like that.”

Luft then came forward days later in an interview with New York Post opinion columnist Miranda Devine, alleging that he was hiding out in an undisclosed location after being arrested on charges including international arms dealing, as well as a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, among other charges.

“The chances of me getting a fair trial in Washington are virtually zero,” he told Devine as the reason he skipped out on his bail. “I had to do what I had to do.”

Despite the allegations, Comer doubled down on Friday, tweeting that Luft is a “very credible witness on Biden family corruption,” who “provided incriminating evidence to six officials from the FBI and the DOJ in a meeting in Brussels in March 2019.”

“We have no reason to believe the FBI & DOJ acted on this info,” he continued.

On Sunday, Republican Senator Ron Johnson (WI) added Luft should be granted immunity.

“Now, he’s literally fleeing for his life right now,” Johnson told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. “He’s on the run. He’s an important witness. He needs to be granted immunity to be able to testify and tell his story.”

Monday’s unsealed charges add some clarity to the laundry list of alleged crimes Luft is accused of—including a 2016 scheme to “recruit and pay” a White House adviser to support China-friendly policies without first filing as a foreign agent.

According to a release from the Justice Department, Luft is also accused of brokering arms deals with Chinese businesses to sell their wares in places such as the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and Libya—all without a valid U.S. license. Federal authorities allege that they have proof Luft hawked anti-tank launchers, grenade launchers, mortar rounds, aerial bombs, rockets and even drones.

To make matters worse, Justice Department prosecutors say he lied to them during interviews about the alleged scheme.

“During a voluntary interview with U.S. law enforcement in which he was asked questions about his involvement in arms trafficking, LUFT made multiple false statements, including that he had not sought to engage in or profit from arms deals,” the department’s statement reads.

Luft is also accused of brokering deals for Iranian oil—which he falsely labeled “Brazilian”—in violation of U.S. sanctions.

In all, Luft faces 36 counts that carry a maximum of 100 years in prison, according to the Justice Department.

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alwaysbewoke · 1 month

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tecchous-thicc-buttocks · 6 months

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bsd fandom has been SLEEPING on the crazy potential of the government spies. this is unacceptable I will tolerate it no longer.

think about it: the pm was definitely not tachi's first mission as a hunting dog?? (the southern hemisphere doesn't exist in bsd but) if I tell you fukuchi sent him on a mission to south america and his cover was a tango dancer YOU CANNOT TELL ME IM WRONG HE CAN BUST OUT THE MOVES I STG IM NOT DELUSIONAL

ango was investigating some powerful ability user and was sent undercover as a housekeeper in that dude's house. hence, all drawings of ango in a maid outfit are canon, he told me himself actually.

I know 100% rimbaud has a bunch of tattoos under his coat because he was trying to infiltrate some biker gang at some point in his career. he's probably incredibly ripped under his layers of year-round seasonal depression and jackets. don't try to argue with me.

#tango tachi has been living in my head for the past week and I can no longer function as a human being #IMAGINE THOSE HIPS #i'm going insane #alt: belly dancer tachi #I've never seen a male belly dancer irl but but #consider it #CONSIDER IT #he's sent to the middle east to investigate smth and he's got the coins on the hips the wrists the ankles #شيك شاك شوك starts playing #(as a foreigner he'd just look so out of place but shush)#rimbaud has to shave his head due to said biker gang #he's actually just been wearing a wig of his own hair this entire time #rimbaud with a buzz cut??????#and a super heavy french accent while riding harleys in the highways of america yeehaw #bsd spy potential is INSANE #im gonna make this a series i stg #(it's gonna be tachi-centric but who tf cares)#tachi michi spy adventures #trademarking that #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd tachihara #tachihara bsd #ango bsd #bsd ango #rimbaud bsd #bsd rimbaud #bsd hcs #bsd headcanons

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workersolidarity · 5 months

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🇺🇲🇨🇺 🚨 FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO BOLIVIA ARRESTED FOR SPYING FOR THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT

A Former US Ambassador to Bolivia was arrested Monday on charges of secretly spying for the Cuban government for decades.

According to news reports, Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, a onetime US envoy to Bolivia, was arrested on charges of secretly working for the Cuban government, and even boasted about how his decades of work has "strengthened the revolution immensely."

Victor Manuel Rocha appeared Monday in Federal Court in front of Chief Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres in Miami.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the arrest "exposes one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent."

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

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rabbits-of-negative-euphoria · 5 months

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So. Attack on Titan ended

YES AND I CANT TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I DID NOT REREAD OR REWATCH OR VIEW THE FINALE AT ALL DURING THE WHOLE MONTH I SAID I WOULD

also this is the best possible way you could have formatted that message

#- HK #I didn’t watch Spy x Family either 😭😭😭#to be fair to myself however #I’ve been preoccupied with totally changing my lifestyle to shrink my gallstone #which has come with not a little bit of fear and anxiety and panic but when I was at my parents’ for Thanksgiving my ma gave me a talking to #about not being afraid of my food and my body #and she would know because she had life-threatening cancer #so I was pretty much able to forget I was sick while I was there #then I learned that coming home and being alone with one’s thoughts makes one 10x more aware of one’s own body #but now I’m a month out from the attack that put me in the ER I’ve remembered that pain is not the end of the world #AND the doctor gave me hydrocodone for if it comes back so #ANYWAYS. I’ve also been training the new clerk and she seems to have never used a computer before #so very little time for anime BUT I have been thinking about commonalities between Attack on Titan and Euripides’ Bacchae #and in light of current foreign affairs (particularly Kissinger’s death and the reactions to it)#etc etc #mobile #SNK #x #DID *YOU* WATCH IT?

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denkies · 1 year

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I love Mob Psycho 100

#the occupations will be like ''harbinger of mass destruction‚ evil cult leader (former)'' ''current occupation: daycare teacher''#''foreign government assassin spy (former)'' ''current occupation: catboy maid café server''#mob psycho #mob psycho 100 #mp100 #a.txt

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vigilskeep · 1 year

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very funny to be getting replies encouraging me to consider the iron bull romance while i play through his recruitment and helena threatens him

#meetcute i stand in the rain while you order people to cut throats #you tell me you’re a spy for an ancient enemy foreign religion and you still want a job with me i threaten you you tell me you like redheads #you know normal romance stuff #i could see it tbh. sera though. i’ll see how it goes

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warsofasoiaf · 1 year

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What does China gain by sending a spy balloon over the US? What do balloons give China that satellites cannot already provide?

It's not for espionage, it's to deniably threaten the US. They can show that their airspace can be penetrated, right now by a harmless balloon, while denying any threat because it's an unarmed balloon. If Washington strikes it, China can claim that Washington is hypermilitarizing the conflict, while if they don't, it demonstrates weakness in an unstated fashion.

Thanks for the question, Cle-Guy.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

#foreign policy #china #chinese spy balloon

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alisaint · 16 days

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you measure your Character Knower and Understander levels by how many notes and followers you get. i measure them by whether or not rp blogs reblog my posts and put them in their about/meta/character introspection tags . we are not the same

#sickos yes hahaha YESSSS.jpeg #makes me feel like some kind of spy infiltrating a foreign gov and influencing their foreign policy in my nation's favor #smiles at u in a normal fashion

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scholarofgloom · 2 months

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#Foreign Correspondent #rain #umbrellas #stairs #film #1940s #spy thriller #suspense #black and white #Alfred Hitchcock

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 1 year

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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) firmly blamed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for inspiring multiple death threats against himself and his family.

“People parrot what Kevin McCarthy is saying when they call and make the threat,” Swalwell told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday’s broadcast of “Deadline: White House.”

McCarthy stripped Swalwell of his committee positions and called the California Democrat a “security threat” due to his link to a suspected Chinese spy. But Swalwell has never been implicated in any wrongdoing and the FBI has praised him for being “completely cooperative” with its investigation.

Swalwell said he’s told McCarthy and “publicly broadcast” that his rhetoric “leads to threats to me, my wife, our kids.”

“Recently someone said that they were going to rape and kill my children and they were using the language that Kevin McCarthy was using, so there is a cost to this,” he added.

But McCarthy “doesn’t care” and instead just “wants to focus on, you know, carrying out the vengeance that he has promised in this corrupt bargain” to win the Speaker’s post, Swalwell continued. He said McCarthy “won’t even stop and talk to me when I have tried to talk to him.”