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Ellipsis

(9,185 posts)
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 10:57 AM Jul 2018

Gov. Walker Political Operation Snagged $250,000 Days After Meeting With Accused Russian Spy

MADISON, Wis. — As Gov. Scott Walker desperately tries to downplay his meeting with accused Russian spy Maria Butina at a 2015 VIP reception, a new report discloses his political operation mere days later snagged a $250,000 donation from a billionaire who made a fortune in Russian oil.

According to a report in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

“Days after Walker’s photo was taken with Butina and Torshin, Our American Revival received $250,000 from Access Industries, a company founded by Ukrainian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik. Blavatnik, who has U.S. and U.K. citizenship, previously was part owner of a Russian oil company … Months after the Our American Revival donation, Access Industries gave $1.5 million to a super PAC supporting Walker’s presidential run.”

One Wisconsin Now Research Director Joanna Beilman-Dulin commented, “The timing of this quarter-million dollar contribution sure looks like Scott Walker’s non-meeting meant something to somebody.”

https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/gov-scott-walker-political-operation-snagged-250000-check-mere-days-after-meeting-with-accused-russian-spy/

Its not new that Walker got a taste of Russian money... the timing of it sure is.

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Gov. Walker Political Operation Snagged $250,000 Days After Meeting With Accused Russian Spy (Original Post) Ellipsis Jul 2018 OP
Traitor...nt SWBTATTReg Jul 2018 #1
THIS strangedaysindeed Jul 2018 #2
You'd think he'd learned his lesson with the "Koch" call a few years back. Frustratedlady Jul 2018 #3
 

strangedaysindeed

(226 posts)
2. THIS
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 11:35 AM
Jul 2018

needs to be spread all over the state, repeatedly, until there's no way anybody can not know about it.

AND money needs to be gotten Out of politics. Period!

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
3. You'd think he'd learned his lesson with the "Koch" call a few years back.
Sun Jul 22, 2018, 12:07 PM
Jul 2018

He's so busy being greedy, he doesn't check out his sources...or, maybe he does. Just cagey?

I can't believe he's still around.

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