A question I must ask. in light of the news about Russia paying "influencers" [View all]
Is controversial influencer Jamie Gorelick getting Russian money?
Garland's sponsor-mentor-good friend, said by many to be responsible for his AG job
Ethics attorney for Jared-Ivanka
Highly controversial for past decisions, earning her nickname of "Mistress of Disaster" (google it)
Her actions have been highly controversial at times.
This article from 2017 tells her story.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/ivanka-trump-lawyer-jamie-gorelick-clintons-236445
Just one tidbit:
But Gorelick is testing whether that norm still holds true in Trumps Washington. Many former Clinton diehards have branded themselves as the resistance and view any effort to work with advisers close to the president as an obscene attempt to normalize a politically abnormal president. For this liberal crowd, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner branded as the moderates of Trumps world are viewed as extensions of the president, just operating under more glamorous, and therefore dangerous, facades.
Earlier this week, Gorelick vouched for Ivanka Trumps ability to work as a de facto full-time White House adviser complete with a security clearance, a West Wing office, and a government-issued phone without formally becoming a government employee. Under the unprecedented arrangement, the first daughter will only voluntarily submit herself to ethics laws, without taking an oath of office that would subject her to disclosure and other requirements.
Gorelick also maintains that it would be impossible for Ivanka Trump to sell her eponymous fashion and jewelry line, because the buyer would be able to use her name acknowledging theres no way to create a setup for the first daughter that would be free of conflict of interest.
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Gorelick is the influencer who got Garland his job where he (as evidence shows and MANY say) did not always apply justice "without fear or favor" as his sworn oath requires.
She is the "influencer" to the Attorney General (who holds the most important appointed job in the world, arguably, as the country is in chaos, the world threatened because of Trump and the Russian ambitions to dominate American decision making).
Let's say it again. She is the influencer to the top law enforcement officer, who has refused to adjudicate high crimes in compliance w his oath.
Why would Russians NOT be attempting to pay her for her service to their cause? Garland's reticence may be seen as the key to Putin's successes.
Think about it.