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This is the current vortex over about three-quarters of the USA. The "eye" is not well-formed, but, it is over Kentucky. There was a system formation the National Hurricane Service called "Arthur." It was offshore of North Carolina's Outer Banks. It wasn't going to come inshore because of this enormous vortex over the eastern section of the country. I will remind everyone this is becoming a standard structure at the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. The results of this very slow-moving vortex will be similar to Hurricane Florence. Currently this vortex is rotating over the entire eastern USA. It is fueled by water vapor from the Atlantic and a system coming in from Canada. The cloud mass over lower Michigan is pulling water vapor directly in from the Atlantic Ocean. It is rotating and exiting in the southern states. I will remind that the air movement of Earth is moving slowly because of the Climate Crisis. It is more or less moving with Coriolis. So, this vortex will "sit and spin" and bring in water vapor from the Atlantic until there is movement behind it to push it offshore. I don't see that happening right now, but, I haven't examined the satellites other than this. Below: 21 May 2020 2326 z NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East Geocolor (click here for loop - thank you)
There is nothing right now pushing that vortex. As a matter of fact, there is a small vortex in the central Eastern Pacific that has the potential to be a hurricane. That means the Pacific is building storms to dissipate heat into the ocean. The high pressure offshore of California is what causes the drought. Well, we at least have Coriolis. The flooding will be signiicant. Below: 22 May 2020 00:46z NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES West GEOCOLOR (click here)
Beginning on page 117 of the document and page 125 on the PDF. The absolute lack of ethics, principles or genius is stunning. These are Russians. THESE ARE THE RUSSIANS. ii. Conduct of the Meeting Trump Jr., Manafort, and Kushner participated on the Trump side, while Kaveladze (Georgian Vice President Crocus Group Real Estate Developer) ,
Samochornov (the translator), Akhmetshin (former KGB and lobbyist), and Goldstone (British publicist, music manager, and former tabloid journalist )attended with Veselnitskaya (Russian lawyer).722 The Office spoke to
every participant except Veselnitskaya and Trump Jr., the latter of whom declined to be voluntarily
interviewed by the Office Grand Jury This is the second tabloid guy in this mess. The other one was providing David Pecker (click here). So there is a degree of unknown facts from Veselnitskaya and Jr. The meeting lasted approximately 20 minutes. I would not expect more time than that. Crimes usually don't take that long to commit. If everyone is in the room it is for the same purpose and the dirty deal is dealt. This gets interesting because the "dirt" on Clinton is a fabrication by the Russians. No surprise here. The amazing aspect of all this contact with Russians across the spectrum of the Trump campaign is that they actually allowed themselves to believe every word spoken by the Russians. Never once does it appear that ANYONE raised caution regarding not just contact with the Russians, but, what the Russians would actually be looking for beyond their statements to the campaign. It seems to me most Americans if put in the same place, would be cautious to the sincere intentions of the Russians. I realize Trump's family culture is "Winning is everything." But, even accepting that ruthless cultural folly of these people, their willingness to allow exposure to Russia is stunning. No adult in the USA is that naive. The FBI not only had permission to conduct an investigation into the hacking of the DCCC, DNC and Clinton campaign computers but, to the Trump campaign that was obviously conducting a relationship with Russians. If the FBI did not start an investigation into the campaign's relationship with Russia there would be something very wrong with the bureau. 723 Grand Jury 724 Grand Jury Goldstone recalled that Trump Jr. invited Veselnitskaya to begin but did not
say anything about the subject of the meeting.725 Participants agreed that Veselnitskaya stated that
the Ziff brothers had broken Russian laws and had donated their profits to the DNC or the Clinton
Campaign.726 She asserted that the Ziff brothers had engaged in tax evasion and money laundering in both the United States and Russia. I don't know how many times money laundering and tax evasion enter into these talks. Veselnitskaya was in the USA not only as a lobbyist but, also as an attorney to Russians in prison in the USA who were facing those exact charges. ...“According to our investigative officers,(click here) a group of people — Mr. Browder’s business partners — who illegally made over $1.5 billion in Russia, did not pay taxes, either in Russia or the United States, but transferred this money to the United States,” Putin said, (Putin could not even keep the lie straight. Putin says Browder and Veselnitskaya stated the Ziff brothers. Will the real contributor please stand up?) according to a Kremlin transcript. “They contributed $400 million to Ms. Clinton’s election campaign. This is official information included in their reports — $400 million.” “We have grounds to suspect that U.S. intelligence officers supported these illegal transactions,” (Amazing. The dirty money belonging to Clinton was escorted into the USA by USA intelligence officers. That cannot happen in the USA without many people knowing it. The USA has very strict laws that Putin is aware of demanding the reporting of any movement of money into or out of the USA. Putin knows this. It was legislated into law because of the terrorist attacks of 911. Yet, because the Trump campaign and evidently Trump himself in Helsinki was so hungry for DIRT ON CLINTON, they actually believed the lie of the century that has existed between the USA and Russia for at least that long.) Putin added. “So we have an interest of questioning them. That could be a first step.”... Former Secretary of State Clinton recognized exactly what was going on with Russia and Trump. So, it wasn't as if there wasn't a "shout out" to Trump and his campaign identifying their relationship with Russia. See the YouTube video below. HOW MANY OF HER STATEMENTS (WARNINGS) HAVE COME TRUE UNDER TRUMP? 727 Grand Jury728 According to Akhmetshin, Trump Jr. asked follow-up
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questions about how the alleged payments could be tied specifically to the Clinton Campaign, but
Veselnitskaya indicated that she could not trace the money once it entered the United States.729
Kaveladze similarly recalled that Trump Jr. asked what they have on Clinton, and Kushner became
aggravated and asked “[w]hat are we doing here?”730 So, money came into the USA and not one person was able to say where it went. I am sure the FBI could if it came into the USA at all. Mr. Bowder and/or the Ziff brothers may or may not have brought monies into the USA for the one objective in swinging influence in the elections. This idea is an all too familiar scenario when Russians are involved. They use our own laws against the USA's interests. Basically, the "dirt on Clinton" was based on the same message that has existed with Russia forever; the money goes into the USA in this case to the Clinton campaign, hence, corruption. The Trumps and Kushner actually fell for it. They actually believed the lie Russia has been telling for what seems like forever. The Helsinki meeting between Trump and Putin stated THE SAME THING. Russia would be helpful to Trump IF they in turn over to the Russians Americans that have evaded taxes and laundered money. Trump then says it was a very interesting proposal from the president of Russia. Trump treated it as if the Russian president was doing Trump a favor. Akhmetshin then spoke about U.S. sanctions imposed under the Magnitsky Act and
Russia’s response prohibiting U.S. adoption of Russian children. July 20, 2017 Robert Siegel host: Americans (click here) have been banned from adopting children from Russia since 2013. NPR's Robert Siegel and Matthew Rojansky, director of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute, discuss the history of the ban and how it's still a factor in the U.S.-Russia relationship today.... Before Trump was even inaugurated The European Court of Justice had ruled on the case. This didn't happen overnight, the Russians knew about these proceedings when they were meeting with Trump Jr. and Kushner and the campaign. On January 17, 2017, (click here) the European Court of Justice ruled that the Russian Dima Yakovlev Law banning American citizens from adopting Russian children is discriminatory on the grounds of its severe violation of human rights. The ruling came with an order for Russia to pay €3,000 in damages to 45 American plaintiffs who have been denied adoption since the law came into practice in December 2012. Russian foreign ministry has since stated that the ban will not be revoked. The law in question was put into place as a response to the US Magnitsky Act.... This is Russia being Russia. The court proceedings were not discussed with the Trump people? That meeting was about American adoptions yet the pending court proceedings were not even discussed? The adoption issue was never going to change because it was an act to end the Magnitsky Act. Russia will do as Russia wants to do if the USA leverages it's power over Russia. This was not about adoptions, it was about the Magnitsky Act. So, is Jr., Kushner and the campaign stating they were willing to consider reversing the Magnitsky Act because this is what the Russians wanted? It wasn't about adoptions. It was about ending sanctions because Russia kills innocent people that are friendly to the USA. Veselnitskaya is the Russian lobbyist to end the Magnitsky Act. The meeting with the Russias was to receive dirt on Clinton so long as the Trump campaign was going to reverse the Magnitsky Act. That is what the Trump Tower Meeting was about. Jr. concealed it by stating this was about adoptions of Russian children. Sure the words Russian children adoptions were in the conversation, but, that isn't all that was in the conversation. 731 Several participants recalled
that Trump Jr. commented that Trump is a private citizen, and there was nothing they could do at
that time. No clue. Oops, there it is. Why have a meeting with Russians if there wasn't a quid pro quo? The Russians came with expectations to end the Magnitsky Act. That is what they wanted. Of course, as soon as the Magnitsky Act was reversed the adoptions would begin again. But, it was not an innocent conversation about the adoptions of Russian children. This conversation itself was a criminal act that a quid pro quo was laid out. Of course, all things are possible said Jr. but Trump had to make it into the presidency. Jr., Kushner and the Trump campaign were selling out the country. Kushner was disappointed that there wasn't more to the facts about Clinton. Jr., Kushner and the campaign were completely sold to the Russians. There just wasn't the dirt they were looking for. 732 Trump Jr. also said that they could revisit the issue if and when they were in
government.733 Notes that Manafort took on his phone reflect the general flow of the conversation,
although not all of its details.734 At some point in the meeting, Kushner sent an iMessage to Manafort stating “waste of time,”
followed immediately by two separate emails to assistants at Kushner Companies with requests that they call him to give him an excuse to leave.735 Samochornov recalled that Kushner departed the
meeting before it concluded; Veselnitskaya recalled the same when interviewed by the press in
July 2017.736 Veselnitskaya’s press interviews and written statements to Congress differ materially from
other accounts. It doesn't matter. She was not under oath to the press. In a July 2017 press interview, Veselnitskaya claimed that she has no connection
to the Russian government and had not referred to any derogatory information concerning the
Clinton Campaign when she met with Trump Campaign officials.737 Veselnitskaya’s November
2017 written submission to the Senate Judiciary Committee stated that the purpose of the June 9
meeting was not to connect with “the Trump Campaign” but rather to have “a private meeting with
Donald Trump Jr.—a friend of my good acquaintance’s son on the matter of assisting me or my
colleagues in informing the Congress members as to the criminal nature of manipulation and
interference with the legislative activities of the US Congress.” That is what Veselnitskaya would say to Congress because she is a lobbyist in Washington, DC. So she told Congress the Trumps were going to assist in obtaining connections that would work for her as a lobbyist to end the Magnitsky Act. 738 In other words, Veselnitskaya
claimed her focus was on Congress and not the Campaign. No witness, however, recalled any
reference to Congress during the meeting. Veselnitskaya also maintained that she “attended the
meeting as a lawyer of Denis Katsyv,” the previously mentioned owner of Prevezon Holdings, but
she did not “introduce [her]self in this capacity.”739 February 2, 2018 By Brendan Pierson A U.S. judge (click here) on Friday ordered a Russian-owned corporation to pay a $5.9 million settlement it reached last year with U.S. prosecutors over allegations that it laundered proceeds of a $230 million tax fraud. The company, Prevezon Holdings Ltd, had previously refused to pay the settlement to the U.S. government. Prevezon, which is owned by Russian businessman Denis Katsyv, argued that the deal did not require it to pay until authorities in the Netherlands released certain assets they had frozen there.... So, Ms. Veselnitskaya did well for her client and most probably without intervention by Trump. The Magnitsky Act still stands. Her client is not in prison. In a July 2017 television interview, Trump Jr. stated that while he had no way to gauge the
reliability, credibility, or accuracy of what Goldstone had stated was the purpose of the meeting,
if “someone has information on our opponent . . . maybe this is something. I should hear them
out.”740 Trump Jr. further stated in September 2017 congressional testimony that he thought he
should “listen to what Rob and his colleagues had to say.”741 Depending on what, if any,
information was provided, Trump Jr. stated he could then “consult with counsel to make an
informed decision as to whether to give it any further consideration.”742 Jr. has a problem. He is willing to listen to anyone and find common cause with them. I am sure he lets his lawyer know as much as he cares to tell him, but, he is not a statesman and has no loyalty to protocols and diplomacy. Listening to ANYTHING ANYONE has to say is what has Trump sidling up to dictators and strongmen rather than allies. It is Trump Culture. It is about taking power and not necessarily understanding the power they have taken. That sort of "listening to everyone" is more populous gossip rather than sincere statesmanship. Today, those attempts by Jr. go so far as portray himself as a person sympathetic to the "Tiger King" (click here) and willing to do right by them if he was elected to office, too. And Jr. is living up to his promises, he has Daddy looking into the Tiger King (click here). The Tiger King is now a political issue. I have no idea what the movie "Tiger King" is about. But, the Trumps found it to be a cultural issue that would sew voters to their power. After the June 9 meeting concluded, Goldstone apologized to Trump Jr.743 According to
Goldstone, he told Trump Jr Grand Jury 744 and told Emin Agalarov in a phone call that the meeting was about adoption Grand Jury 745 Grand Jury But, it was about adoption. Goldstone didn't know it was about adoption? It is just that it was about much more than adoption. 746 Aras Agalarov asked Kaveladze to
report in after the meeting, but before Kaveladze could call, Aras Agalarov called him.747 With
Veselnitskaya next to him, Kaveladze reported that the meeting had gone well, but he later told
Aras Agalarov that the meeting about the Magnitsky Act had been a waste of time because it was
not with lawyers and they were “preaching to the wrong crowd.”748 There it is. Russians were looking for a foothold to power but what they realized was that the Trumps didn't hold power and may never hold the kind of power that would remove the Magnitsky Act from USA law. It is interesting. Veselnitskaya thought she could somehow leverage the Trump campaign. She doesn't care how she carries out her country's business. If corruption is part of it then she was willing to do it. She should not do those things and should have stronger ethics to even lower herself to being corrupt to achieve a goal. She is a good lawyer and did well for her client. She should hold onto that and conduct the future of her profession within the ethics and laws of the USA. She may find she has more influence as an honest broker. She can be valued as an influential Russian if she isn't willing to bend the law so much as be appreciative of it. The Magnitsky Act is about human rights. She should appreciate that and bring those perspectives to her Russian affiliations. Respecting human rights in both the USA and Russia can create goodwill and even more interesting discussions that might bring Russia and the USA together. Russia wants the sanctions lifted. The USA wants better human rights in Russia. Russia is an emerging economy. Increasing human rights in Russia will bring investment, but, not if there is no respect for the people that want to bring about a dialogue that is beneficial to everyone. Sergei Magnitsky was killed in a Russian prison. He died days before he could have been released. Those that imprisoned him didn't want him to walk out of that prison because it would be a message the Russian people should never receive because it meant the government made an error in arresting him in the first place. Sergei Magnitsky was willing to say the raids on The Hermitage was wrong. That is not a reason to imprison any Russian. THE FACTS entrenched with truth is what Ms. Veselnitskaya should use as her sword. Standing up for human rights in Russia is dangerous, but, should it be? ..................................................................................................... Footnotes are mostly about emails, letters or telephone calls. Footnote 722 E.g., Samochornov 7/12/17 302, at 4. Footnote 723 E.g., Samochornov 7/12/17 302, at 4; Goldstone 2/8/18 302, at 9 Footnote 724 Grand Jury Footnote 725Grand Jury Footnote 726 Grand Jury Footnote 727 Grand Jury Footnote 728 Grand Jury Footnote 729 Grand JuryAkhmetshin 11/14/17 302, at 12 Footnote 730 Kaveladze 11/16/17 302, at 8;Grand Jury Footnote 731 Samochornov 7/13/17 302, at 3; Grand Jury Footnote 732 E.g., Akhmetshin 11/14/17 302, at 12-13;Grand Jury Footnote 733 Akhmetshin 11/14/17 302, at 12-13;Grand Jury Samochornov
7/13/17 302, at 3. Trump Jr. confirmed this in a statement he made in July 2017 after news of the June
2016 meeting broke. Interview of: Donald J. Trump, Jr., Senate Judiciary Committee U.S. Senate
Washington DC, 115th Cong. 57 (Sept. 7, 2017). Footnote 734 Manafort’s notes state: This is interesting, isn't it? Manafort knew wealthy people hiding money offshore or perhaps not hiding it. Bill browder (He has a relationship with the Hermitage) (click here) Offshore - Cyprus (Cyprus could have been a place where 133 million shares of companies were being held possibly in lockboxes, lawyer, etc.) 133m shares Companies Not invest - loan (How about if it read: "Do not invest, get loans."
Value in Cyprus as inter (A bank in Cyprus was an interim bank (click here)) Nicosia, Cyprus—The biggest bank on this island was at the tail end of a purge of its riskiest customers—from arms traders to online casinos—when its computers started combing the books to check on an American who was attracting more public attention: Paul Manafort Illici (if this is not a name, then it means entice) The way I see it, Manafort was interested in enticing active sponsors of the RNC. Active sponsors of RNC Browder hired Joanna Glover ...The mention of “Joanna Glover” is more clear. It’s almost certainly a reference to Juleanna Glover, who worked with Browder in advocating for the Magnitsky Act. Juleanna Glover had worked in politics for some time — including for Cheney.... Tied into Cheney Russian adoption by American families (leverage for dirt) PJM-SJC-00000001-02 (Notes Produced to Senate Judiciary Committee).
The Washington Post does a different analysis.
In full: (click here) Bill browder Offshore — Cyprus 133m shares Companies Not invest — loan Value in Cyprus as inter Illici Active sponsors of RNC Browder hired Joanna Glover Tied into Cheney Russian adoption by American families
In the absence of other context, the notes are cryptic and include words that certainly seem to wave red flags. “Offshore,” “Illici[t]” — even an apparent mention of former vice president Richard B. Cheney....
Footnote 735 NOSC00003992 (6/9/16 Text Message, Kushner to Manafort); Kushner 4/11/18 302, at 9; Vargas 4/4/18 302, at 7; NOSC00000044 (6/9/16 Email, Kushner to Vargas); NOSC00000045 (6/9/16
Email, Kushner to Cain). Footnote 736 Samochornov 7/12/17 302, at 4; Grand Jury Kushner 4/11/18
302, at 9-10; see also Interview of: Donald J. Trump, Jr., Senate Judiciary Committee, 115th Cong. 48-49 (Sept. 7, 2017). Footnote 737 Russian Lawyer Veselnitskaya Says She Didn’t Give Trump Jr. Info on Clinton, NBC News(July 11, 2017). (click here) Footnote 738 Testimony of Natalia Veselnitskaya before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary,115th Cong. 10 (Nov 20, 2017). Footnote 739 Testimony of Natalia Veselnitskaya before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary,
115th Cong. 21 (Nov. 20, 2017). Footnote 740 Sean Hannity, Transcript-Donald Trump Jr, Fox News (July 11, 2017). Footnote 741 Interview of: Donald J. Trump, Jr, Senate Judiciary Committee, 115th Cong. 16 (Sept. 7, 2017). Footnote 742 Interview of: Donald J. Trump, Jr, Senate Judiciary Committee, 115th Cong. 16-17 (Sept. 7, 2017). Footnote 743 Kaveladze 11/16/17 302, at 8; Grand Jury Goldstone 2/8/18 302 at 9; Grand Jury Footnote 744Grand Jury Footnote 745Grand Jury The week after the June 9 meeting, a cybersecurity firm
and the DNC announced the Russian hack of the DNC. See Volume I, Section III.B.2, supra Grand Jury (and one text message shows) that, shortly after the DNC announcement,
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Goldstone made comments connecting the DNC hacking announcement to the June 9 meeting. Grand Jury OSC-KAV_00029 (6/14/16 Email, Goldstone to E.
Agalarov & Kaveladze (10:09 a.m.)). The investigation did not identify evidence connecting the events of
June 9 to the GRU’s hack-and-dump operation. OSC-KAV_00029-30 (6/14/16 Email, Goldstone to E.
Agalarov). Footnote 746Grand Jury Footnote 747 Kaveladze 11/16/17 302, at 8; Call Records of Ike KaveladzeGrand Jury Footnote 748 Kaveladze 11/16/17 302, at 8; Call Records of Ike KaveladzeGrand Jury On June 14, 2016 Kaveladze’s teenage daughter emailed asking how the June 9 meeting had gone, and Kaveladze responded, “meeting was boring. The Russians did not have any bad info on Hilary.” OSCKAV_00257 (6/14/16 Email, I. Kaveladze to A. Kaveladze;Grand Jury Just to clarify, there is no way $400 million would have gone unnoticed if it were cash. Below is a picture of a drug bust that netted $205 million. Clinton would have to hide twice this much. Getting it through customs is a difficult job and then there is the campaign and explanations of where $400 million came from. The Russians need to stop this stuff. It is silly. Continued in a following entry.
I just heard from a friend. Works at OSHA. They are on furlough. What the heck is OSHA doing on furlough? Nursing homes alone demands they are working! Trump is causing deaths.
If a governor says to the state's citizens they don't need masks, the governor is committing human rights violations. If everyone in the USA, including children, wore masks for the next three weeks the infection rate would drop dramatically.
U.S. Donald Trump meets (click here) with Texas Governor Greg Abbott about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 7, 2020. The sign showing all the supplies sent to Texas, in this case, shows how useless the federal effort has been. The largest numbers on the sign are for surgical masks. Included in all those mask numbers is the number of gloves as well. So, when it comes to supplying N95 masks, the federal government completely failed and I might add, it appears to be deliberate. The federal government just isn't that completely stupid unless FEMA's attempt was interrupted by the White House. After all, the federal stockpiles belong to THEM and not the country.
