{"id":36431,"date":"2018-08-04T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36431"},"modified":"2018-08-04T17:22:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T22:22:18","slug":"the-magnitsky-trio-pushes-for-war-with-russia-with-new-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36431","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cMagnitsky Trio\u201d Pushes For War With Russia with New\u00a0Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomluongo.me\/2018\/08\/03\/the-magnitsky-trio-pushes-for-war-with-russia-with-new-sanctions\/\">The \u201cMagnitsky Trio\u201d Pushes For War With Russia with New\u00a0Sanctions<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>If half of what I have come to understand about the Curious Case of Bill Browder is true, then the \u201cMagnitsky Trio\u201d of Senators John McCain, Lindsay Graham and Ben Cardin are guilty of espionage, at a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>Why?\u00a0 Because they know that Browder\u2019s story about Sergei Magnitsky is a lie.\u00a0 And that means that when you tie in the Trump Dossier, Christopher Steele, Fusion GPS, the Skripal poisoning and the rest of this mess, these men are consorting with foreign governments and agencies against the sitting President.<\/p>\n<p>As Lee Stranahan pointed out recently on Fault Lines, Cardin invited Browder to testify to Congress in 2017 to push through last year\u2019s sanctions bill, a more stringent version of the expiring Magnitsky Act of 2011, which has since been used to ratchet up pressure on Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JziUpEPIjxs?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;start=1267&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-ratio=\"0.6079881656804734\" data-width=\"676\" data-height=\"411\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Cardin knew there were problems with Browder\u2019s story about Magnitsky\u2019s death and yet brought him into Congress to testify to secure the vote.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s suborning perjury, as Lee points out.<\/p>\n<p>Just the holes in Browder\u2019s story about Magnitsky\u2019s death are alone enough to warrant a perjury charge on him.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekomisarscoop.com\/2017\/11\/the-man-behind-the-magnitsky-act-did-bill-browders-tax-troubles-in-russia-color-push-for-sanctions\/\">If you haven\u2019t read Luck Komisar\u2019s detailed breakdown of Browder\u2019s dealings<\/a> then you owe it to yourself to do so.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d read it a few times, because it\u2019s about as murky as The Swamp gets. And, still my eyes glaze over.<\/p>\n<p>The Magnitsky Act and its sequel have been used to support aggressive policy actions by the U.S. against Russia and destroy the relationship between the world\u2019s most prominent militaries and nuclear powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cMagnitsky Trio\u201d Pushes For War With Russia with New\u00a0Sanctions If half of what I have come to understand about the Curious Case of Bill Browder is true, then the \u201cMagnitsky Trio\u201d of Senators John McCain, Lindsay Graham and Ben Cardin are guilty of espionage, at a minimum. 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