The "missing" Hunter Biden witness the GOP was promising for a while there was just charged by the DOJ with being a Chinese spy. https://t.co/lLiVEmfrU1
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 10, 2023
The Republicans' new Hunter Biden "whistleblower" was just indicted for being an agent for China.
Also charged with arms trafficking, violating sanctions against Iran and making false statements to the feds.https://t.co/iXHA1NNXMb
— Luke O'Brien (@lukeobrien) July 10, 2023
The leader of a U.S. think tank has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday.
Gal Luft, a citizen of the United States and Israel, is accused of recruiting and paying a former high-ranking U.S. government official on behalf of principals based in China in 2016, without registering as a foreign agent as required by law.
Prosecutors did not identify the former official, but said he was working as an adviser to the then president-elect Donald Trump at the time. Luft is accused of pushing the adviser to support policies favorable to China, including by drafting comments in the adviser’s name published in a Chinese newspaper…
Luft, 57, was arrested in February in Cyprus on U.S. charges, but fled after being released on bail while awaiting extradition, prosecutors said. He is not currently in U.S. custody.
Luft is co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, which describes itself as a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focused on energy, security and economic trends…
Timeline:
Gal Luft was arrested for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent in February.
Released on bail, he fled.
GOP Rep. Comer claimed "we can't track down the [Hunter Biden] informant" in May.
Luft put out a videos 5 days ago.
DOJ announced charges today.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 10, 2023
Professional Never-Trump Republican:
So the guy who was supposedly gonna blow the whistle on Biden taking payments from foreigners was actually *paying off Trump admin officials himself on behalf of China* !!! Could this be more on the nose?
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) July 10, 2023
This is what James Comer said *yesterday* about his fake whistleblower who was just indicted for being a Chinese spy:
"He's very credible and the people on MSNBC who made fun of me when I said we had an informant that was missing, they should feel like fools right now. And this… pic.twitter.com/hvAYweK3tt
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 10, 2023
Never retreat, never apologize!
That awkward moment when the guy you are touting as a “whistleblower” is indicted as a Chinese spy. https://t.co/WXcH7ikAUP
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) July 11, 2023
hells littlest angel
I’ve recorded in Denmark, man!
RepubAnon
So, the Chinese Government was possibly paying this guy to lie about Hunter Biden? Indeed, every Republican accusation is a confession.
bbleh
See, this is just PROOF that the Biden administration is trying to COVER UP the nonexistent but WIDELY ALLEGED crimes of Hunter Biden by PROSECUTING the guy who allegedly was a WITNESS to the nonexistent crimes just because he was a Chinese agent! It’s totally biased and unfair! Impeach!!!
mrmoshpotato
Hi RethugliSHITS! Up your asses with big mouth basses! 🐟💩🖕🖕🖕
Added 👇🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
Well then!
p.a.
Since Luft is an Israeli citizen as well, if he were connected in any way to Netanyahu, that would be just *chef’s kiss* of ratfuckers.
mrmoshpotato
@p.a.:
Hot fucking slap them with raw shrimp DAMN!
dmsilev
False flag! Witch hunt! Argle-bargle!
kindness
Had this happened to a Democratic operative those same TV ‘Journalists’ would have openly laughed him off the air and called him a traitor. But no, it’s a Republican operative so he is given the benefit of doubt that he is fighting the Deep State. And Republicans are off & running with the life jacket thrown them.
TS
And at this point one can but say
Only in America
Anne Laurie
To be fair, it’s quite possible Luft was freelancing for both the Chinese government *and* the US Republican party.
(Also probably other governments, as will no doubt come out in the near future.)
mrmoshpotato
@dmsilev: When does Meg’s dumb ass chime in?
SpaceUnit
Oh my. This is an awkward moment.
mrmoshpotato
Tim Miller still sucks Dump’s orange dick.
Bitchslap Timmy Miller (and the rest of the Bulwark bitchasses) all to way to Russia, so they can go suck Putin’s asshole.
Oh how they wanted Hillary to win…
For four years of beating the shit out of her in the papers for money!
dmsilev
@mrmoshpotato: I’ve managed to ignore her for a while now. The Post definitely has worse columnists, but she’s not even worth hate-reading.
Albatrossity
I’m agreeing with the second-dumbest Senator here, but I too would like to see this guy testify before a Congressional Committee. But I will need more popcorn!
Suzanne
If anyone who held a real job showed this (hilariously) terrible judgment, their ass would be justifiably fired. The failsons of the GOP get to continue governing the rest of us. God.
Another Scott
The guy’s name – Luft – didn’t make the court think that he might be a flight risk??
Cheers,
Scott.
John Cole
It really is fucking uncanny how every accusation is a confession.
mrmoshpotato
Oh my goddess, Charlie!
Go suck Rush Limbaugh’s dead, rotting ass!
mrmoshpotato
@dmsilev: Hahaha! Ouch!
Jeffro
hey they’re going to squawk and yell “DEEP STATE!!!1!” no matter what, so we – and by “we” I mean “America” – ought to roll all their criminal asses right the fuck up and let ’em go nuts ratting each other out.
oh and when I said ‘they’ and ‘their’ I meant ALL of them – every single GOP official, every GOP-friendly media ‘personality’, every RWNJ podcaster, every last one of them. fucking charge them, try them, and then lock ’em up and throw away the key.
SpaceUnit
To be fair it’s tough to buy a quality whistleblower these days.
ETA: And everything’s made in China.
mrmoshpotato
@Another Scott: Dude!… :)
Mike in NC
This representative Comer from KY impresses me as particularly dim bulb who thinks his full-time job is investigating Hunter Biden. Of course, no seditious Republicans want us to bring up January 6 at all.
mrmoshpotato
@John Cole: As it has been for years! I mean come up with better bullshit GOPutin’s bitches!
rikyrah
@John Cole:
Everyday.
All day, Cole😒
West of the Rockies
Ron Johnson… what a maroon… what an ultra maroon.
mrmoshpotato
@Jeffro: PREACH! Fuck ’em! Fuck ’em all! And shove Hillary’s email up their fate orange, fascist asses!
mrmoshpotato
Dupe! Fuck ’em!
Jackie
@SpaceUnit: Comer and Jordan are scrambling… as is the entire HFC! 😂
Leto
Ohio Republicans’ Rotten Scheme to Spend Opioid Settlement Money in Secret
GOP leaders brazenly skirted a state Supreme Court ruling with a law shielding the money from public scrutiny. Many other states are doing likewise. Are we repeating the tobacco settlement debacle?
mrmoshpotato
@Leto: Burn the party to the ground – nationwide.
SpaceUnit
@Jackie:
Yeah. If pantsing were an Olympic event this would take gold.
Jackie
Oh, boohoohooo
“Rudy Giuliani is negotiating a possible resolution in his ongoing court dispute with former Georgia election workers Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss and Ruby Freeman, after they accused him of defaming them following the 2020 election and already won nearly $90,000 from him for attorneys’ fees,” CNN reports.
“The lawsuit from Moss and her mother, Freeman, presents a significant risk to Giuliani financially.”
Tiny 🎻🎻🎻
Yutsano
Dammit Wisconsin. U had 1 job. Instead you re-elected that stupid fuckstick.
prostratedragon
Northwestern figures out it has to fire the football coach. Perhaps I’m rushing to judgement, but his reply made me grumble, “Asshole!:
Redshift
They’ll believe anyone who tells them what they want to hear. Spies funny even have to work to infiltrate the GOP any more…
mrmoshpotato
@Jackie: Larger violins – for beating him over his hair-dye-dripping shitstain bitchass head!
Anyone got an old, unplayable cello?!
prostratedragon
My, how versatile.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Jackie: I hope their lawyers have good detectives or forensic accountants or whoever finds hidden/laundered money. Can they subpoena a couple of ex-wives?
mrmoshpotato
@prostratedragon: Well, if you’re going to commit felonies… Commit a shitload!
mrmoshpotato
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Yes please!
Sister Golden Bear
@John Cole: More projection that a 20-theater IMAX multiplex.
prostratedragon
@41: And yet he may not kiss the hem of TFG’s garment there.
Ken_L
Naturally the righties are all pretending these charges were only laid today in retaliation for Luft releasing a video last week, when in fact he was arrested and charged last February. All the DoJ did today was unseal the indictment.
Ken_L
@SpaceUnit: He’s not even a whistleblower. Just a random dude who claims he knows lots of bad shit about the Bidens.
Martin
Ah, Disneyland fireworks. Been a while since it was warm enough for me to be outside at 9:35.
The Moar You Know
Oddly, I agree. Him and a few forensic accountants.
Martin
Why were Republicans covering up Luft’s crimes, because it sure as shit looks like they were covering up his crimes.
SpaceUnit
@Ken_L:
Agree. Sounds like a total phony.
Sebastian
@Jeffro:
GOP threw a hissy fit when Eric Swalwell was the target of a Chinese spy and now these guys are cooperating with one? Have them all interrogated, stat!
Matter of national security, innit?
SpaceUnit
This bozo turned ‘whistleblower’ when he realized he was screwed. Nice try fool.
West of the Rockies
@Martin:
Used to see their fireworks from our house in Fullerton… 49 years ago.
NotMax
The word “think” straining under some might heavy lifting.
99 Luft Buffoons.
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cain
@RepubAnon:
We really need to be all over this and start accusing the GOP of deep corruption.
They’ve been corrupt for as long as I can remember and they need the get smacked hard..
YY_Sima Qian
@RepubAnon: As far as I can tell from the reporting, Gal Luft took money from the Chinese government to try to bribe elements of Trump Administration to raise the amount of Iranian oil China can purchase, that is exempted from US sanctions, or to push the U.S. to look the other way altogether. Given how Trump operated, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was common practice utilized by a host of foreign governments, whether allies, partners, rivals or adversaries.
I think the Hunter Biden CT was cooked up by GOP operatives, who are very practiced at such shenanigans against Dem politicians. Remember Whitewater?
sab
@YY_Sima Qian: Are your parents safe in upstate NY? I have family in NE and am worried although they say they are safe.
sab
@cain: I find that ” they are always projecting” works well.
Ohio state senator accused of felony charge of domestic violance. He is currently in defamation litigation for accusing his Democratic opponent of domestic violence with no evidence.
Apparently he didn’t beat his wife. He beat a Republican crony who followed him home from a Republican gathering and then disagreed with him.
I strongly suspect that alchohol was involved.
YY_Sima Qian
@sab: Safe in which aspect? They are doing OK right now, but they have large been living as recluse since the start of the pandemic. If you are talking about weather, their area is not too bad.
They are planning to come to China in Sept. They were hope for more flights to resume between China & the U.S., & for the prices to come further down, but they have given up hope of that happening any time soon.