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RUSSIA/РОССИЯ THREAD—ASSANGE CHRGD W/ SPYING—DJT IMPEACHED TWICE-US TREASURY SANCTS KILIMNIK AS RUSSIAN AGNT
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PREET DISCUSSES THE ZARRAB CASE CONNECTING TO TRUMP AND FLYNN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PODCAST:
http://podbay.fm/show/1265845136/e/1512018000?autostart=1
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http://podbay.fm/show/1265845136/e/1512018000?autostart=1
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FLYNN IS ABOUT TO BE DIRECTLY IMPLICATED IN THE PLOT TO HELP TURKEY EVADE IRANIAN SANCTIONS!!!
Turkish President Ordered Banks to Violate U.N. Sanctions on Iran, Architect of Scheme Testifies
Reza Zarrab, who arranged clandestine payments to Tehran, told a federal court that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan personally ordered banks to do business behind the U.S and U.N.'s backs.
Louafi Larbi/Reuters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally signed off on Turkish banks’ involvement in a scheme to cheat U.S. and U.N. sanctions on Iran, the architect of the scheme testified in U.S. federal court on Thursday.
“The prime minister at that time, Recep Tayyip Erdogan [...], had given instructions, had given an order, for [Ziraat and Vakif banks] to start doing the trade,” Reza Zarrab testified.
The allegation is explosive given that Turkey is U.S. and NATO ally, and home to a major U.S. air base that has been key in the war against ISIS.
Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader is the star witness in a trial relating to a scheme that used his companies to help Turkey covertly buy Iranian oil and gas, in violation of U.S. and United Nations sanctions. Prosecutors say Zarrab and his co-defendant, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, used a number of Turkish banks and Zarrab’s companies to trade cash for gold, and allow Iran to pay its international debts with proceeds from its oil sales.
Erdogan has tried to get Zarrab released from U.S. custody since his arrest in 2016, through a series of diplomatic negotiations.
Zarrab fought the charges against him for over a year before beginning to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors this fall. In his first day of testimony Monday, Zarrab admitted to bribing the former Turkish minister Zafer Caglayan of the economy more than 45 million euros to facilitate the sanctions-cheating through Turkish state-owned banks.
But Turkish observers have been eager to see how the trial, which relates to a quashed Turkish corruption scandal from 2013, would also impact the president. In the bombshell revelation Thursday morning, Zarrab said that Erdogan and former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan personally approved the involvement of Turkish banks in the scheme.
The revelation stems from Zarrab's extensive conversations with Caglayan, the former economy minister. Zarrab said the whole scheme—including bribe payments to heads of Turkish banks—occurred with Caglayan's approval.
"At the end of the day we did not hide anything from Zafer Caglayan, we did everything within his knowledge," he testified.
Erdogan, meanwhile, appeared to address the allegations in the trial in his own meetings this week.
“We have trade and energy ties with Iran. We did not breach the sanctions [on Iran]. Whatever the verdict is, we did the right thing,” Erdogan told ruling Justice and Development Party deputies Thursday morning, Hurriyet Daily News reported. "We have never made commitments to the U.S. [on our energy ties with Iran]."
“The world is not only about the U.S. We also have trade and energy relations with Iran,” Erdogan said.
“The prime minister at that time, Recep Tayyip Erdogan [...], had given instructions, had given an order, for [Ziraat and Vakif banks] to start doing the trade,” Reza Zarrab testified.
The allegation is explosive given that Turkey is U.S. and NATO ally, and home to a major U.S. air base that has been key in the war against ISIS.
Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader is the star witness in a trial relating to a scheme that used his companies to help Turkey covertly buy Iranian oil and gas, in violation of U.S. and United Nations sanctions. Prosecutors say Zarrab and his co-defendant, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, used a number of Turkish banks and Zarrab’s companies to trade cash for gold, and allow Iran to pay its international debts with proceeds from its oil sales.
Erdogan has tried to get Zarrab released from U.S. custody since his arrest in 2016, through a series of diplomatic negotiations.
Zarrab fought the charges against him for over a year before beginning to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors this fall. In his first day of testimony Monday, Zarrab admitted to bribing the former Turkish minister Zafer Caglayan of the economy more than 45 million euros to facilitate the sanctions-cheating through Turkish state-owned banks.
But Turkish observers have been eager to see how the trial, which relates to a quashed Turkish corruption scandal from 2013, would also impact the president. In the bombshell revelation Thursday morning, Zarrab said that Erdogan and former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan personally approved the involvement of Turkish banks in the scheme.
The revelation stems from Zarrab's extensive conversations with Caglayan, the former economy minister. Zarrab said the whole scheme—including bribe payments to heads of Turkish banks—occurred with Caglayan's approval.
"At the end of the day we did not hide anything from Zafer Caglayan, we did everything within his knowledge," he testified.
Erdogan, meanwhile, appeared to address the allegations in the trial in his own meetings this week.
“We have trade and energy ties with Iran. We did not breach the sanctions [on Iran]. Whatever the verdict is, we did the right thing,” Erdogan told ruling Justice and Development Party deputies Thursday morning, Hurriyet Daily News reported. "We have never made commitments to the U.S. [on our energy ties with Iran]."
“The world is not only about the U.S. We also have trade and energy relations with Iran,” Erdogan said.
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The British on their day, have all the best words.
I listened to that statement and all i thought of was
I listened to that statement and all i thought of was
It’s amazing how much articulation makes you
when you contrast it with the manure coming from the mouth of dotards and his hires.
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
Tom Cotton at cia 
Tom Cotton at cia
Shortest Secretary of State in 120 years 
Tom Cotton at cia
Trump needs to try to actively suppress the spooks leaking this information on him. May be his last roll of the dice.
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Dorian Breh
Veteran
this would have the opposite impact, this would be emperors new clothes
pretty dangerous because it would further isolate the CIA and make it not even report shyt to its own DCI