Michael Flynn associate charged over illegal lobbying for Turkey

I see they’re trying to get ahead of tomorrow’s ruling.

Another FARA violation is all they have. A law they NEVER enforced for obvious reasons. Losers.

I’m no fan of Erdogon but Gulan & his Coral Academy of Science Schools here on our military bases is COMPLETE BS!!

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A secretive Islamic movement is trying to infiltrate the U.S. military by establishing and operating publicly-funded charter schools targeted toward children of American service personnel.

That charge may sound like a conspiracy theory from the lunatic fringe, but it is real and it is happening right now. The most immediate threat is in Nevada, where Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas (CASLV) is currently negotiating with the United States Air Force to locate a charter school at Nellis Air Force Base, with classes starting this fall. What is not widely known is that CASLV is part of a nationwide organization of charter schools and other businesses headed by Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, a reclusive but influential Imam living under self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania to avoid criminal prosecution in his native Turkey.

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Two ex-business associates of former national security adviser Michael Flynn have been charged over alleged illegal lobbying on behalf of the Turkish government in the United States and making false statements to the FBI, according to an indictment unsealed Monday.

Bijan Rafiekian, also known as Bijan Kian, and Kamil Ekim Alptekin of Istanbul were charged after allegedly being involved in a conspiracy to “covertly influence U.S. politicians and public opinion” against a Turkish citizen living in the U.S. whose extradition had been requested by the Turkish government, according to the Justice Department.


That Turkish citizen is Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of directing a failed coup.

The alleged plot detailed Monday included using a company founded by Rafiekian, referred to in the indictment as “Company A,” based upon “Person A’s” national security expertise. Person A reportedly is Flynn.

Less than 50%

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Lobbying should be made illegal all together. How is taking money for votes democracy?

^^^this. Votes, laws, sanctions. Foreign & domestic interests run deep.

I’m happy it’s getting exposure & hearing lots are freaking out over recent decision to finally enforce FARA. Other than Tony Podesta on D side, wonder how many others will see equal justice.

Interesting 2016 article on Hillary & Gulan. Entire article is well worth the read...


New Ties Emerge Between Clinton And Mysterious Islamic Cleric

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A newly-released email and lobbying documents filed with Congress reveals new ties between Clintonworld and members of a network operated by a mysterious Islamic cleric from Turkey.

Connections between Clinton and acolytes of the imam, Fethullah Gulen, could muddle the complex relationship between the U.S. and Turkey, a key NATO ally, if the former secretary of state wins the White House.

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has mounted an aggressive crackdown against Gulen and his followers, known as Gulenists. Erdoğan, who was once allied with Gulen, has even personally asked President Obama to extradite the 74-year-old guru, who has lived in self-exile in Pennsylvania’s Pocono mountains since 1999.

In the April 1, 2009 message, a Gulen follower named Gokhan Ozkok asked Clinton deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin for help in connecting one of his allies to President Obama.

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Sibel Edmonds was correct about all the nefarious lobbying for Turkey going on in the U.S. government. That was basically the gist of what she alerted her superiors to way back when, for which she was fired and subsequently began her free speech/ anti-corruption campaign.

She’s Turkish and Iranian and was a translator for the FBI.

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Here’s a 10/17 article from her

Targeting Michael Flynn & Shielding the Radical Cleric Gulen: Special Counsel Robert Mueller MUST Step Down

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General Michael Flynn, Former National Security Advisor to President Trump, is being investigated by Special Counsel for accepting legitimate payments from Turkish companies for researching and exposing Wanted Terrorist and Radical Islamist Fethullah Gulen and his $25+ Billion criminal network in the United States.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is Special Counsel in charge of the case. He is the same Robert Mueller who used his position as Director of the FBI to shield and cover up Gulen’s criminal-terrorist network and operations, and take drastic measures to quash a whistleblower’s Gulen-related reports. These previous connections and actions by Mr. Mueller create a direct conflict of interest with his current position as Special Counsel in Flynn’s case, and require that he must immediately step down from the case.

Interesting, although I’m not sure how it’s legal for a person in such a high and strategically sensitive position as Flynn to accept payments from foreign companies to “research and expose” someone. Seems like he’s doing the bidding of foreign interests while holding one of the highest intelligence positions in the U.S.).

*My mistake. I didn’t read carefully. It was Flynn’s business associate. So it wasn’t Flynn directly. But he should know better than to allow that to happen being in the position he was in.

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I think the Saudis want us to shield Gulen as a counter to Erdogen. And the Saudis didn’t like Flynn investigating Gulen. And when the Saudis say “Jump!”, the U.S. says “How high?”

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