Trump-Putin vs. Nixon-Watergate: Similar or Worse
(I'd have to say Trump is far, far worse)
Hey, Vlad WTF is up with
those charges against “Artie”
(“Artie” = Andrii Artemenko)
Continuing
and Widening Story (NY
Times here):
Prosecutors
in Ukraine are
investigating whether a member of Parliament committed treason by working with associates
of President Trump to promote a plan for settling Ukraine’s conflicts with Russia.
In
court filings, Ukrainian
prosecutors accused Andrii V. Artemenko of conspiring with Russia to
commit “subversive acts against Ukraine,” and “in particular by advancing a
proposal that could legitimize the temporary occupation of the Crimean
peninsula.”
(Note:
Russia
forcibly annexed the peninsula in 2014, a step that Ukraine, the United
States and other governments have refused to recognize; Mr. Artemenko said his
proposal would allow Ukraine to formally cede control of the territory to
Russia, at least temporarily).
Yuriy
Lutsenko, Ukraine’s prosecutor general, posted a copy of the court filing to
his Facebook page on Tuesday with the statement “Ukraine’s integrity is above
all else.” The so-called “Artemenko plan” was reported
on Sunday by the New York Times.
It
outlines a series of steps meant to bring to an end the rebellion by
Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, and to resolve the dispute over
Crimea by allowing voters to decide whether to lease the peninsula to Russia
for 50 or 100 years.
(Note:
Settling those issues could give the Trump administration a path to lift
sanctions against Russia).
As
reported, Artemenko traveled to NYC in January to discuss the plan with Michael
D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, and with Felix H. Sater, a
Russian-American business associate of the Trump Organization who scouted
business opportunities in Russia for the company as recently as 2015.
Cohen
said he delivered the proposal to the White House in a sealed envelope in early
February to then (and now former) NSC Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
(Note:
Artemenko is a little-known politician who has tried to brand himself as a
Trump-style populist. He has not been arrested or formally charged with a crime).
More
on this later, I am sure. Stay tuned therefore, this is potentially the biggest
story in American history …
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