So, it turns out there really has been Russian collusion in US Presidential politics. Except, as always, whenever the Democrats point the finger, they’re really pointing at the mirror.
The Democrats and their media bootlickers spent four years screeching that Donald Trump was financially beholden to the Russians (he wasn’t). It turns out that the man with his hands in Russian pockets is Joe Biden.
President Biden and his allies raked in campaign cash from a top Russia lobbyist in 2020, just months before his administration’s decision to scrap sanctions on a controversial firm building a Russian oil pipeline to Germany.
Remember, this is the same Joe Biden who boasted, on camera, that as Vice President, he strong-armed the Ukrainian government into firing a prosecutor.
“I said, you’re not getting the billion [in loans…] I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a bitch. He got fired.”
Joe Biden
Certainly, the amounts donated by Russia lobbyist Richard Burt are pretty much peanuts (in the tens of thousands): but that’s hardly the point. The donation was not only illegal, but it impinges directly on government policy.
In addition to violating Biden’s own campaign pledge not to take lobbyist cash, the money from Burt is particularly noteworthy as he is currently directly engaged in lobbying activities for Nord Stream 2 AG.
The Switzerland-based Nord Stream 2 — controlled by an ex-East German stasi officer and close ally of Vladimir Putin — is currently engaging in sanctionable activity, according to the State Department. Team Biden raised eyebrows, however, after declining to enforce sanctions, citing US national interests, Axios reported.
Critics worry the project will allow Russia dangerous influence over European energy supplies and increase their overall political leverage on the continent.
To build the pipeline, Nord Stream 2 has partnered with five European energy companies, ENGIE, OMV, Shell, Uniper and Wintershall Dea. Lobbying disclosure forms show that Burt is currently advocating on behalf of all five.
There’s also the glaring double-standard.
Burt is an opportunistic lobbyist, who once served as US ambassador to Germany during the Reagan administration and was a long-term Republican donor. Apparently sensing which way the wind was blowing, he switched allegiances in 2019.
But it was when he provided early policy advice to the Trump administration that the media went into screaming mode. Russia, Russia, Russia!
“The revelation of Burt’s lobbying activity raises new questions about Russian influence in Trump’s campaign,” blared Politico, which cited extensively Burt’s work on Nord Stream 2 — a project Trump went on to consistently oppose as president.
“The sum total of Trump’s words and actions has only encouraged Russian meddling in our elections,” said California Rep. Adam Schiff in August 2020. “Insecure, unscrupulous and transactional, Trump is Putin’s ideal American president.”
In March, 2019, Burt gave a max out $2,800 donation to Schiff shortly after the California Congressman took the reins of the powerful House Intelligence Committee.
New York Post
Ah, but it’s different when they do it.
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