Jesse Benton & Doug Wead officially indicted -funneled Russian Funds to Trump 2016 Campaign & RNC Russians & Ukrainians too

Beyond the prerequisite what the hell took so long but wow it’s stunning to see this unsealed indictment. Job well done by the USAO-DC —I’m trying to be fair and balanced, sort of. A much deeper dive

I mean by now I’m certain you are aware of yesterday’s DOJ OPA Press Release and look this isn’t me saying: Trump, Russia, Mob, Trump, Russia, Money Laundering—rinse and repeat. I’m genuinely not a fan of the overly hyped and unnecessarily dramatized “Trump is going to jail because of Russia” narrative.

Plus I’m not out here pimping a podcast, book. GoFundMe, Patreon or otherwise monetizing any social media presence. I mean duh I have an actual J-O-B that doesn’t include tweeting for self aggrandizing disinformation and misinformation nonsense. And yes I’ve filed and paid my taxes - I can’t say the same for a few charlatans. Given never supplemented my income by raking in tens of thousands in fraudulent donations by way of a misleading GoFundMe…but I digress

Defendant Doug Wead brief Biography;

As further detailed in the recent Indictment - in Inside Trump's White House: The Real Story of His Presidency -see paragraph 10 of newly unsealed indictment-

The book will include never-before-reported stories and scoops, including how President Trump turned around the American economy, how he "never complains and never explains," and how his actions sometimes lead to misunderstandings with the media and the public. It also includes exclusive interviews with the Trump family about the Mueller report, and narrates their reactions when the report was finally released.

Contains Interviews with the President in the Oval Office, chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, Jared and Ivanka Kushner, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric and Lara Trump, and White House insiders.

Which also makes Doug Wead’s 2019 CSPAN Interview

…truly nauseating because—well here let’s just roll the tape, shall we and you can make your own ascertainment of Doug Wead’s comments. Where he feigned righteousness indignation about Trump and Russia and the 2016 Presidential Election… all while knowing he and Benton had funneled tens of thousands of dollars

(whispers it’s not just Russia, read paragraphs 11 and 12 of the indictment)

Spicy Sidebar - The anatomy of disinformation and misinformation proliferation on the internet…

Also here’s an interesting side note and a real-time example of how Misinformation and Disinformation is proliferated on the Internet. Trust me on this - type the following phrase into your web browser;

“Outrageous! Biden DOJ and FBI Now Going After 75-Year-Old Trump White House Author and Esteemed Historian Doug Wead”

1. The Nexus of this “reporting” is the Gateway Pundit

2. The nexus was then quickly picked up by over a dozen highly questionable “news” organizations

3. And then it cross pollinated to Twitter, Facebook, Gab, Countless Alt-Right websites

Defendant Jesse R Benton brief Biography

It is true that on December 23, 2020 (then) president Trump pardoned Jessse R Benton. That pardon stemmed from this 2015 Indictment:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/file/643166/download

• Jul 30, 2015 - SEALED INDICTMENT as to Jesse R. Benton (1) count(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, John M. Tate (2) count(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, Dimitrios N. Kesari (3) count(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. (sc) -Additional attachment(s) added on 8/21/2015: # 1 Amended Sealed Indictment see ECF Link

• May 11, 2018 OPINION/JUDGMENT of USCA as to Jesse R. Benton, John Frederick Tate, Dimitrios N. Kesari re 656 Notice of Appeal - Final Judgment, 662 Notice of Appeal - Final Judgment, 657 Notice of Appeal - Final Judgment.

Benton did run this all the way up our Federal Judicial System —as recent as 2020 he petitioned the Supreme Court, which denied his petition See Oppo filed by USA in February 2018 also see Jesse R Benton’s 2018 Appeal of the 8thCCOAs Judgement which upheld the District Court’s Final Judgment (which was included as an exhibit in his 2018 SCOTUS petition

To say Benton’s fail from political greatness isn’t exactly unexpected. Because one fact that continues to be true - Donald J Trump is motivated by Transaction and he didn’t give out pardons because the defendant was owed “an act of grace”

Trump used pardons to reward those who remained loyal to him. And for the record Trump also pardoned Benton’s 2012 thru 2015 co-conspirator John Tate

Titan Strategies - remember this name…

I want you to remember this Company Name: Titan Strategies and it’s current CEO, Jesse Benton (in the event LinkedIn or the Defendant takes down his profile —its weird there’s an exclusion added to his profile so you can’t archive it - hence I’d like to offer my readers with an additional FEC Fact File for Titan Strategies funny thing about facts, they don’t need to be overly dramatized for effect. Nope Facts stand on their own. Speaking of which and this in kind of important -the indictment details numerous entities, one of which is in fact Titan Strategies and here’s why that’s important

• 2015 Articles of Incorporation for Titan Strategies LLC

• Titan Strategies, LLC … failed to file its 2016 annual report within sixty days after it was due. Which resulted in the State of Kentucky administratively dissolved Titan Strategies, LLC -effective October 1, 2016

• On October 24, 2016 Defendant Jesse Benton filed for Reinstatement of Titan Strategies LLC, as detailed below or simply click my Scribd Link fof the October 24, 2016 reinstatement.

  

Not to belabor the point but Titan Strategies LLC is one of the many entities discussed in the indictment and I think it’s important that my readers have a more fulsome understanding of the facts and relevant entities.

Actual FEC Receipts… and snark

March 2016 MARCO RUBIO FOR PRESIDENT paid TITAN STRATEGIES LLC $13,650.00 - man I didn’t think I could loathe little Marco anymore than I do but once again I’m proven incorrect because I loathe him more than I did five minutes ago.

AMERICA'S LIBERTY PAC has paid tens of thousands to TITAN STRATEGIES LLC

• July 5, 2015 paid $64,850.00

• During the 2015/2016 Federal Election cycle America’s Liberty PAC made 33 individual disbursements to Titan Strategies

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS PAC -during both the 2019/2020 and 2021/2022 election cycle —thus far they’ve paid Titan Strategies more than $38,000+ for services-see aggregate FEC query

ERIC BRAKEY FOR US SENATE -during the 2017/2018 Election Cycle spent tens of thousands with Titan Strategies

To be clear I’m NOT saying any of these campaigns/candidates did anything untoward or potentially criminal. My point is the facts are out there, you just need to know what and where to look for them. And then you just need to lay them upon the table and walk away…

Charges in the September 2021 Indictment

• Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 371 Conspiracy

• Count 2: 52 U.S.C. §§ 30121 and 30109(d)(1)(A)(i) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 -Contributions by Foreign Nationals

• Count 3: 52 U.S.C. §§ 30122 and 30109(d)(1)(A)(i) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 -Contributions in the Name of Another

• Counts 4, 5, and 6: 18 U.S.C. § 1519 and § 2 -False Entry in Record

The aforementioned charges carry a variation of maximum penalties, range of five to twenty years in prison, per count. My best suggestion is the Defendants speed dial the USAO-DC and go all Thor on each other to see who gets the plea agreement because everything in this indictment screams - we have you, we have all your electronic communications, we have direct quotes and you lied to the FBI Agents, repeatedly. Because as the saying goes “he who gets the first plea agreement gets the best agreement” -based on a closer reading of the facts elucidated in the indictment it appears Defendant Wead did a lot of “instructing” to Defendant Benton…put a pin in that, I’ll come back to it…

…illegally funnel thousands of dollars of foreign-funds from a Russian foreign national into the 2016 Presidential election..

• previously served as an advisor to multiple presidential campaigns, conspired together to solicit a political contribution from a Russian foreign national (Foreign National 1).

• Wead conveyed to Foreign National 1 that he could meet Political Candidate 1, a candidate for president during the 2016 election cycle, in exchange for a payment.

• Shortly after Foreign National 1 committed to transfer the funds, Benton reached out to individuals at Political Committee B, the national party committee for Political Candidate 1’s political party.

• ..then arranged for Foreign National 1 to attend a political fundraising event and get a photograph with Political Candidate 1, in exchange for a political contribution to Political Committee C, a joint fundraising committee comprised of the campaign committee for Political Candidate 1, Political Committee B, and related state committees.

• Foreign National 1 wired $100,000 to Company A, a political consulting firm owned by Benton. To disguise the true purpose of the transfer of funds, Wead and Benton created a fake invoice for “consulting services” and invented a cover story.

According to the FEC records, the following donations are likely tied to yesterday’s indictment:

• October 27, 2016 - $22,300.00 donated to REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE

  

as further alleged in the Indictment like I said it wasn’t just Russia but read paragraphs 11 and 12 closely

Foreign National 1 was a Russian foreign national and business associate of WEAD living outside the United States…Foreign National 1 was a "foreign national," who was prohibited from making donations and contributions — directly or indirectly — in support of any candidate for elective office in the United States.

Foreign National 2 was a Ukrainian foreign national living outside the United States. Foreign National 2 worked as a Russian/English translator for WEAD, and facilitated communications between WEAD and Foreign National

Purpose of the Conspiracy …

I mean there’s no fuzz here - it’s laid out in black and white text of the indictment, again I’m perplexed why some overlooked the Foreign National # 2 because that person acted as a main conduit and was up to his eye balls in this dumping foreign money into our 2016 General Election -conspiracy… the brazenness here is absolutely stunning but if you think this is going to take Trump down or the RNC — I regret to inform you that you are listening to more grandiose prognostications by the Blue-QANON-for-the-Left who continue to traffic in that presumptive and largely false narrative. Be smart and stop listening to the Blue-QAnon’s disinformation and misinformation it only makes you “more stupider” than usual.

…arrange a meeting and a photo opportunity for Foreign National 1 with Political Candidate 1 ← Donald Trump

“…WEAD and BENTON to personally profit by facilitating an unlawful campaign contribution from Foreign National 1, through BENTON, to Political Committee A, Political Committee B, and Political Committee C, in order to arrange a meeting and a photo opportunity for Foreign National 1 with Political Candidate 1, all while concealing from Political Committee A, Political Committee B, Political Committee C, the FEC, the public, and law enforcement the true source of the money….”

Manner and Means of the Conspiracy

I want to know HOW Defendant Wead helped “facilitated Foreign National l's international travel to the United States” —like did Wead pay for the travel arrangements? Did Wead lean on someone at the State Department for a temperature visa (clearly the assumption is the Foreign National # 1 might have been on a “no entry” list but again I’m making an assumption so it’s okay to be skeptical) but who’s the celebrity? I’m asking because the wording in the indictment appears to not be Candidate 1 but a separate celebrity… those tiny tiny details actually matter

…Foreign National 1, WEAD facilitated Foreign National l's international travel to the United States and told Foreign National 1 he could meet a celebrity. To facilitate Foreign National l's attendance at a political fundraising event, where Foreign National 1 could meet and have a picture taken with Political Candidate 1, WEAD and BENTON solicited an illegal contribution from Foreign National 1 and caused the contribution to be made to Political Committees A, B, and C

Overt Acts…

as alleged in the indictment

…WEAD and BENTON solicit and obtain $100,000 from Foreign National 1 to meet with Political Candidate 1 and Create a Fake Invoice to Disguise the True Purpose of the Money

Speaking of the Ritz Carlton - Doug were you “projecting” about the Ritz Carlton and Democrats in your March 2019 Fox & Friends interview? Because true fact: the campaign fundraising event that Defendant Benton & Wead dangled was in fact held on September Ritz Carlton. You dolts did you really think that most sane Americans wouldn’t remember your audaciousness and incriminating TV interviews? Of Course we remember but just in case you need a refresher

Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis

Fox guest Doug Wead: Without the electoral college, "the mainstream media and Hollywood and Silicone (sic) Valley all just go to a ballroom at the Ritz Carlton in Santa Barbara, California, lock the doors, pick the president and the country would be at peace."

Moreover it was widely reported in September 2016 that Donald Trump would be hosting a fundraiser at the Ritz-Carlton , located at the Center City, in Philadelphia, PA. Again September 22, 2016

Lots and lots of Search Warrants…

When it comes to any indictment there are certain things that you never want to see. For Example -technically there are at least two dozen examples but I digress

• your own name and names of your co-conspirators

• Exact date and times and who called whom…

• Actual quotations of various electronic communications (such as text messages and/or emails)

  • September 14, 2016, Foreign National 2 emailed WEAD: "I've talked

  • to [Foreign National 1]. He is happy to wire his donation... He asks for info where to send his donation." WEAD replied, "thank you so much. [W]e want to do this correctly."

  • September 15, 2016, BENTON emailed Political Committee B, cc'ing a consultant working for Political Committee B and Political Committee C, writing: "If I may ask one more question, my friend is a little high maintenance and wanted to have his body gal in the…room for the private briefing. Is that ok, or would she need to have a full 25K ticket? I was hoping maybe just to pay 10k for her?"

  • WEAD texted BENTON at 3:03 p.m., approximately 18 minutes after Foreign National 1 arrived in the United States.

…wanted to have his body gal in the room…

Sure why not just add a dash of red sparrow to this mess of vulgar cheating the electoral system by injecting tens of thousands of foreign money into our elections. The fact Defendants Benton and Weads/

September 19, 2016, before BENTON sent Foreign National 1 an invoice, Company A received a $49,000 wire from a bank account belonging to Foreign National 1 based in Vienna, Austria. On or about September 19, 2016, WEAD emailed BENTON, "Jesse, it wouldn't hurt to send the invoice anyway so they have it on his end."

It’s literally pages upon pages of things you never ever want to see in an indictment that show just how brazen these two individuals were. Duping their own political party, numerous PACs but that’s not even the worst of the facts contained within the indictment

…September 21, 2016, after Company A received a total of $100,000 in two wire transfers from a bank account belonging to Foreign National 1 based in Vienna, Austria, BENTON emailed Political Committee B and confii ned they wanted to purchase two tickets for the Political Committee C fundraising event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In that same email BENTON wrote Political Committee B: "I totally overlooked your email asking for names." BENTON then told Political Committee B: "[WEAD] and a guest will attend for us."

On or about September 21, 2016, BENTON made hotel reservations for WEAD, Foreign National 1 and Foreign National 2 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for September 22, 2016….BENTON booked a car service to transport WEAD and two other individuals to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 22, 2016.

On or about September 22, 2016, WEAD emailed BENTON a copy of Foreign National l's Russian passport.

Defendant Benton allegedly stole $75,000 of the $100,000 illegal foreign national donation…

And no I guess there isn’t any honor among thieves or those Americans who willfully and knowingly solicit unlawful Foreign Donations during our General Election. This indictment is so meticulously cataloged and detailed

October 27, 2016, Political Committee C charged BENTON' s personal credit card $25,000. On or about October 31, 2016, BENTON paid his personal credit card with funds from the bank account for Company A that received the $100,000 wired from Foreign National 1. BENTON retained $75,000 of Foreign National l's money.

No I mean Jesse Bentor or is it Benton…

Oh you think I’m being facetious? I can assure you that I am not. As I now refer you to paragraph 53 which reads in part:

See FEC Filings for “Jesse Bentor” specifically the October 27, 2016 FEC receipt for the $25,000 donation made to Trump’s campaign

March 15, 2017, BENTON and WEAD caused Political Committee C to submit an FEC Form 3X "Report of Receipts and Disbursements for Other than an Authorized Committee" to the FEC in Washington, D.C., falsely claiming that "Jesse Bentor" (an apparent misspelling of BENTON's name) was the true source of a contribution to Political Committee C when in fact Foreign National 1 was the true source of the contribution.

and your reward for slogging through the amount of files I just dumped

Jesse Benton going alpha donkey on CNN’s Dana Bash

No really I reached all the way back to the January 2012 Archives to pull this footage and someone should tag Dana Bash and ask her to pull up the archive of this unbelievably rude exchange where Jesse Benton chewed her out for doing her job…

Now if you’ll excuse me I have to get back to my beans and bonbons because I’m not looking to have my contract terminated anytime soon… -Filey