Alexandra Chalupa on Trump’s top lawyer funds Putin-linked religious lobbyists in Russia+ ‘crusade’ against women’s rights across Europe
From Alexandra Chalupa. This is a report which I am reposting
Jay Sekulow...
These are two exceptional pieces of investigative journalism that lay the ground work for future U.S. Congressional hearings should Americans get our country back from the traitors holding our government hostage as they purge and raid it, all while fueling American-on-American aggression under the cover and normalization of partisan politics.
Jay Sekulow, one of the most financially corrupt and morally bankrupt lawyers in America, who is on Donald Trump’s legal team and served as lead outside counsel for his impeachment, is at the center of both articles.
Bookmark and share them - they are vital to understanding the bigger threat humanity faces as dark money funded American organizations, with no effective oversight, spend hundreds of millions of dollars to wage war against women, families, and the LGBTQ community around the world, and especially in Europe, all while working closely with the religious inner circle of the Kremlin as the Russian mafia state continues to suppress religious freedom.
Congratulations to open Democracy and Mother Jones for their great work on this.
Samples of both articles with links below...
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1. ‘Revealed: Trump’s top lawyer funds Putin-linked religious lobbyists in Russia.’
“Jay Sekulow’s group has donated $3.3 million to a Russian evangelical organisation with close ties to the Kremlin, an openDemocracy and Mother Jones investigation reveals.”
“One of Donald Trump’s top lawyers leads an organisation that has given at least $3.3 million since 2007 to a Russian evangelical group with ties to Vladimir Putin’s government, a new investigation from openDemocracy and Mother Jones reveals today.”
“The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), founded in 1990 by right-wing evangelical Pat Robertson, has been sending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to the Moscow-based Slavic Center of Law and Justice (SCLJ), according to ACLJ’s US financial filings.”
“The chief counsel for the ACLJ – and its driving force – is Jay Sekulow, who famously shepherded Trump’s impeachment defence as one of his private attorneys. Along with Rudy Giuliani, Sekulow will be coordinating legal challenges to the US election results if Trump decides to make any.”
“The SCLJ was founded by the ACLJ in the 1990s. It is directed by Vladimir Ryakhovsky, an evangelical activist and Russian lawyer who also serves on Putin’s controversial human rights council – as well as Russia’s Putin-funded press complaints commission.”
“Sekulow’s ACLJ says in its financial filings that the money sent to its Russian branch is intended to underwrite “litigation and legal services related to religious freedoms and human rights in Russia”. It does not disclose further details on exactly how this money has been spent.”
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This article is based on a joint investigation by openDemocracy and Mother Jones:
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2. ‘Trump’s top lawyer in ‘crusade’ against women’s and LGBT rights across Europe.’
“Exclusive: Jay Sekulow among US Christian right groups who backed Poland’s ‘draconian’ new abortion restrictions – and have spent $90m fighting ‘fundamental European values.”
“Today openDemocracy reveals how 28 US Christian right organisations have spent at least $280 million around the world since 2007. More of this money was spent in Europe than in any other region ($90 million), followed by Africa, Asia and Latin America.”
“None of these groups reveals the identities of their donors or details of how they use their money overseas. However they have intervened in major court cases – including Poland’s landmark anti-abortion ruling last week.”
“One of these groups is the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), whose chief counsel is Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow. Along with Rudy Giuliani, Sekulow will be coordinating any legal challenges brought by Trump against the results of the US election on 3 November. The pair also led Trump’s impeachment defence in 2019.”
“Another group is Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which is also closely linked to the Trump administration through former staffers and frequent meetings.”
“Between them, the European offices of Sekulow’s ACLJ and ADF have intervened in dozens of European court cases over the past decade. They have opposed same-sex adoption, backed doctors and businesses who refuse to provide services to women and LGBT people, and, in at least seven separate cases, have submitted ‘friend of the court’ amicus briefs to European courts on the side of Poland’s conservative government.”
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Alexandra Chalupa
Andrew Beckwith, PhD