Multiple pages of Smirnov Indictment contain a series of texts from May 19, 2020 in VERY large font, which Weiss characterized as “expressing bias against” Biden. Weiss failed to disclose what was happening on May 19, 2020. It was pivotal to subsequent censorship, incl laptop. pic.twitter.com/RYQcPw1nSV
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
the Derkach press conference attracted little mainstream attention but was noticed in this corner. E.g. here https://t.co/nLjqFCr5DR. @FoolNelson was one of very few people who covered Derkach July 2020 press conference
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
Bottom line: Smirnov’s texts on May 19, 2020 were about the Derkach-Kulyk press conference of May 19, 2020, which contained lurid and detailed corruption allegations.
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
Kulyk (see https://t.co/s19OTV9L6p) was a Ukrainian prosecutor who had been lauded by Tetiana Chornovol for his role in recovering $1.5 billion in embezzled funds, despite obstacles by Biden-backed allies embedded within the Ukrainian government. Kulyk later sanctioned by US
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
Smirnov then sent a picture of Joe and Hunter Biden golfing with Devon Archer, a Burisma director (and long-time Hunter associate.) He was not the only person who incorrectly identified Devon Archer, a Burisma director, as its CEO. pic.twitter.com/Pl4bZ40aOB
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
next press conference (July 7, 2020) attracted little attention but contained an Aug 2016 Biden-Poroshenko tape that linked both Poroshenko and Biden to the Black Ledger operation that decapitated Manafort as Trump campaign manager. Derkach was then de-platformed by US agencies
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
a few days after the June 22, 2020 Derkach-Kulyk press conference about Biden corruption in Ukraine, FBI Pittsburgh contacted Handler about the previous 1023 report, which had been identified in the course of a preliminary assessment of Ukraine issues commissioned by Deputy AG. pic.twitter.com/iK6VG9x40x
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
according to the Indictment, on March 1, 2017,
Smirnov reported contact with Burisma, including Pozharskyi’s business card. We KNOW that Pozharskyi traveled to Washington and Dallas on March 7-11, 2017, including meetings with Hunter Biden, Cofer Black, Blue Star and Aerotek pic.twitter.com/ER2LNy36V6— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
in May 2017, Burisma informed Ostapenko (Associate 1) that Burisma’s objective was a US-based oil and gas company (not an IPO). Ostapenko forwarded email to Smirnov. pic.twitter.com/0aUTuf1gEI
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
the 2020 FD1023 (see Indictment, para 25) also describes a meeting in Kyiv attended by Associate 2 and Zlochevsky’s daughter. pic.twitter.com/5r5vJL3wUT
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
@walkafyre (with a typical miracle) connected the Kyiv trip of Smirnov and Associate 2 (his crypto friend) to a crypto conference in Kyiv on Sep 16-19, 2017 – exactly the right dates. https://t.co/jLwhQWnETR
There’s a Russiagate easter egg here. Try to find it before reading on pic.twitter.com/MRUNiECX9a— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 22, 2024
Smirnov told the FBI that he and Ostapenko met Zlochevsky in Vienna a couple of months after the meeting with Burisma in Kyiv (with Associate 2 and Zlochevsky’s daughter). I’ve focused here on relative chronology. The Kyiv meeting was in Sept 2017. pic.twitter.com/XmWcNWSCj0
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 23, 2024
But watch the pea carefully as to what is explicitly stated and what is assumed.
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 23, 2024
Here’s what I’m wondering – and it’s just an idea: placing the Kyiv trip in Sept 2017, Smirnov’s relative chronology would place his Vienna meeting with Zlochevsky (if it happened) in late 2017/Jan 2018.
Does that lead anywhere? I think so.— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 23, 2024
the FD1023 placed the meeting in Vienna to late 2015/2016 based on their assumption that the Biden statement about Shokin referred to by Smirnov was Biden’s December 2015 demand for Shokin’s resignation. This results in inconsistencies and the conclusion that Smirnov lied on date pic.twitter.com/CBpG45LD73
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 23, 2024
To be clear, I know little to nothing about Smirnov; I’m only trying to read the documents precisely. But the more that I think about it, the more plausible this interpretation seems to me.
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 23, 2024
Let’s turn to specific counts. Weiss said, using quotation marks, that ‘Defendant’s claim that “in late 2015/2016 during the Obama/Biden Administration” he first met with Burisma Official 2…’ pic.twitter.com/g0X47cFmbS
— Stephen McIntyre (@ClimateAudit) February 23, 2024