New Details Show Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser Flynn May Have Broken Foreign Agent Law. (BF).
UTRECHT, Netherlands — The lobbying firm run by Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor made a deal with a Turkish-owned Dutch company that was acting on behalf of an undisclosed Middle East energy company — an arrangement experts say could violate US government filing rules.
Ekim Alptekin, the Istanbul-based aviation industry executive who owns the Dutch consulting company Inovo Limited Partnership, told BuzzFeed News in an extensive telephone interview that he had hired retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s firm for a fee “well below six figures” after being retained by a large Middle Eastern energy company eager for research on Turkey ahead of a possible large-scale investment in the country’s gas sector. Alptekin declined to publicly disclose the name of the energy firm or the country in which it is located.
The registration papers — for Inovo, and for the deal with Flynn’s consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group (FIG) — do not mention an energy firm in a third country, or any third party. Disclosure forms filed with the Senate by Flynn’s firm say Inovo hired it in September to advise on matters pertaining to a proposed US law on embassy security. Another filing in October said Flynn’s firm would advise Inovo on “US domestic and foreign policy.” Flynn’s company did not file under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA). Read the full story here.
It seems Erdogan ally Turkish company is total of 1 person, using 2 addresses in Holland have nothing to do w the firm -but pays Flynn $100K— ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) November 23, 2016
New information on Flynn's Turkish lobbying contract may be devastating. NGOs sound alarm: pic.twitter.com/VPNMiytFO0— ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) November 23, 2016
RELATED:EU money-laundering experts say any Dutch address shd have raised red flags w Trump’s camp --Flynn got paid by this money never #disclosed. pic.twitter.com/Rmwc7Fbv4o— ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) November 23, 2016
Interview with Ekim Alptekin: “The Economic Dynamics of Turkish-American Relations: Improving Trade Relations” https://t.co/fB5nflKCsU— MFS - The Other News (@MFS001) November 24, 2016
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