BREAKING: Ilhan Omar Acted As Foreign Agent To Qatar and Iran, According to Court Testimony

BREAKING: Ilhan Omar Acted As Foreign Agent To Qatar and Iran, According to Court Testimony

By David Rufful

November 26, 2019

https://www.analyzingamerica.org/breaking-ilhan-omar-acted-as-foreign-agent-to-qatar-and-iran-according-to-court-testimony/?utm_source=mcc

The end may soon be near for Rep. Ilham Omar.

The U.S. Rep of Minnesota’s 5th congressional district, which includes all of Minneapolis and some of its suburbs, was elected to the along the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party line in 2019.

Omar is the first Somali-American, the first naturalized citizen from Africa, and the first non-white woman elected from Minnesota, and one of the first two Muslim women (along with Rashida Tlaib of Michigan) to serve in Congress.

Omar has been a frequent critic of Israel and has been accused of making a number of anti-Semitic comments.

More recently, a Florida court has heard testimony that Ilhan Omar was recruited by a foreign government, received funding from a foreign government, and passed sensitive information through intermediates to Iran, according to a report from The Jerusalem Post.

The claims came during testimony by Kuwati-born Canadian businessman Alan Bender, who was giving evidence in the trial of Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani. The Qatari emir’s brother stands accused of ordering his American bodyguard to murder two people, and of holding an American citizen hostage. His deposition, obtained by Al Arabiya English, was authenticated by the attorney for the plaintiffs, according to the publication.

Speaking from Toronto by video link, Bender told the Florida District Court that he met with Qatar’s Secretary to the Emir for Security Affairs Mohammad bin Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Masnad and two other senior Qatari officials.

According to his sworn deposition, the three officials told him: “If it wasn’t for our cash, Ilhan Omar would be just another black Somali refugee in America collecting welfare and serving tables on weekends.”

“[Qatar] recruited Ilhan Omar from even way before she thought about becoming a government official… They groomed her and arranged the foundation, the grounds, for her to get into politics way before she even showed interest. They convinced her.” Bender added.

Bender says that during a 2017 meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Omar swore allegiance to him. At the time she was a junior state representative in Minnesota.

Bender testified that Omar passed information to Qatar which was subsequently handed along to Iran, and was actively involved in recruiting other American politicians to likewise work for Qatar. He said that Qatar officials told him, “The best thing money can buy are American officials because they are the cheapest of the cheapest costing officials in the world.”

In a statement, a spokesperson for Congresswoman Omar told The Jerusalem Post: “Since the day she was elected, Saudi Arabian trolls and mouthpieces have targeted Rep. Omar with misinformation and conspiracy theories…

“The latest outlandishly absurd story from a Saudi-funded media outlet is of course false and only the latest in that trend…

“The only people Rep. Omar represents in Washington are the people of Minnesota’s 5th District. She will continue to speak out against human rights violations around the world—whether it is war crimes in Yemen or the caging of children at our border—regardless of who commits them.”

The situation is quickly becoming worse for Omar. She has been found guilty by the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board to have broken campaign finance rules.

Bloomberg Bought Virginia Legislators Introduce Confiscatory Gun Ban

Bloomberg Bought Virginia Legislators Introduce Confiscatory Gun Ban

Monday, November 25, 2019

NRA-ILA

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20191125/bloomberg-bought-virginia-legislators-introduce-confiscatory-gun-ban

Michael Bloomberg’s bought and paid for Virginia legislators have wasted no time introducing legislation that would make the Old Dominion’s gun laws worse than those of the billionaire’s home state of New York.

SB 16, introduced by Sen. Richard L. Saslaw, would create a total ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms, like the AR-15. Even worse, the ban would even extend to common firearm parts. The restrictions included in the proposed legislation does not grandfather current owners. The legislation is clearly designed to be firearms confiscation, as current owners would be forced to dispossess themselves of their property or face a felony conviction.

Saslaw’s legislation provides,

It is unlawful for any person to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport an assault firearm.

Otherwise law-abiding gun owners found in possession of an “assault firearm,” even one they purchased prior to the ban, could be convicted of a Class 6 felony. A Class 6 felony is punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment.

The legislation lays out several criteria by which a firearm would be defined as an “assault firearm.” This includes,

·        A semi-automatic centerfire rifle with a fixed magazine with a capacity greater than 10 rounds.

·        A semi-automatic centerfire rifle with a detachable magazine that has one of the following characteristics:

(i) a folding or telescoping stock; (ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the rifle; (iii) a thumbhole stock; (iv) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (v) a bayonet mount; (vi) a grenade launcher; (vii) a flare launcher; (viii) a silencer; (ix) a flash suppressor; (x) a muzzle brake; (xi) a muzzle compensator; (xii) a threaded barrel… or (xiii) any characteristic of like kind as enumerated in clauses (i) through (xii)

·        A semi-automatic centerfire pistol with a fixed magazine capacity greater than 10 rounds.

·        A semi-automatic centerfire pistol with a detachable magazine that has one of the following characteristics:

(i) a folding or telescoping stock; (ii) a thumbhole stock; (iii) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (iv) the capacity to accept a magazine that attaches to the pistol outside of the pistol grip; (v) a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the pistol with the non-trigger hand without being burned; (vi) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the pistol is unloaded; (vii) a threaded barrel… or (viii) any characteristic of like kind as enumerated in clauses (i) through (vii);

·        A shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

·        A semi-automatic shotgun with one of the following characteristics:

(i) a folding or telescoping stock, (ii) a thumbhole stock, (iii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the shotgun, (iv) the ability to accept a detachable magazine, (v) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of seven rounds, or (vi) any characteristic of like kind as enumerated in clauses (i) through (v).

With this definition, SB 16 would outlaw America’s most popular rifle, the AR-15, along with countless other rifles, pistols, and shotguns that Virginians use for hunting, target shooting, and self-defense.

A knowledgeable firearms owner will take a look at the ridiculous definition and realize that such ham-handed legislation must be born out of petty vindictiveness or a complete ignorance of firearm technology, as there is no logical public safety rationale.

For example, the legislation is so broad that it would ban hunting guns like the Mossberg 935 Turkey shotgun for its “pistol grip.”

The ban would prohibit the possession of guns like this Model SP-10 Magnum Thumbhole Camo due to its thumbhole stock.

The ban would also capture guns such as this version of the Browning BAR Mark II Safari hunting rifle, as it has a detachable box magazine and a muzzle brake.

Moreover, the “any characteristic of like kind” language that appears after each list of prohibited features introduces an unacceptable vagueness into the definition of what does or does not constitute an “assault firearm.” Law-abiding gun owners would be forced to prophesy just how a court might interpret those unclear provisions.

As bad and senseless as the prohibition on certain firearms is, the proposed ban on firearm parts truly shows how Michael Bloomberg is cashing in on his political investment.

The legislation provides,

"Assault firearm" includes any part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert, modify, or otherwise alter a firearm into an assault firearm, or any combination of parts that may be readily assembled into an assault firearm.

This passage would appear to make all of the firearm parts listed under the various feature tests in and of themselves “assault firearms” and therefore prohibited. As the individual part is treated as an “assault firearm,” possession of such a part would be punishable in the same manner as a prohibited firearm, as a Class 6 felony.

Many firearms are modular. For instance, the same muzzle brake or flash suppressor could be used to turn a semi-automatic firearm into an “assault firearm” under the bill’s definition, or it could be used by a hunter or precision rifle shooter on their bolt-action rifle.

In recent years the popularity of the AR-15 platform has led to the adoption of AR-15 parts in other types of firearms. An example of this trend is the Ruger Precision Rimfire rifle. The firearm is a bolt-action rimfire rifle that accepts an AR-15 pistol grip. As the pistol grip part is a prohibited feature on a semi-automatic rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and is designed for use on a prohibited AR-15, the mere grip itself could be banned under this legislation.

SB 16 also bans the importation, sale, and transfer of standard capacity firearm magazines that are designed to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Many handguns commonly-owned by law-abiding citizens for concealed carry come standard with magazines that would be banned. Otherwise law-abiding gun owners who violate the magazine provision could be found guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A Class 1 misdemeanor is punishable by up to a year in jail.

All Virginia gun owners must organize to fight against Bloomberg-backed gun confiscation in the Old Dominion. In the coming days NRA will keep gun owners apprised of the latest developments in Richmond and the actions necessary to defend the right to keep and bear arms. In the meantime, please sign up to volunteer to help defeat this and other terrible legislation.

Soros 'dark money' behind ads urging Republicans to impeach Trump

Soros 'dark money' behind ads urging Republicans to impeach Trump

Millions of dollars targeting GOP lawmakers in swing districts

WND Staff By WND Staff

Published November 22, 2019 at 7:54pm

https://www.wnd.com/2019/11/soros-dark-money-behind-ads-urging-republicans-impeach-trump/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-breaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking

A multi-million-dollar ad blitz that features military veterans urging vulnerable Republicans in swing districts to support the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is funded by a progressive "dark money" group backed by billionaire left-wing activist George Soros.

The ads were scheduled to air this week on "Fox and Friends," a favorite show of the president, in the Washington, D.C., market and in 13 Republican-held congressional districts, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.

The military veterans in the ads urge Republican representatives to "put country over politics" by holding Trump accountable for "abusing his office and risking national security for his own gain."

"Dark money" refers to political spending by non-profits that are not required to disclose their donors.

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The Daily Caller said the ads disclose they're paid for by the group Defend American Democracy. But D.C. business registration documents reveal the group is one of the many projects of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a dark money nonprofit that received $4.5 million from Soros' Open Society Policy Center between 2012 and 2017, according to Open Secrets.

The Sixteen Thirty Fund reported receiving $52 million from a single anonymous donor in 2018. But as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, the Daily Caller noted, it is not required to disclose the identity of its donors.

Robert Maguire, a research director for the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told Politico the Sixteen Thirty Fund is one of the few dark money funds that has "gone into the $100 million-plus range."

The Sixteen Thirty Fund's best known project is "Demand Justice," which spearheaded opposition to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation in 2018.

'Drop prosecution of Soros group'

A non-profit funded by Soros and the State Department in Ukraine, the Anti-Corruption Action Center, has become part of the impeachment story.

Investigative reporter John Solomon reported two witnesses who testified for the Democrats in public impeachment hearings last week pressed Ukraine to drop its investigation of the group.

George Kent, the chargé d'affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, requested in a letter to the Ukrainian general prosecutor's office in April 2016 that its prosecution of the Anti-Corruption Action Center be dropped, Solomon said.

And a few months later, Ukraine's new general prosecutor, Yuri Lutsenko, said the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch asked him not to prosecute the Anti-Corruption Action Center, among other groups.

Solomon on Friday stood by his reporting despite denials by Democratic witnesses, including Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official.

Solomon wrote that Ukrainian officials told him the U.S. diplomats' implied message to Ukrainian prosecutors "was clear: Don't target [the Anti-Corruption Action Center] in the middle of an America presidential election in which Soros was backing Hillary Clinton to succeed another Soros favorite, Barack Obama."

"We ran right into a buzzsaw and we got bloodied," a senior Ukrainian official told Solomon.

The Ukrainian officials saw it as an unusual intervention.

"We're not normally in the business of telling a country's police force who they can and can't pursue, unless it involves an American citizen we think is wrongly accused," one official said.

Solomon reported that, ultimately, no action was taken against the Soros group and it remains thriving today.