A company owned by a cyber analyst who examined Hunter Biden's laptop claimed that Benjamin Netanyahu's office was a customer. Full investigation at the link below
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In October 2020, Yaacov Apelbaum met with computer repair guy John Paul Mac Isaac. Apelbaum left with a copy of Hunter Biden's laptop and drive. Just 11 months earlier, Apelbaum's company listed the Israeli Prime Minister's Office as a "key customer." thenewsground.com/yaacov-apelb...
Surveillance Firm Owned by Hunter Biden Laptop Analyst Listed Netanyahu’s Office as Customer
XRVision, co-owned by Hunter Biden laptop analyst Yaacov Apelbaum, listed Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office as a customer.
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NEW: A surveillance firm owned by a Hunter Biden laptop analyst listed Benjamin Netanyahu’s office as a customer. Yaacov Apelbaum then became a key source of information for far-right media outlets and activists. thenewsground.com/yaacov-apelb...
Surveillance Firm Owned by Hunter Biden Laptop Analyst Listed Netanyahu’s Office as Customer
XRVision, co-owned by Hunter Biden laptop analyst Yaacov Apelbaum, listed Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office as a customer.
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Scott Stedman@scottstedman.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe official White House app uses code from Elfsight, a software company whose founders continued operating in Russia, holding accounts at sanctioned Russian banks and traveling back to Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.
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MAGA Political Operative Hired by Montenegrin Politician With Close Ties to Russia
Political operative Jay Patel registered under FARA to represent a Montenegrin party with longstanding ties to United Russia.
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Milan Knežević has a cooperation agreement with Putin's United Russia. This month, he met GOP Reps. Scott Perry, Randy Fine, Claudia Tenney, and Derrick Van Orden, Texas congressional nominee Brandon Herrera, and others. thenewsground.com/jay-patel-mo...
MAGA Political Operative Hired by Montenegrin Politician With Close Ties to Russia
Political operative Jay Patel registered under FARA to represent a Montenegrin party with longstanding ties to United Russia.
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The man now helping pro-Russian Montenegrin politician Milan Knežević build relationships in Washington previously advised Republicans for National Renewal. RNR’s agenda includes a third Trump term, leaving NATO and the UN, and annexing Greenland. thenewsground.com/jay-patel-mo...
MAGA Political Operative Hired by Montenegrin Politician With Close Ties to Russia
Political operative Jay Patel registered under FARA to represent a Montenegrin party with longstanding ties to United Russia.
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Meet Milan Knežević, whose party signed cooperation agreements with United Russia. He was convicted (later overturned) of supporting Russia's attempted 2016 coup. This month, he met several GOP politicians at the RNC midterm convention. thenewsground.com/jay-patel-mo...
MAGA Political Operative Hired by Montenegrin Politician With Close Ties to Russia
Political operative Jay Patel registered under FARA to represent a Montenegrin party with longstanding ties to United Russia.
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Curaleaf's London lawyers have sent me 32 pages of demands over my reporting. They want the reporting rewritten, my tweets deleted, and my UK readers identified. And more. I have never set foot in the UK. I will not be bullied. Support the reporting: thenewsground.com/support-us/
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The State Department is bringing five Singapore-based influencers to Texas for a nine-day, government-organized trip to create social media content promoting U.S. tourism. The itinerary includes Buc-ee’s, Walmart, a rodeo, the State Fair, and NASA. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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NEWS: I can report that the British Columbia Securities Commission is reviewing records related to Curaleaf and the transactions detailed in this article.
Scott Stedman@scottstedman.bsky.social · 4w agoNEW: In a private transaction in 2022, the UAE national security adviser’s investment empire bought nearly 40 million Curaleaf shares for $200 million, about 14% below market. Where did the shares come from? Companies controlled by Curaleaf CEO Boris Jordan. thenewsground.com/offshore-com...
SCOOP: Curaleaf CEO Boris Jordan's company defaulted on a loan issued by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich: thenewsground.com/offshore-com...
Offshore Company Tied to Curaleaf CEO Sold $200 Million in Shares to UAE Spy Chief's Firm
An offshore company linked to Curaleaf's CEO sold $200 million worth of shares to a company controlled by the UAE national security adviser.
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NEW: In a private transaction in 2022, the UAE national security adviser’s investment empire bought nearly 40 million Curaleaf shares for $200 million, about 14% below market. Where did the shares come from? Companies controlled by Curaleaf CEO Boris Jordan. thenewsground.com/offshore-com...
Offshore Company Tied to Curaleaf CEO Sold $200 Million in Shares to UAE Spy Chief's Firm
An offshore company linked to Curaleaf's CEO sold $200 million worth of shares to a company controlled by the UAE national security adviser.
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In 2022, which international billionaire's investment company bought $200,000,000 worth of stock in the world's largest cannabis company, Curaleaf? Tomorrow: thenewsground.com/newsletter/
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After much back-and-forth with lawyers for Curaleaf and its CEO, I've tweaked a headline and some supporting text. Here's the full explanation: thenewsground.com/why-the-news...
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Reader, I changed the headline of the first article in The Curaleaf Papers after several rounds of correspondence with lawyers for Curaleaf and Curaleaf CEO Boris Jordan. The original headline read:…
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Scott Stedman@scottstedman.bsky.social · last mo.The saga continues.
Today, I received yet another 6-page demand letter from lawyers representing Curaleaf and Boris Jordan. This is the 3rd such letter. Like the others, it is marked "on the record but not for publication."
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Curaleaf and Boris Jordan’s lawyers have now sent me a second legal letter. They allege that I have defamed them, threaten litigation in England, invoke UK privacy law, and demand changes to my reporting or its removal.
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