The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on December 18, 2019, after a White House whistleblower went public with evidence that Trump abused his powers by withholding military aid to Ukraine in order to dig up dirt on his rival, Joe Biden.
In the complaint, the whistleblower claimed to have heard from White House staff that Trump had, on a phone call, directed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to work with his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden.
The whistleblower who triggered the impeachment was a CIA analyst who was first brought into the White House by the Obama administration.
Reporting by Drop Site News last year revealed that the CIA analyst relied on reporting by a supposedly independent investigative news organization called the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which appears to have effectively operated as an arm of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which President Trump has just shut down. The CIA whistleblower complaint cited a long report by OCCRP four times.
The OCCRP report alleged that two Soviet-born Florida businessmen were “key hidden actors behind a plan” by Trump to investigate the Bidens. According to the story, those two businessmen connected Giuliani to two former Ukrainian prosecutors. The OCCRP story was crucial to the House Democrats’ impeachment claim, which is that Trump dispatched Giuliani as part of a coordinated effort to pressure a foreign country to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, which is why the whistleblower cited it four times.
In a 2024 documentary that German television broadcaster NDR made about OCCRP’s dependence on the US government, a USAID official confirmed that USAID approves OCCRP’s “annual work plan” and approves new hires of “key personnel.” NDR initiated and carried out the investigation with French investigative news organization Mediapart, Italian new group Il Fatto Quotidiano, Reporters United in Greece, and Drop Site News in the United States.
However, according to a Mediapart story published the same day as the Drop Site News article, NDR censored the broadcast “after US journalist Drew Sullivan, the co-founder and head of the OCCRP, placed pressure on the NDR management and made false accusations against the broadcaster’s journalists involved in the project.”
On December 16, Drop Site’s Ryan Grim posted a link on X to the 26-minute-long documentary. “NDR, Germany’s public broadcaster, is facing a censorship scandal and has defended itself by saying it never killed a news report about OCCRP and its State Department funding — b/c no report was ever produced to kill,” said Grim. “That was absurd — and dozens, maybe hundreds, of journalists knew it to be false, and now of course, someone has leaked it.”
The journalistic collaboration revealed that OCCRP’s original funding came from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the State Department, and quotes a USAID official who says, “Drew’s just nervous about being linked with law enforcement,” referring to Sullivan. “If people who are going to give you information think you’re just a cop, maybe it’s a problem.”
OCCRP does not operate like a normal investigative journalism organization in that its goals appear to include interfering in foreign political matters, including elections, aimed at regime change. Sullivan told NDR that his organization had “probably been responsible for five or six countries changing over from one government to another government… and getting prime ministers indicted or thrown out.”
As such, it appears that CIA, USAID, and OCCRP were all involved in the impeachment of President Trump in ways similar to the regime change operations that all three organizations engage in abroad. The difference is that it is highly illegal and even treasonous for CIA, USAID, and its contractors and intermediaries, known as “cut-outs,” to interfere in US politics this way.
OCCRP threatened to file a lawsuit against Public in response to questions we sent. “The premise of your article is factually false and defamatory,” wrote Miranda Patrucic, the Editor in Chief of OCCRP, over email. “The claim by Dropsite News and partner media that USAID has control over editorial appointments has been disproven and we suggest you read our response to that.”
But neither OCCRP nor anyone else disproved Drop Site’s allegations and Drop Site stands by them. And the evidence does not support OCCRP’s claim of journalistic independence....
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NEW: New Orleans attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar "posted videos on social media indicating that it [the attack] was inspired by ISIS" per US President Joe Biden, speaking earlier from Camp David
Biden says @FBI told him the videos were posted "mere hours before the attack"
My first assessment of the terror attack in New Orleans:
Terrorist was reportedly wearing full body armor, exchanged fire with police, used rented car packed with explosives, and was carrying an ISIS flag
This was clearly organized terrorism. The only question is, by whom?
Is this actually ISIS, or is it someone else wanting it to look like ISIS? And ISIS is a proxy of the CIA.
This also looks dangerously similar to the multiple terror attacks in Russia like the Crocus City Hall massacre, which were carried out by Ukrainian/CIA assets.
Louisiana also just declared state of emergency, postponed the Sugar Bowl in NOLA, and reportedly there are other accomplices at large.
In conclusion, it’s either the CIA by some level of separation, or just some random highly organized terrorist that just wanted to kill people. I strongly lean towards CIA and their affiliates. Either way, not good.
I would advise everyone to avoid cities and large events until further notice.
Shamsud Din Jabbar was flagged and barred from reenlistment circa 2014 for an incident that happened while he was on his way out of the 82nd ABN DIV and Army for a normal ETS. He wasn’t allowed to join the National Guard because of it.
Unfortunately I can’t share the details because of who sent them to me, so this is a “trust me bro” post. Take with a grain of salt. Maybe it spurs a reporter to call Fort Bragg and do some digging.
#HurricaneMilton is tied for the 8th lowest minimum pressure in recorded history in the Atlantic Basin. Min pressure of 905mb.
Katrina was 902mb at peak.
Rita was 895mb at peak.
Wilma was 882mb at peak.
First recon pass just now measured 898mb min pressure…rare company.
Record levels at ALL Tampa Bay Area gauges eclipsed and still rising.
Surge has been ~6 feet so far in Clearwater. Record broken by almost 2 ft at Clearwater.
These are measured against MLLW as noted on the graphic.
I’ll update later as levels continue to rise. @WFLA
The #FBI is warning the public about criminal actors impersonating Chinese police officers to defraud the US-based Chinese community, in particular Chinese students attending universities in the United States. Details and how to protect yourself here: https://t.co/FFbrU237Jw
Storm surge from #HurricaneIdalia reversed the Steinhatchee River, tore sailboats from their moorings and they lost their masts against the bridge. #Steinhatchee#Florida
Remarkable satellite animation. Major #HurricaneFranklin swirling in the Atlantic as #HurricaneIdalia intensifies as it barrels towards Florida & the Southeast United States.
Extremely dangerous Hurricane #Idalia likely to rapidly intensify over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. 8-12ft of storm surge along the Big Bend. Please evacuate low lying zones.
System’s quick speed will increase wind threat WAY inland. Widespread power outages in N FL, S GA, SC.
Biden’s DOJ are not suing SpaceX because they care about refugees.
They weaponized the DOJ to go after Elon, because he is supplying the platform circumventing the MSM.
Tucker/Trump do 200M+ views, lawsuit to Elon drops the next day.
It’s about X.
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Joe Rogan On The Homelessness Problem In California 🚨🚨🚨
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“The people managing these homeless programs for the state are making $250,000 per year and have no incentive to solve it. If they solve it, they are out of a job. So they just manage it and ask for more funding. They get billions per year.”