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American Journalist Investigates How Atiku Visit US After Hiring Trump Lobbyist by mediaNGR: 5:06pm On Jan 21, 2019
An American journalist and 'Popular Info' blog writer, Judd Legum investigates and give information of how was able Atiku to visit the US through Trump Lobbyist, Brian D Ballard.

Atiku who was banned from the US for 12 years for alleged money laundering.

Here are what Judd Legum wrote:

1. After being banned from entering the U.S. for 12 years, this man showed up at the Trump Hotel last Thursday.

The previously untold story of how he got there illustrates how you can buy influence in Trump's Washington.

2. You might have heard of Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president of Nigeria, because the FBI alleged he demanded a $500K bribe from former Rep William Jefferson. who is currently serving a 13 year jail sentence .

3. Abubakar was also featured in a 2010 Senate report called "KEEPING FOREIGN CORRUPTION OUT OF THE UNITED STATES." It detailed how Abubakar funneled $40 million in "suspect funds" into the U.S.

Siemens admitted to sending a $1.7 million bribe

4. A former government official told Popular Information that, pursuant to a presidential proclamation targeting foreign corruption, Abubakar was barred from obtaining a U.S. visa.

5. His inability to travel to the US was becoming a major issue in Abubakar's campaign for president. Elections are next month.

Then everything changed.

What happened?

Abubakar inked a $1.1 million lobbying contract with a man named Brian Ballard

6. Ballard is one of the most connected lobbyists in the Trump orbit. He ran Trump's Florida operation and before that was a lobbyist for the Trump org in Florida.

Since Trump was elected he's signed up a slew of A-list clients like Amazon and Uber.

7. After a 12 year ban, a couple of months after hiring Ballard, Abubakar was in the U.S. -- he even met with a Congressman and spoke to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Source: https://www.mediahelm.com.ng/2019/01/american-journalist-investigates-how.html
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Re: American Journalist Investigates How Atiku Visit US After Hiring Trump Lobbyist by mediaNGR: 5:09pm On Jan 21, 2019
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Re: American Journalist Investigates How Atiku Visit US After Hiring Trump Lobbyist by SaiAtikuTill203: 5:19pm On Jan 21, 2019
BUHARI Has Dementia And It Is Not Getting Better. - Aisha Mohammed, Bompai Kano.
“My dad had dementia until he passed on 2 years ago. So did my uncle who passed on in 2009. I know what the disease can do, I know the variants my father's own was PSP (the terrible one that messes up your muscles) my uncle's own was Alzheimer.
I know the early signs. I have been to moon and back looking for cure. Immediately we saw Buhari in the NTA presidential programme, my wife and I turned and gave each other a concerned look.
We have seen the signs before. The disconnected look, the sudden prolonged silence mid sentence, the tangential answer to a straight forward question.
We watched the Warri APC rally the next day, and our fears were confirmed, we observed the unusual hurry by the the organisers to draw the rally to an end while it was just midday. Akpabio, Amaechi, Uduaghan were only allowed to speak for a minute. Buhari sat with the same disconnected look. He was closely guided as he marched to the stage as if they had a concern with his balance.
Once on stage, he was handed a paper listing the protocol. My wife said let's see if he will call anybody by name, that will be the litmus test. He didn't. Even when he acknowledged the APC Gubernatorial candidate, he pointed to the far left while the man was standing next to him on his right.
The climax was when he finally handed the flag to Ogboru and called him the presidential candidate. The long and short of this story is that no matter
Re: American Journalist Investigates How Atiku Visit US After Hiring Trump Lobbyist by Mynd44: 5:20pm On Jan 21, 2019

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