Neustar, a technology and security company, has been named in pretrial motions filed by John Durham, the special counsel investigating the handling of a 2016 inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the U.S. general election. The company has also featured in the ongoing Vatican financial scandal and trial, with Cardinal Becciu facing questions over millions of dollars of “classified” payments he authorized to the company.
The cardinal has declined to elaborate on the Secretariat of State’s need for classified services from a telecommunications security and intelligence firm.
The filing in U.S. court, updated on Friday last week, relates to a case Durham has brought against a cybersecurity lawyer affiliated with the Democratic Party, Michael Sussman.
According to the New York Times, Sussman told the CIA in 2017 about suspicious data activity from devices connected to networks at Trump Tower in Manhattan and the White House, and flagged potential links to Russia.
Sussman allegedly had access to the information via data from servers managed by Neustar and serving both locations. According to the New York Times, Sussman received the data from Rodney Joffe, a client of his, who was until Sept. 2021 the senior vice president and security chief technology officer at Neustar.
In court filings, Durham alleges that Joffe “exploited” Neustar’s access to server data for the purposes of gleaning potentially damaging information on Donald Trump.
Durham has not alleged that Joffe or Neustar were paid for the information, but the alleged use of the data gleaned from sensitive servers linked to the White House has become the focus of considerable media attention and debate.
It also refocuses attention on the company’s links to the Holy See, and to Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former sostituto at the Secretariat of State currently on trial in Vatican City for abuse of office and a host of financial crimes.
Go here to read the rest. Your Church contributions at work. Enemies of a feather flock together.
Specialists in manufacturing false evidence against disfavored parties. Check. Hired by minions for both the Vatican and the Clinton mob. Check.
Anyone still believe Bergoglio and HRC have not been in league for years?
Thank you. No chance Bergoglio wasn’t in on this.
No “Catholic “ could be elected by the voters of this nation if faced with open denouncement by the highest levels of the Church. Their “silence “ contributed to the election of a baby killer and the murder of millions of the unborn. Now, looks like the silence may not have been so silent. What’s it going to take for these evil men to be expelled?
Frank.
According to Pope Francis Joe Biden is a “good” Catholic.
Enough said.
If you wrote this plot twist in a TV script it would be edited out as too unbelievable.
Yep. In this pontificate the improbable is probable.
The Russiagate scandal has gotten so complicated I cannot keep it straight. Since Durham (unlike Huber out in Salt Lake City and Barr in Washington) actually seems to be turning over the rocks to find the creepy-crawlies underneath, I do wonder what excuse will be employed to shut his investigation down.
No “Catholic “ could be elected by the voters of this nation if faced with open denouncement by the highest levels of the Church.
Disagree with you there. Catholics who show up at Mass regularly amount to about 7% of the population. Those among them who routinely vote Democratic amount to about 3% of the adult population. The number who would be shaken loose by an episcopal statement is smaller still.
“I do wonder what excuse will be employed to shut his investigation down.”
No need. The indigo-blue juries of Washington D.C. will never convict.
The indigo-blue juries of Washington D.C. will never convict.
Is Washington the venue to try all of these indictments?
“Is Washington the venue to try all of these indictments?”
The Sussmann case in which the filing at issue was made is pending in the Federal District Court in DC. But other indictments could be handed down in other venues, normally where the defendant resides or does business. That could prove interesting.