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The President’s recent escalation in verbal attacks on the United States Postal Service (USPS) are only the latest salvo in a long war against one of the oldest arms of government.In 2017, President Trump launched his first twitter broadside against the agency, complaining bitterly about the low rates charged to Amazon and other companies for package delivery.[1]As recently as April 24, 2020, Trump called the agency a “joke,” and falsely claimed it lost money on every e-commerce package it delivered.[2]Vilifying the postal service is a surprising political stance, as the Post remains Americans’ favorite government agency. A survey published by the Pew Research Center in April found that 91 percent of Americans held a favorable view of the postal service, higher than any other agency, including the second-place Centers for Disease Control (CDC).[3]Chart: Public Holds Broadly Favorable Views of Many Federal Agencies, Including CDC and HHSThe president is long known to have particular obsessions that dominate his tweeting and press conference discourse: NATO funding, fawning media coverage, “nasty” women that are mean to him, etc. USPS occupies an honored place in Trump’s pantheon of recurring boogeymen.Politically, the president is facing a crisis in his reelection campaign. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pile on new records in cases and deaths across the country.[4] Polls show him consistently trailing Joe Biden in the majority of battleground states.[5]As a masterful practitioner of culture war scapegoating, the president began flailing about for a new villain on which to focus the hatred of his loyal political base.The voting-by-mail system provides a convenient target for a flailing, incompetent president. The plan of attack follows the vintage Trump playbook:Concoct a big lie.Double down on the lie, repeating it enough to sink in with a credulous audience.Use the lie as cover to mask a political takeover of an independent agency.Derive political benefit from the ensuing chaos.Let’s examine this playbook in action, with the USPS as the latest victim.MAIL-IN VOTING WILL LEAD TO MASSIVE FRAUD AND ABUSE. IT WILL ALSO LEAD TO THE END OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY. WE CAN NEVER LET THIS TRAGEDY BEFALL OUR NATION.[6]—President Donald Trump, tweeted on May 28, 2020.We will leave aside the fact that the president himself has voted by mail multiple times, and seems spectacularly unconcerned about the security of his own ballot.[7] Indeed, despite his current loud claims of massive fraud, the president plans to vote in this year’s election by mail as well. (He requested a ballot by mail this week, confirmed by county election officials in Florida).[8]Like most of the president’s lies, this one is easily debunked.The Washington Post, in partnership with the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), analyzed fraud cases “referred to law enforcement agencies in five elections held in Colorado, Oregon and Washington.”[9]Officials identified just 372 possible cases of double voting or voting on behalf of deceased people out of about 14.6 million votes cast by mail in the 2016 and 2018 general elections, or 0.0025 percent.[10]Looking at the data more broadly, we can see that the rate of fraud is miniscule. Over the past 20 years, 250 million votes have been cast by mail nationally.[11] According to a database run by The Heritage Foundation, over the past 20 years, 1,290 instances of voter fraud of all forms have been proven, resulting in at least 1,113 criminal convictions.[12]Amber McReynolds, a former Colorado election official and now the CEO of the National Vote at Home Institute, and Charles Stewart, director of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab,[13]have analyzed election fraud data. They have found that the number of actual fraud cases per state can be counted on one hand.One hundred forty-three cases of fraud using mailed ballots over the course of 20 years comes out to seven to eight cases per year, nationally. It also means that across the 50 states, there has been an average of three cases per state over the 20-year span. That is just one case per state every six or seven years.We are talking about an occurrence that translates to about 0.00006 percent of total votes cast. [14]An additional salient point: when fraud is caught, the most vocal scaremongers of voter fraud - Republicans - can be found among the culprits. One of the few prominent prosecutions of mail ballot fraud last year involved a Republican political operative tampering with absentee votes in North Carolina.[15]This is only one of numerous examples of Republicans caught in blatant in fraud.[16][17][18]Besides stringent punishment for voter fraud (including fines and jail time), mail-in balloting benefits from well-known security practices:Signature matching requirements, checked by both humans and technology.[19]Unique ballots built for each individual local election, with dozens of markers that would need to be successfully faked.[20] This includes the ballot’s size, style, and the weight of the paper used.[21]Voting has grown by 15% since 1996, and is consistently rated highly by the electorate. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that 70% of Americans either somewhat or strongly favor having the option to vote by mail.[22]Chart: 23.1% of votes cast by mail in 2018. Why Is Voting By Mail (Suddenly) Controversial? Here's What You Need To KnowVoting by mail also appears to have little partisan impact, according to a study published in April by Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy Research.In examining voter data in three states with staggered rollouts of vote-by-mail programs — California, Utah and Washington — the researchers found that the introduction of mail-in voting did not have an effect, on average, on the share of voter turnout for either Republicans or Democrats.Researchers also found that expanding vote-by-mail does not appear to increase the vote share for candidates of either political party. Taken together, the researchers say their findings essentially dispel concerns that mail-in voting would cause a major electoral shift toward one party.[23]“They need that money in order to have the Post Office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. But if they don’t get those two items that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting, because they’re not equipped to have it.”“If we don’t make a deal, that means they don’t get the money, that means they can’t have universal mail-in voting. They just can’t have it. Sort of a crazy thing. Very interesting.”[24]—President Donald Trump during a Fox Business interview, August 13, 2020.Before Trump ensconced his tweeting personage in the Oval office, the US Postal Service suffered through long-known budget issues. The insistence by Congress that the post office must pre-fund retiree and health benefits, along with a steep drop in mail flow, have been large contributors to the budget crunch.[25]The agency reported a loss of $9 billion last year alone.[26]Unfunded liabilities have reached over 200% since Trump entered office in 2016:USPS Unfunded Liabilities and Debt as a Percentage of USPS Revenue, Fiscal Years 2007 through 2018Chart: Key Issues: U.S. Postal Service's Financial Viability - High Risk IssueIt is against this backdrop that we must view the current fight over funding.In the now-infamous quote above, Trump is referring to a bill (supported by Democrats in Congress) that offers $25 billion in Covid-19 related emergency funding for USPS.[27] The bill also removes restrictions placed on a previous $10 billion line of credit granted to the agency.[28]With this in mind, we must also consider the new postmaster general, North Carolina businessman Louis DeJoy (recently nominated to the post in May by the USPS board of governors, all of whom are appointed by the president).Dejoy, a holder of “significant investments in companies that compete or do business with the USPS,”[29] still retains his multi-million dollar stake in his previous company, a USPS contractor.[30]Prior to his appointment, DeJoy was a fundraiser for the Republican National Convention and has given about $360,000 to Trump Victory, a super PAC supporting Trump’s reelection, according to federal filings.[31]Dejoy has instituted multiple changes at the agency, including deep cuts in staffing hours and reductions in overtime.[32]One particular change has alarmed rank-and-file USPS workers: the decision to decommission 10% of the agency’s mail-sorting machines.DeJoy, in service changes last month, has drastically reduced overtime and banned extra trips to ensure on-time mail delivery. His wholesale reorganizations ousted several agency veterans in key operational roles.And the USPS is currently decommissioning 10 percent of its costly and bulky mail-sorting machines, which workers say could hinder processing of election mail, according to a grievance filed by the American Postal Workers Union and obtained by The Washington Post.Those 671 machines, scattered across the country but concentrated in high-population areas, have the capacity to sort 21.4 million pieces of paper mail per hour.[33]Map: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/usps-states-delayed-mail-in-ballots/2020/08/14/64bf3c3c-dcc7-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.htmlThough overall mail volume is down, the pandemic has fueled a surge in package deliveries.[34] Coupled with already existing mail delays, could wreak havoc in the postal service as the agency is swamped in ballots for the November election.Dejoy and agency leaders have called the machine reductions “a matter of ‘routinely’ moving equipment to accommodate the mix of packages and letters in the mail stream,” which will result in greater efficiency gains.[35]Despite this claim, service delays have stuck Dejoy with the nickname of “Louie Delay.”[36]What is the result of all this chaos?The post office has notified 46 states (and D.C.) that voters could potentially be disenfranchised, due to slow-arriving ballots not delivered in time to be counted. (It is important to note that these warning letters to the states were planned before the appointment of Dejoy.)[37]Multiple states are planning extensions (some as the result of lawsuits) along with other measures to ensure ballots will be counted in the upcoming election.[38][39]With his alarm bells for mail ballot fraud, President Trump clearly believes that a reduction in voting by mail will help him win the election.[40]Adding to the upheaval, social media reports of the removal of mailboxes (reported across the country on 8/14), have also captured media attention.[41]Representatives for USPS have insisted that this is routine, and are moving mailboxes to higher-traffic areas.[42]NBC Montana reporter Maritsa Georgiou contacted the agency after 68 mailboxes were removed across the state.[43]She published the response from USPS spokesperson Kim Frum.Image: (Please note the Comic Sans font signature from the Sr. Public Relations Representative.) https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/dozens-of-montana-usps-drop-boxes-removedIn response to the uproar, USPS has promised not to remove any more mailboxes until after the election.[44]What can you do to ensure your mailed ballot arrives in time to be counted?I support the idea proposed by CNN columnist David Andelman. He is calling for all Americans to put a 55-cent stamp on their return envelope, even if it is pre-printed with bulk postage by their local election board.Most election mail carries the third-class or bulk rate of 20 cents, which can take as long as 10 days to reach its destination. First-class mail takes two to five days maximum. Until now, the postal service has treated election mail, including voter registration materials, voter information, ballot requests and the ballots themselves as first-class, no matter how much or how little postage they carry.According to the New York Times, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said DeJoy had "informed some states that they may need to pay a first-class rate to deliver ballots rather than the normal rate — nearly tripling the cost." According to the newspaper, the postal service said DeJoy's comments were merely a suggestion for local election officials seeking to curb costs, not an on official mandate.But there's a way to utterly frustrate DeJoy's suggestion.[45]The use of a 55-cent stamp would automatically override the lesser postage, forcing it to be moved to first class.[46] This would allow the ballot to hopefully arrive in time to be counted in the November election.Ultimately, if you are worried about your mail-in ballot, please ask for one as early as possible, and send in your vote as soon as your state’s law allows.Vote early, and vote safely.“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”—Quote chiseled above the entrance to the New York City Post office on 8th Avenue. Excerpted from “The Persian Wars” by Herodotus.[47]Footnotes[1] Trump, Amazon and the Postal Service: The story behind the tweet[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/27/trumps-claim-postal-service-loses-money-every-e-commerce-package-it-delivers/[3] Public Holds Broadly Favorable Views of Many Federal Agencies, Including CDC and HHS[4] Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S.[5] Biden leads Trump in 5 of 6 battleground states: poll[6] Donald J. Trump on Twitter[7] Has President Trump Ever Voted by Mail?[8] After criticizing voting by mail, Trump, first lady request mail-in ballots [9] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html[10] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html[11] Let's put the vote-by-mail 'fraud' myth to rest[12] Voter Fraud Map: Election Fraud Database | The Heritage Foundation[13] Why Is Voting By Mail (Suddenly) Controversial? Here's What You Need To Know[14] Let's put the vote-by-mail 'fraud' myth to rest[15] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/north-carolina-political-operative-indicted-in-election-fraud-case-that-upended-congressional-race/2019/02/27/b0d5f004-3aaf-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html[16] Two Republicans charged in Ohio election fraud scheme — and they won anyway[17] West Virginia mail carrier guilty of election fraud after altering ballot requests to Republican[18] Kansas Republican Rep. Steve Watkins charged with voter fraud [19] Let's put the vote-by-mail 'fraud' myth to rest[20] Why Is Voting By Mail (Suddenly) Controversial? Here's What You Need To Know[21] FACT CHECK: Trump Spreads Unfounded Claims About Voting By Mail[22] Two-Thirds of Americans Expect Presidential Election Will Be Disrupted by COVID-19[23] New research on voting by mail shows neutral partisan effects[24] Trump says he is refusing additional post office funding as part of his fight against mail-in voting[25] https://about.usps.com/news/delivers-facts/usps-delivers-the-facts.pdf[26] What's going on with the post office? Here's what we know[27] Collins, Feinstein Introduce Bill to Provide Up to $25 Billion in Emergency Financial Relief for U.S. Postal Service[28] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/29/postal-service-treasury-loan/[29] Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say[30] Financial disclosures reveal postmaster general's business entanglements and likely conflicts of interest, experts say[31] What's going on with the post office? Here's what we know[32] In new letter, USPS chief acknowledges 'unintended consequences' of recent policy changes[33] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/usps-states-delayed-mail-in-ballots/2020/08/14/64bf3c3c-dcc7-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html[34] U.S. Postal Service Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results[35] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/usps-states-delayed-mail-in-ballots/2020/08/14/64bf3c3c-dcc7-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html[36] Trump Is Hobbling the Mail the Old-Fashioned Way[37] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/usps-states-delayed-mail-in-ballots/2020/08/14/64bf3c3c-dcc7-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html[38] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/court-absentee-ballots-that-come-after-election-wont-count/2020/07/15/a1068eec-c6ca-11ea-a825-8722004e4150_story.html[39] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/usps-states-delayed-mail-in-ballots/2020/08/14/64bf3c3c-dcc7-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html[40] Trump vows to block new Postal Service funding to undercut voting by mail[41] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/14/people-are-freaking-out-about-mailbox-removals-postal-service-says-its-routine/[42] Tester demands answers from postmaster general on reports of mailbox removals[43] Dozens of Montana USPS drop boxes to be removed[44] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/14/people-are-freaking-out-about-mailbox-removals-postal-service-says-its-routine/[45] Opinion: It'll cost you 55 cents to protect your vote this November[46] Opinion: It'll cost you 55 cents to protect your vote this November[47] https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/mission-motto.pdf

It’s impossible to spend much time in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world without hearing about Ethereum, or ETH for short. In this article, you’ll learn what Ethereum is, what makes it different and why it’s better than Bitcoin, at least for certain purposes.Guess the price directionBitcoin/TetherBTCUSDT33,743.81−2.71337493372733743.81UpDownWhat is the Ethereum cryptocurrency?Strictly speaking, Ethereum refers to an open-source software platform that is based on blockchain technology, enabling developers to create decentralised applications, or dApps. However, Ethereum is also used to refer to the Ether coin (ETH), a cryptocurrency built on the Ethereum platform. When someone talks about buying, trading or paying with Ethereum, they mean the Ether currency.Ethereum’s historyEthereum’s story starts with Vitalik Buterin, who became involved with Bitcoin as a 17-year-old programmer in 2011. Buterin became aware of Bitcoin’s shortcomings and created Ethereum as superior blockchain technology.I thought [people in the Bitcoin community] weren’t approaching the problem in the right way. I thought they were going after individual applications; they were trying to kind of explicitly support each [use case] in a sort of Swiss Army knife protocol.— Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder.A timeline of Ethereum’s early history:2013: Buterin released a white paper describing the basis for Ethereum.2014: Buterin and the other co-founders crowdfunded Ethereum through an ICO that raised more than $18 million.2015: The first live release of Ethereum, known as Frontier, was launched.What is Ethereum’s purpose?Ethereum is a blockchain technology platform designed to enable a large variety of functions. A popular comparison is if Bitcoin is e-mail, then Ethereum is the whole Internet.Ethereum is used for computer services that are based on dApps and smart contracts, which saves time and money by eliminating intermediaries, third-party brokers and inefficient monopolies like big companies or even government authorities.In essence, it follows the decentralised philosophy of Bitcoin but is applied to much more than just money.What is Ethereum written in?Given that the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) functions as a ‘world computer’ with many nodes, it uses multiple programming languages, including C++, Python, Ruby, Go and Java. A specialised language called Solidity is used to write smart contracts in the Ethereum Virtual Machine.ETH’s hard forkIn 2016, $50 million worth of Ether was stolen by a hacker, an act that raised concerns about the platform’s security. The resulting controversy split the community, and Ethereum forked into two blockchains: Ethereum (ETH) and Ethereum Classic (ETC).ETH tokensEthereum has both the Ether (ETH) crypto coin and Ether tokens. The latter can function as a currency within the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). ETH tokens are transferred within the EVM to execute smart contracts.What is a smart contract in Ethereum?A smart contract is a computer program that functions as a contract, i.e., it binds individuals and/or businesses to meet obligations.The smart contract’s code automatically executes the terms when tokens are deposited. The benefits include:Digital format: There’s no need to print or post paper, and it’s easily shareable.Autonomous operation: It cuts out intermediaries, there’s no back-and-forth.Trust: Information on a smart contract is encrypted and backed up on a shared ledger.Security: Encryption makes contract information incredibly difficult to steal.Speed: Automatic execution makes smart contracts faster.Cost: It saves on paper costs, lawyer fees, etc.Smart contracts act as multi-signature accounts, only executing if the specified percentage of parties agree.Smart contracts can be encoded on any blockchain, but developers working on Ethereum can programme smart contracts with a much broader range of instructions than what’s possible on Bitcoin. It allows Ethereum smart contracts to be more complex and versatile. They can serve as the base for a decentralised application or other autonomous functions on the blockchain.Why is Ethereum better than Bitcoin?ETH has several advantages over Bitcoin. It isn’t limited in the same way that BTC is. Ethereum uses the Ethash method for its mining algorithm. As a result, the block processing speed is faster.What is the difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum?BTCETHCoin Limit21 MillionNoneAlgorithmSHA-256EthashAvg block time10 minutes12 secondsHowever, Ethereum’s main advantage over Bitcoin is its functionality. Bitcoin can only record transactions. Ethereum powers apps that can be used for almost anything a programmer desires.What is an ETH wallet?An Ethereum wallet is where the private keys to access the cryptocurrency are stored. The StormGain crypto trading platform comes with a built-in ETH wallet, in which you can earn up to 10% annual interest on your currency.Cryptocurrency tradingEthereum is the crypto coin with the second-largest market share after Bitcoin. Ethereum also has the second-highest trading volume among cryptocurrencies. By using StormGain, traders can earn significant bonuses and rewards for trading Ethereum.The price history of ETH, in USD and BitcoinEthereum miningEthereum is currently mined via a proof-of-work algorithm. Much like Bitcoin, Ethereum miners dedicate their computing hardware to solving tasks that support the blockchain and receive ETH in return.What is a good hashrate for Ethereum mining?The frequency with which the ETH mining hardware can process hashes determines how likely it is to earn a reward.A hashrate of around 45.0 MH/s is considered suitable for a consumer GPU. However, the whole mining system may soon become irrelevant for Ethereum.What is Ethereum’s future?Ethereum will upgrade soon to version 2.0, a move planned for 2020. The main feature is a change from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake validation.Ethereum 1.0 is a couple of people’s scrappy attempt to build the world computer; Ethereum 2.0 [with PoS] will actually be the world computer — Vitalik ButerinThe current system is notoriously wasteful of energy. A proof-of-stake protocol will mean that users stake their ETH as collateral to verify a transaction (and claim the reward).On 18 August 2008, the domain name bitcoin.org was registered.[11] Later that year, on 31 October, a link to a paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System[12] was posted to a cryptography mailing list.[13] This paper detailed methods of using a peer-to-peer network to generate what was described as "a system for electronic transactions without relying on trust".[14][15][16] On 3 January 2009, the bitcoin network came into existence with Satoshi Nakamoto mining the genesis block of bitcoin (block number 0), which had a reward of 50 bitcoins.[14][17] Embedded in the coinbase of this block was the text:The Times Jan/03/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.[18]The text refers to a headline in The Times published on 3 January 2009.[19] This note has been interpreted as both a timestamp of the genesis date and a derisive comment on the instability caused by fractional-reserve banking.[20]:18The first open source bitcoin client was released on 9 January 2009, hosted at SourceForge.[21][22]One of the first supporters, adopters, contributors to bitcoin and receiver of the first bitcoin transaction was programmer Hal Finney. Finney downloaded the bitcoin software the day it was released, and received 10 bitcoins from Nakamoto in the world's first bitcoin transaction on 12 January 2009 (bloc 170).[23][24] Other early supporters were Wei Dai, creator of bitcoin predecessor b-money, and Nick Szabo, creator of bitcoin predecessor bit gold.[14]In the early days, Nakamoto is estimated to have mined 1 million bitcoins.[25] Before disappearing from any involvement in bitcoin, Nakamoto in a sense handed over the reins to developer Gavin Andresen, who then became the bitcoin lead developer at the Bitcoin Foundation, the 'anarchic' bitcoin community's closest thing to an official public face.[26]The value of the first bitcoin transactions were negotiated by individuals on the bitcoin forum with one notable transaction of 10,000 BTC used to indirectly purchase two pizzas delivered by Papa John's.[14]On 6 August 2010, a major vulnerability in the bitcoin protocol was spotted. Transactions weren't properly verified before they were included in the transaction log or blockchain, which let users bypass bitcoin's economic restrictions and create an indefinite number of bitcoins.[27][28] On 15 August, the vulnerability was exploited; over 184 billion bitcoins were generated in a transaction, and sent to two addresses on the network. Within hours, the transaction was spotted and erased from the transaction log after the bug was fixed and the network forked to an updated version of the bitcoin protocol.[29] This was the only major security flaw found and exploited in bitcoin's history.[27][28][30]Satoshi Nakamoto[edit]Main article: Satoshi Nakamoto"Satoshi Nakamoto" is presumed to be a pseudonym for the person or people who designed the original bitcoin protocol in 2008 and launched the network in 2009. Nakamoto was responsible for creating the majority of the official bitcoin software and was active in making modifications and posting technical information on the bitcoin forum.[14] There has been much speculation as to the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto with suspects including Dai, Szabo, and Finney – and accompanying denials.[31][32] The possibility that Satoshi Nakamoto was a computer collective in the European financial sector has also been discussed.[33]Investigations into the real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto were attempted by The New Yorker and Fast Company. The New Yorker's investigation brought up at least two possible candidates: Michael Clear and Vili Lehdonvirta. Fast Company's investigation brought up circumstantial evidence linking an encryption patent application filed by Neal King, Vladimir Oksman and Charles Bry on 15 August 2008, and the bitcoin.org domain name which was registered 72 hours later. The patent application (#20100042841) contained networking and encryption technologies similar to bitcoin's, and textual analysis revealed that the phrase "... computationally impractical to reverse" appeared in both the patent application and bitcoin's whitepaper.[12] All three inventors explicitly denied being Satoshi Nakamoto.[34][35]In May 2013, Ted Nelson speculated that Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki is Satoshi Nakamoto.[36] Later in 2013 the Israeli researchers Dorit Ron and Adi Shamir pointed to Silk Road-linked Ross William Ulbricht as the possible person behind the cover. The two researchers based their suspicion on an analysis of the network of bitcoin transactions.[37] These allegations were contested[38] and Ron and Shamir later retracted their claim.[39]Nakamoto's involvement with bitcoin does not appear to extend past mid-2010.[14] In April 2011, Nakamoto communicated with a bitcoin contributor, saying that he had "moved on to other things".[18]Stefan Thomas, a Swiss coder and active community member, graphed the time stamps for each of Nakamoto's 500-plus bitcoin forum posts; the resulting chart showed a steep decline to almost no posts between the hours of 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time. Because this pattern held true even on Saturdays and Sundays, it suggested that Nakamoto was asleep at this time, and the hours of 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. GMT are midnight to 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (North American Eastern Standard Time). Other clues suggested that Nakamoto was British: A newspaper headline he had encoded in the genesis block came from the UK-published newspaper The Times, and both his forum posts and his comments in the bitcoin source code used British English spellings, such as "optimise" and "colour".[14]An Internet search by an anonymous blogger of texts similar in writing to the bitcoin whitepaper suggests Nick Szabo's "bit gold" articles as having a similar author.[31] Nick denied being Satoshi, and stated his official opinion on Satoshi and bitcoin in a May 2011 article.[40]In a March 2014 article in Newsweek, journalist Leah McGrath Goodman doxed Dorian S. Nakamoto of Temple City, California, saying that Satoshi Nakamoto is the man's birth name. Her methods and conclusion drew widespread criticism.[41][42]In June 2016, the London Review of Books published a piece by Andrew O'Hagan about Nakamoto.[43] The real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto still remains a matter of dispute.Growth[edit]2011[edit]Based on bitcoin's open-source code, other cryptocurrencies started to emerge.[44]The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit group, started accepting bitcoins in January 2011,[45] then stopped accepting them in June 2011, citing concerns about a lack of legal precedent about new currency systems.[46] The EFF's decision was reversed on 17 May 2013 when they resumed accepting bitcoin.[47]In June 2011, WikiLeaks[48] and other organizations began to accept bitcoins for donations.2012[edit]In January 2012, bitcoin was featured as the main subject within a fictionalized trial on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife in the third-season episode "Bitcoin for Dummies". The host of CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer, played himself in a courtroom scene where he testifies that he doesn't consider bitcoin a true currency, saying, "There's no central bank to regulate it; it's digital and functions completely peer to peer".[49]In September 2012, the Bitcoin Foundation was launched to "accelerate the global growth of bitcoin through standardization, protection, and promotion of the open source protocol". The founders were Gavin Andresen, Jon Matonis, Patrick Murck, Charlie Shrem, and Peter Vessenes.[50]In October 2012, BitPay reported having over 1,000 merchants accepting bitcoin under its payment processing service.[51] In November 2012, WordPress started accepting bitcoins.[52]2013[edit]In February 2013, the bitcoin-based payment processor Coinbase reported selling US$1 million worth of bitcoins in a single month at over $22 per bitcoin.[53] The Internet Archive announced that it was ready to accept donations as bitcoins and that it intends to give employees the option to receive portions of their salaries in bitcoin currency.[54]In March, the bitcoin transaction log, called the blockchain, temporarily split into two independent chains with differing rules on how transactions were accepted. For six hours two bitcoin networks operated at the same time, each with its own version of the transaction history. The core developers called for a temporary halt to transactions, sparking a sharp sell-off.[55] Normal operation was restored when the majority of the network downgraded to version 0.7 of the bitcoin software.[55] The Mt. Gox exchange briefly halted bitcoin deposits and the exchange rate briefly dipped by 23% to $37 as the event occurred[56][57] before recovering to previous level of approximately $48 in the following hours.[58] In the US, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) established regulatory guidelines for "decentralized virtual currencies" such as bitcoin, classifying American bitcoin miners who sell their generated bitcoins as Money Service Businesses (or MSBs), that may be subject to registration and other legal obligations.[59][60][61]In April, payment processors BitInstant and Mt. Gox experienced processing delays due to insufficient capacity[62] resulting in the bitcoin exchange rate dropping from $266 to $76 before returning to $160 within six hours.[63] Bitcoin gained greater recognition when services such as OkCupid and Foodler began accepting it for payment.[64]On 15 May 2013, the US authorities seized accounts associated with Mt. Gox after discovering that it had not registered as a money transmitter with FinCEN in the US.[65][66]On 17 May 2013, it was reported that BitInstant processed approximately 30 percent of the money going into and out of bitcoin, and in April alone facilitated 30,000 transactions,[67]On 23 June 2013, it was reported that the US Drug Enforcement Administration listed 11.02 bitcoins as a seized asset in a United States Department of Justice seizure notice pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881.[68] This marked the first time a government agency claimed to have seized bitcoin.[69][70]In July 2013, a project began in Kenya linking bitcoin with M-Pesa, a popular mobile payments system, in an experiment designed to spur innovative payments in Africa.[71] During the same month the Foreign Exchange Administration and Policy Department in Thailand stated that bitcoin lacks any legal framework and would therefore be illegal, which effectively banned trading on bitcoin exchanges in the country.[72][73]On 6 August 2013, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth Circuit ruled that bitcoins are "a currency or a form of money" (specifically securities as defined by Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction,[74][75] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term "unit of account" – a financial instrument – though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.[76]In October 2013, the FBI seized roughly 26,000 BTC from website Silk Road during the arrest of alleged owner Ross William Ulbricht.[77][78][79] Two companies, Robocoin and Bitcoiniacs launched the world's first bitcoin ATM on 29 October 2013 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, allowing clients to sell or purchase bitcoin currency at a downtown coffee shop.[80][81][82] Chinese internet giant Baidu had allowed clients of website security services to pay with bitcoins.[83]In November 2013, the University of Nicosia announced that it would be accepting bitcoin as payment for tuition fees, with the university's chief financial officer calling it the "gold of tomorrow".[84] During November 2013, the China-based bitcoin exchange BTC China overtook the Japan-based Mt. Gox and the Europe-based Bitstamp to become the largest bitcoin trading exchange by trade volume.[85]In December 2013, Overstock.com[86] announced plans to accept bitcoin in the second half of 2014. On 5 December 2013, the People's Bank of China prohibited Chinese financial institutions from using bitcoins.[87] After the announcement, the value of bitcoins dropped,[88] and Baidu no longer accepted bitcoins for certain services.[89] Buying real-world goods with any virtual currency had been illegal in China since at least 2009.[90]2014[edit]In January 2014, Zynga[91] announced it was testing bitcoin for purchasing in-game assets in seven of its games. That same month, The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel and Golden Gate Hotel & Casino properties in downtown Las Vegas announced they would also begin accepting bitcoin, according to an article by USA Today. The article also stated the currency would be accepted in five locations, including the front desk and certain restaurants.[92] The network rate exceeded 10 petahash/sec. TigerDirect[93] and Overstock.com[94] started accepting bitcoin.In early February 2014, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges, Mt. Gox,[95] suspended withdrawals citing technical issues.[96] By the end of the month, Mt. Gox had filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan amid reports that 744,000 bitcoins had been stolen.[97] Months before the filing, the popularity of Mt. Gox had waned as users experienced difficulties withdrawing funds.[98]In June 2014 the network exceeded 100 petahash/sec.[citation needed] On 18 June 2014, it was announced that bitcoin payment service provider BitPay would become the new sponsor of St. Petersburg Bowl under a two-year deal, renamed the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl. Bitcoin was to be accepted for ticket and concession sales at the game as part of the sponsorship, and the sponsorship itself was also paid for using bitcoin.[99]In July 2014 Newegg and Dell[100] started accepting bitcoin.In September 2014 TeraExchange, LLC, received approval from the U.S.Commodity Futures Trading Commission "CFTC" to begin listing an over-the-counter swap product based on the price of a bitcoin. The CFTC swap product approval marks the first time a U.S. regulatory agency approved a bitcoin financial product.[101]In December 2014 Microsoft began to accept bitcoin to buy Xbox games and Windows software.[102]In 2014, several light-hearted songs celebrating bitcoin such as the "Ode to Satoshi"[103] have been released.[104]A documentary film, The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, was released in 2014, featuring interviews with bitcoin users, such as a computer programmer and a drug dealer.[105]2015[edit]In January 2015 Coinbase raised US$75 million as part of a Series C funding round, smashing the previous record for a bitcoin company. Less than one year after the collapse of Mt. Gox, United Kingdom-based exchange Bitstamp announced that their exchange would be taken offline while they investigate a hack which resulted in about 19,000 bitcoins (equivalent to roughly US$5 million at that time) being stolen from their hot wallet.[106] The exchange remained offline for several days amid speculation that customers had lost their funds. Bitstamp resumed trading on 9 January after increasing security measures and assuring customers that their account balances would not be impacted.[107]In February 2015, the number of merchants accepting bitcoin exceeded 100,000.[108]In October 2015, a proposal was submitted to the Unicode Consortium to add a code point for the bitcoin symbol.[109]2016[edit]In January 2016, the network rate exceeded 1 exahash/sec.[citation needed]In March 2016, the Cabinet of Japan recognized virtual currencies like bitcoin as having a function similar to real money.[110] Bidorbuy, the largest South African online marketplace, launched bitcoin payments for both buyers and sellers.[111]In July 2016, researchers published a paper showing that by November 2013 bitcoin commerce was no longer driven by "sin" activities but instead by legitimate enterprises.[112]In August 2016, a major bitcoin exchange, Bitfinex, was hacked and nearly 120,000 BTC (around $60m) was stolen.[113]In November 2016, the Swiss Railway operator SBB (CFF) upgraded all their automated ticket machines so that bitcoin could be bought from them using the scanner on the ticket machine to scan the bitcoin address on a phone app.[114]Bitcoin generates more academic interest year after year; the number of Google Scholar articles published mentioning bitcoin grew from 83 in 2009, to 424 in 2012, and 3580 in 2016. Also, the academic journal Ledger published its first issue. It is edited by Peter Rizun.2017[edit]The number of businesses accepting bitcoin continued to increase. In January 2017, NHK reported the number of online stores accepting bitcoin in Japan had increased 4.6 times over the past year.[115] BitPay CEO Stephen Pair declared the company's transaction rate grew 3× from January 2016 to February 2017, and explained usage of bitcoin is growing in B2B supply chain payments.[116]Bitcoin gains more legitimacy among lawmakers and legacy financial companies. For example, Japan passed a law to accept bitcoin as a legal payment method,[117] and Russia has announced that it will legalize the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.[118]Exchange trading volumes continue to increase. For the 6-month period ending March 2017, Mexican exchange Bitso saw trading volume increase 1500%.[citation needed] Between January and May 2017 Poloniex saw an increase of more than 600% active traders online and regularly processed 640% more transactions.[119]In June 2017, the bitcoin symbol was encoded in Unicode version 10.0 at position U+20BF (₿) in the Currency Symbols block.[120]Up until July 2017, bitcoin users maintained a common set of rules for the cryptocurrency.[121] On 1 August 2017 bitcoin split into two derivative digital currencies, the bitcoin (BTC) chain with 1 MB blocksize limit and the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) chain with 8 MB blocksize limit. The split has been called the Bitcoin Cash hard fork.[122]On 6 December 2017 the software marketplace Steam announced that it would no longer accept bitcoin as payment for its products, citing slow transactions speeds, price volatility, and high fees for transactions.[123]2018[edit]See also: Cryptocurrency bubble § 2018 crashOn 22 January 2018, South Korea brought in a regulation that requires all the bitcoin traders to reveal their identity, thus putting a ban on anonymous trading of bitcoins.[124]On 24 January 2018, the online payment firm Stripe announced that it would phase out its support for bitcoin payments by late April 2018, citing declining demand, rising fees and longer transaction times as the reasons.[125]2019[edit]As of September 2019, there were 5,457 bitcoin ATMs worldwide. In August of that year, the countries with highest number of bitcoin ATMs were the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, and Spain.[citation needed]2020[edit]On 2 July 2020, the Indian company 21Shares started to quote a set of bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETP) on the Xetra trading system of the Deutsche Boerse.[126]On 1 September 2020, the Wiener Börse listed its first 21 titles denominated in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, including the services of real-time quotation and securities settlement.[127]On 3 September 2020, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange admitted in its Regulated Market the quotation of the first bitcoin exchange-traded note (ETN), centrally cleared via Eurex Clearing.[128][129]In October 2020, PayPal announced that it would allow its users to buy and sell bitcoin on its platform, although not to deposit or withdraw bitcoins

If I was Donald Trump and I saw Roger Stone get arrested. I immediately stop the government shut down because I’m scared as shit.Roger Stone gave urgency to direct the timely release of WikiLeaks to counter Trump scandals.The Trump Junior Russian meeting June 9, 2016 influence the Russian intelligence to create “Guccifer 2.0” persona on June 14, 2016, mimicking a prominent Romanian hacker from several years prior.The bagman form the Watergate Nixon scandal and Trump’s longtime political adviser Roger Stone admitted being in touch with Guccifer 2.0 over Twitter’s direct messaging service.By August 12, 2016 Russia release Hillary E-mail in WikiLeaks by Guccifer 2.0.Property of the People is making these 10 previously unreported FBI documents available to the public. The documents detail Roger Stone’s role as a bagman for the Nixon campaign.Where there is Gauntlet of lies, there is definitely a Inferno conspiracy.Because of Trump Junior, The Trump Campaign colluded with foreign countries like United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on a multimillion-dollar proposal for a social media manipulation effort to help elect Mr Trump and he also reached out to the Russian for assistant and support of documents for Trump campaign to help elect Trump.Donald Trump is more like a foreign agent for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and a foreign lobbyist for Russia in attacking NATO, United States Intelligence Agency, our Allies, the Justice System and assault the Press like Nixon.Jared Kushner a Foreign AssetPresident Trump's son-in-law and White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner of giving CIA information to the crown prince of Saudi Arabia converting the information to a “hit list” that resulted in the alleged death of Jamal Kashoggi, a Saudi national who is a US citizen that has been living in the U.S. for several years and writing columns for the Washington Post. Jamal Khashoggi is the news source of intelligence information that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman bragged of having Jared Kushner “IN HIS POCKET” and receiving classified US intelligence from Kushner and using it on those who were disloyal to Salman and who were his enemies. Hundreds were rounded up, including princes from rival parts of the Saudi royal family and some of the country's wealthiest businessmen.Only Fox News propaganda machine will see Trump as a hero.……………………..FOX News propagandaFox news has so much propaganda for the dossier while it was originally created first by the republican then a pro-Hillary Clinton Democrat picked it up,Fox New Is trying to make Mueller investigation political. Mueller is a Republican and he is leading the investigation.Trump is trying to create a propaganda that the FBI Implanted a spy in the campaign And FOX News is trying to lead with that story While the Republican Party Shows Signs of Resistance of the charges of a ‘Spy’.Mr Steele was initially hired by FusionGPS, a Washington, DC-based political research firm, to investigate Trump on behalf of unidentified Republicans who wanted to stop Trump's bid for the GOP nomination. Sept. 2015, when a wealthy Republican donor hired Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Trump. But as Trump’s primary victory neared reality last year, the donor backed away from the project. But Fusion, which is run by former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson, found another client, a pro-Hillary Clinton Democrat, to pay for the research.Dossier contains allegations of misconduct and conspiracy between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and the Government of Russia during the 2016 election, with campaign members and Russian operatives allegedly colluding to interfere in the election to benefit Trump.It also alleged that Russia sought to damage Hillary Clinton's candidacy, including sharing negative information about Clinton with the Trump campaign.The dossier was published in full by BuzzFeed on January 10, 2017Christopher Steele is a professional MI6 for more than 22 years has become an expert on russian intelligence and He knows Russia exceptionally well and has relationships and experience in the country to support this type of analysis. There no doubt that he will have brought the same professional rigor to this study as he did to his work in the intelligence service.The problem with intelligence information which is a logical assumption or concession made form secret gathering of information on Russian spies. The information that you get May not have happened yet or operation have not taken place but It shows you the Russian intelligence state of mind when dealing with Trump.The Russian collusion is finally going to be revealed as the United Arab Emirates & Russian conspiracy to influence the US election in favor of Donald Trump.Donald Trump Jr met with an emissary for foreign governments seeking to help his father’s presidential campaign three months before the 2016 election, the New York Times reportedCiting several anonymous sources with knowledge of the meeting, the Times said Trump Jr met at Trump Tower on August 3, 2016 with an emissary for the crown princes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Also present, the paper said, were an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation, Joel Zamel, and Erik Prince, the founder of the private military contractor formerly known as Blackwater.Zamel represented a firm that employed several Israeli former intelligence officers and specialized in data collection and social media persuasion. At the time of the meeting, the Times stated, “the firm had already drawn up a multimillion-dollar proposal for a social media manipulation effort to help elect Mr Trump”.The meeting, which the Times said was facilitated by Prince, is the first evidence that countries other than Russia sought to influence the US election in favor of Donald Trump.The crown prince traveled to New York during the transition period in December 2016 and reportedly met with former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at Trump Tower.The Crown Prince Mohammed was authorized to act as an unofficial surrogate for Trump to set up a meeting with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of a US-sanctioned Russian investment fund who is closely allied with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Emirati officials believed Prince represented the Trump team and that Dmitriev represented Putin.The meeting's purpose was to create a back-channel communication between Trump and Russia, and UAE officials also participated in the hopes of helping to encourage Russia to distance itself from Iran, a major Kremlin ally, according to The Post.The Emirati officials is George Nader and he is cooperating with Mueller’s probe. In a sign of his importance to the investigation, Nader testified before a grand jury.That’s big because Nader helped organize, and attended, that curious Seychelles meeting on January 11, 2017, shortly before Trump’s inauguration. The meeting brought together Erik Prince, Trump donor and founder of the private security company Blackwater, with Kirill Dmitriev, who manages a Russian sovereign wealth fund and is thought to be close to Vladimir Putin.The purpose of the Seychelles meeting was for Trump’s team to covertly communicate with Putin’s team. After all, it happened just weeks after Jared Kushner reportedly told the Russians that he wanted to set up a back channel through which they could communicate.Russian intelligence looks for Kushner & Trump vulnerabilities and explores ways to exploit them. It usually comes down to four things, which—in true government style—the CIA has encompassed in an acronym, MICE: Money, Ideology, Coercion, Ego. Want to get someone to betray his country? Figure out which of these four motivators drives the person and exploit the hell out of it.It’s beyond dispute that Russia tried to get people around the president to cooperate. The June 9, 2016 meeting in Trump Tower is indication enough, but other encounters bolster the argument.Rob Goldstone E-mail to Tump junior that says The Crown prosecutor of Russia offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father. - This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump - helped along by Aras and EminTrump Junior has Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that are foreign country helping him to interfere with the US election and still go out looking for more foreign countries like Russia to interfere with the US election in favor of Donald Trump.The Trump Junior meeting June 9, 2016 was mostly an oligarch operation To find an ally in the White House against The Magnitsky Act Because the Magnitsky act is threatening billions of dollars of laundry Russian money that belongs to Putin and the Oligarchs Meanwhile the Russian intelligence were evaluating the meeting for Leverage or opportunity.The Lobbyist (Rinat Akhmetshin) and Lawyer (Natalya Veselnitskaya) who aggressively trying to appeal the Magnitsky Act was in the meeting.Eighth Mystery man Irakly Kaveladze (Skilled Money Laundry Agent) in the Trump Junior meeting. Irakly Kaveladze work for a oligarch Aras Agalarov, in 10 years he launder $1.4 billion and fearful that he could be added to the Magnitsky Act lists that would jeopardize Putin crony tax money-laundering operation.Even if this meeting didn’t go anywhere The way it influence Trump and Kushner Is impeachable. The meeting also influence the Russian intelligence to create “Guccifer 2.0” persona on June 14, 2016, mimicking a prominent Romanian hacker from several years prior.Donald Trump was Influence by Rob Goldstone E-mail and On 7/27/16 Donald Trump Revealing he’s willing to play ball with the Russian intelligence on live TV.July 27, 2016. At a News Conference, Trump dismisses the idea that Russia is behind the hacking — and makes a request to the Russian to release the E-mail at the same time - Instead of making the Russian Intelligence laugh; It cause them to hack The voter system in Florida a week later.A Week later from Trump News Conference; August 2016. Hackers access information for a software vendor that is used to verify voter registration information. This is likely Florida-based VR Systems, which later sends out an alert about people impersonating the company. When the FBI sent out an alert about the hacking, some of those involved in the hacking effort began trying to cover their tracks.A Mouth later from Trump News Conference; By August 12, 2016, Russia release Hillary E-mail in WikiLeaks by Guccifer 2.0.Trump’s longtime political adviser Roger Stone admitted being in touch with Guccifer 2.0 over Twitter’s direct messaging service.The Russian intelligence agent made a small but critical error that allowed US investigators to trace his identity:Guccifer failed to activate the VPN client before logging on. As a result, he left a real, Moscow-based Internet Protocol address in the server logs of an American social media company, according to a source familiar with the government’s Guccifer investigation So they manage to trace it to the Russian intelligence computers." The dossier conclusions have been verified the dossier contains allegations of misconduct and conspiracy between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Government of Russia during the 2016 election, with campaign members and Russian operatives allegedly colluding to interfere in the election to benefit Trump.Rob Goldstone E-mail and June 9, 2016 Russian Trump Tower meeting influence Jared Kushner to commit conspiracy; a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.November 9, 2016 Trump won The election. Trump gave Jared Kushner the responsiblety for reinventing the entire government and making it work like a business To entice the Russians & the Saudis interest on Kushner in order to get some underhand kickbacks.Dec. 1, 2016, Trump Tower, New York City.Kushner said this meeting involved Kislyak and Michael Flynn, who would later become Trump's national security adviser, and lasted between 20 minutes and a half-hour. The meeting was about opening back channels with Russia using the Russian embassy but Kislyak knows that Using the Russian embassy was a easy way to get caught so he was against it. He Send Kushner to get financial advice with a Russian bank for leverage.Dec. 13, 2016, New York CityKushner said he attended a meeting in New York with a Russian banker, Sergey Gorkov, after being asked to do so by Kislyak. Kushner's meeting with Gorkov came as he was looking for investors to shore up financing for a building on Fifth Avenue in New York that his family's real-estate company had purchased. Now Kislyak has leverage, He tries to figure out a way for a back channel communication With Trump Campaign with Putin using Kirill Dmitriev that have a direct line with Putin.Paul Manafort a Russian Intelligence Asset coordinating with the Russian Intelligence in getting Trump in the White HousePaul Manafort is a Russian Intelligence Asset and usually they don’t reveal that they are spies or connected with Russian intelligence. Their main goal is to report to the Russian intelligence with information on How to implant ideas to be more acceptable to manipulation. Trump and People in the Presidential Administration are the targets.Trump Campaign was made-to-order for seduction by the Russian intelligence Using Paul Manafort.Paul Manafort a Russian Intelligence Asset Specialize in running campaign For Russian intelligence and Oligarchs in Ukraine. He was investigated for five years ended up running Trump campaign. Rick Gate Is cooperating with the special counsel Mueller in building a case of collusion on the Trump campaign.In 2000, Oleg Deripaska a Oligarchs was again banned from entering the US following an interview with FBI investigators. Around that time Deripaska enlisted Paul Manafort, then a veteran Republican operative and lobbyist, who finally succeeded in helping him secure a visa to the United States in 2005. The visa was later revoked in 2006. That year Deripaska reportedly hired Manafort to help bolster Putin’s image in the United States and elsewhere on a $10 million a year contract.Oleg Deripaska and Valentin Yumashev his father-in-law are The mastermind Who Put Putin to run for president and help build a Putin Bribery network that controls the country.Dmytro Firtash is Paul Manafort laundry money partner wield a Russian conspiracy project in running a campaign for Viktor Yanukovych to help a Pro Russian candidate to win the presidency in Ukraine that Putin can control.Now Ukraine's former President Viktor Yanukovych Is wanted for treason in Ukraine for aiding Russia in carrying out an attack on his country. Viktor Yanukovych Flad to Russia before he could get arrested in Ukraine.These Russian indictmentp of six former Trump advisers, 26 Russian nationals, three Russian companies, one California man, and one London-based lawyer are devastating for Trump because it would cross the Kremlin threshold—and connect Roger Stone that will move the investigation closer to Trump himself.Damn, Trump surrounded himself with Russian Intelligence Asset and A psycho like Roger Stone that had been lobbying Trump to fire Comey for weeks, according to multiple sources in-order to fulfill his psycho desire to relive Nixon conspiracy.You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes for the obvious that Roger Stone with his Nixon tattoo modernize Watergate instead of having five men breaking into Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters; Just be a willing collaborator and let the Russian military intelligence (GRU) do the work for thousands of hacked Democratic emails.. Roger Stone gave urgency to direct the timely release of WikiLeaks to counter Trump scandals. Roger Stone always maintaining his credentials as the cockroach of american politics.FBI documents obtained by Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) researcher Emma Best and shared with Property of the People illustrate StoneToday, Property of the People is making these 10 previously unreported FBI documents available to the public. The documents detail Roger Stone’s role as a bagman for the Nixon campaign, in which he funneled over $25,000 (equivalent to $150,000 in 2018) to fund political intelligence gathering and other dirty tricks, including mole embedding and a mysterious payment related to the Watergate break-in. The documents include a copy of the FBI’s interview with Stone, as well as others’ statements to the Bureau about Stone and Jason Rainier, the alias Stone used for his anti-Democratic spy operations.Last week, shortly after President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, Roger Stone tweeted, “Somewhere Dick Nixon is smiling.” Then he had a cigar. And then he told Politico about it.Trump WatergateRoger Stone gave urgency to direct the timely release of WikiLeaks to counter Trump scandals.Trump’s longtime political adviser Roger Stone admitted being in touch with Guccifer 2.0 over Twitter’s direct messaging service.Top campaign official in 2016 Trump Campaign dispatched Roger J. Stone.So Mueller is settling the cornerstone of the investigation with the Russian indictment That he could build a case of Justice on solid foundation to prosecute Russian Intelligence Asset and Russian Conspiracy coordination that will lead to obstruction of justice.Roger J. Stone indictment are unsealed, the special counsel disclosed evidence that a top campaign official in 2016 dispatched Roger J. Stone. “was directed” by an unnamed person to contact Mr. Stone about additional WikiLeaks releases that might damage the Clinton campaign, according to the court document.Mr. Stone was charged with seven counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, making false statements and witness tampering.………………Generally, obstruction charges are laid when it is discovered that a person questioned in an investigation, other than a suspect and has lied to the investigating officers.(Donald Trump Knows by answering to Special Counsel Mueller investigation may serve to incriminate himself because Mueller is investigating the campaign of Russian collusion not Trump but the proximity of the investigation to trump Makes it most likely that Trump contributed willfully and knowingly tried to protect a suspect of the investigation or to hide from investigation of their own activities.)Obstruction charges may also be laid in unique situations such as refusal to assists the Special Counsel Investigation by alters, destroys, or conceals physical evidence such as to hide their involvement in another crime, this may leave them liable to prosecution.…