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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI hope Mueller has special team on Caputo
What an ASShole
How long did he live in Russia?
Can't wait to see what dirty ties he developed
Everybody of any signif is tied to Don Putino
Everybody
Just like N Korea
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)He moved there in 1994 as a staff member with the U.S. Agency for International Development, got friendly with senior Kremlin officials, butted heads with his superiors at the U.S. State Department. The Washington Post reported in 1995 that Caputo got his phone, fax and office keys confiscated for refusing to support a State Department position to the media.
http://buffalonews.com/2016/03/05/the-radical-adventures-of-conservative-radio-host-mike-caputo/
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)He hitched his star
Why do we think he stuck around so long?
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Gets along anymore
Hey
Prick
Newt Gingrich got it all going, with a big hand from RW radio
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4443.htm
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oasis
(49,407 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Sorta reminds me of DT Jr
oasis
(49,407 posts)taunt of Corey Lewandowsky. At the time, Caputo's excuse for bowing out, seemed to have a flimsy foundation, since Trump's campaign was beginning to pick up steam.
Enter Paul Manafort.
I believe Caputo used his "voluntary" departure as cover for the Russia connected work he was about to engage in.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Who is Michael Caputo and What Can He Tell Us?
The Russian connections keep piling up
by Martin Longman May 21, 2017 3:56 PM
At his LinkedIn page, Caputo lists himself as a Senior Advisor to the Trump campaign from April 2016 to June 2016. He also lists himself as President of The Florence Group from November 1994 to November 1999, an organization that he says played a pivotal role in electing Boris Yeltsin to his second term as President of the Russian Federation.
Back on October 23rd, 2012, before Caputo knew that hed one day serve on Donald Trumps presidential campaign or be called to testify about collusion with the Russians, he tweeted about visiting Lefortovo Prison during his time working for the Kremlin:
It appears that he worked for the Kremlin during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin and returned home to the United States around the time that Vladimir Putin took over. So, we need to keep that in mind. Yet, how many Americans have worked for the Kremlin and then gone on to be senior advisors to an American presidential candidate from one of our two major parties.......the New York Times reveals that Caputo worked for Gazprom Media, a Russian conglomerate that supported President Vladimir V. Putin in the early 2000s.
Caputos LinkedIn page says that he worked at Allegiance Telecom as a vice-president from June 2001 to June 2003. It doesnt list any other employment for him until he shows up as the publisher of PoliticsNY.net in January of 2013. He apparently spent all the intervening time as the president of his own public relations firm, aptly named Caputo Public Relations with clients like Sergios Restaurants, Princeton Strategic Communications, the Job Creators Network, Carl Paladino for Governor, and Bloc Lytvyn. What is Bloc Lytvyn, you ask? Lets see. It must have something to do with this guy Volodymyr Lytvyn who received the Russian Order of Friendship Award back in 2011. Or, if you prefer, you can go here to see a picture of Lytvyn shaking hands with Vladimir Putin in 2002. There are Ukrainian politicians, and then there are Ukrainian politicians who win Russian friendship awards. Michael Caputo worked on behalf of the latter.
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/05/21/who-is-michael-caputo-and-what-can-he-tell-us/
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