GOP Russian style spy case busted

According to the NYT article:
“Mr. Maier and Ms. LaRocca were part of an undercover operation by conservatives to infiltrate progressive groups, political campaigns, and the offices of Democratic as well as moderate Republican elected officials during the 2020 election cycle, according to interviews and documents.
Using large campaign donations and cover stories, the operatives aimed to gather dirt that could sabotage the reputations of people and organizations considered threats to a hard-right agenda advanced by President Donald J. Trump.”
Wyoming was a key part of the endeavor. The New York Times describes it as “a base to insinuate themselves into the political fabric of this state and at least two others, Colorado and Arizona.”
Erik Prince, the Wapiti resident and security contractor, is directly implicated in the effort. The NYT article says Prince recruited Seddon at the beginning of the Trump administration. Seddon was charged with “hiring former spies to train conservative activists in the basics of espionage and send them on political sabotage missions.”
 
There are several key figures in the effort:
Beau Maier and Sofia LaRocca – the duo responsible for gaining the trust of political candidates and accessing their offices and campaigns. Both attended fundraisers and political meetings; LaRocca was even hired by political organizations.
Ricard Seddon – A former British spy with a Cody address and ties to Wapiti resident Erik Prince
Susan Gore – A wealthy Wyoming heiress and conservative donor who funded the insinuation effort
 
evince said:
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NEW YORK TIMES UNCOVERS WYOMING-BASED EFFORT TO SABOTAGE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
WRITTEN BY ANDREW-ROSSI ON JUNE 25, 2021
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The New York Times
They Seemed Like Democratic Activists. They Were Secretly Conservative Spies.
Mark Mazzetti and Adam Goldman
June 25, 2021, 5:18 am
The Old Wilson Schoolhouse, where Sofia LaRocca and Beau Maier worked at a Democratic Party fundraiser in August 2019 near Jackson Hole, Wyo., June 23, 2021. (Ryan Dorgan/The New York Times)
The Old Wilson Schoolhouse, where Sofia LaRocca and Beau Maier worked at a Democratic Party fundraiser in August 2019 near Jackson Hole, Wyo., June 23, 2021. (Ryan Dorgan/The New York Times)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The young couple posing in front of the faux Eiffel Tower at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas fit right in, two people in a sea of idealistic Democrats who had arrived in the city in February 2020 for a Democratic primary debate.

Large donations to the Democratic National Committee — $10,000 each — had bought Beau Maier and Sofia LaRocca tickets to the debate. During a cocktail reception beforehand, they worked the room of party officials, rainbow donkey pins affixed to their lapels.


In fact, much about them was a lie. Maier and LaRocca were part of an undercover operation by conservatives to infiltrate progressive groups, political campaigns and the offices of Democratic as well as moderate Republican elected officials during the 2020 election cycle, according to interviews and documents.

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Using large campaign donations and cover stories, the operatives aimed to gather dirt that could sabotage the reputations of people and organizations considered threats to a hard-right agenda advanced by former President Donald Trump.


At the center of the scheme was an unusual cast: a former British spy connected to security contractor Erik Prince, a wealthy heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune and undercover operatives like Maier and LaRocca who used Wyoming as a base to insinuate themselves into the political fabric there and in at least two other states, Colorado and Arizona.

In more than two dozen interviews and a review of federal election records, The New York Times reconstructed many of the operatives’ interactions in Wyoming and other states — mapping out their associations and likely targets — and spoke to people with whom they discussed details of their spying operation. Publicly available documents in Wyoming also tied Maier and LaRocca to an address in Cody, Wyoming, used by former spy Richard Seddon.
 
Ex-British spy, Erik Prince, and Project Veritas reportedly tried to entrap Trump's national security adviser

PETER WEBER
MAY 14, 2021
Erik Prince, founder of private security contractor Blackwater and brother of former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, recruited a former British spy in 2016 to professionalize the undercover operatives at Project Veritas, the conservative sting video shop run by James O'Keefe, The New York Times reports, citing documents and people involved in the subsequent operations to discredit perceived "deep state" enemies of former President Donald Trump inside the U.S. government.

The ex-undercover British spy, Richard Seddon, trained conservative operatives first at the Prince family ranch in Wyoming, then at a large, $10,000-a-month house near Georgetown University. Female undercover operatives tried to entrap FBI agents, sometimes using fake dating app profiles, and State Department employees, the Times reports. But "one of the most brazen operations of the campaign" was an attempt to take down H.R. McMaster, Trump's second national security adviser.
 
Yakuda said:
Look at this fucking retard his source is bird cage carpeting. Have your mom tell you what that means you idiot. Oh wait better get your neighbor. It'll take you a while to figure that one out.
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Dear fucking idiot

It’s a NEW YORK TIMES investigation

I’m posting alternative links to that same content


So it’s free to read


Fuck you very much
 
The Republican Party is crumbling


Look for Republicans in office to flee


Look for Republican congressional members to help get things done if they are not implicated in these crimes
 
evince said:
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Ex-British spy, Erik Prince, and Project Veritas reportedly tried to entrap Trump's national security adviser

PETER WEBER
MAY 14, 2021
Erik Prince, founder of private security contractor Blackwater and brother of former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, recruited a former British spy in 2016 to professionalize the undercover operatives at Project Veritas, the conservative sting video shop run by James O'Keefe, The New York Times reports, citing documents and people involved in the subsequent operations to discredit perceived "deep state" enemies of former President Donald Trump inside the U.S. government.

The ex-undercover British spy, Richard Seddon, trained conservative operatives first at the Prince family ranch in Wyoming, then at a large, $10,000-a-month house near Georgetown University. Female undercover operatives tried to entrap FBI agents, sometimes using fake dating app profiles, and State Department employees, the Times reports. But "one of the most brazen operations of the campaign" was an attempt to take down H.R. McMaster, Trump's second national security adviser.



The plan was reportedly to send a female operative to Tosca, a restaurant McMaster frequented, to engage him in drinks and conversation and record him disparaging Trump or making other inappropriate remarks on camera. One of the people involved in the McMaster plot was Barbara Ledeen, a longtime Republican staffer on the Senate Judiciary Committee before retiring, she says, earlier this year. Presented with the details of the operation, Ledeen told the Times she was just a messenger, "not part of a plot."
 
Dirty dirty dirty dirty dirty Party



The Republican voters have been had



How many will have the integrity to admit it
 
evince said:
The New York Times
They Seemed Like Democratic Activists. They Were Secretly Conservative Spies.
Mark Mazzetti and Adam Goldman
June 25, 2021, 5:18 am
The Old Wilson Schoolhouse, where Sofia LaRocca and Beau Maier worked at a Democratic Party fundraiser in August 2019 near Jackson Hole, Wyo., June 23, 2021. (Ryan Dorgan/The New York Times)
The Old Wilson Schoolhouse, where Sofia LaRocca and Beau Maier worked at a Democratic Party fundraiser in August 2019 near Jackson Hole, Wyo., June 23, 2021. (Ryan Dorgan/The New York Times)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The young couple posing in front of the faux Eiffel Tower at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas fit right in, two people in a sea of idealistic Democrats who had arrived in the city in February 2020 for a Democratic primary debate.

Large donations to the Democratic National Committee — $10,000 each — had bought Beau Maier and Sofia LaRocca tickets to the debate. During a cocktail reception beforehand, they worked the room of party officials, rainbow donkey pins affixed to their lapels.


In fact, much about them was a lie. Maier and LaRocca were part of an undercover operation by conservatives to infiltrate progressive groups, political campaigns and the offices of Democratic as well as moderate Republican elected officials during the 2020 election cycle, according to interviews and documents.

Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times

Using large campaign donations and cover stories, the operatives aimed to gather dirt that could sabotage the reputations of people and organizations considered threats to a hard-right agenda advanced by former President Donald Trump.


At the center of the scheme was an unusual cast: a former British spy connected to security contractor Erik Prince, a wealthy heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune and undercover operatives like Maier and LaRocca who used Wyoming as a base to insinuate themselves into the political fabric there and in at least two other states, Colorado and Arizona.

In more than two dozen interviews and a review of federal election records, The New York Times reconstructed many of the operatives’ interactions in Wyoming and other states — mapping out their associations and likely targets — and spoke to people with whom they discussed details of their spying operation. Publicly available documents in Wyoming also tied Maier and LaRocca to an address in Cody, Wyoming, used by former spy Richard Seddon.
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The question is raised in the story but not answered as to where the money came from that the couple donated. If it was not their money but was given to them by a third party then the contribution would have been a federal crime. It will be interesting to see if this is pursued by law enforcement.
 
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