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DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - How the denial works: a three-entity structure.
NCRI-US (the DC office Jafarzadeh runs) -- FARA registered. The filing reports $0 in speaker fees and $0 in payments to individuals.
NCRI Paris/Albania (the foreign principal) -- this is what's listed on Pence's financial disclosure as the source of the $190,000. This entity pays the speakers directly.
OIAC (domestic 501(c)(4)) -- organizes U.S. events. No FARA registration was identified for OIAC in the DOJ FARA database. As a 501(c)(4), OIAC is not required to publicly disclose donors. Paid Pence separately.
Each entity can deny what the others do. That's how "absolutely not" works.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066348793411637757
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Now, you will find reporting from left-wing groups critical of MeK paying Republicans. This is because Communists are aligned with the IRGC, and MeK does oppose IRGC.
But "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" mentality is exactly what has gotten us into GWOT and quagmires.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066349358589845975
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - MEK's entire value proposition is regime change. They're selling themselves as "the democratic alternative"; Rajavi is "president-elect" of a government-in-waiting.
Trump's current Iran posture is negotiation, not regime change. (Side note - IMO, true regime change is probably impossible without a land war, which is a nonstarter.)
That'd explain why Pence, Pompeo, Short, and that entire crew are counter-signaling a peace deal.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066350736708136990
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Will the Iranian deal work? I don't know yet if it will, and nobody does. I pray it will.
But when Pompeo, Pence, and other Never-Trumpers start prematurely poo-poohing the deal - now you know to check and see if money is involved here.
THREAD END.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066351167282806792
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Yeah, the funny thing is I saw an older article where Pompeo was critical of Bolton hustling for MEK. Then Pompeo got recruited to MEK $$$ himself.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066354170819690818
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Pence's disclosure report:
https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Disclosure-Report-6-28-23.pdf
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066354558100815878
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - One thing I learned while researching this report is that proponents of regime change over negotiation need an honest reckoning with the fact that the MEK has spent years cultivating support in Congress.
If a regime-change scenario were to unfold, it would be difficult to prevent the MEK from positioning itself as the interim government.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066359803342094705
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Love it!
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https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066361947583545439
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - That MEK has disapproval ratings almost as high as IRGC among Iranian-Americans is what sold me.
These are exiles who still have family in Iran and still talk to them. MEK is still ran by the same cult family that it has always been. They just started paying off US politicians.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2066392144399794242
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