| In EDNY Trial of
Tom Barrack MBZ Selfies
Including Citi & Blackrock
As Well As DJT
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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LITERARY EDNY,
Sept 27 –
The second day of the US v.
Barrack and Grimes trial it
was raining. On Cadman Plaza
they were selling umbrellas.
But Kurt jogged from Jorolemon
Street past the empty free
COVID test tents and into the
EDNY courthouse.
On the
stand was the US' Middle East
expert, a man named Chris
Davidson. He rattled off the
diplomatic positions of the
UAE, which the jurors would
later be shown that Barrack
had advanced, in Fortune
Magazine or website, TV
interviews and when possible,
the speeches of DJT.
The picture
painted was of an angry
Emirate, mad at Obama for
favoring Qatar (and relatedly
natural gas) over it and even
Big Brother Saudi Arabia. MBZ,
with $1.3 trillion at his
disposal, would not let it
happen again. With DJT, he
would buy in on the ground
floor. And the doorman, it
seemed, had been Tom Barrack.
What did it make Grimes? The
luggage carrier?
On cross
examination, Davidson
stumbled. Of course you know
what ADQ is, he was asked, the
acronym said fast, with ill
intentions. Can
you say that again? Davidson
asked. You know
even know ADQ? I
through you said something
else, Davidson said glumly.
Also on
cross Davidson was shown
photos of MBZ with other big
wigs, by implication as sleazy
or sleazier than Barrack. The
head of Citigroup - a retail
squid with which Kurt had also
tangled - the heads of
Blackrock, Raytheon.
Kurt found
himself wondering, if only to
himself since he didn't have
his phone to tweet it out,
what about Eric Prince of
Blackwater, or whatever new
new name they were using?
Down
in the EDNY Clerk of Court
office, Kurt waited in line to
again ask about getting
permission to bring his phone
and laptop in. For the Roger
Ng / Jho Low trial about 1MDB,
he'd gotten a paper pass on an
EDNY yellow and blue
ribbon.
From behind
the counter, after some
inquiry was made, or not made,
came the response: They are
still checking your paperwork.
They will call
you.
What was there to
check? Kurt nodded and went up
to the Arraignment Court,
where everyone still had to
wear COVID masks. Perhaps this
would be his way in, or at
least his way through.
A woman defendant
got bond for selling meth, her
mother and daughter calling in
as suretors. It was a family
affair, much like the UAE.
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