DonaldWashington | 59 points | Nov 16 2016 03:40:57

MONEY LAUNDERING FOR MILLIONAIRES - PODESTA BROTHERS & THE FAMILY THAT BOUGHT INTO THE UN - QATAR

We got your paintings Pooodesssttaa!!!

First things first - Qatar is a family business. They have created false bureaucracy to conceal this. They are buying influence in every sector and industry in Europe and now the US. Any reference to a Qatari government agency e.g. Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar Museum Authority (QMA) can be translated to "the family dictatorship"

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37308
Anthony "Tony" Podesta began lobbying in late 2013 on behalf of a company co-owned by ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum aiming to export liquefied ...
http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/04/30/hillary-clinton-john-podesta-tony-podesta-lng-export-terminal-qatar
Brother of Hillary Clinton's Top Campaign Aide Lobbied for Fracked Gas Export Terminal Co-Owned by Qatar
http://www.globalresearch.ca/brother-of-hillary-clintons-top-campaign-aide-lobbied-for-fracked-gas-export-terminal-co-owned-by-qatar/5446727
Podesta Group’s lobbying for expedited permitting for LNG export terminals paid dividends.
During the same quarter Tony Podesta began lobbying for Golden Pass, President Obama hired John Podesta in December 2013 as his top counselor on climate change and energy issues.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/41443
On March 26, 2014, a week after John Podesta made his remarks about the environmental movement and fracking, Tony had a meeting with the White House. On April 4 and August 4, the logs show, Tony Podesta met with John Podesta in the White House.

QIA is estimated to hold in excess of $170 billion of assets an amount that is expected to significantly increase as the state completes its expansion projects to become the world's largest liquefied natural gas exporter with 77 million tons output capacity. (Thanks, Podesta.)

Invest in influence

QATAR has been buying up about $1 billion worth of art annually ($1,000,000,000 / yr)

”Qatari Riches Are Buying Art World Influence”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/arts/design/qatar-uses-its-riches-to-buy-art-treasures.html

”Qatar’s oil boom created the world’s most extravagant art scene—and also led to its demise”
http://qz.com/764975/qatars-oil-boom-created-the-worlds-most-extravagant-art-scene-and-also-led-to-its-demise/

What Are The Top 10 Al-Thani Family Art Acquisitions? https://news.artnet.com/market/what-are-the-top-10-al-thani-family-art-acquisitions-164747 1. Paul Cézanne, The Card Players, $250 million
2. Mark Rothko, White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender), $72.8 million
3. Andy Warhol, The Men in Her Life, $63. 4 million
4. Fabergé egg, $9.57 million
5. James John Audubon, Birds of America, $8.8 million
6. The Clive of India Flask, $5 million
7. Girault de Prangey, The Temple of Jupiter in Athens, $922,490
8. J. Ezra Merkin’s 11 Rothkos, $310 million
9. Werner Bokelberg‘s Photography collection, $15 million
10. Damien Hirst, Lullaby Spring, $19 million

Some of Qatar’s favorite artists
Damien Hirst- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst
Qatar recently bought a piece of his art, smashing the record for price paid for a piece by living artist.
On 10 September 2002, on the eve of the first anniversary of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, Hirst said in an interview with BBC News Online: "The thing about 9/11 is that it's kind of like an artwork in its own right. It was wicked, but it was devised in this way for this kind of impact. It was devised visually... You've got to hand it to them on some level because they've achieved something which nobody would have ever have thought possible, especially to a country as big as America. So on one level they kind of need congratulating, which a lot of people shy away from, which is a very dangerous thing."

Louise Bourgeois
Takashi Murakami
Richard Serra
Jeff Koons
Mark Rothko

The Qatari family was reportedly the buyer behind both Paul Cezanne’s The Card Players, for $250 million in 2012, and Paul Gauguin‘s When Will You Marry, sold for a reported $300 million in 2015—two of the most expensive art deals in history—though the works have never actually been openly displayed in the country.

Why would a hardline Wahhabi government splash out billions of dollars to secular western artists? They are up to no good, that I can tell you.

Enter PodestaGroup – Owned by you guessed it, Tony the Pedo Podesta and his brother John Spirit Cooking Podesta.

Lobbyists Set to Fight Royalty Bill for Artists
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/24/arts/design/auction-houses-taking-no-chances-on-american-royalties-too-act.html
Sotheby’s hired the Podesta Group. This same auction house is selling hundreds of millions of dollars in art to Qatar including a "Cezanne" that sold for $250 million

Tony Podesta is quite the art trader. This article goes inside his home and explores his collection. It mentions he rotates the pieces often

Inside power lobbyist, philanthropist and contemporary art collector Tony Podesta’s Kalorama home.

http://washingtonlife.com/2015/06/05/inside-homes-private-viewing/

Some of his favorite artists are mentioned
Louise Bourgeois
Andy Warhol Marina Abramovic imagine that

He regularly opens his house to casual pizza parties co-hosted by his friend James Alefantis, the owner of Comet Ping Pong. Over 200 pies emerge from the outdoor pizza oven as guests wander through the house and garden while studying his art collection.

wat did the nytimes just say

Tony Podesta owns entire collections of Damien Hirst pieces. The same Damien Hirst that the Qataris are fascinated with
http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/press/exh/4843/4843-list.pdf

Regarding art, the FBI tweeted this just hours ago https://twitter.com/FBI/status/795636546653147138

Also Neera's husband and Abramovic are both on "Art in Embassies" a project of the state dept."
http://art.state.gov/artists.aspx

What is going on here? Money laundering? Human trafficking?

https://m.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5bpa7c/breaking_from_the_anon_who_brought_you_the_laura/

THE AUCTIONHOUSE / QATARI REVOLVING DOORS

EDWARD DOLMAN

http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=271754534&privcapId=1851923

CHRISTIE'S INTERNATIONAL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE 11 YRS
EARLIER ROLES INCLUDE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIE'S EUROPE, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIE'S AMERICAS AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIE'S AMSTERDAM
QATAR MUSEUM AUTHORITY
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HER EXCELLENCY SHEIKHA AL MAYASSA BINT HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL-THANI (SISTER OF QATARI EMIR)
ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2012 TO MAY 2014

PHILLIPS AUCTIONEERS LLC
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT PHILLIPS AUCTIONEERS LLC SINCE JULY 2014

GUY BENNETT

Christie’s Expert Turned Dealer Tapped for Top Role at Qatar Museums
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/christies-expert-turned-dealer-tapped-for-top-role-at-qatar-museums-195991

More on Qatar’s Art Acquisition https://m.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5bfzqh/millions_from_qatar_try_billion_tracing_the/

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3774

"Agree but there may be opportunities as the Iraqi piece improves. Also, any idea whose fighters attacked Islamist positions in Tripoli, Libya? Worth analyzing for future purposes."
"While this military/para-military operation is moving forward, we need to use our diplomatic and more traditional intelligence assets to bring pressure on the governments of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are providing clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region."
Qatar Investment Authority owns (100%) Qatar Holding LLC, and is associated with Qatar National Bank (50%). QIA is affiliated with Qatar Islamic Bank(16.67%) and with Ubac Curaçao NV (1.35%).

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/37356
"Neither Algeria nor other governments revealed to have given to the foundation — Australia, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Norway, Oman andQatar — are sponsors of terrorism, either."

OTHER INTERESTING PEOPLE TIED TO QATAR

MARIE-JOSEE KRAVIS
QMA board member and a prominent economist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9e_Kravis
She serves on the international advisory board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and on the boards of Publicis S.A. and LVMH. Since 1989 she has attended virtually all conferences of the Bilderberg Group (except the one in 1997) and serves on its steering committee.

Infiltrate Industry

Since becoming an economic power house, Qatar has invested heavily into a diverse portfolio of critical industries, amassing a substantial stake in many companies. Starting with the U.K. and Western Europe, they have had great success investing profitably - and not only economically. By simply reaching into their billfold, Qatar has successfully established intelligence assets within all major European industries.

First here are a couple of news articles, then below I will aim to detail some examples of Qatari holdings.
How London is being sold off to Qatar: Gulf state’s investment arm adds latest acquisition of Claridge’s to portfolio already boasting landmarks from The Shard to Canary Wharf
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3054272/How-London-sold-Qatar.html
Qatar one of London's biggest landlords as portfolio expands
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2016/4/5/qatar-one-of-londons-biggest-landlords-as-portfolio-expands
Qataris dominate a quarter of Mayfair property market
https://www.google.com/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/03/29/qataris-dominate-a-quarter-of-mayfair-property-market/amp/
How much of London is owned by Qatar’s royal family? https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/dec/09/london-qatar-royal-family-regents-park-200m-palace-harrods?client=safari
Special Report - In France, a tax-free property empire
https://www.google.com/amp/uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKBRE98703D20130908?client=safari

Barclays 12.7% stake

Fisker Automotive Volkswagen Group 17% stake Porsche Hochtief

Sainsbury’s.
Credit Suisse Harrods Group
Filmyard Holdings, which purchased Miramax from Disney. enter Weinstein and the entire troupe of Hollywood dingbats Technically Miramax is owned by Al Jazeera, but AJ is controlled by Qatar.

The French government has made of Qatar a strategic partner. Partnership includes: Mass Media
Lagardère (12%)
Vivendi
Aerospace
EADS (6%) Energy
Total (4%)
Areva
Construction Technip - Project management, engineeringand construction for the energy industry
Vinci SA (5%)
Healthcare, Chemicals
Air Liquide
Electric Utilities
GDF Suez
Environmental Services ie Water treatment, waste management, HVAC, street lighting, facility management
Veolia (5%)
Telecommunications France Telecom

February 2009, France accorded special beyond-OCDEinvestment privileges to Qatar and its State-Owned Enterprises; one example is capital gains exemptions in France.

Metals & Mining #Xstrata / Glencore
Hello Marc Rich, co-founder of Clinton, Inc.
https://vault.fbi.gov/william-j.-clinton-foundation
I dare you to dive into that rabbit hole.

Mayor Vincent C. Gray (District of Columbia) announced in early 2013 that he will travel to Qatar to promote the flow of global capital to the district. Qatari Diar is said to back CityCenterDC with around US$700 million.

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