EvenTrump’s kitchen cabinet of morons is making money selling favors to the worst people in the world:
The Trump administration on Wednesday lifted sanctions against a Serbian nationalist leader who had been accused of undermining a U.S.-brokered peace agreement that ended bloody sectarian fighting in the 1990s in the Balkans.
The sanctions relief for Milorad Dodik, who had served until earlier this month as president of a small self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina called Republika Srpska, was a victory for the politician and for a pricey influence campaign mounted on his behalf by several allies of President Trump.
The removal of the sanctions could allow Mr. Dodik, who is still the leader of the ruling party in Srpska and has closely allied himself with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, to remain influential in the Serb-controlled region even without a formal role in the government.
Sanctions were also lifted against members of Mr. Dodik’s family and inner circle, as well as companies associated with them, some of which had previously been accused by the Treasury Department of being part of Mr. Dodik’s “corrupt patronage network.”
I’m sure you’re curious about how this came about:
One of the lobbyists, Marc Zell, signed a contract with the Srpska government late last year calling for his firm to be paid $1 million for one year, with an additional “success fee” for “bringing about the cancellation/termination of all sanctions.”
Mr. Zell did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Also taking up Mr. Dodik’s cause were several prominent figures in Mr. Trump’s orbit. They included Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who served as the president’s personal lawyer during his first term; Michael T. Flynn, the retired lieutenant general who briefly served as national security adviser in the first Trump White House; Laura Loomer, the right wing provocateur who has the ear of the president; and Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, who was pardoned by Mr. Trump in February before signing a contract with the Srpska government the following month for an undisclosed sum.
Pardons, sanctions, wars, visas — it’s all for sale under this regime. War criminals are lining up.