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| | Questions lingered about the Gore-Hammer relationship after the [[oligarch]]’s death in 1990, though the [[liberal media]] ignored it through the eight years when, as Bill Clinton’s vice president, Gore was in the White House. | | Questions lingered about the Gore-Hammer relationship after the [[oligarch]]’s death in 1990, though the [[liberal media]] ignored it through the eight years when, as Bill Clinton’s vice president, Gore was in the White House. |
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| − | When Gore ran for president in 2000, the [[MSM]] asked a few questions but never pried into [[Gore]]’s [[Kremlin]] linkages. The ''[[New York Times]]'' published a piece about the questionable Gore-Hammer business relationship, illuminating that both Gore Sr., whom the FBI once wanted to prosecute as a [[Soviet]] agent, and Gore Jr. repeatedly helped Hammer in exchange for sweetheart deals and cash. The ''New York Times'' never once mentioned the KGB.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/19/us/2000-campaign-vice-president-gore-family-s-ties-oil-company-magnate-reap-big.html</ref> | + | When Gore ran for president in 2000, the [[MSM]] never pried into [[Gore]]’s [[Kremlin]] linkages. The ''[[New York Times]]'' published a piece about the questionable Gore-Hammer business relationship, illuminating that both Gore Sr., whom the FBI once wanted to prosecute as a [[Soviet]] agent, and Gore Jr. repeatedly helped Hammer in exchange for sweetheart deals and cash. The ''New York Times'' never once mentioned the KGB.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/19/us/2000-campaign-vice-president-gore-family-s-ties-oil-company-magnate-reap-big.html</ref> |
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| − | One month before the 2000 election, the Russian press agency ''Ekho Moskvy'' ran a sensational piece. Duma deputy Aleksei Mitrofanov demanded Russia’s Federal Archive Service provide him with any documentation they possessed regarding the secret relationship between Armand Hammer and Albert Gore, Sr: “I already have this information. My purpose is to get it officially,” Mitrofanov stated. | + | One month before the 2000 election, the Russian press agency ''Ekho Moskvy'' ran a sensational piece. Duma deputy Aleksei Mitrofanov demanded Russia’s Federal Archive Service provide him with any documentation they possessed regarding the secret relationship between Armand Hammer and Albert Gore, Sr: “I already have this information. My purpose is to get it officially,” Mitrofanov stated. Mitrofanov wanted to illuminate {{Quotebox|“the mechanism of supporting Armand Hammer and Albert Gore, Sr. by the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]…they were financing Gore’s coming out against the [[Vietnam war]], as well as his assistance in closing an FBI investigation against Hammer. |
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| − | The Mitrofanov wanted to illuminate {{Quotebox|“the mechanism of supporting Armand Hammer and Albert Gore, Sr. by the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]…they were financing Gore’s coming out against the [[Vietnam war]], as well as his assistance in closing an FBI investigation against Hammer.
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| | All this is very interesting, especially in connection with the ongoing presidential campaign in the United States…the incumbent President [Clinton] also started his political career on money given by Hammer or, in fact, on Soviet money. Everybody knows that Hammer got his most profitable contracts in the Soviet Union from [[Politburo]] decisions.”<ref>https://observer.com/2018/11/democrats-kremlin-problem-al-gore-maxine-waters/</ref> | | All this is very interesting, especially in connection with the ongoing presidential campaign in the United States…the incumbent President [Clinton] also started his political career on money given by Hammer or, in fact, on Soviet money. Everybody knows that Hammer got his most profitable contracts in the Soviet Union from [[Politburo]] decisions.”<ref>https://observer.com/2018/11/democrats-kremlin-problem-al-gore-maxine-waters/</ref> |