Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort aren’t the only victims of Mueller & Co’s relentless pursuit of the Phantom Red Menace. Less well-known witnesses have also had their lives turned upside down by this endless investigation in search of a crime.
Michael Caputo, a conservative political activist and communications consultant, was an adviser with the Trump campaign. Unfortunately for him, the Mueller investigation seemed to be targeting anyone 1.) associated with Trump; who had ever 2.) set foot in Russia. Mr. Caputo fit that criteria, which unfortunately put him directly in the committee’s cross-hairs.
Back in the 1990’sany, many American firms took advantage of the financial opportunities presented by the thaw in Russian relations. Caputo had been in the country to assist the Kremlin with election law, and in ’96 he opened a public relations firm there which assisted U.S. companies entering the new market in working with the Kremlin and parliament.
Far from a Putin fan, he returned home in 2000 and, according to Deroy Murdock, writing at National Review, has spurned Russian business for more than a decade ~
Anyone who considers Caputo pro-Putin should read his July 13, 2004, Washington Post op-ed, published soon after corruption-fighting Forbes correspondent Paul Klebnikov — Caputo’s American friend — was shot to death in Moscow.
“Those who killed Klebnikov are killing today, plan to kill tomorrow, and know they’ll roam free to kill for years to come,” Caputo wrote. “Hell-bent on getting rich, they have no boundaries. Raised in a Communist world devoid of morals, they have no soul.” Caputo predicted this about Russia: “It won’t be truly civilized for generations.”
So this is the guy the Russiagate investigators decide to drag in and grill about collusion? Does he sound like a Putin-sympathizer?
Doesn’t matter, Michael Caputo fit the conspiracy-hunters’ profile: Trump + Russia. And now, thanks to this partisan witch hunt, his professional life is in tatters, his financial situation in disarray, and his family frightened for their lives ~
“This entire affair has disrupted my children significantly, especially my teenager, who suffers over this,” Caputo tells me, from his home near Buffalo, N.Y. “These tremendous expenses have forced us into a situation where many basic bills go unpaid or paid late. We may lose our home.” Caputo and his wife made a decision that would crush any parent’s heart: “To pay the bills, I’ve liquidated my children’s college fund. And my legal bills are far from over.” […]
“We endure constant threats of violence,” Caputo says, “which create security costs.” Since his name arose in Russiagate, Caputo and his family have been terrorized by people who want them dead.
Last week, Caputo’s frustration over his scandalous treatment understandably erupted during a Senate Intelligence Committee session ~
‘Your investigation and others into the allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russia are costing my family a great deal of money – more than $125,000 – and making a visceral impact on my children.
‘Now I must to move back to Washington, New York City, Miami or elsewhere, just so I can make enough money to pay off these legal bills. And I know I have you to thank for that. […]
‘What America needs is an investigation of the investigators. I want to know who is paying for the spies’ work and coordinating this attack on President Donald Trump? I want to know who Dan Jones is talking to across the investigations – from the FBI, to the Southern District of New York, to the OSC, to the Department of Justice, to Congress.
‘Forget about all the death threats against my family. I want to know who cost us so much money, who crushed our kids, who forced us out of our home, all because you lost an election.
‘I want to know because God Damn you to Hell.’
[Read Caputo’s full statement HERE.]
The United States government should not have unfettered power to persecute private citizens like this. As Murdock summarizes this sorry debacle ~
While Washington feeds its insatiable Trump/Russia-collusion jones, Americans are going broke in the process. Mere witnesses before congressional oversight panels, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry, and the grand jury he has convened endure ginormous legal bills. Although they are not suspected of wrongdoing, their expenses can be crippling. In contrast, federal sleuths enjoy virtually infinite resources. And if Uncle Sam’s lawyers ever run out of money, unlike their private counterparts, they can get the Treasury to print more […]
The financial and psychological ruin of Michael Caputo and others in his shoes would be sad — but perhaps necessary, to unravel a vast U.S./Russian conspiracy to capture the Oval Office. Caputo and those like him would be collateral damage in a vital quest for the truth, if Mueller were finding Russian agents embedded in the Trump campaign, secret cash payments from the Kremlin to pro-GOP super PACs, and microfilm stashed inside Fabergé eggs in Mar-a-Lago, detailing how to brainwash voters in rural Wisconsin’s most promising precincts.
Conversely, Mueller has disclosed zero evidence to confirm or even slightly solidify the ethereal hypothesis that the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to win the presidency.
This ridiculous Russian investigation has done enough damage to lives, finances, reputations. There’s no evidence of any collusion (other than Hillary’s – and BHO’s).
Shut. It. Down.
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Related:
Trump Campaign Adviser (Caputo): Papadopoulos Was ‘Coffee Boy’ Who ‘Never Had a Role’ in Campaign
Mueller marches on ~ Hounding Paul Manafort
James Comey – detestable swamp spawn
Russian “collusion?” More like SUBVERSION
Ex-Trump Adviser: Mueller Has Nothing on Collusion
Ex-Trump aide Michael Caputo: Mueller has ‘entire campaign’s texts’
