Congressional Testimony of "Former" Fed Bradley Benavides
The inadvertently uploaded video even contains "Off The Record" portions.
Marco Polo, through search engine alerts, often retrieves digital items which have been inadvertently posted. For example, the john list for the Larry Ray forced prostitution scheme was, for a short time, accidentally posted onto the SDNY public docket. We make the most of these mistakes. Here is one example:
The interview of Bradley Benavides, who helped set the stage for the second installment of the Russian interference hoax (the Biden Laptop special, we'll call it), was conducted by congressional staff on September 28, 2023. One of the most egregious nuggets from the interview was the admission by the FBI stooge that he responded in the affirmative to the following question: "If there is a laptop purported to be attributed to Hunter Biden, is it possible that a foreign adversary (like the Russians) could be using that as a way to insert into the U.S. political system false information, bad information, corrupted information, all kinds of things that could be on the laptop—is it possible that the Russians are capable of doing this?" Benavides is delusional, and he has harmed our republic through his lies. We cannot forget this.
Closer readers of our work will recognize Benavides from our second directory of the feds (FBI edition) involved in the Biden Laptop fiasco:
For the full backstory on Benavides, see page 8ff in our Report on the Biden Laptop:
The interview of Benavides was inadvertently uploaded to the public YouTube channel of a staffer: youtube.com/@MaironStrider. We scraped the video within 48 hours of its accidental upload in September 2023, shortly after which it was deleted. It is viewable again but is unlisted (meaning one has to possess the exact URL to view it, as it will not populate on search results).
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The guy who really needs to testify under oath is former FBI Director and partner with Hunter in the Burisma influence peddling scheme. When the news of the laptop falling into the hands of folks outside the FBI , Louie Free suddenly sold his firm and announced he was no longer practicing law......
LOUIE FREEH – Hunter’s facilitator
Many wonder how Hunter Biden could have done so much and gotten away with so much without running afoul of either the FBI or the mainstream press.
The answer may have been staring at us for more than four years………. Louie Freeh, former head of the FBI, Former Federal Judge and partner in a small, low profile-high power law firm and Christopher Bois, another high powered DC lawyer with wide political connections, were onboard Team Biden.
Freeh served in the FBI from 1975 to 1981 and then joined the US Attorney’s office in NY. In 1991 he was appointed as a Federal Judge. In 1993 Clinton appointed him FBI Director where he served through 2001. His tenure as FBI Director included expansion of cooperation with European and other nation’s law enforcement agencies and the CIA.
Subsequently he became a partner in the law firm of Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan and the consulting firm Freeh Group International Solutions aka FGIS. In 2020 with rumors of the Hunter Biden laptop emerging FGIS was “acquired” by Alix Partners and, according to the announcement, Freeh would no longer practice law. ( See #15 Below)
Email correspondence relating to the Burisma Deal provides a lot of insight into the workings of Hunter and the gang, including Louie Freeh.
((( Note – the first 8 digits of the file id are YYYYMMDD )))
1. Devon Archer makes contact with the head of Burisma and gets briefing on their problems. https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140306-084615_126680
2. Devon Archer ready to present Burisma opportunity briefing.
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140318-130210_126897
3. Hunter signs documents to become Burisma Director
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140415-085123_97271
4. Hunter recommends that Burisma hire Boies Schiller to assist in resolving their legal problems.
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140415-123654_97149
5. Hunter and pals off to meet Burisma in Europe
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140417-172900_73576
6. Startup meeting with Boies Schiller and discussion with Burisma
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140417-195307_97717
7. Conference with Hunter and others to discuss Hunter’s role balancing what he can do without raising political problems .
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140417-195307_97717
8. Update on the Burisma project. Note in the email from Burisma wanting confirmation that they would be delivering “Biden Influence” .
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20140512-164535_78781
9. Hunter and Blinken meeting arranged. Hunter will be escorted from the curb and into the State Department through a special entrance, most likely avoiding signin and video
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/biden-emails/email.php?id=20150527-111325_80735
10. Blue Star Strategies shares notes from briefing of VP Joe Biden prior to Ukrainian trip to demand the firing of the prosecutor. Blue Star, a very high profile Democratic consulting firm, is participating in the briefing of the VP while being retained to represent Burisma through Boies Schiller.
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20151202-163730_32611
11. After Hunter’s first discussions with the head of Burisma the firm responded with a very positive note asking for details on how they could receive “Biden influence” . Hunter and gang responded with a lengthy but very general description of their approach to resolving their problem (criminal charges which could lead to seizure of their properties).
Burisma responded that they were troubled by the very general proposal that lacked specifics. But then they went on to note that, “ the proposal may have been worded out of caution and that as long as everyone understood the true purpose they were ready to proceed. “
12. Boies Schiller had been involved earlier and after the exchange Hunter’s associate Walker and Boies Schiller counsel met with Louie Freeh to map out a strategy. Freeh indicated he was ready to go and was already reaching out to contacts. On June 21, 2016 Freeh wrote to Hunter and team that he was working his FBI contacts and ready to involve more. https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20160621-214213_99759
13. Freeh Updates Team Biden By July 15, 2016 (less than 4 months before the election) Freeh is reporting back to Hunter and the gang on his activities including meetings and calls plus contacts with a number of FBI employees seeking their help and participation in the mission. Note high level contacts within the FBI “are interested in meeting the client.” https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20160715-075407_102132
14. Freeh Donation To Halle Biden Trust – It appears that in 2016 Louie Freeh made a $100,000 donation to a trust for Halle Biden’s children. From this email it appears that the donation was made casually and then a year later they wanted to properly document the transaction, so Freeh was to write a new check and presumably receive a refund of the previous donation.
https://bidenlaptopemails.com/email.php?id=20170424-113109_30610
15. Louie Freeh Exits Practice of Law Around the time the FBI became aware of the Hunter Biden laptop and that they could no longer deny its existence, Louie Freeh suddenly decided to exit the practice of law and monetize his contacts through another vehicle. The announcement that Freeh would no longer practice law appears to be very unusual. https://www.alixpartners.com/newsroom/former-fbi-director-louis-freeh-joins-alixpartners/
NEW YORK (Aug 3, 2020 Three months before the election) —AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, today announced it has acquired Freeh Group International Solutions LLC (FGISP leading global risk management firm, expanding its premier global investigations practice. The transaction, effective immediately, sees FGIS team members joining AlixPartners and is complementary to the firm’s investigations, compliance, and cybersecurity capabilities. The acquisition will add a new AlixPartners office in Wilmington, Delaware.
As part of this transaction, Louis J. Freeh will step down as Senior Managing Partner of the affiliated law firm of Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan, LLP, and will no longer practice law.
“Will no longer practice law” may have been an effort to minimize the significance of acts which could have resulted in disbarment or criminal prosecution.