Sentences with phrase «as a foreign agent»

It had to register as a foreign agent because it is a foreign agent.

How else could one disclose any organization as foreign agent if not by transparent disclosure of its finances?

In pragmatic terms, RT registered because they were already considered as a foreign agent.

In most cases the reaction is the result of the immune system reacting too much and recognizing the substance as a foreign agent, which it then tries to get rid of.

All Catholic priests, bishops, etc should have to register as foreign agents.

Sean Spicer, the former Trump White House press secretary, said in March, just after Flynn registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department, that Trump had not been aware that Flynn had been paid to lobby for Turkish interests in the months before the US election.

But things went south, Torossian said, when Gates and Manafort asked him whether he could avoid registering with the Justice Department as a foreign agent in accordance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

They will also have to indicate that they are registered as a foreign agent in their publications, which might help in curtailing some of the propaganda.

An attorney for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn told President Donald Trump's transition team before the inauguration that Flynn might register with the government as a foreign agent, White House officials acknowledged.

But Flynn was also heavily scrutinized over his work at his outside intelligence firm and for dealings involving the Turkish government, including his initial failure to register properly as a foreign agent.

A New York publicist who has represented clients including former Trump Organization adviser Felix Sater and Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov says he was asked by Paul Manafort and Rick Gates if he could avoid registering with the Justice Department as a foreign agent while he worked for them — and whether he would agree to be paid from offshore accounts.

There are also indications that the companies knew they were effectively working for the Ukrainian government but only registered as foreign agents retroactively.

Manafort is reportedly being scrutinized for possible financial and tax crimes, his contacts with Russian officials, and his work as a foreign agent for entities linked to the Kremlin, particularly Ukraine's pro-Russia Party of Regions.

Flynn is under a separate FBI investigation for failing to register as a foreign agent when he did lobbying work on behalf of the Turkish government, and it emerged last week that Mueller subpoenaed a close associate of Flynn's Turkish client.

Russia's Justice Ministry says its decision to place the independent national pollster the Levada Center on its official register of organizations «operating as foreign agents» was made due to financial support the pollster received from the United States.

Russia's Justice Ministry has listed Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty as foreign agents, a move that could see them lose their reporting credentials in the Russian parliament.

Nevertheless, speakers at the rally did discuss Dynasty and called for research organizations not to be labeled as foreign agents.

Both emotions function as foreign agents attempting to gain dominance, or hijack the vehicle of the actor's facial expression and body.

Lawyers for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told Trump's transition team before the inauguration that Flynn might need to register with the government as a foreign agent, but the president was not aware of the possible move, the White House said Friday.

Manafort laundered millions of dollars in payments for the Ukraine work and failed to properly register as a foreign agent, prosecutors say.

Last year, Manafort and his former deputy Rick Gates had been indicted on 12 charges related to money laundering, tax fraud, failure to register as foreign agents, and conspiracy against the United States.

Manafort and Gates were indicted last year on 12 counts related to money laundering, conspiracy against the US, and failure to register as foreign agents.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the president had not been aware Flynn might register as a foreign agent.

Manafort and his associate Rick Gates were indicted last October on 12 counts, including failing to register as a foreign agent, as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election interference.

Manafort and Gates pleaded not guilty to the charges, which were related to money laundering, tax fraud, and failing to register as foreign agents.

Together with Manafort, Gates had been indicted on 12 charges related to money laundering, tax fraud, failure to register as foreign agents, and conspiracy against the United States.

While it may be tempting to point to the fact that Russia is at odds (to put it mildly) with the US and GB is an ally, I don't think that British agents (of other branches of the GB government) are excused from registering as foreign agents.

Since the Russian channel RT (formerly «Russia Today») was recently asked to register as a foreign agent, because it is owned by the Russian government, shouldn't the same be requested of the BBC?

They have been indicted for tax evasion, and for not registering themselves as foreign agents with the US state department - which is required.

It seems like the US government are shooting themselves in the foot — this gives Russia an excellent excuse to force Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty to register as a foreign agent, which can hardly surprise the US.

this gives Russia an excellent excuse to force Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty to register as a foreign agent

Which means they would not have had to register as foreign agents (because they would not work for a government).

In mid-June, a court fined Dynasty about $ 5000 for its refusal to register as a foreign agent.