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A leading California secession advocate got funding and direction from Russian intelligence agents, US government alleges

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By Charles R. Davis Business Insider

At a 2018 rally in Sacramento, hundreds of Californians called for a national divorce, citing “irreparable and irreconcilable differences.”

“Ultimately, the best people to govern California are us Californians,” Louis Marinelli, the founder of the secessionist group Yes California, told the newspaper The Script.

Marinelli, a right-wing activist who previously campaigned against LGBTQ rights, framed California nationhood in terms of competing values — and, at the time, said he’d had a change of heart on issues such as gay rights (his Twitter timeline, today, has reverted to largely conservative causes). In a country led by President Donald Trump, this liberal bastion, he said, should not have to answer to reactionaries in Washington, DC.

It was a cause he cared so much about that he left his home in Yekaterinburg, some 1,000 miles outside Moscow, to fight for it.

“I enjoyed my life in Russia,” Marinelli told The Sacramento Bee, “but something I care deeply about is California independence.”

According to a federal indictment unveiled Friday, Russian intelligence officers also cared deeply about West Coast secession — as part of an effort to destabilize the United States.

The indictment focuses on Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, a resident of Moscow and head of the “Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said in a statement. Prosecutors alleged he worked with at least three Russian officials on a “brazen influence campaign, turning US political groups and US citizens into instruments of the Russian government,” Olsen wrote.

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  1. Keith good seeing you again – we did an interview together on California secession. I worked closely with Louis Marinelli for years until we split half a year ago.

    Would you like to do another show together Keith?

    -What is important to note is that the Yes CA the organization was already investigated FOUR TIMES…see bottom
    -Three Federal investigations found no evidence of – YesCA coordinating with a foreign government…see bottom
    -One State investigation found no evidence of – money from a foreign government.
    -This fifth investigation by the DOJ is not looking at YesCA – because we were already cleared – but is focused just on the person of Louis.
    -This is because the organization was already investigated over many years and they found nothing. so they had to focus the investigation on a person because they found nothing on the organization.
    SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE WE WERE BEING GROOMED – BECAUSE 4 INVESTIGATIONS REFUTE THAT.

    Additionally Sacramento Bee – recognized this and choose to admit it:
    QUOTE from Sac BEE:
    “Yes California also posted a video on Twitter denying any ties to Russia, noting that court papers do not identify the group by name and playing video from the Valentine’s Day 2018 rally to show it was a small, peaceful event that did not gain entry to the governor’s office.”

    We already made two videos documenting this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FhDDZkQ4vk&t=43s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh2vuwV-7aQ&t=1s

    references:

    April 2019 – DOJ Mueller Report = no evidence any “US Persons knowingly” coordinated with IRA.
    chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/download

    Sept 2019 – Senate select intelligence committee “IRA coopted unwitting Americans”
    chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume1.pdf

    Jan 2020 – CA FPPC Case No 2018/1101 – Subpoenaed bank accounts for allegations of “laundered foreign contributions” that ended with “allegations have been disproven”
    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2576187922665014&id=1388579781425840

    May 2020 – House permanent select intelligence committee review of advertisements from 2015,2016,2017 = no evidence of Yes CA being part.
    https://intelligence.house.gov/social-media-content/social-media-advertisements.htm

    Were you aware that the Sacramento Bee also talked about this story and CHOOSE NOT TO USE THE SAME TITLE AS Business Insider. Rather after viewing the official Yes California statement in response to these allegations – they went with “”Did Russia provide funding and support for booster of California secession movement?” by Sam Stanton, Aug 1 2022, Sacramento Bee.

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