Dr Gal Luft: Fugitive witness

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https://nypost.com/2023/07/05/missing-biden-corruption-case-witness-dr-gal-luft-details-allegations-against-presidents-family-in-extraordinary-video/

The "missing witness" from the Biden corruption investigation, Israeli professor Dr. Gal Luft, has laid out his bribery allegations against the president's family in an extraordinary video filmed in an undisclosed location while he's on the run.

In the 14-minute recording, obtained exclusively by The Post, the fugitive former Israeli army officer claims he was arrested in Cyprus to stop him from testifying to the House Oversight Committee that the Biden family received payments from individuals with alleged ties to Chinese military intelligence and that they had an FBI mole who shared classified information with their benefactors from the China-controlled energy company CEFC.

The self-proclaimed fall guy says he provided the incriminating evidence to six officials from the FBI and the Department of Justice in a secret meeting in Brussels in March 2019 — but alleges that it was covered up.

"I, who volunteered to inform the US government about a potential security breach and about compromising information about a man vying to be the next president, am now being hunted by the very same people who I informed — and may have to live on the run for the rest of my life on the run ..."

In the video he asks the DOJ to make the charges against him public and to make the minutes from the Meeting with the FBI about the Bidens public as well, so everyone can just see for themselves what is true.

[CNCAppsJames]

He'll hath no fury like a corrupt politician exposed. Once that gets exposed, so do the shitbirds protecting the corruption. 

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He'll hath no fury like a corrupt politician exposed. Once that gets exposed, so do the shitbirds protecting the corruption.

Is it any wonder that Trump sent over his own investigator rather then the FBI to check it out?

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an article from March 2023 Israeli site

https://www.jns.org/gal-lufts-distressing-predicament/

During the 2022 campaign for Congress, the Republicans ran on a pledge to investigate the allegations against Biden and his family arising from Hunter Biden's laptop. On Nov. 1, 2022, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued an arrest warrant against Luft.

Henoch explains: "The timing is critical. Dr. Luft gave information about corruption at the highest levels of the U.S. government in 2019. Nothing happened. Instead, four years later, the government issued a warrant for Dr. Luft's arrest. It is clear Dr. Luft is being punished for the information that he gave to the DOJ as opposed to the DOJ investigating the information Dr. Luft provided. Dr. Luft is a whistleblower, and he is being punished for it."

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, is responsible for investigating the allegations arising from the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. In a March 2 interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox, Comer referred to Luft as "the straw that broke the camel's back." He said that after word got out of Luft's arrest, "we've had three people that were involved in the Hunter Biden shady business schemes that have communicated with my committee staff."

Comer added that "I think that people see the heavy-handedness of the Bidens. Either you're getting picked up by the DOJ or you're getting a letter from Hunter Biden's personal attorney trying to intimidate you."

One of the more suspicious aspects of Luft's arrest that seem to lend credence to his claim that his arrest and extradition request are political is that he was arrested in Cyprus just as he was about to return to Israel. The government issued its arrest warrant in November. It has a cooperative agreement and relationship with the Israeli Ministry of Justice and state prosecution. And yet, it didn't communicate the arrest warrant to Israel. Israeli officials could have arrested and investigated Luft at any time.

According to Henoch and other sources close to Luft, since his arrest, U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fischer has met twice with Cyprus's defense minister, and with the Cypriot foreign minister and president. Henoch believes that Fischer is pressuring the Cypriot government and judiciary not to release Luft on bail.

A Cypriot judge granted Luft bail two weeks ago, but while he was arranging the payment, the U.S. embassy appealed. Luft has another hearing scheduled in early April. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) met this week with the Cypriot ambassador to Washington. Although Henoch informed the U.S. embassy that Luft has retained counsel and should not be questioned without Henoch present, Henoch alleges that embassy officials tried to question Luft three times.

Obviously, the charges that have been filed against Luft are serious and need to be investigated. Henoch has already agreed to have him investigated by Israeli or U.S. officials in Israel.

Two conclusions arise from the background of Luft's arrest. First, Comer told Bartiromo that his committee was aware of Luft before he was arrested and had intended to question him. If Luft is extradited, he will be out of reach of congressional investigators. Presumably, if he is transferred to Israel while the extradition request is adjudicated, he would be able to remotely testify before Comer's committee.

Second, like congressional investigators, the Israeli government should be concerned by Luft's arrest in Cyprus. Israel, of course, should seek a full investigation of the charges that have been leveled against its national. But it also has a responsibility to him as an Israeli citizen and a senior IDF officer to ensure that his arrest warrant isn't politically motivated. To this end, Israel should ask Cyprus to step out of the equation and transfer Luft to Israel for investigation both of the crimes he has been charged with and the U.S. request to extradite him.