Lobbyist for Brutal African Dictator Under Consideration for Key Diplomatic Post – IOTW Report

Lobbyist for Brutal African Dictator Under Consideration for Key Diplomatic Post

Amos Hochstein lobbied for African dictator accused of cannibalism.

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Joe Biden is considering tapping a lobbyist who represented a brutal African dictator to serve in a crucial diplomatic position.

On Wednesday, Politico reported that the Biden administration is in talks with Amos Hochstein to lead its efforts to cut off the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a project commissioned by Russian president Vladimir Putin. The project, which is nearing completion, would connect vital oil and gas resources via a pipeline from Russia to Germany.

Before joining the Obama administration in 2011, Hochstein worked for five years at Cassidy and Associates, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm. Hochstein’s portfolio included services for Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the president of Equatorial Guinea and Africa’s longest serving dictator. Obiang, a former prison administrator, wrestled power from his uncle in 1979 and ordered the execution of his brother in the process. Under Obiang’s leadership, Equatorial Guinea touts a record as one of the world’s worst human rights abusers.

Equatorial Guinea regularly sees the detention of journalists and violent torture from police forces, placing the country among the least free places in the world, according to the human rights nonprofit Freedom House. Obiang’s agents have been accused of urinating on and maiming prisoners. Obiang himself has been alleged to cannibalize his political enemies. more

9 Comments on Lobbyist for Brutal African Dictator Under Consideration for Key Diplomatic Post

  1. Does your president not get that Putin is the single most powerful mobster in the world and he has Nukes?

    Blowback eventually?

    Do you guys actually think it was just ice that caused the electrical problems in Texas and not malware that tipped all those systems into overload?

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  2. Why doesn’t the old phucking fool just sign an “executive order” to stop the Nord Stream 2? Because Putin would shove the paper it’s wrote on straight up his ass?

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