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Key Biden Defense Nominee Is Adam Schiff's Aide Who Trained at Hunter Biden's Think Tank, and Fell For A Russian Prank Offering Nudes of Trump
[NationalPulse] Rheanne Wirkkala – recently tapped by President Joe Biden to advise Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin – appears to have been duped by a prank phone call offering compromising material on Donald Trump while working for her prior boss, Congressman Adam Schiff.Wirkkala, who is awaiting Senate confirmation for the role of Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs at the Pentagon, currently serves as the Special Assistant for Strategy to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. “In that role, Wirkkala helps drive Secretary Austin’s national defense priorities, and is responsible for long-term strategic planning for the Secretary of Defense,” explains the White House. Despite Wirkkala’s influential role in America’s military planning, the former top aide to Congressman Schiff appears to have fallen for a prank carried out by Russian comedians who offered to give the California congressman’s ‘compromising’ dirt on Donald Trump. Amongst the items offered by pranksters posing as the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament were nude photos of President Trump and a Russian reality show star. Schiff appeared to be taking notes on the conversation and repeatedly inquired about spellings of names and documentation he could send to the FBI. “I’ll be in touch with the FBI about this. And we’ll make arrangements with your staff. I think it probably would be best to provide these materials both to our committee and to the FBI,” said Schiff during the conversation. E-mails provided to the Daily Mail show Wirkkala praising the call as “productive” as well as attempting to arrange a “pick up” of “materials.” “I understand Mr. Schiff had a productive call with Mr. Parubiy, and that Mr. Parubiy would like to make some material available to Mr. Schiff through your embassy,” wrote Wirkkala to the pranksters, according to the April 4, 2017 email. Wirkkala is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Truman National Security Project Security Fellow, the latter being a pro-war, left-wing foreign policy think-tank which once boasted of both Hunter Biden and Ron Klain on its board. Related: Parubiy: 2014-07-04 Ukraine: Forces control most of 2 separatist areas Parubiy: 2014-03-20 Kiev to Introduce Visa Regime with Russia, Withdraw from Moscow-Led CIS Parubiy: 2014-03-20 Russian Forces Take Uke Navy Base Related: Council on Foreign Relations: 2022-01-08 From the ‘Silent Majority' to the Unvaxxed Minority Council on Foreign Relations: 2021-12-21 Gunmen kill 47 in latest attacks in Nigeria's troubled north Council on Foreign Relations: 2021-09-27 Sunday Talks, Congressman Devin Nunes Discusses Indictment of Clinton Lawyer Michael Sussmann Related: Truman National Security Project: 2021-07-13 Haiti is 'tinderbox' foreign policy challenge for Biden Truman National Security Project: 2015-03-28 Iranians suffer embarrassing defeat in Iraq Truman National Security Project: 2013-04-29 Islamist Rebels Create Dilemma on Syria Policy Posted by: Think Tanker 2022-03-16 |
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