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1/11 -
Rudy Giuliani, Russia
-First: Big Time
Daily Beast
-Second: Is it All Connected?
-Rudy, John Pierce, Pierce Bainbridge (PB), Virage Capital.
-Story time...
-Big names, $$$ , oddities,
- Rudy, Oligarch, Gabbard, $$$...trail begins... https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-bolton-warned-staff-to-stay-away-from-russia-aligned-rudy-giuliani
Rudy Giuliani, Russia -First: Big Time
Daily Beast-Second: Is it All Connected?
-Rudy, John Pierce, Pierce Bainbridge (PB), Virage Capital.
-Story time...
-Big names, $$$ , oddities,
- Rudy, Oligarch, Gabbard, $$$...trail begins... https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-bolton-warned-staff-to-stay-away-from-russia-aligned-rudy-giuliani
2/11 - Mar 2019. Pravati declares $9.1M default on PB, Pravati had loaned PB $$$ to pursue litigation since 2017.
- Apr 2019. Virage Capital - Houston based lender comes in, loans for litigation too.
- Virage "reportedly" pays off the Pravati $9M and gives PB ~$20M more
- Apr 2019. Virage Capital - Houston based lender comes in, loans for litigation too.
- Virage "reportedly" pays off the Pravati $9M and gives PB ~$20M more
3/11 - - Virage principals:
- Ed Ondarza (ex Enron)
- Martin Shellist
- Burke McDavid
- (Virage funded another lawyer who reportedly has FBI in his life)
- Oct '19. 6 Sr. partners quit PB.
- One Deborah Renner, she helped unwind Madoff fraud. Quit PB in less than yr.
- Ed Ondarza (ex Enron)
- Martin Shellist
- Burke McDavid
- (Virage funded another lawyer who reportedly has FBI in his life)
- Oct '19. 6 Sr. partners quit PB.
- One Deborah Renner, she helped unwind Madoff fraud. Quit PB in less than yr.
4/11 - Oct 2019. Giuliani says he needs money
- Lawyers exodus at PB begins.
- PB had 70 lawyers in Sept 2019, by May 2020, about 5.
- Reports of corruption, accusations of Ponzi Scheme,
- John Pierce, Rittenhouse lawyer now, major tax liens surface.
- Lawyers exodus at PB begins.
- PB had 70 lawyers in Sept 2019, by May 2020, about 5.
- Reports of corruption, accusations of Ponzi Scheme,
- John Pierce, Rittenhouse lawyer now, major tax liens surface.
5/11 - Rumblings of Pierce substance abuse
- Accusation of fraud.
- Nov 2019. rumors the Virage tens of millions from April are drying up.
- Nov 2019. Giuliani tweets he hired PB, 2 weeks after he said he "needed some money."
- Nov 2019. Virage provides PB w/ more funding
- Accusation of fraud.
- Nov 2019. rumors the Virage tens of millions from April are drying up.
- Nov 2019. Giuliani tweets he hired PB, 2 weeks after he said he "needed some money."
- Nov 2019. Virage provides PB w/ more funding
6/11 - Virage new infusion is one week after Rudy signed up.
- PB has lawyers leaving, accusations flying, first funder Pravati declared default, ran through first Virage tranche fast.
- Nov '19. Virage apparently unfazed, reportedly funds millions more
- PB has lawyers leaving, accusations flying, first funder Pravati declared default, ran through first Virage tranche fast.
- Nov '19. Virage apparently unfazed, reportedly funds millions more
7/11 - Jan 2020. PB files a loser suit for Tulsi Gabbard v. Hillary Clinton
- Jan 2020. PB files a loser suit for Carter Page re: Steele Dossier
- Apr 2020. Reports PB owes Virage $65M
- $65M debt in one-year. From funds to pursue litigation, yet PB won zero cases during yr
- Jan 2020. PB files a loser suit for Carter Page re: Steele Dossier
- Apr 2020. Reports PB owes Virage $65M
- $65M debt in one-year. From funds to pursue litigation, yet PB won zero cases during yr
8/11 - During the year of the $65 million debt PB ties to....
- Michael Avenatti
- Rudy Giuliani
- Carter Page,
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Russian Oligarch - Sergey Grishin
- Marc Mukasey
- Robert Costello
- Harmeet Dhillon (Trump fundraiser, lawyer)
- Michael Avenatti
- Rudy Giuliani
- Carter Page,
- Tulsi Gabbard
- Russian Oligarch - Sergey Grishin
- Marc Mukasey
- Robert Costello
- Harmeet Dhillon (Trump fundraiser, lawyer)
9/11 - $65 million debt racked up in a year
- Firm essentially cratered.
- Pierce now with Rittenhouse
- Why did Virage Capital pour so much money into a firm that seemingly kept losing?
- Did Virage do diligence?
- Is something else going on?
- Houston-based
- Firm essentially cratered.
- Pierce now with Rittenhouse
- Why did Virage Capital pour so much money into a firm that seemingly kept losing?
- Did Virage do diligence?
- Is something else going on?
- Houston-based
10/11 - Former Enron guy...
- A Virage LLC connected to Caymans.
- How did PB burn tens millions w/ attys leaving in droves?
- Big names - Millions and Millions for litigation
- But only 1 trial win in 3+ years for $500K
- Whats your take?
- What is going on?
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- A Virage LLC connected to Caymans.
- How did PB burn tens millions w/ attys leaving in droves?
- Big names - Millions and Millions for litigation
- But only 1 trial win in 3+ years for $500K
- Whats your take?
- What is going on?
- Video next
11/11 - Bonus Video...If you made it this far...
- Great summary.
- Watch it!
- Firm was run by John Pierce - name partners Carolynn Beck (Goldstein & McClintock), David Hecht & Max Price (both Hecht Partners) and James D. Bainbridge. https://twitter.com/DonLew87/status/1287574099980582912
- Great summary.
- Watch it!
- Firm was run by John Pierce - name partners Carolynn Beck (Goldstein & McClintock), David Hecht & Max Price (both Hecht Partners) and James D. Bainbridge. https://twitter.com/DonLew87/status/1287574099980582912
