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It looks like Ossoff is thoroughly corrupt. Can't Dims find a candidate who isn't a crook?
Financial disclosure shows direct payment from Qatari network to Jon Ossoff
Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff has received over $5,000 in compensation from Qatari-owned Al Jazeera since January 2016, according to his recently filed financial disclosure report.
Ossoff, who is hoping to win the seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, has taken heat from Republican opponents for his ties to Al Jazeera, which has aired films produced by Ossoff's investigative film company. The London-based company Insight: The World Investigates (Insight TWI) has produced nine films for Al Jazeera since Ossoff joined as managing director and CEO in 2013, according to its website.
Ossoff disclosed his finances last week after he was criticized by Democratic opponents for his role in the foreign business. His opponents also pointed out that Ossoff's financial disclosure forms had been overdue for over a month.
"You say you're a small business owner, but you don't have a business located in the United States," Ron Slotin said to Ossoff during a Democratic candidate forum in March. "Every candidate that runs for federal office needs to file a financial statement—you can go in there and look at all my business records, everywhere I get money from, all my assets—Jon, you were supposed to turn in your financial statements February 2nd and you didn't."
Ossoff filed the forms a few days later, disclosing that he was paid over $5,000 by Al Jazeera, which is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.
The Ossoff campaign did not respond to inquiries about the exact amount of money Ossoff has received from Al Jazeera. The House of Representatives does not require that information as part of financial disclosures. Insight TWI has produced only one video for Al Jazeera in the period covered by the disclosure.
Including Al Jazeera, 10 out of the 12 video production companies that Ossoff received over $5,000 from are located outside the United States.
The disclosure form values Ossoff's total assets between $1.7 million to $4 million. Ossoff's share in Insight TWI is valued between $250,000 and $500,000, but he reports an income of just $34,975 from the company, according to the disclosure.
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