Date: August 24th, 2023 5:15 PM Author: Rusted son of senegal
Hunter is an expert on Ukraine so that's why he was cc'd on Biden's emails. That's also why Ukraine paid Hunter millions of dollars. He just recently stayed at the White House for a couple weeks to help with Ukraine strategy too.
Jonathan Grode, an immigration attorney with export controls expertise who serves as managing partner at the firm Green and Spiegel, said that companies like SpaceX are not in fact barred from hiring foreign nationals at all. But companies do have to seek certain visas for foreign nationals or obtain government approval when it comes to ITAR restrictions, and SpaceX is within its rights to decide not to pursue that path.
But, he reiterated, refugees should not at all be affected by ITAR restrictions.
Grode, whose firm has represented companies accused of similar practices, said SpaceX does, however, have a business incentive to avoid an accidental ITAR violation and be conservative with its hiring practices. If the company did mistakenly violate export controls, it could put its extensive government contracts — with NASA and the Defense Department — at risk.
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Just because the hire was legal doesn't mean it's not risky. SoaceX doesn't want to risk a security violation. Is DOJ going to argue that's illegal?
National Archives reveals it has 5,400 Biden emails in which the president potentially used FAKE NAMES to forward government information and discuss business with son Hunter