MAJOR DNC DONOR CAUGHT IN FBI STING

     Attorney-General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday that Dr. Joseph Baptiste, a high-profile figure in Maryland politics, was arrested this week after soliciting bribes from FBI undercover agents posing as investors in a Haitian port development project.  He is charged with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and multiple counts of Money Laundering.

       "The Complaint alleges that Baptiste told the agents, in a recorded meeting in a Boston-area hotel, that he would funnel the payments to Haitian officials through a non-profit entity that he controlled---which is based in Maryland and purported to help impoverished residents of Haiti---in order to secure government approval of the project... In telephone calls intercepted by agents, Baptiste discussed bribing an aide to a senior Haitian official, offering him a job on the project. It further alleges that Baptiste ultimately used for personal purposes approximately $50,000 that he received from undercover agents for the payment of bribes to Haitian officials."

       Baptiste is currently the Commissioner on the Governor's Commission on Caribbean Affairs for the State of Maryland, a position held since 2012. He was appointed by former Governor Martin O'Malley, a Democrat. A search of Open Secrets shows that Baptiste gave over 60 donations---most over $1,000---to the DNC, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other Democratic Party politicians and causes.

        The Clinton Foundation, as we know, has been under scrutiny for its own activities in Haiti; and Baptiste and the Clintons have a very cozy relationship. One of the organizations that Baptiste heads---The National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians--- is listed on the Clinton Foundation's website as a 'partner' in the shady Operation Hope Haiti.

        Baptiste is also the founder of the Haitian Diaspora Federation. At a 2012 event, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent her chief-of-staff to speak there and offer federal assistance to the organization. He is also the head and founder of PromoCapital, SA---one of Haiti's largest investment banks.

          So ends the career of a fairly significant denizen of the Deep State. Operators like Baptiste may not have been household names, but it is the energy and activities of such behind-the-scenes types who keep the Deep State going.

          But this is one swamp-shark who's not coming back.