I ran the company, and the institute, and I was an advocate of rule of law and s

I ran the company, and the institute, and I was an advocate of rule of law and stayed on message that the justice department was the impediment to curing their problems. “if you have Sheriffs or Militia and judges you can fix everything”. So some activists promoted me. And once I was on national TV for a long interview the first time it just kept rolling. The reason? An American with money who comes to UA to start a business is somehow more legitimate because it’s sort of evidence of the goodness of UA people and their promise. I think more important was that I didn’t charge money for judges to talk to me about reform. They had to buy me coffee 😉 and I ended up spending about two or three hours a week with judges.

This is why I know a great deal about the internals of Ukraine. Hanging with judges who WEREN’T corrupt. 😉

(Other stuff I could add but I won’t here in public.)

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