A source who was present for the call between the donor mentioned below and SF congressional candidate Marie Hurabiell tells me that the donor was Moses Libitzky, a major pro-Israel advocate (president of the board of WINEP and a major real estate developer).
She had called Libitzky hoping to win his support, but he told her on May 18 that he and his network were behind Scott Wiener and that Wiener had told him personally that even though he had called Gaza a genocide, he only did so because he was forced to politically, and that he believed Wiener remained a strong supporter of Israel. Wiener's spokesperson below denies this claim from Hurabiell.
The second source who was present for the call confirmed the details to me, saying they were surprised at how candid Libitzky was.
I asked Libitzky for comment, telling him that sources with knowledge of the call had told me that he was the one being described in this video below.
Libitzky said it seemed to him that I "simply want to do an anti-Aipac story."
I told him that I was only interested in finding out whether it was true that Wiener was saying one thing privately, and another publicly, about his views on Israel and whether it carried out a genocide.
Libitzky told me: "Whatever was said to me by Scott or Marie is up to them to discuss with you."
FEC records confirm Libitzy has given the max contribution to Wiener.
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@Scott_Wiener’s spokesman and I can state unequivocally that this is 100% false.
@MHurabiell is a lying MAGA homophobe fringe candidate who spends her days ranting online. Ryan Grim is so desperate to stan for Saikat that he’s platforming a lunatic former Trump-appointee.