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orangecrush

(19,540 posts)
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 10:13 PM Jul 2017

Russian Lawyer Trump Jr. met with has interesting "friends"

In case you haven't heard already...



"Last year, however, Ms Veselnitskaya, who declined to talk to the Financial Times on Monday, flew to New York to represent a family friend, Denis Katsyv, accused of laundering $14m of the proceeds from an alleged $230m tax fraud into US real estate. Mr Katsyv’s company, Prevenzon Holdings, settled the case for $6m in May without admitting wrongdoing.

The alleged $230m tax fraud became a cause célèbre after it was exposed by accountant Sergei Magnitsky. Magnitsky died in prison in mysterious circumstances in 2008 after being arrested by prosecutors he had accused of the fraud.

Magnitsky’s employer, hedge fund manager William Browder, campaigned for the US to pass sanctions legislation in 2012 against Russian officials implicated in Magnitsky’s death. Vladimir Putin, Russian president, banned US adoptions of Russian children in response.

Ms Veselnitskaya used an audacious argument in defence of her client Mr Katsyv: it was Mr Browder who was guilty of the $230m tax fraud and arranged Magnitsky’s death to cover it up. "

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/38532856-6584-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614



More info...


"Lawyer for Russian whistleblower's family falls out of apartment building before court date
Nikolai Gorokhov, a lawyer representing the family of a Russian whistleblower, was reportedly thrown out of the fourth floor of his Moscow apartment building on Tuesday — a day before the 53-year-old was due to appear in court regarding a contentious corruption case.
According to a news release from a website linked to the lawyer's spokesman, Bill Browder, Gorokhov had severe head injuries and was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Botkin hospital. The release indicated he was in critical condition.
Some reports indicated that Russian media outlets had claimed Gorokhov's fall was an accident related to moving a Jacuzzi, but CNBC could not immediately confirm.

Gorokhov was working to launch a probe into the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in prison in 2009 after claiming that organized criminals colluded with Russian government officials to claim a fraudulent $230 million tax rebate.
At the time of his findings, Magnitsky was working for Hermitage Capital Management under Browder, an American-born hedge fund boss and human rights activist who was an alleged victim in the scheme. He launched an international justice campaign following Magnitsky's death, which many activists believe was a result of abuse under police custody. "

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/22/magnitsky-family-lawyer-reportedly-thrown-from-building.html


This is what they are trying to turn America into.

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Russian Lawyer Trump Jr. met with has interesting "friends" (Original Post) orangecrush Jul 2017 OP
K&r UTUSN Jul 2017 #1
Thanks! orangecrush Jul 2017 #2
She met with them while on parole admission to US rainbow4321 Jul 2017 #3
I'm sure Mr. Mueller orangecrush Jul 2017 #4

rainbow4321

(9,974 posts)
3. She met with them while on parole admission to US
Tue Jul 11, 2017, 12:50 AM
Jul 2017

See my thread below. She was given parole entry after being denied a visa to come here.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029306554


A question I have is...HAD Jr reported the meeting contents about HRC like he SHOULD HAVE...to the FBI, etc..could the Feds have revoked her parole admission status??? She was coming here supposedly to be part of the legal defense team for the money laundering case. Yet she shows up at a meeting with the Trump campaign group? Really? Did the meeting also cover anything about the money laundering case? Did whatever happen in the meeting eventually lead to Preet Bharara being fired and the direction the case took in the end?

Just DAYS after the Jr, et al meeting, she went to D.C. and went to a HFRC hearing. Did she have any further contact with the Trump clan or associates or other repubs while in DC? Was she following up with anyone in D.C. about the meeting content and HRC info while there?

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