Who is Rinat Akhmetshin, the Fifth Person in the Don Jr. Meeting?

[kentuck]

http://www.mediaite.com/online/who-is-rinat-akhmetshin-the-fifth-person-in-the-don-jr-meeting/

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Speculation is rampant over the mysterious fifth person who attended the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in June, 2016 — and AP have now confirmed that it was Rinat Akhmetshin, a former Soviet counter intelligence officer.

The now infamous meeting between the president’s son, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner was disclosed after a series of New York Times reports prompted Don. Jr to confess to having attended the gathering with the goal of obtaining dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russian government.

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Though Akhmetshin contends he is no longer a Kremlin agent, Browder notes that in “the world of Russian intelligence, there is no such thing as a ‘former intelligence officer.'”

The meeting occurred five days before the Democratic National Committee was attacked by hackers working on behalf of Russia’s intelligence agency.

[ehrnst]

1. Here is his lobbyist paperwork:

He was registered as a lobbyist for 1 year, 2016, for Russian clients, but not registered as a foreign agent

Affiliated with:

​The Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation

Representing:
Mikhail Ponomarev
Albert Nasibullin
Denis Katcyv

https://www.fara.gov/quick-search.html - no results.

http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldxmlrelease/2016/4T/300861222.xml

http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldxmlrelease/2016/RR/300823667.xml

[H2O Man]

2. Recommended.

The momentum is building. It should be an interesting weekend.

[ehrnst]

3. Previously accused in federal and state courts of orchestrating an international hacking conspiracy

http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-team-met-russian-accused-of-international-hacking-conspiracy

[H2O Man]

4. Thanks, ehrnst!

Bunch of fucking gangsters.

[gratuitous]

5. Ah yes, a "former" intelligence officer

I'm betting that the upper crust in Russia is shot through with such types.