The DC law firm the Russian lawyer visited after the Jr meeting/Trump connections
Why does everything associated with the Russian lawyer seem to have, at one point or another, a Trump connection. The DC law firm that she visited..one of it's lawyers joined Trump's WH.
And...her front row seat at the HFRC hearing on Russia...was "secured" by...Trump campaign associates!
https://www.cozen.com/news-resources/news/2017/cozen-o-connor-attorney-james-d-schultz-to-serve-in-the-trump-administration-as-associate-white-house-counsel-and-special-assistant-to-the-president
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russian-american-lobbyist-was-present-at-trump-jrs-meeting-with-kremlin-connected-lawyer/2017/07/14/1b96f25a-68aa-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html?utm_term=.7494b0a247a2
In June, after visiting Trump Tower in New York, Veselnitskaya came to Washington to lend a hand in the lobbying effort.
She attended a meeting of the team at the downtown offices of Cozen O’Connor, where she spoke at length in Russian about the issues but confused many in the room, who had not been told previously about her involvement, according to several participants.
A spokesman for Cozen said the firm had been hired by the nonprofit. But in a statement, the firm said that the role and involvement of the Russian lawyer was “not at all clear.”
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In fact, her seat had been reserved for her by a Republican consultant with close ties to the Trump campaign.
Lanny Wiles, whose wife, Susie, was then chairing the Trump campaign in Florida, said in an interview that he came early to scout out the seat and was there at the request of Akhmetshin, with whom he was working as a consultant on the sanctions-related adoption issue.
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More on the Wiles and Russian connections :
https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaLago/comments/6nmphb/trump_campaign_chair_has_close_ties_to/
Lanny has been accused of illegally lobbying on behalf of Russia, without registering as a foreign agent. He was actually working for Akhmetshin, but was paid through the law firm BakerHostetler as a cut-out.
Susie Wiles is a former lobbyist and Trump's Florida campaign co-chair. She is a longtime friend of Paul Manafort's.
Susie Wiles was on the RNC's Rules Committee, and her co-chair Joe Gruters was on the RNC Platform Committee. They were in a position to weaken the RNC's Ukraine stance.
Their daughter, Caroline, failed her background check; however, she apparently still works in the White House.