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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/natalia-veselnitskaya-russian-lawyer-met-donald-trump-jr/story?id=48537631Veselnitskaya's role
Veselnitskaya acted as the lawyer for Denis Katsyv, a key figure in the U.S. indictment. The son of a former Moscow regional transport minister, he was sole owner of Prevezon Holdings, which was named in the U.S. indictment alleging that some proceeds from the tax fraud scheme were laundered through the purchase of New York City real estate.
(Want to guess who owned that real estate? Kushner and or Trump? Just saying.)
The U.S. Attorney's Office in New York announced in May that the case was settled*, subject to court approval, with Prevezon agreeing to pay nearly $6 million. The settlement specifies that it is a "compromise of disputed claims" and that the defendants denied that the allegations "occurred as described." It adds that the complaint doesn't allege that any of the defendants were "responsible, directly or indirectly, for the arrest, detention or death of Sergei Magnitsky.
* This could have been part of the deal from the June 2016 Veselnitskaya, Trump Jr., Kushner, and Manafort meeting. Jeff Sessions might have helped in putting this deal through too.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/natalia-veselnitskaya-russian-lawyer-met-donald-trump-jr/story?id=48537631
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I honestly cannot keep up.
Botany
(70,697 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I have been out all morning and I'm just getting caught up with today's latest drips.
Botany
(70,697 posts)n/t
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Botany
(70,697 posts)Until now, the case didnt seem to be a peek into corruption inside the Trump regime. But with the spotlight now falling on Natalia Veselnitskaya, the actions of Prevezon Holdings Ltd are coming squarely to the center. Prevezon appears to be yet another holding company created expressly for the purpose of turning Russian mob money into American real estate in deals that allow oligarchs to clean their stolen funds and US real estate moguls to pocket fat profits. Deals exactly like those Trump is known to have used to escape bankruptcy.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)I'm trying to figure out if/how/why she could be associated with two seemingly diametrically opposed elements of the Trump/Russia collusion issue.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Behold Rob Goldstone, Trump family intimate, and go-between crony for the republican-russian ACTS OF WAR* on the United States of America. He wants you to kiss America off, and trust the darkside KGOP that he is so skankily enmeshed with:
* per freaking Dick Cheney, for crying out loud.
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