Discussion: Mueller Probing Foundation Linked To Trump Tower Meeting Attendees

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This is the KEY to the investigation…and the Magnitsky Act yet it is not included in this story…it STOPPED the flow of russian money into the US bank system meaning the russians could no longer launder their money using the US bank system.

In June 2012, the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs reported to the House a bill called the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (H.R. 4405).[4] The main intention of the law was to punish Russian officials who were thought to be responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky by prohibiting their entrance to the United States and their use of its banking system.[5] The legislation was taken up by a Senate panel the next week, sponsored by Senator Ben Cardin, and cited in a broader review of the mounting tensions in the international relationship.[6][7]

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In other words, financial crimes or other crimes committed in the pursuit of naked self-interest, vs. Vladimir Putin magically handing the presidency to Donald Trump. Were crimes committed? Well, to use the words of Honore de Balzac, ā€œBehind every great fortune lies a great crime.ā€ Should they be investigated and prosecuted? If there is evidence, yes. Is Robert Mueller the Deus ex Machina that will save the world from Donald Trump? Decidedly, no. It will take a lot more work than that, the first order of business being to stop Republican’t voter suppression and winning more elections…

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Incoming angry tweet from Orange Julius Caesar any minute now…keep digging that hole, Donnie.

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It also should be noted that it was the flow of Russian money that kept Trump’s businesses solvent as no ā€œlegitimateā€ bank (legitimate being a relative term) other than Deutsche Bank will do business with Trump.

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To say this is the tip of the iceberg is a massive understatement at this point. The entire Trump campaign and much of the current administration was compromised by the Russians in several ways many years ago. Stories like these are a bit like saying ā€œAl Capone might have enjoyed a glass of whiskey once in a while.ā€

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Drip, drip , drip is becoming a steady stream. Can’t wait for tomorrow (Friday). Nice work Tierney!

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I hope that Mueller is also probing Iwank Trump, Donald Trump Jr and the Trump Organization links to the Russian mafia, which is involved in murder-for-hire, gambling, prostitution, human trafficking and other organized crime. The deaths of Peter Smith and of 7 (Yes, SEVEN) high ranking Russian ambassadors including Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, who have died under mysterious circumstances. At Cuck Kushner and Iwank Trump’s behest, the cause of Vitaly’s death has been withheld.

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The Magnitsky Act stuff is significant because it reveals that at the ā€˜adoptions’ meeting in June 2016 Russia either (1) was seeking a reward for favors already performed, or (2) promising favors in return for Trump dropping the Magnitsky Act, or (3) both, i.e., it is evidence of an established or solidifying course of dealing between Trump and Russia for their mutual benefit.

Of these, (3) seems by far the most likely. By the time the Trump Tower meeting occurred, Trump had already mysteriously offered to toss NATO to the dogs (an extraordinary development whose dimensions I think have simply not been absorbed by the public, even those most interested in Trump-Russia). And of course Russia had already started its massive trolling campaign against HRC and had hacked (but not yet disseminated) Podesta’s emails.

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You know, Mueller’s run such a professional, Tight-lipped, and first class investigation, we really have no idea what he already knows. He so many steps ahead of the publically available information. But from the tea leaves, ie. the Republican freak out, we know he’s at the gates of Trump’s dacha.

I’d say in this case, Trump should be wary of the dog that isn’t barking. Because he’s deadly serious.

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And this is why what exactly occurred in the transition phase is so important vis-a-vis Russia. And why, with Flynn flipping and Mueller having all the e-mails, Trump’s team is having a conniption.

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Another wiki find…

The Obama administration made public a list of 18 individuals affected by the Act in April 2013.[15][16][17] The people included on the list are:

Artem (aka Artyom) Kuznetsov, a tax investigator for the Moscow division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Pavel Karpov, a senior investigator for the Moscow division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Oleg F. Silchenko, a senior investigator for the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Olga Stepanova, head of Moscow Tax Office No. 28
Yelena Stashina, Tverskoy District Court judge who prolonged Magnitsky’s detention
Andrey Pechegin, deputy head of the investigation supervision division of the general prosecutor’s office
Aleksey Droganov
Yelena Khimina, Moscow tax official
Dmitriy Komnov, head of Butyrka Detention Center
Aleksey Krivoruchko, Tverskoy District Court judge
Oleg Logunov (ru)
Sergei G. Podoprigorov, Tverskoy District Court judge
Ivan Pavlovitch Prokopenko
Dmitri M. Tolchinskiy
Svetlana Ukhnalyova
Natalya V. Vinogradova
Kazbek Dukuzov, Chechen acquitted of the murder of Paul Klebnikov
Lecha Bogatyrov, implicated by Austrian authorities as the murderer of Umar Israilov

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Excesses often bring down empires. For example, the artificially induced electricity crisis in California is credited with bringing down Enron, a $65 billion bankruptcy and briefly the largest in US history. Similarly, Trump’s promise to Putin to get rid of the Magnitsky act, which may be a deal or treason depending on how you parse it, probably is a bridge too far for US law. Trump could yet again find himself in bankruptcy court and like Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling may end up in the clink. So much for the Trump brand.

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I look at Donald Trump as being like the character Frankie Carbone in Goodfellas. Both made out big time in a great crime, Frankie’s being the Lufthansa heist, Donald’s being New York real estate and government graft. But both were too stupid and/or too vain to lay low. Carbone went out and bought his wife a fur coat and got himself a big ol’ Cadillac. Trump went and bought himself the Presidency. Both drew attention to themselves that they wouldn’t have otherwise drawn. Carbone got whacked in epic style. Trump is about to get the U.S. Criminal Justice System equivalent…

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5 more names were added as of today: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20171220_33.aspx

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Kind of fun googling um too.

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This is getting biblical with Donnie’s ā€œEnd of Timesā€ rapidly approaching.

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Wonder if the kosher meat packer was russian?

You’re a funny guy…

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This is interesting. There may be some issues with this Foundation essentially being a front for a Russian lobbying group and also a counterintelligence asset. There might be a FARA claim here as this group’s lobbyist status might not accurately reflect its actual role. Veselnitskaya represented Prevezon in a big money laundering case and also had a relationship with this foundation (she formally established it). It’s not clear what the connection is between the two, but the article suggests that Katsyv, who owned Prevezon and is also listed in the foundation’s docs and is also a sanctioned individual under Magnitsky (implied but not stated?) is that connection with Veselnitskaya as a key operative/associate. He may have conflated and manipulated both organizations to be able to launder money and lobby to lift sanctions. Where that laundered money went is not completely clear (though Mueller can get the court records). But what if some of that laundered money was used for the lobbying done to lift Magnitsky? Did any of that money make it into the Foundation? Did that money pay for Veselnitskaya and Akhmetshin’s trip to Trump Tower? Did she incur expenses through that foundation to bring her cache of ā€˜dirt’ to Junior? Did any of this money come from the Russian gov’t? I think those might be some areas of inquiry here.

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