1. Oleg Deripaska who was explicitly tied to Russia's meddling in the US election in 2016 via his associate Russian intelligence officer Konstantin Klimnik and Paul Manafort. Deripaska is close to Putin and has been flagged thousands of times to FinCen for suspicious activity.
2. Deripaska millions likely belong to the Russian people but by using shell companies, US banks have been helping him move the money into the West where it contributes to a rising tide of organized criminality. It's unclear if his money was used finance the 2016 operation.
3. The GOP lifted sanctions against Deripaska. Soon after its was revealed the oligarch was building an aluminum plant in Mitch McConnell's Kentucky. washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a…
4. Speaking of Manafort, he's been flagged to Fincen many times, too. It's well known he stole millions of dollars transferred to him by Pro-Putin Ukrainian politician Viktor Yanukovich stolen from Ukrainians.
5. But there's much more in the #FinCENFiles.
6. Manafort's own daughter describes his millions as blood money. This story is from 2017. narativ.org/2017/09/20/blo…
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