NEW: Sam Patten, now facing criminal charges, was head of the International Republican Institute's Moscow office in the early 2000s & the boss of Russian GRU officer Konstantin Kilimnik, who later became Manafort's fixer in Ukraine & Patten's business partner in the US.
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Manafort associate Sam Patten is charged with knowingly & willfully acting as a foreign agent for a Ukrainian political party without registering with DOJ. US v Patten names Russian national Foreigner A [Kilimnik] & their firm Company A [Begemot].
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Sam Patten's criminal info also names Foreigner B, who, as @lrozen points out, is likely Serhiy Lyovochkin, former Yanukovych CoS, whom Gates says "played the largest role in paying Manafort, funnelling $42M to him from 2010-2013."
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During the time "kingmaker" Serhiy Lyovochkin [likely Foreigner B in Sam Patten criminal info] was funneling money to Paul Manafort [2010-2013], he was business partner to Dmytro Firtash, a top-tier comrade of Russian mafia boss, Semion Mogilevich.
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Oct 2015: Serhiy Lyovochkin hired Kilimnik lobbying partner Sam Patten to run Kiev Mayor Klitschko's reelection campaign.
Apr 2018: When asked if Manafort coordinated w Patten and/or Kilimnik on Klitschko’s campaign, Manafort spox had no comment.
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Apr 2018: When asked if Manafort coordinated w Patten and/or Kilimnik on Klitschko’s campaign, Manafort spox had no comment.
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Sam Patten also worked with BGR, lobbying firm of Alfa Bank for 10 years [per @WendySiegelman ] & the firm
hired by Ukraine govt just before they stopped cooperating w/Mueller re Manafort & allowed Kilimnik to flee to Russia.
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hired by Ukraine govt just before they stopped cooperating w/Mueller re Manafort & allowed Kilimnik to flee to Russia.
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Oct 2015: Serhiy Lyovochkin, who funneled $42M to Manafort [2010-2013], hired Kilimnik lobbying partner Sam Patten to run Kiev mayor's reelection campaign, which was bankrolled by his business partner Dmytro Firtash, a Semion Mogilevich-associate.
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Manafort associate Sam Patten reaches plea deal [connected to Russia & Ukraine work], which states he must cooperate with "the Special Counsel's Office." by @kpolantz
Per @awprokop, Patten's proffer agreement with Mueller was made on MAY 22, 2018.
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Per @awprokop, Patten's proffer agreement with Mueller was made on MAY 22, 2018.
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!! Prosecutors: Sam Patten sought tickets to TRUMP'S inaugural on behalf of a prominent Ukrainian oligarch [Foreigner B], acting as a “straw purchaser,” funneling the oligarch’s money secretly to the inaugural cmte through a Cypriot bank account.
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The plea deal of Manafort assoc Sam Patten was handled by the DC USAO & DOJ's National Security Division, not Mueller's team. Yet, members of Mueller's team filled the front row at Patten's hearing, including lead prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. 😏
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Trump inaugural committee received foreign money, plea deal shows. Former Manafort associate Sam Patten admits he helped a Ukrainian oligarch funnel money into Trump’s inaugural committee, chaired by Tom Barrack [whose deputy chair was Rick Gates].
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If the Ukrainian oligarch/Foreigner B mentioned in Sam Patten's plea deal is indeed Serhiy Lyovochkin, that will mean the business partner of Dmytro Firtash [a 'comrade' of Russian mob boss Semion Mogilevich] funneled money into Trump's inaugural.
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Sergiy Lyovochkin [likely the Ukrainian oligarch/Foreigner B mentioned in Sam Patten's plea deal who funneled $50K to Trump's inauguration committee] was in DC during Trump's inauguration. [via @WendySiegelman ]
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ICYMI in Apr 2018: Mueller is investigating whether wealthy Russians used straw donors [Americans w citizenship] as a vessel through which to pump money into Trump's campaign, which raised $333M, and his inaugural fund, which raised a record $106M.
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[Sep 2017] Mueller is probing 3 US citizens with significant Russian business connections who contributed $2M+ to Trump political funds: Blavatnik [gave $1M to inaugural fund] and Kukes & Intrater who are connected to Russian oligarch Vekselberg.
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When news broke that Manafort associate Sam Patten had pleaded guilty, Rudy Giuliani claimed he'd never heard of Patten, which is unlikely. Patten ran the 2015 reelection campaign of Giuliani's longtime friend, Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kiev.
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The now-convicted Manafort associate Sam Patten ran the 2015 Kiev mayoral reelection campaign of Rudy Giuliani's longtime friend, Vitali Klitschko – who also knows Trump and boxed at Trump's now-shuttered Taj Mahal Casino arena.
HT @imthemadridista #Maddow newsweek.com/klitschko-trum…
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