THREAD 1/ This is a big deal. SG Francisco was at Jones Day for a decade.
Jones Day is deeply intertwined with some of the worst Russian oligarchs. It is outrageous that Francisco might supervise the Russian conspiracy investigation. For background, read: newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
Jones Day is deeply intertwined with some of the worst Russian oligarchs. It is outrageous that Francisco might supervise the Russian conspiracy investigation. For background, read: newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…
2/ Remember Alfa Bank, the Russian bank with the crazy server link to Trump Org, which @FranklinFoer exposed 10 days before the election? Mainstream media wrongly dismissed him. Well, we should have listened to him. And we should listen to Dexter Filkins now...
3/ Filkins:"Don McGahn came from Jones Day, one of the law firms that represents Alfa Bank. McGahn brought 5 Jones Day lawyers with him to WH; 6 more were appointed to senior posts. Jones Day has done work for businesses belonging to a long list of Russian oligarchs, including...
4/ "...including Oleg Deripaska, Viktor Vekselberg, and Alexander Mashkevich. The firm has also represented the Trump campaign in its dealings with Robert Mueller."
Deripaska is among the dirtiest and most central oligarchs. Vekselberg paid Michael Cohen a huge sum in Jan 2017...
Deripaska is among the dirtiest and most central oligarchs. Vekselberg paid Michael Cohen a huge sum in Jan 2017...
5/ Another Jones Day Russian-world oligarch client:
Mashkevich is a Kazakhstan oligarch who allegedly:
1. launders money big-time;
2. invested in Trump SoHo through Bayrock
3. McClatchy alleges he has ties to organized crime: mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
Mashkevich is a Kazakhstan oligarch who allegedly:
1. launders money big-time;
2. invested in Trump SoHo through Bayrock
3. McClatchy alleges he has ties to organized crime: mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
6/ I wrote about Noel Francisco’s egregious errors in the Muslim Ban case, Hawaii v. Trump, which may have been deliberate misrepresentations to the Supreme Court: slate.com/news-and-polit…
7/ And Here’s what I wrote about Noel Francisco a year ago when Rachel Brand resigned and made him next in line to supervise Mueller. This would be a totally unacceptable farce. shugerblog.com/2018/02/09/ass…
