What we learn from the new indictment of Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya
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Spoiler: A few more pieces come together
(I finally read the indictment!)
In 2013 the SDNY (Preet Bharara) brought a suit against Prevezon to seize the proceeds of criminal activity.
Aside: In about the 1980s, foreigners learned that money could be easily laundered through upscale Manhattan real estate.
Today’s indictment accuses Veselnitskaya of obstructing justice in the Prevezon case by lying to the court about her connections to the Russian government.
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In fact she herself secretly co-authored the report with a Russian government official.
He's the guy, remember, who uncovered a tax scam in which Russian officials defrauded Russian citizens of millions—and then was killed in retaliation in a Russian prison.
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She is accused of defrauding the court in Prevezon Russian laundering case from 2015 to 2017.
The Trump Tower meeting occurred in June of 2016.
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According to some attendees at the 2016 Trump Tower meeting, they discussed the Magnitsky Act. justsecurity.org/56462/bottom-t…
Paul Manafort—who recently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money.
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The same crime. Coincidence?
Who might that be🤔.
(Gimme a T! Gimme an R! . . .)
Remember the story that Trump sold a $40 million estate to a Russian oligarch for $100 million?
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Maybe.
But I just don't think there can be this many coincidences.
Here is some additional information about @PreetBharara, the prosector who went after Prevezon and Russian money laundering:
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Here's why:
In autocracies, the autocrat decides who will be investigated, and who will be charged. In our democracy, the functions are separated. The prosecutor makes the decisions independently.
He took a few calls. The president was just shooting the breeze.
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Coincidence?
For more on the Trump/ Russian money laundering, see: