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Do William Barr’s connections to Russia explain his dedication to dismantling USA’s CounterIntelligence capacity?
Do William Barr’s connections to Russia explain his dedication to dismantling USA’s CounterIntelligence capacity?
Russian Barr /2
“On Barr's public financial disclosure report, he admits to working for a law firm that represented Russia's Alfa Bank and for a company whose co-founders allegedly have long-standing business ties to Russia.”
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“On Barr's public financial disclosure report, he admits to working for a law firm that represented Russia's Alfa Bank and for a company whose co-founders allegedly have long-standing business ties to Russia.”
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Russian Barr /3
What's more, he received dividends from Vector Group, a holding company with deep financial ties to Russia.
What's more, he received dividends from Vector Group, a holding company with deep financial ties to Russia.
Russian Barr /4
“..Barr notes that he earned..from $5,001 to $15,000 in dvds from the Vector Group.
The company's president, Howard Lorber, brought Trump to Moscow in the 1990s to seek investment projects there..the 1st of many attempts to establish a Trump Tower in Moscow.”
“..Barr notes that he earned..from $5,001 to $15,000 in dvds from the Vector Group.
The company's president, Howard Lorber, brought Trump to Moscow in the 1990s to seek investment projects there..the 1st of many attempts to establish a Trump Tower in Moscow.”
Russian Barr /5
“.. Donald Trump Jr. "allegedly called Lorber as he was setting up the Trump Tower meeting with a Russian [lawyer]. Lorber has extensive ties to Russia and was allegedly assisting with Trump Tower Moscow plans.”
“.. Donald Trump Jr. "allegedly called Lorber as he was setting up the Trump Tower meeting with a Russian [lawyer]. Lorber has extensive ties to Russia and was allegedly assisting with Trump Tower Moscow plans.”
Russian Barr /6
Alfa Bank
Barr's former law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was counsel from March 2017 until he was confirmed as attorney general in February 2019, represented Russia's Alfa Bank. (Barr earned more than $1 million at Kirkland.)
Alfa Bank
Barr's former law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was counsel from March 2017 until he was confirmed as attorney general in February 2019, represented Russia's Alfa Bank. (Barr earned more than $1 million at Kirkland.)
Russian Barr /7
Trump nominated Kirkland & Ellis partner Brian Benczkowski to DIJ’s crim div. In his role w/the law firm, Benczkowski had represented Alfa Bank &supervised an investigation into suspicious online communications between bank &servers belonging to the Trump Org.
Trump nominated Kirkland & Ellis partner Brian Benczkowski to DIJ’s crim div. In his role w/the law firm, Benczkowski had represented Alfa Bank &supervised an investigation into suspicious online communications between bank &servers belonging to the Trump Org.
Russian Barr /8
Alfa Bank, Barr’s past client, left an evidence trail of coordination with The Trump Campaign on behalf of Putin.
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Alfa Bank, Barr’s past client, left an evidence trail of coordination with The Trump Campaign on behalf of Putin.
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Russian Barr /9
“A few weeks before Donald Trump became president, Russian banker Petr Aven, a billionaire oligarch with Moscow’s Alfa Bank, pulled aside Washington lobbyist Richard Burt at a corporate meeting in Luxembourg with a sensitive request.”
“A few weeks before Donald Trump became president, Russian banker Petr Aven, a billionaire oligarch with Moscow’s Alfa Bank, pulled aside Washington lobbyist Richard Burt at a corporate meeting in Luxembourg with a sensitive request.”
Russian Barr /10
Aven told Burt that “someone high in the Russian government” wanted “a communications channel between the Kremlin and the Trump Transition Team..
The “high” Russian official was none other than President Vladimir Putin, Mueller’s team would later learn.
Aven told Burt that “someone high in the Russian government” wanted “a communications channel between the Kremlin and the Trump Transition Team..
The “high” Russian official was none other than President Vladimir Putin, Mueller’s team would later learn.
Russian Barr /11
“The surreptitious contacts involving Putin, Aven and Burt as described in the Mueller report contradict repeated assertions by Alfa Bank that it had no contacts with Trump or people around him.”
“The surreptitious contacts involving Putin, Aven and Burt as described in the Mueller report contradict repeated assertions by Alfa Bank that it had no contacts with Trump or people around him.”
Russian Barr /12
“At the time of Trump’s election, Alfa Bank was at the center of a mystery over an unexplained surge in computer traffic from Moscow to the Trump Organization in the midst of the 2016 presidential campaign.”
“At the time of Trump’s election, Alfa Bank was at the center of a mystery over an unexplained surge in computer traffic from Moscow to the Trump Organization in the midst of the 2016 presidential campaign.”
Russian Barr /13
“Computer analysts concluded that Alfa Bank had developed a covert communications channel to the Trump Organization.”
“Computer analysts concluded that Alfa Bank had developed a covert communications channel to the Trump Organization.”
Russian Barr /14
“Putin suggested that Aven needed to take steps to protect himself and Alfa Bank,” against the possibility of U.S. sanctions, including by opening up the back channel, the Mueller report said..”
“Putin suggested that Aven needed to take steps to protect himself and Alfa Bank,” against the possibility of U.S. sanctions, including by opening up the back channel, the Mueller report said..”
Russian Barr /15
“Putin never explicitly told him to create the back channel to protect against that threat, Aven told Mueller’s investigators, but he took his comments as “implicit directives, and that there would be consequences for Aven if he did not follow through.”
“Putin never explicitly told him to create the back channel to protect against that threat, Aven told Mueller’s investigators, but he took his comments as “implicit directives, and that there would be consequences for Aven if he did not follow through.”
Russian Barr /16
“Alfa Bank’s LAWYERS sent Camp a series of letters denying any communication with the Trump Organization and threatening legal action. In one March 2017 letter, Alfa told her the company had “never had any relationship of any kind with the Trump Organization.”
“Alfa Bank’s LAWYERS sent Camp a series of letters denying any communication with the Trump Organization and threatening legal action. In one March 2017 letter, Alfa told her the company had “never had any relationship of any kind with the Trump Organization.”
