NEW: Len Blavatnik has pumped up his donations to American politicians the past few months—with Democrats and Republicans alike more than willing to take his biggest political donations ever. bellingcat.com/news/2019/10/2…
Context: A few weeks ago, some of the leading anti-kleptocracy/anti-corruption voices in the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia signed a letter saying Blavatnik's donations help export "Russian kleptocratic practices to the West.” bellingcat.com/news/2019/10/1…
Blavatnik, who gave $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund, was also involved in Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference efforts, and has worked closely in the past with sanctioned figures like Viktor Vekselberg: abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclu…
Now, Blavatnik just issued his biggest political donation in the U.S. to date—to @GOPLeader's joint fundraising committee. bellingcat.com/news/2019/10/2… 
@GOPLeader More remarkably, Blavatnik also offered the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (@dccc) his second-largest political donation ever—which the DCCC accepted.
Combined with Blavatnik's wife's donation, it's as much as any other individual donation the DCCC's ever received.
Combined with Blavatnik's wife's donation, it's as much as any other individual donation the DCCC's ever received.
@GOPLeader @dccc (The @dccc never responded to my questions about why they accepted Blavatnik's money.)
Thread:
ICYMI
