NEW: We filed two lawsuits against the Treasury Department to shed light on contacts between administration officials, Sen. Mitch McConnell, and a Russian company that announced a $200 million investment in a Kentucky plant: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
We're asking for communications between Treasury officials like Sec. Steven Mnuchin and multiple entities — including the company En+ and its subsidiary Rusal, which invested in the Kentucky plant — associated with a Russian oligarch who had previously been under U.S. sanctions.
We’re also suing to release Treasury’s communications with the office of Sen. McConnell, who had supported lifting sanctions on Rusal just months before the $200 million investment in the Kentucky plant was announced. washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a…
Braidy Industries said that the company only began negotiating with Rusal after the sanctions were lifted. But a Rusal executive separately acknowledged that the Kentucky project had been “discussed long before Rusal was sanctioned.” americanoversight.org/american-overs…
Decisions about sanctions should be made based on the national interest. If a Russian company’s investment in a Kentucky plant contributed to the decision to lift the sanctions on Rusal, the public has a right to know: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
