Last week FBI offered $250K reward for info on Kilimnik

Meanwhile his close associate Sam Patten (a former Cambridge Analytica contractor) now writes fluffy columns in Maine

Kilimnik worked for Patten in Russia 2001-2003, in 2015 they set up a business and did work thru 2018
In 2018 Patten pleaded guilty to charges of failing to register in the US as a foreign agent for work lobbying on behalf of a Ukrainian political party and was sentenced to probation, community service and a $5K fine

In June 2018 when Konstantin Kilimnik was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and trying to coach witnesses and prosecutors accused him of having ties to Russian intelligence - he had recently been doing business with Sam Patten in Kazakhstan

After decades of working together Kilimnik is wanted by the FBI and Patten is writing softball news stories in Maine (his bio discloses the charges & says "His specific offense involved ghostwriting for a Ukrainian political leader on how to bring peace to that war-torn country")

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theintercept.com/2021/02/26/eri…
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theintercept.com/2021/02/26/eri…
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washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
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