The bottom line: We *still* don't know why Alfa Bank was pinging the Trump Org-registered server, and there are tantalizing new clues in the @DanielJJonesUS report. krebsonsecurity.com/2021/09/lawsui…
I've yet to hear a rational explanation about how this can be explained.
"it is as if a person at the Trump Organization created a new unlisted telephone number, and shortly thereafter, the first incoming call received was from Alfa Bank, the most frequent caller of the old telephone number."
@DanielJJonesUS None of it makes sense. And it doesn't help that the FBI (once again!) appears to have bungled the investigation. They shut it down in Feb 2017 per the IG, and Jones (a former FBI analyst) says that the Bureau's conclusion was wrong.
It also doesn't help that Durham is doing the bidding of the Alfa Bank oligarchs. It's outrageous the lawfare campaign these people are waging.
If any InfoSec/IT people wanna weigh in on the whole Alfa Bank-Trump situation, my DMs are open.
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NEWS: Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow signs on to represent Doug Wead, a senior GOP advisor accused of helping a Russian military operative donate money to the 2016 Trump campaign.
Jane Raskin is also on the team defending Wead, who has pleaded not guilty.
Wead is out on a personal recognizance bond. He has relinquished his passport.
BREAKING: The unnamed Russian national who funneled money to Trump and the RNC is Roman Vasilenko, a former military officer at the Leningrad Naval Base whose resume resembles that of an intelligence asset: forensicnews.net/decorated-russ…
Jesse Benton, Mitch McConnell's former campaign manager, and Doug Wead, a senior advisor to Rand and Ron Paul were indicted for conspiring to move Vasilenko's cash to Trump and the RNC. Wead in particular is acquainted with Vasilenko.
Awesome work from @MC_Eades who found the pic this morning! Great job.
BREAKING: Veteran GOP operatives Jesse Benton and Doug Wead indicted for funneling $25,000 of a Russian national's money to the RNC to get a photo/meeting with Trump. justice.gov/opa/pr/politic…
"I have a friend who spends most of his time in the Caribbean (must be nice right?), who has caught the Trump bug in a big way. [H]e wants to fly in for an event, hopefully near NY or DC, where he can attend a funder and get a photo. Then photo is important to him."
-Benton
Wead secure photos of two Russian nationals with Trump in September, 2016: