It’s Deripaska, it could be anything, but I’ll remind people that there was a money laundering investigation still bounding thru the UK courts as of last year bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
CNN says that the raid is connected to an investigation in *New York*, which is weird because I haven’t seen any activity at Deripaska’s two residences in NY cnn.com/2021/10/19/pol…
I stand connected. They did raid one of his places in NY (he has one on 64th and one on Gay St).
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."
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: