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Polly Sigh @dcpoll
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Mueller is probing Russia contacts at Republican convention AND pushed for Rick Gates' help on conspiracy → Manafort & Gates business partner, Russian intelligence officer Kilimnik, had a Ukraine 'peace' plan & bragged about changing the Ukraine platform at the RNC.
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ICYMI: Konstantin Kilimnik served as a "beneficial owner & signatory" along w/ Manafort & Rick Gates on bank accounts in Cyprus, Seychelles, Grenadine, and England used to funnel money from foreign nationals into the U.S. [per Mueller indictment]
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From Mar 2017: Manafort's GRU*-trained protégé, Kilimnik, who partnered on Deripaska deal, was under FBI scrutiny after his Apr & Aug meetings w/ Manafort and his comments that he played a role in changing the Republican Party platform on Ukraine.
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On Jan 10, 2018, Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska re-upped his 2014 law suit against Manafort, Rick Gates & RU intelligence-trained Kilimnik [LINDSEY GRAHAM's 2016 campaign manager, Christian Ferry, was also named as a key associate of the 3].
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All this to say: One reason why Manafort & Rick Gates' business partner, Russian intelligence officer Kilimnik, isn't named in the Van der Zwaan indictment [only ID'ed as Person A] is that he may be cooperating with Mueller. 😏
via @NatashaBertrand #Maddow theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Another scenario – and always my favorite – is that Kilimnik will soon be indicted.

Very curious that Weissmann allowed the "GRU officer" footnote to become public when Kilimnik's GRU ties been widely reported – it could easily have been redacted.
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Retired CIA officer [who ran the agency’s Russia operations], @john_sipher: Past ties to Russian security services “certainly suggests that they can continue to be tasked & trusted...no such thing as a ‘former’ KGB officer."
via @NatashaBertrand #Maddow
Trump campaign & Russian intelligence:
Roger Stone - in contact w/ GRU's Guccifer
Manaort & Gates - business partners & regular contact w/ "ex" GRU Kilimnik
Don Jr, Kushner & Manafort - met w/ "ex" Soviet intelligence officer Akhmetshin
@peterjukes #Maddow
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