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Russian oligarch Vekselberg's Columbus Nova, that paid Michael Cohen, was represented by Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz [who also represented Vekselberg biz assoc Oleg Deripaska]. Kasowitz still advises Trump on Russia probe matters.
by @JustinElliott #Maddow propublica.org/article/columb…
Not only has longtime Trump atty Marc Kasowitz represented Columbus Nova & Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, he also represented Russia's Sberbank [whose former deputy chairman Gorkov, now VEB Bank CEO, met w/Jared Kushner], and Putin pal Lev Leviev
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Trump's former Russia probe lead atty, Kasowitz, is CURRENTLY representing Trump in the Summer Zervos case & still advises him on Russia probe matters. @ProPublica is reporting that Kasowitz, as recently as 2017, also represented Columbus Nova.
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Michael Cohen told @ProPublica last year that he used Kasowitz’s offices “because we were working on several matters together after the inauguration.” Both he & Kasowitz declined to say what they collaborated on. Funneling Russian cash to Trump?
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👆THREAD👆 Cohen & Kasowitz BOTH have ties to Columbus Nova
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THREAD: In light of the Trump admin lifting sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's companies, recall that Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, conspired with Deripaska during the 2016 campaign with help from Russian intelligence operative Konstantin Kilimnik.
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JUL 7, 2016: Manafort offers Deripaska private campaign briefings then meets with Kilimnik re the same on Aug 2.

AUG 11, 2016 email from Manafort's CPA: "Paul has indicated $2.4M in fees earned, but not yet received. Expected to be deposited Nov 2016 [post election?]."
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JUL 29, 2016 email from Russian intelligence operative Kilimnik to Manafort [days after Trump accepts GOP nomination]: "I met today with [Deripaska]. I have important messages from him to you. He asked me to go & brief you on our conversation."
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JUN 15, 2016
McCARTHY: There’s two people, I think, Putin pays – Rohrabacher and Trump...swear to God.

RYAN: This is an off the record [laughter] NO LEAKS...alright?! This is how we know we’re a real family.

SCALISE: That’s how you know that we’re tight.
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JUN 15, 2016, @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy to Paul Ryan, @SteveScalise, and other GOP: "There’s...there’s two people, I think, Putin pays. Rohrabacher and Trump...swear to God."

@Evan_McMullin was there and confirmed it was not a joke.
wapo.st/2pY7eFF
Per @Evan_McMullin: One senior GOP leader [that's you, @GOPLeader!] dolefully informed his peers that he thought Trump was on the Kremlin’s payroll and had been compromised by Russian intelligence. Other GOP leaders were surprised but did not dispute him.
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CORRECTION: Manafort told Kilimnik to pass TRUMP polling data not to Deripaska but to Ukrainian oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov & Serhiy Lyovochkin, who funneled $50K to Trump's inaugural & is business partner to Dmytro Firtash [top-tier comrade of Russian mob boss Mogilevich].
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FYI: Rick Gates testified that between 2010-2013, former Yanukovych CoS Serhiy Lyovochkin funneled $42M to Paul Manafort. At the time, Lyovochkin was business partner to Dmytro Firtash [top-tier comrade of Russian mob boss, Semion Mogilevich].
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In his plea deal, Sam Patten, US business partner of Konstantin Kilimnik [Russian GRU associate of Manafort & Gates] who worked for Cambridge Analytica in 2014, said a Ukranian oligarch [Serhiy Lyovochkin] funneled $50K into Trump's inaugural fund.
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THREAD: Michael Cohen met w/#Russian🇷🇺oligarch Viktor Vekselberg & Andrew Intrater (head of Vekselberg’s US subsidiary, Columbus Nova) at Trump Tower JUST DAYS before the inauguration to discuss US-#Russian🇷🇺relations‼️ 1/

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