Current Events > Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Trump's lawyer

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/robert-mueller-russian-oligarch-payments-michael-cohen/index.html

(CNN) Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, after the election, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of asset manager Renova Group, is an oligarch close to Vladimir Putin

FBI agents asked Vekselberg about payments his company's American affiliate, Columbus Nova, made to Cohen, according to one source. The Russian was questioned as well about $300,000 in political donations by Andrew Intrater, Vekselberg's American cousin who is the head of Columbus Nova, sources said.

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LOL

WlTCH HUNT HUH?
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It begins and ends with Oleg Deripaska
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No way man
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looks like this is the one that will take trump down
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Its about time they started looking into the oligarchs. Up next the german banks.
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As an aside: what basis is it that gets some countries' rich people called oligarchs?
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Antifar posted...

As an aside: what basis is it that gets some countries' rich people called oligarchs?

oligarchs hold political power in an oligarchy. America is technically an oligarchy now but we're too stubborn to admit it so we just call our rich assholes "job creators"
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Putin and the oligarchs profit off each other. And they give each other presents on their birthdays like assassinating journalists that were critical of them.
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Related...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/att-confirms-it-paid-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-for-insights-on-administration.html

Telecommunications giant AT&T said Tuesday night that it had paid President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen for "insights" about the Trump administration.

AT&T's admission came after a lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels claimed the company, drug giant Novartis and a Russian oligarch had all made payments to Cohen's firm.

Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said AT&T had made four separate payments of $50,000 apiece to Cohen's company, for a total of $200,000 in late 2017 and into early 2018.

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Who would win in a fight the Secret Service or the FBI?
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Corrupt to the core and Trump screwed AT&T over anyway due to his words costing them their merger with Time Warner.
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That's a little too close to Trump for comfort.
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They haven't accused Michael Cohen of wrongdoing over receiving the payments.

It's also perfectly legal for Vekselberg's American cousin to donate to the Trump campaign.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

Telecommunications giant AT&T said Tuesday night that it had paid President Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen for "insights" about the Trump administration.

What makes this curious is that ostensibly the president's personal lawyer would not have much insight into his administration.
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Mueller needs to send goons all over Trump's shit already so he physically can't do anything as president, and keep it that way until the next election.
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I read an article months ago where they stopped a few Russian oligarchs at airports. Mueller is miles ahead of the game.