Неотвратимость

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В звездной команде Мюллера - уже 13 юристов, и их охват продолжает расширяться.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought 13 lawyers on board to handle the Russia investigation, with plans to hire more, according to his spokesman Peter Carr.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-lawyers/index.html

Один из юристов, Лиса Пейдж, работала по делу Дмитрия Фирташа.

Page has deep experience with money laundering and organized crime cases, including investigations where she’s partnered with an FBI task force in Budapest, Hungary, that focuses on eastern European organized crime. That Budapest task force helped put together the still-unfolding money laundering case against Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash, a one-time business partner of Manafort.
https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-special-counsel-investigation-team/



Последние известия про Фирташа - с помощью дорогих адвокатов он пытается отбиться от экстрадиции и обжаловать возбужденное против него дело, упирая на то, что никогда не был в США.

Nearly three months after an Austrian court ruled that Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash can be extradited to Chicago, we're still no closer to knowing if he'll ever show up.
The billionaire — who has ties to the Kremlin and to President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort — is wanted in federal court to face racketeering charges.
But his all-star legal team, which includes former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb, Clinton White House counsel Lanny Davis and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff aren't waiting for Firtash to land on American soil.
Webb on Tuesday filed a motion asking U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer to toss the case, arguing that the alleged international titanium racket that Firtash is accused of masterminding has nothing to do with Chicago or the U.S.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-dimitri-firtash-dan-webb-0511-chicago-inc-20170509-story.html

Предыдущие сообщения о том, что Мюллер расследует финансовые преступления, конкретизированы - центральным объектом расследования, как и предполагалось, является Кушнер.

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is investigating the finances and business dealings of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, as part of the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/special-counsel-is-investigating-jared-kushners-business-dealings/2017/06/15/5d9a32c6-51f2-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

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Персонажи второго плана

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Серия статей Daily Beast о связях Трампа с России, опубликованная накануне выборов, заканчивается обзором ключевых персонажей:

THE OPERATOR: Пол Манафорт.
THE SOLDIER: Майкл Флинн.
THE CONSULTANT: Картер Пейдж.
THE BANKER: Ричард Берт.
THE PUBLICIST: Майкл Капуто.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-and-russia-all-the-moguls-men

Те же персонажи были отмечены избирательной кампанией Клинтон в середине августа:

This is a serious matter and there are real concerns about the pro-Kremlin interests engaged with the Trump team. As someone running to lead American policy and national security, Donald Trump owes the American public answers.
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factchecks/2016/08/15/trump-owes-americans-answers-on-troubling-ties-to-pro-kremlin-forces/

Последние два персонажа из списка, Ричард Берт и Майкл Капуто, засветились в недавних новостях.



1. Давая показания под присягой на слушаниях в Сенате, Джефф Сешнс запамятовал о своих встречах с Ричардом Бертом, известным лоббистом Газпрома и Альфа банка.

MCCAIN: During that 2016 campaign season, did you have any contacts with any representative, including any American lobbyist or agent of any Russian company within or outside your capacity as a member of congress or a member of the armed services committee?
SESSIONS: I don't believe so.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/13/full-text-jeff-session-trump-russia-testimony-239503

Richard Burt, a former ambassador to Germany during the Reagan administration, who has represented Russian interests in Washington, told the Guardian that he could confirm previous media reports that stated he had contacts with Sessions at the time.
“I did attend two dinners with groups of former Republican foreign policy officials and Senator Sessions,” Burt said.
Asked whether Sessions was unfamiliar with Burt’s role as a lobbyist for Russian interests – a fact that is disclosed in public records – or had any reason to be confused about the issue, Burt told the Guardian that he did not know.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/15/lobbyist-russian-interests-jeff-sessions-testimony

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