2018-08-28

Брюс Ор, высокопоставленный сотрудник Минюста, стал очередной жертвой нападок Трампа и его приспешников. Сегодня Ор давал закрытые показания в Конгрессе.

Republicans have raised questions about Ohr’s contacts with Steele and Ohr’s wife Nellie, who worked for Fusion. Lawmakers and staff in the room said Ohr was accompanied by a handful of attorneys, including a personal lawyer and counsel for the Justice Department.
At least seven GOP lawmakers — members of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees — attended as well: Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Trey Gowdy, John Ratcliffe, Darrell Issa, Matt Gaetz and Andy Biggs. No Democratic lawmakers were on hand, but staffers of both parties attended.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/28/bruce-ohr-congressional-interview-799031

В вину Ору становится его знакомство с Кристофером Стилом, а также то, что его жена работает в компании Fusion GPS, нанявшей Стила. Но похоже, что основной виной Ора, бывшего начальника отдела борьбы с организованной преступностью, является его знакомство с российскими ОПГ и в частности Семеном Могилевичем.

When a lawyer for one of Russia’s most powerful reputed crime bosses arrived at F.B.I. headquarters one day around 2006, he wanted to cut a deal. The Russian, Semion Y. Mogilevich, had been indicted three years earlier by the department on charges of defrauding a company outside Philadelphia out of $150 million and could not travel for fear of arrest.
As the lawyer made his pitch, a supervising F.B.I. agent and a senior career Justice Department official, Bruce G. Ohr, both listened intently, according to a former bureau official who described the meeting. The case was significant for American law enforcement. It had made headlines and laid the groundwork for Justice Department efforts to combat Russian organized crime overseas.
Finally, the F.B.I. agent spoke. No deal, he said; Mr. Mogilevich must surrender. Mr. Ohr said little, but his unwillingness to negotiate was signal enough: The Justice Department would not compromise with the Russian mafia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/us/politics/bruce-ohr-trump-justice-department.html

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