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How on earth did all these people pass mustard with Obama's State Department and DOJ????????????
There were other people at the meeting of course. Goldstone and probably her translator but THIS GUY?
I don't expect Don Jr. to have scoped out who was coming because one doesn't expect a Russian spy to be running around America meeting all sorts of politicians to overthrow the Magnisky Act.
Akhmetshin Was Called a ‘Russian Gun For Hire’ & Also Met With Dana Rohrabacher
good piece from last year on Rinat Akhmetshin, who was also at Trump Jr. meeting Russian 'Gun-For-Hire' Lurks In Shadows Of Washington's Lobbying World
— KevinGHall (@KevinGHall) July 14, 2017
Akhmetshin is a fairly well known figure in lobbying circles in Washington D.C.
A profile story on Akhmetshin described him as “the man at the back of the room who for nearly 20 years has worked the shadowy corners of the Washington lobbying scene on behalf of businessmen and politicians from around the former Soviet Union.”
However, he’s run into controversies before.
According to Radio Free Europe, In 2011, “Akhmetshin was accused of helping to organize a smear campaign against former Russian Duma deputy Ashot Egiazaryan, who had sought political asylum in the United States in the face of criminal charges in Russia related to a business dispute.”
A lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in Manhattan contained court filing in which “lawyers allege he was enlisted, along with another Washington public-relations company and private investigators, to help publish articles in a Jewish newspaper accusing the deputy of anti-Semitism,” reported Radio Free Europe.
Radio Free Europe dubbed Akhmetshin a Russian “gun for hire.”
He also met with Dana Rohrabacher, the site reported.
“Akhmetshin has paid at least one visit to Congress in connection with new human rights legislation that builds on the earlier Magnitsky Act. Along with Ron Dellums, a former U.S. congressman from California and longtime Washington lobbyist, Akhmetshin visited House member offices on May 17 to meet with Dana Rohrabacher, another California congressman viewed as one of the most sympathetic U.S. officials to Russian causes,” reported Radio Free Europe.
The Hill reported that Rohrabacher was also approached by Russians lobbying against the Magnitsky Act.
“Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican with a reputation as a Moscow ally in Congress, told The Hill the information he received in April 2016 came from the chief prosecutor in Moscow and painted an alternative picture of the Russian fraud case that led to the passage of anti-Russia legislation in Congress known as the Magnitsky Act.”
Rinat Akhmetshin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
There were other people at the meeting of course. Goldstone and probably her translator but THIS GUY?
I don't expect Don Jr. to have scoped out who was coming because one doesn't expect a Russian spy to be running around America meeting all sorts of politicians to overthrow the Magnisky Act.
Akhmetshin Was Called a ‘Russian Gun For Hire’ & Also Met With Dana Rohrabacher
good piece from last year on Rinat Akhmetshin, who was also at Trump Jr. meeting Russian 'Gun-For-Hire' Lurks In Shadows Of Washington's Lobbying World
— KevinGHall (@KevinGHall) July 14, 2017
Akhmetshin is a fairly well known figure in lobbying circles in Washington D.C.
A profile story on Akhmetshin described him as “the man at the back of the room who for nearly 20 years has worked the shadowy corners of the Washington lobbying scene on behalf of businessmen and politicians from around the former Soviet Union.”
However, he’s run into controversies before.
According to Radio Free Europe, In 2011, “Akhmetshin was accused of helping to organize a smear campaign against former Russian Duma deputy Ashot Egiazaryan, who had sought political asylum in the United States in the face of criminal charges in Russia related to a business dispute.”
A lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in Manhattan contained court filing in which “lawyers allege he was enlisted, along with another Washington public-relations company and private investigators, to help publish articles in a Jewish newspaper accusing the deputy of anti-Semitism,” reported Radio Free Europe.
Radio Free Europe dubbed Akhmetshin a Russian “gun for hire.”
He also met with Dana Rohrabacher, the site reported.
“Akhmetshin has paid at least one visit to Congress in connection with new human rights legislation that builds on the earlier Magnitsky Act. Along with Ron Dellums, a former U.S. congressman from California and longtime Washington lobbyist, Akhmetshin visited House member offices on May 17 to meet with Dana Rohrabacher, another California congressman viewed as one of the most sympathetic U.S. officials to Russian causes,” reported Radio Free Europe.
The Hill reported that Rohrabacher was also approached by Russians lobbying against the Magnitsky Act.
“Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican with a reputation as a Moscow ally in Congress, told The Hill the information he received in April 2016 came from the chief prosecutor in Moscow and painted an alternative picture of the Russian fraud case that led to the passage of anti-Russia legislation in Congress known as the Magnitsky Act.”
Rinat Akhmetshin: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
