Don’t forget Mary Jacoby and Glen Simpson had basically wrote the dossier in 2007
Manafort, Deripaska like Bongino always says “Remember the names”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117674837248471543
How Lobbyists Help Ex-Soviets Woo Washington
Scrubbed Images Open Doors, Assure Investors; A ‘Most Wanted’ Client
By Glenn R. Simpson and Mary Jacoby
Updated April 17, 2007
Excerpt
Paul Manafort, a former adviser to Mr. Dole’s presidential campaign, has advised a Ukrainian metals billionaire and his close political ally, Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich. Mr. Yanukovich, who favors closer ties with Mr. Putin’s administration, is embroiled in a power struggle with pro-Western Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
Mr. Dole, for instance, disclosed in lobby filings with the U.S. Senate his work for Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. He described it as involving “U.S. Department of State visa policies and procedures.”
Mr. Deripaska, who has close ties to the Kremlin, emerged from Russia’s “aluminum wars” of the 1990s with a virtual monopoly on the nation’s aluminum production.
Mr. Deripaska has long been dogged by allegations from business rivals in courts in the U.S. and U.K. that he used bribery, intimidation and violence to amass his fortune. Those accusations, which he denies, have never been substantiated and no criminal charges have been filed. But for years they helped keep the State Department from granting him a visa.
In 2003, the Russian industrialist paid $300,000 to Mr. Dole’s law firm, Alston & Bird, according to lobbying reports. After that, Mr. Dole worked to persuade U.S. officials his client isn’t a criminal and that his business operations are transparent, said people with knowledge of the matter. In 2005, the State Department reversed itself and granted the visa. Mr. Deripaska then paid Mr. Dole and his firm an additional $260,000, filings show.
Manafort, Deripaska like Bongino always says “Remember the names”
… many of whom seem to be awfully interested in all things Ukrainian.
“””Don’t forget Mary Jacoby and Glen Simpson had basically wrote the dossier in 2007”””
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