THAT is why he can TECHNICALLY claim, "I never was given any shares".
I think podesta is splitting hairs (ala xlintonspesk)
The 75,000 shares were in jueles energy, iirc. Which is domiciled in either belgium or netherlands.
Iow “not a russian company”, but still questionable as a bribe? payola? & still not properly disclosed.
isn’t there an annual amount you may gift, per the IRS (like $13000?).
75000 shares would be way over that unless this is a penny stock!
So did he file a gift tax return with Internal Revenue Service?