Was Christopher Steele Paid by Russian Oligarch and Putin Ally Oleg Deripaska?
2/13/2018, 1:53:04 PM · by mojito · 11 replies
Tablet ^ | 2/13/2018 | Lee Smith
A release last week of texts showed that Christopher Steele, the former British spy whose memos regarding the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia are referred to as the Steele dossier, reached out to Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, through a Russian-linked Washington, D.C., lobbyist named Adam Waldman. Among Waldman’s clients is Oleg Deripaska, a Russian aluminum magnate with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In a text dated March 16, 2017, Waldman texted Warner, “Chris Steele asked me to call you.” In 2009, Waldman filed papers with the Department of Justice...
FEBRUARY 9, 2018 : (TRUMP TWEET ABOUT DEMOCRAT SENATOR MARK WARNER’S CONTACT WITH A LOBBYIST FOR A RUSSIAN OLIGARCH —— See CHRISTOPHER STEELE, STEELE DOSSIER, HILLARY CLINTON)
Donald J. Trump
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Wow! -Senator Mark Warner got caught having extensive contact with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch. Warner did not want a “paper trail” on a “private” meeting (in London) he requested with Steele of fraudulent Dossier fame. All tied into Crooked Hillary.
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This guy that Warner was connecting with, the American middleman to Deripaska...was Adam Waldman.
What the Washington Times says....Waldman was being paid $40,000 a month, to represent the Russian.
The curious thing is that Waldman was considered an insider to the Clinton Foundation.
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Seems the ‘connection’ was primarily with the firm - from story and link below:
BREAKING: Senate Intel Committee Democrat Busted Texting Russian Oligarch!
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=116751
“We have so much to discuss u need to be careful but we can help our country,” Warner texted the lobbyist, Adam Waldman, on March 22, 2017.
“I’m in,” Waldman, whose firm has ties to Hillary Clinton, texted back to Warner.”
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