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Russian official with ties to lawyer in Trump Tower meeting dies in helicopter crash (2018)
The Hill ^ | 12/14/2018 | John Bowden

Posted on 12/15/2019 8:16:14 AM PST by bitt

A Russian deputy attorney general, who is thought to have directed Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya in her efforts abroad on behalf of Russia's government, reportedly died Wednesday night in a helicopter crash.

The Daily Beast reported that Saak Albertovich Karapetyan was aboard an unauthorized helicopter flight, which crashed near the village of Vonyshevo, outside of Moscow.

Karapetyan was reportedly behind Veselnitskaya's global efforts to lobby lawmakers to overturn anti-corruption acts such as the U.S. Magnitsky Act, which passed in 2012. The U.S. legislation is similar to others around the world which commemorate Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died while trying to expose a $230 million fraud scheme in Russia. The acts have reportedly incensed Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Daily Beast reported that Karapetyan signed a letter sent on behalf of Russia's government to a U.S. court in 2014 refusing assistance into an investigation concerning Magnitsky's death. The letter was drafted reportedly with aid from Veselnitskaya.

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To: bitt

This “Trump Tower meeting” was always irrefutable proof there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. If Russia was secretly feeding the Trump campaign info, why the hell would they need to have this meeting out in the open?


21 posted on 12/15/2019 8:58:25 AM PST by Tejas Rob
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To: bitt

Where’s Sidney Blumenthal?


22 posted on 12/15/2019 8:58:49 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: bitt
This is more than a year old:

By John Bowden - 10/04/18 03:03 PM EDT

23 posted on 12/15/2019 9:00:05 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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Notice The Hill runs this year old Daily Beast story in the middle of the impeachment BS. Whoever said there are no coincidences was right.


24 posted on 12/15/2019 9:09:22 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: bitt

Putincide


25 posted on 12/15/2019 9:14:17 AM PST by babble-on
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To: bitt

Donald, I did you a little favor . . . Hillary


26 posted on 12/15/2019 9:15:21 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: null and void; Texas Eagle

Knowing her penchant for using intelligence services against political opponents, I suspect Vlads networks and capabilities and their immunity from domestic law enforcement are very appealing to the Beast.


27 posted on 12/15/2019 9:27:51 AM PST by Track9 (When the products of liberalism meet you face to face, itÂ’s best to have a loaded weapon.)
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To: bitt
aboard an unauthorized helicopter flight

things that make you go hummmmmm.

28 posted on 12/15/2019 9:36:12 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: bitt

So?

BTW, this was over a year ago. Try stirring the pot some other way.


29 posted on 12/15/2019 9:45:42 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: bitt

Her ties are to Fusion GPS and the Obama DOJ.


30 posted on 12/15/2019 9:53:05 AM PST by marron
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To: bitt
Also killed in the crash was pilot...

Or was he the only occupant and the pilot as well?

31 posted on 12/15/2019 10:01:07 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Texas Eagle

Do some reading, some terms below

Look up Bill Browder
Son of US Communist party leader
“Friend’ of Magnitsky
Browder= Major push behind making Magnitsky a globalist martyr and cause celebre for globalist sanctions vs Russia
Browder: once friend of Putin, then had major falling out with Putin and his favored oligarchs as they all sought to loot Russias resources
Browder = gave up US citizenship for British = HSBC
Hermitage Capital
Major money laundering to..... Clinton ( best candidate to rally globalists against Putin)

Remember back when Putin met Trump first meeting, and told him $400 million in Russian money was funneled to Hillary campaign?
Of course no one believed evil Putin, no media interest


32 posted on 12/15/2019 10:05:39 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Track9

Quite the opposite actually
Putin could own the Clintons with the dirt he has on them

But it seems he preferred to deal with a US President not owned by globalists and less likely to be goaded into taking US into WW3 with Russia


33 posted on 12/15/2019 10:08:45 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: Texas Eagle

She was there to lobby against the Magnitsky Act and US sanction vs Russia under a new Trump admin that was in the process of deciding on US/ Russian foreign policy

There are powerful people who see this change in US policy toward Russia as a threat


34 posted on 12/15/2019 10:12:12 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: bitt

Russian helicopter? Meh, it’s just as odd an occurrence when they don’t crash. I’ve ridden on them.


35 posted on 12/15/2019 10:14:22 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: Revel; Texas Eagle
Isn’t it interesting how they word that title. Yet dozens related to Clinton and the democrats have died in very mysterious ways, and we don’t get such headlines from the MSM.

2018 story... how is this connected to the current investigation?

36 posted on 12/15/2019 10:20:36 AM PST by GOPJ (radical socialists backed by self-righteous celebrities on Twitter are electoral poison PIERS MORGAN)
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To: silverleaf

That makes a lot of sense. I agree for sure. Just goes to show how multi level these relationships are. And how contextual the decision making is.
The old adage about simultaneously holding mutually exclusive viewpoints being a hallmark of a socialist mind applies.


37 posted on 12/15/2019 10:29:27 AM PST by Track9 (When the products of liberalism meet you face to face, itÂ’s best to have a loaded weapon.)
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To: Texas Eagle

Yes, and Trump was in favor of more defense spending and more energy production in the USA. Both of those items go away (as much as possible) with Hillary.

Trump also threatened Putin directly later when he said he would make up any shortages in European countries caused by Putin trying to mess with them.


38 posted on 12/15/2019 10:36:20 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: bitt
Nothing like FlightAware in Russia....
   an unauthorized helicopter flight
39 posted on 12/15/2019 11:21:28 AM PST by ptsal ( Media & DNC word game. It wasn't spying, it was just surveillance.)
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To: bitt

Bump


40 posted on 12/15/2019 2:33:05 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
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