Posted on 02/22/2018 7:32:49 AM PST by ptsal
Updated | Alex van der Zwaan, a lawyer who once helped prepare a report for the Ukrainian government, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to lying to federal agents as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Documents charging van der Zwaan are dated February 16 and were filed publicly Tuesday morning. His sentencing is scheduled for April 3.
Van der Zwaan, 33, is a Dutch lawyer who helped prepare a report for the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice on ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in 2012, according to court documents. He worked at the time for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, a high-profile company with 22 offices and more than 1,700 attorneys.
The firm said Tuesday that it fired van der Zwaan last year and has been cooperating with authorities, according to The Washington Post. He published a paper for the firm as recently as April 2017.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
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A 2012 Skadden report on the Tymoshenko case, available on a Ukrainian government website, described van der Zwaan as a “participating attorney” who focused on “cross-border transactions and disputes covering various industries and sectors.” The report said he was fluent in Russian. (The cached version of his Skadden biography said he also speaks Dutch, English and French.)
Around September 2017, the Department of Justice requested information and documents from Skadden related to the work it did on behalf of Viktor Yanukovych, the former president of Ukraine whose political party is considered pro-Russia, The New York Times reported at the time. Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who is facing charges in the Mueller probe, did work for Yanukovych’s party.
head’s up
Is Mueller doing George Soros’ work while billing the taxpayers?
Mueller needs to investigate college student Bill Clinton’s trip to Russia in 1969.
This thread is a must read if you are interested in this. It sounds rather conspiratorial, but the names listed that are associated with Van Der Zwaan are essential to understand the rabbit hole and the links with the Podesta group. Some of these names are deeply connected to the former administration and the Clinton’s.
I had not heard some of this, but I am also not surprised. It appears impossible to me to take down Manafort without involving the other players doing the same thing he did.
Take it with a grain of salt, but if these connections are true (they appear to be by association with the named firms) it is all interconnected.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3634148/posts
Didn’t he play guitar with Bruce and the E Street Band?
That was Steve Van Zandt.
FYI - Info I posted earlier on how Van Der Zwaan might lead to big time Dems - someone posted a thread on it, too:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3633960/posts?page=27#27
Thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3634148/posts
Different publisher than my posting and I have a screenshot based on the title.
The Newsweek article cites the name of Zwaan’s father-in-law and a reference to his investment portfolio.
This millennial, Mr. Zwaan, has the potential to become a problem for the Clinton Crime family.
Every time I see the word Ukraine, I feel the need to bathe.
Just how many problems does the Clinton Crime Family need to have before they are taken down?
Sheesh. Anybody else with this many “problems” would have been in prison long ago.
Just to clarify my poorly written post .... I was trying to add info on this guy since our sources were different, not dinging you for posting something already posted, etc. Sorry if it came across that way :-(
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