Posted on 07/19/2018 2:20:09 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Bill Browder, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Thursday said that if President Trump turns him over to the Russian government he will be handing him over to his death.
"To hand me over to Putin is basically to hand me over to my death," Browder said while appearing on CNN’s "At This Hour."
Putin mentioned Browder by name during a press conference with the president on Monday, where the Russian leader said that the Kremlin would permit special counsel Robert Mueller’s team to travel to Russia and question 12 Russian intelligence officers indicted in the Russia probe so long as Russia is allowed to interrogate some people “who have something to do with illegal actions in the territory of Russia.”
The Russian leader alleged without evidence that Browder, an American-born financier, illegally transferred $1.5 billion out of Russia and had funneled $400 million toward Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The Russian prosecutor’s office later corrected that figure to $400,000.
Browder, who also lobbied on behalf of the Magnitsky Act, which imposed sanctions against Russia, has since denied the allegations and contended on Thursday that he is "Putin's No. 1 foreign enemy."
"What the Russians have said very clearly on a number of occasions is they'd like to get me back to Russia ... and once I'm back in Russia, they would like to kill me. Anything that begins that process is effectively a death sentence for me," Browder said.
However, Browder said he doesn’t believe the US will go in on a “dirty deal” with Putin.
"The United States has very clear laws in relation to mutual legal assistance with Russia, in relation to extradition with Russia and various other things," he said.
"You have agencies that operate on those laws, and I don't think that there are going to be people who work in the apparatus of the law enforcement agencies of the United States that are going to be going along with a dirty deal with Putin."
The White House backed away from Putin's proposal on Thursday after initially indicating that Trump would consider the move.
“It is a proposal that was made in sincerity by President Putin, but President Trump disagrees with it," press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. "Hopefully President Putin will have the 12 identified Russians come to the United States to prove their innocence or guilt."
The White House response came after almost 24 hours of criticism from Democrats, Republicans and former diplomats that added to the hailstorm of criticism Trump has received over his meeting with Putin in Helsinki earlier this week.
The Senate approved a resolution by a 98-0 vote warning the president not to let the Russian government question diplomats and other officials, shortly after the White House statement.
At the summit, Putin claimed Browder’s Associates Gave $400 Million to Hillary Clinton’s Campaign.
Bill Browder: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Put him in the cell next to Manafort.
Trump is not turning over U.S. citizens. Period. Not that Browder’s life won’t be examined here...
Not a VIP...except in his own head.
Well, his value to the USA is far less than zero … unless he has some information our government might find useful.
No? Hand him over.
Browder gave up his US citizenship because he didn’t want to pay US taxes.
His status in the US is that of a foreign national named as a key suspect in an international crime ring.
We should absolutely turn him over to Russia at the first available opportunity.
I’ve read in several articles that Browder renounced his U.S. citizenship and is now a citizen of the U.K. Not that I think the U.S. would be handing over U.K. citizens, only to note that he’s not a U.S. citizen.
guilty!
IIRC, Browder renounced his US citizenship. There surely is someone we could trade this gentleman for.
“Trump is not turning over U.S. citizens. “
Browser renounced his US citizenship years ago.
His grandfather was the head of the US communist party.
Last night on Fox some Democrat legislator on Tucker’s show kept mentioning Trump turning over a US Ambassador to Putin- does anyone have any idea what he was talking about?
His family also complained about the US harassing their communist family ties.
How on Earth can Trump ‘hand him over’? He gave up his US citizenship to avoid taxes. Isn’t he a British citizen now?
Links?
Deep state trying to protect a communist scumbag.
Make a deal. You tell what you know or we turn you over. Seems fair!
Browder is now a dead man walking.
Hillary Clinton will kill him off. Arkancide ill keep him quiet
He should, however, be investigated to the fullest.
He has connections to Chicago, Obama, and the entire Russia-Collusion narrative.
That he's making this claim now indicates he's worried. Being killed by Putin? Or being exposed for other activities?
Thank you President Putin for exposing this deep state rat.
Thank you President Trump for giving the OK for Rosenstein to release Mueller’s indictments, which provided Putin with the opportunity to raise the criminal extradition coopoeration treaty and the criminal activities of Browder.
(A treaty endorsed by Congress by the way, so Trump really does not have much leeway to ignore it if Putin pushes it).
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