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.
Bill Browder is as DIRTY and CORRUPT as SOROS!! I only know this because he’s on Obamas and Hilliary’s side!
That.
And presidential candidate
Good find.
Understood. Thank you.
Apparently he renounced his American citizenship some decades ago.
CNN is concerned about the lives of American turncoats?
Really???
Is Browder an American citizen? I thought he became a British subject. Maybe that was fake news.
Someone just needs to pay Soros and Browder’s pilots enough money to divert to Russia when the opportunity arises.
Why not just deport him to Britain?
He is a capitalist that fought the russian oligarchs and won. Magnitsky worked with him and was killed for it.
If you want to know the story and who the Magnitsky in the Magnitsky Act is, I recommend his book highly:
Because they will protect him against justice.
The UK government is very much a big big part of our Deep State problem. Fully integrated, as one might say.
Have you ever heard the other side of the story?
19 Jul: RT: Identification of Skripal suspects is ‘wild speculation’ - UK security minister
UK Security Minister Ben Wallace has dismissed claims police identified the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury as “wild speculation.”
The Tory minister Tweeted, in response to the Press Association post, that the report “belongs in the ill informed and wild speculation folder.”...
Asked about the latest developments, Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko said he is still awaiting official confirmation from Britain.
“These are media reports, unfortunately there are no official statements from the British side. I want to hear from Scotland Yard, from the Foreign Office. Many versions [published] in the newspapers are not confirmed at official level,” Yakovenko told journalists in Moscow...
The Russian envoy added that as London has produced no evidence that Moscow is responsible, the attack and its possible perpetrators was not discussed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump at their meeting in Helsinki...
https://www.rt.com/uk/433697-skripal-novichok-tory-minister/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Email
>>”Have you ever heard the other side of the story?”
Yes, from FusionGPS and Putin.
Have you read the book?
Note that Mr. Browder never delves into the charge that he illegally removed $1.5 billion from Russia, he just wrings his hands over purported consequences intended to fan the flames of hysteria.
... and the dumbass just provided the perfect cover for it, one that will fan the flames of Russia Russia Russia all the more.
I disagree.
This was a shrewd and clever move.
By telling everyone he's a target he will be watched closely and he is less likely to 'have an accident', 'be a victim of a random crime', or 'commit suicide'.
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