Yet another Trump presidential campaign worker, working on behalf of the Russians
Last night in the 'Daily Beast';In response to:
Trump Staffer Tried to Recruit Lobbyists for Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich
Once he worked to get Donald Trump into the White House.
Then he started doing favors on behalf of someone else—one of Russia’s richest men.
Betsy Woodruff
08.15.18 9:00 PM ET
In the time since the election, a little-known Trump campaign staffer named Daniel Gelbinovich reached out to a number of Washington lobbyists with an eyebrow-raising ask: to shield a Putin ally from U.S. sanctions.
Two lobbyists—speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the matter—told The Daily Beast that Gelbinovich approached them and told them he was trying to help Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch worth more than $11 billion, find a lobbyist to help keep him from being added to the Treasury Department’s sanctions list.
Gelbinovich confirmed this reporting.
“I approached the lobbyists on behalf of a private equity firm that requested outreach for this type of work,” he said in an email to The Daily Beast. “The firm claimed that this outreach was on behalf of the individual you mentioned. I do not have a direct connection to Mr. Abramovich myself.”
Gelbinovich’s claims to have worked on behalf of Abramovich, if true, are another piece of the web of connections between Trump World and powerful Russians. And that web is already thick: Besides President Trump’s much-vaunted personal friendliness with Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, Trump and his allies have a long history of doing business with Russian power players. His daughter is longtime friends with Abramovich’s former partner; his commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, invested in a shipping firm linked to Putin’s judo partner, who is under U.S. sanctions, according to The New York Times; and Trump himself teamed up with oligarch Aras Agalarov to put on the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013.
The revelation of Gelbinovich’s claim to have worked on behalf of Abramovich also comes as a jury begins deliberations on the fate of another Trump campaign alum, Paul Manafort—who faces criminal charges related to his work for a Putin ally in Ukraine. .......
Trump Staffer Tried to Recruit Lobbyists for Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich
Once he worked to get Donald Trump into the White House.
Then he started doing favors on behalf of someone else—one of Russia’s richest men.
Betsy Woodruff
08.15.18 9:00 PM ET
In the time since the election, a little-known Trump campaign staffer named Daniel Gelbinovich reached out to a number of Washington lobbyists with an eyebrow-raising ask: to shield a Putin ally from U.S. sanctions.
Two lobbyists—speaking anonymously because of the sensitivity of the matter—told The Daily Beast that Gelbinovich approached them and told them he was trying to help Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch worth more than $11 billion, find a lobbyist to help keep him from being added to the Treasury Department’s sanctions list.
Gelbinovich confirmed this reporting.
“I approached the lobbyists on behalf of a private equity firm that requested outreach for this type of work,” he said in an email to The Daily Beast. “The firm claimed that this outreach was on behalf of the individual you mentioned. I do not have a direct connection to Mr. Abramovich myself.”
Gelbinovich’s claims to have worked on behalf of Abramovich, if true, are another piece of the web of connections between Trump World and powerful Russians. And that web is already thick: Besides President Trump’s much-vaunted personal friendliness with Russian President Vladimir Putin himself, Trump and his allies have a long history of doing business with Russian power players. His daughter is longtime friends with Abramovich’s former partner; his commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, invested in a shipping firm linked to Putin’s judo partner, who is under U.S. sanctions, according to The New York Times; and Trump himself teamed up with oligarch Aras Agalarov to put on the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow in 2013.
The revelation of Gelbinovich’s claim to have worked on behalf of Abramovich also comes as a jury begins deliberations on the fate of another Trump campaign alum, Paul Manafort—who faces criminal charges related to his work for a Putin ally in Ukraine. .......
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In addition Manafort's attorneys didn't even bother to call any witnesses for Manafort's defense.
Both the defense & prosecutions case are done.
As the jury will soon begin it's deliberations, Manafort has "has zero chance of an acquittal"
because the case is "overwhelming".
It looks like Manafort is counting on a Dirty Don pardon. Perhaps a back door agreement between Trump
and Manafort, so that Manafort doesn't flip on Trump and deliver more evidence against Trump.
Comments (10)
It is not a good look for the US Presidency...
Have you had a chance to see Spike Lee's film...and it is not fiction...
One Russian company that didn't exist?
The fact that when russia offers opportunity for them to at least question those "agents" in any environment, they run with their tails tucked clucking about how that's not how they operate.
What damages? The propaganda the dems and DoJ created? Why aren't they investigating the hacking of the RNC? What about other establishments? Why didn't obozo do anything if they knew so much for so long? The DoJ lied about no damages from the so-called Russian meddling? How many elections has the U.S. meddled with? Besides our last presidential election in 2016?
It's actually your stories that are full of holes and even congress has stood with statements on no proof of any thing.
They have nothing unless they can make it up and make it stick. That's why they need those charges against the people like popadopalous, manafort, Flynn, and others. They need your weak minds to stay in the clouds even though the only one remotely close was Flynn lying when he had no reason too.
FBI ex-employees stand to face charges themselves. Security clearance revocation is past due for many.
You keep squaking but there still isn't any substance to your hopes and dreams. Much like the dem party, rinos, and hillary.
Manafort's trial, as well as subsequent ones, will deal with money laundering, shell companies, and kickbacks.
Hopefully, you and others, will begin to understand, just how & why, it happened.
Mueller must be given the opportunity to thoroughly investigate and prosecute those involved.
Consider that already Flynn is cooperating with the DOJ and what he may have offered to do so.
Like I said, wait until the trials are over, before jumping to conclusions.
This is only the first trial. It promises to get more & more interesting than $18,000 jackets.
Cohen under investigations for his practices. Much like the steele dosier still hasn't surfaced any substance against Trump because every thing is being stretched for and fabricated for people like you.
Jr. didn't do any thing wrong. Trump didn't know.
The way the FBI operates since at least 2009, the reason for the decades old charges being filed and prosecuted all of a sudden for many, they're hoping they get someone to lie on the stand for a plea bargain at best.
Like the steele dossier they can't use but have gotten away with so far, it's going to have to be provable to be any type of prosecution.
Nothing from nothing, still leaves nothing.
Talking out of both sides of his mouth, trump is obviously gaming his base. When they believe, have faith and blindly trust their fearful leader, facts don't matter..
Who rolled back regulations to let the economy grow?
Who's actually building border security?
Who's actually slowing illegal immigration and increased vetting of "refugees"?
Who has actually reformed tax laws?
Who's actually fighting terrorism to get Iraq back on track?
Who's actually getting countries and people to the bargaining table?
Where is the evidence on collusion?
Who's working but donating their salary every pay day?
Flash back to the good 'ol obozo days; before we were dealing with the left over corruption.
The manafort jury is still out at this moment. 4 days? Must have been one hack of a defense. It must have had some other truths the media didn't add.