Mueller just drew his most direct line to date between the Trump campaign and Russia

[Jacque67 7,328]

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation just drew what appears to be its most direct line to date between President Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia.

That line is drawn in a new court filing related to the upcoming sentencing of London attorney Alex van der Zwaan. Van der Zwaan has pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with deputy Trump campaign manager Rick Gates and a person not named in the document, Person A. Person A appears to be a former Ukraine-based aide to Gates and Paul Manafort named Konstantin Kilimnik.

Here's the paragraph:

Fourth, the lies and withholding of documents were material to the Special Counsel’s Office’s investigation. That Gates and Person A were directly communicating in September and October 2016 was pertinent to the investigation. Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agents assisting the Special Counsel’s Office assess that Person A has ties to Russian intelligence service and had such ties in 2016. During his first interview with the Special Counsel’s Office, van der Zwaan admitted that he knew of that connection, stating that Gates told him Person A was a former Russian Intelligence Officer with GRU.

That Person A has had ties to Russian intelligence is not terribly surprising. Kilimnik's personal history has been examined extensivelyby the media, including The Washington Post. He has denied being involved in Russian intelligence, but he served in the Russian military and attended a Russian military foreign language university that is seen as a breeding ground for intelligence agents.

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/28/mueller-just-drew-the-most-direct-line-to-date-between-the-trump-campaign-and-russia/

 

Manafort and Gates were not only just in contact with Russian Intel but KNEW so , from court filings for indicted lawyer Alexander van der Zwaan.

 

oh.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

20 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/03/28/mueller-just-drew-the-most-direct-line-to-date-between-the-trump-campaign-and-russia/

 

Manafort and Gates were not only just in contact with Russian Intel but KNEW so , from court filings for indicted lawyer Alexander van der Zwaan.

 

oh.

This would be important if Trump knew these guys. I don't think he could would recognize them if he met them.

Edited March 28, 2018 by Il Mango Dulce

[Jacque67 7,328]

21 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

This would be important if Trump knew these guys. I don't think he could would recognize them if he met them.

He doesn't know Thomas J Barrack Jr. either. Nor Stone! SAD!

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/mueller-gates-russia-investigation-contacts/index.html

 

Gates provided something substantial to Mueller, unrelated to Manafort to obtain plea deal.

 

Trump's new member of his legal team, the contingency lawyer/ medieval historian will be right on this.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-convention/mueller-probing-russia-contacts-at-republican-convention-sources-idUSKBN1H52VT

 

just b4 pro-Russia changes were made to RNC platform, Manafort emailed Kilimnik offering to give private briefings on campaign to Deripaska in exchange for debt repayment...

 

in other news Randy Credico looks crazier than Nunberg.