Russian lawyer admitted to being an informant for the Kremlin during US elections

Russian lawyer Natalya Veselnitskaya admitted that she was an informant for the Kremlin during a meeting with representatives of the election campaign of Donald Trump. The meeting took place in 2016 in the Trump Tower building.

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She stated this in an interview NBC NewsVeselnytska previously denied ties to the Russian government.

“I am a lawyer and informer, since 2013, I have been actively communicating with the service of the Russian Attorney General,” said Veselnitskaya.

She also added that she personally “doesn’t care at all” what kind of US government is.

US Special Prosecutor Robert Muller, who is investigating Trump's campaign ties with Russia, also drew attention to the 2016 meeting of the year, at which the Trump team tried to obtain negative information against Hillary Clinton.

In an interview Veselnitskaya also said that she worked for Yuri Chaika, who at the time of the meeting was the Prosecutor General of Russia. But in November 2017, Veselnitskaya claimed before the Senate Law Committee that she “had no links with Chaika, his representatives and institutions, other than those required by the professional status of a lawyer.”

However, the received electronic correspondence shows that Veselnitskaya worked closely with Chaika on the protection of the Russian businessman’s real estate company, Prevezon Holding, which was accused of fraud in the United States. The US Department of Justice has entered into a settlement agreement with the firm providing for the payment of 6 million dollars, which the company has not yet made.

On April 27, the Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives published the 253 pages consisting of report the results of the investigation into Russia's interference with the US presidential election in 2016.

The document says that Congress did not find evidence of a link between US President Donald Trump and his election team with Russia, but it was found that the Kremlin interfered in the elections, although there was no collusion with Trump.

The document says that committee staff interviewed 73 witnesses, held 9 hearings and briefings, and studied about 308 thousand documents. And none of the witnesses interviewed provided evidence of “connection, collusion or cooperation” between the Trump campaign and Russia, the released report said.

"TO"The committee found no evidence that Trump's pre-election business activities provided the basis for Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election," the Congress concluded.

At the same time, the report states that news andagency "Russia Today", portal Sputniktv channel Russia Today and edition Russia Beyond the Headlines were "part of Russian media propaganda" that was used to interfere in the US presidential election.

Additionally, Contacts between Trump campaign officials and WikiLeaks have been described as "ill-conceived" but do not prove collusion. The committee also expressed concern that former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page may have given an incomplete account of his activities in Moscow in 2016. In addition, Jared Kushner, during his testimony, did not admit the real reason for meeting with Veselnitskaya in Trump Tower, although it was found that Trump representatives came there to get dirt on Clinton.

But in general, the authors of the report concluded that there was no collusion between Trump and the Russians interested in disorganizing the elections.

The report also criticizes Democrats and intelligence agencies, including the Obama administration for its "slowness and inconsistency" in responding to Russian interference efforts, and the FBI for failing to notify the agency. duly victims of Russian hacking.

At the same time, before publication, a significant part of the information, which is secret, was removed.

Now in the United States continues another investigation of Russia's interference in the American elections in 2016, which is conducted by US special prosecutor Robert Muller.

Recall that in the summer of 2016, the son and son of Donald Trump, as well as the then head of his campaign headquarters met with a Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.

According to Trump Jr., the meeting was organized by his friends; the lawyer initially promised to provide compromising on Clintonbut focused the conversation on Magnitsky’s list and the adoption program of Russian children by Americans.

Later it became known that the meeting was organized by music publisher Rob Goldstone at the request of Russian singer Emin Agalarov.

July 11 Donald Trump Jr made public the correspondence concerning this meeting. From the published correspondence it follows that Rob Goldstone told Trump Jr. about the presence of compromising documents about the connection of Hillary Clinton with Russia, and the meeting with Veselnitskaya concerned these particular data.

Veselnitskaya claims no one passed on Clinton to her.and she considered Magnitsky’s list and the adoption program for Russian children in the United States to be the topic of the meeting.

Later it turned out that one of the participants in the meeting was also a 52-year-old businessman, a native of Russia, and now an American citizen Irakli Kaveladze.

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