Mueller's Team Questions Russian Oligarch About Payments To Cohen

[edpc]

Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, after the election, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of asset manager Renova Group, is an oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, and last month the Trump administration placed him on a list of sanctioned Russians for activities including election interference. The purpose of the payments, which predate the sanctions, and the nature of the business relationship between Vekselberg and Cohen is unclear.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/muellers-team-questions-russian-oligarch-about-payments-to-cohen/ar-AAwYqME?li=BBnb7Kz

[Victoria33]

@edpc
The Russian amount of money was said to be $500,000 into the account of the company Cohen set up to pay Daniels the $130,000.

"Avenatti alleged the $500,000 went into the bank account for Essential Consultants, a shell company that Cohen set up before the election that was used to pay Daniels. Avenatti added that the payments occurred from January to August 2017."

"Vekselberg is one of two Russian oligarchs the FBI stopped earlier this year after their private jets landed in New York-area airports as part of Mueller's investigation."

After stopping them, the FBI took mirror images of their phones.

Where is this leading?  The Russians paid Cohen that much money last year?  For what?  That is the question.

[edpc]

@Victoria33

According to a dossier published by Avenatti on Tuesday evening, “Vekselberg and his cousin Mr. Andrew Intrater routed eight payments to Mr. Cohen through a company named Columbus Nova LLC beginning in January 2017 and continuing until at least August 2017.”

The funds, Avenatti suggested, may have been used to reimburse Cohen for the $130,000 hush payment made to Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.

Intrater was also a donor to the Republican National Committee, where Cohen served as a deputy finance chairman. In June 2017, Intrater donated $35,000 to a joint fundraising committee for the RNC and Trump’s reelection campaign. He also gave a quarter-million dollars to Trump’s inaugural committee. (Previously, Intrater gave only to Democrats like Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Ted Kennedy.)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-cohen-took-cash-from-russian-oligarch-after-election?ref=home


Weird.  Remember how Giuliani suddenly mentioned, out of the blue, structured payments through 2017 in the amount of $35K and insisted it had nothing to do with campaign money?

[Victoria33]

"In June 2017, Intrater (cousin of the Russian) donated $35,000 to a joint fundraising committee for the RNC and Trump’s reelection campaign. He also gave a quarter-million dollars to Trump’s inaugural committee."

Russians appear to like Trump. 1/4 millions dollars for his next inaugural?  $35,000 to Trump's reelection committee?

"Remember how Giuliani suddenly mentioned, out of the blue, structured payments through 2017 in the amount of $35K and insisted it had nothing to do with campaign money?"

Yes, that amount $35K.

[Oceander]

@Victoria33

According to a dossier published by Avenatti on Tuesday evening, “Vekselberg and his cousin Mr. Andrew Intrater routed eight payments to Mr. Cohen through a company named Columbus Nova LLC beginning in January 2017 and continuing until at least August 2017.”

The funds, Avenatti suggested, may have been used to reimburse Cohen for the $130,000 hush payment made to Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.

Intrater was also a donor to the Republican National Committee, where Cohen served as a deputy finance chairman. In June 2017, Intrater donated $35,000 to a joint fundraising committee for the RNC and Trump’s reelection campaign. He also gave a quarter-million dollars to Trump’s inaugural committee. (Previously, Intrater gave only to Democrats like Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Ted Kennedy.)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-cohen-took-cash-from-russian-oligarch-after-election?ref=home


Weird.  Remember how Giuliani suddenly mentioned, out of the blue, structured payments through 2017 in the amount of $35K and insisted it had nothing to do with campaign money?

Don’t tell me that all of a sudden there is a “there” there. 

[Victoria33]

Don’t tell me that all of a sudden there is a “there” there.

@Oceander

I have no idea; as you know, this just came out and I don't know what it means, except the Russian and his cousin (don't know if he is a Russian citizen, too), were stopped by the FBI when they flew into this country in private jets.  They didn't stop them just to say "Hi".

[edpc]

Don’t tell me that all of a sudden there is a “there” there.

Dunno, but the amount is coincidental and there sure was a big freakout when Cohen got raided.

[Oceander]

Dunno, but the amount is coincidental and there sure was a big freakout when Cohen got raided.

Exactly.

[edpc]

Michael Avenatti

@MichaelAvenatti

After significant investigation, we have discovered that Mr. Trump’s atty Mr. Cohen received approximately $500,000 in the mos. after the election from a company controlled by a Russian Oligarc with close ties to Mr. Putin. These monies may have reimbursed the $130k payment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/daniels-lawyer-cohen-got-500k-russian-oligarch-viktor-vekselberg-n872481

[Frank Cannon]

I see Mueller is still off on a fishing trip when the Podestas were taking full out bribes from the Soviets and no one cares.

[Frank Cannon]

Michael Avenatti

@MichaelAvenatti

After significant investigation, we have discovered that Mr. Trump’s atty Mr. Cohen received approximately $500,000 in the mos. after the election from a company controlled by a Russian Oligarc with close ties to Mr. Putin. These monies may have reimbursed the $130k payment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/daniels-lawyer-cohen-got-500k-russian-oligarch-viktor-vekselberg-n872481

Is this the same Michael Avenatti who works for the DNC as a hatchet man and dirty trickster?

You should put a lot of stock in the shit he says. After all, he works for the DNC.

[edpc]

Is this the same Michael Avenatti who works for the DNC as a hatchet man and dirty trickster?

You should put a lot of stock in the shit he says. After all, he works for the DNC.

He very well may, but when has he been wrong so far?

[Victoria33]

He very well may, but when has he been wrong so far?

@edpc

I have kept up with him since he has been right every time.

[edpc]

@edpc

I have kept up with him since he has been right every time.

He’s a bit arrogant and reminds me of Peter Russo on House of Cards.  I’ve been waiting for him to be wrong, but he’s been on it.

[240B]

As usual, we are all supposed to ignore all the money the Clintons were paid from Russian oligarchs and Arab despots and other dictatorial countries all over the world. Republicans are always prosecuted. Democrats never are.

[Frank Cannon]

He very well may, but when has he been wrong so far?

Well almost everything he has leaked has been bullshit. That is why his "client" is now reduced to shilling T-shirts and making embarrassing appearances on SNL.

But don't let me get in the way of letting you pimp for a worker in the Peoples Rat Party. That would ruin your agenda after all.

[edpc]

Well almost everything he has leaked has been bullshit. That is why his "client" is now reduced to shilling T-shirts and making embarrassing appearances on SNL.

But don't let me get in the way of letting you pimp for a worker in the Peoples Rat Party. That would ruin your agenda after all.

He said Trump was aware of the arrangement and reimbursed Cohen.  Rudy recently confirmed that.  He said Cohen would plead the 5th in the civil suit.  The filed a motion to confirm that.  He predicted Cohen would turn on Trump.  Trump’s former attorney Jay Goldberg said Cohen was not even a 1 on a scale of 100 for reliability.  Some bullshit.

My ‘agenda’ in life consists of making as much money as possible, retiring as soon as I can, and dealing with as few people as necessary, along the way.

Get some Sween Cream.  They use that in nursing homes.  You’re obviously butthurt.

[GrouchoTex]

Well, we said if they were going to look at anything, it was only fair to look at Russian interference, and leave the other nonsense alone. At least this story actually has a Russian in it. Let's where this goes now.

On a side note:

Is it just me, or does Cohen look like Henry Winkler.

[Victoria33]

Well, we said if they were going to look at anything, it was only fair to look at Russian interference, and leave the other nonsense alone. At least this story actually nhas a Russian in it. Let's where this goes now.

On a side note:

Is it just me, or does Cohen look like Henry Winkler.

@GrouchoTex

Yes, he looks like Winkler.

[XenaLee]

Well, we said if they were going to look at anything, it was only fair to look at Russian interference, and leave the other nonsense alone. At least this story actually nhas a Russian in it. Let's where this goes now.

On a side note:

Is it just me, or does Cohen look like Henry Winkler.

Lol!   Yeah.... about 15 years ago.  Winkler's really old now.  But he does look very similar here (Little Nicky)....

[edpc]

Natasha Bertrand

@NatashaBertrand

Cohen's attorney, to me, re: Columbus Nova-Cohen transactions: “This was not a payment.”
He followed up in an email, writing, “Don’t contact me again. Ever.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/993999239792484352


AT&T confirms payment to Trump's personal lawyer for 'insight'

In a statement given to CNBC, AT&T confirmed the $200,000 payment reported by Avenatti, saying Cohen's firm was one of several engaged for "insights" into the new administration. In court, Cohen has said he represented only Trump, Elliott Broidy and Sean Hannity. Former New York City mayor and current Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani went on Fox News last week to say that Trump reimbursed Cohen for the payment, but the payments revealed by Avenatti suggest funding could have come from a number of other sources, including AT&T. Whatever they were for, they came at the same time the company has been seeking approval for its merger with Time Warner.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/t-confirms-payment-trump-apos-001200629.html