FBI Agent Who Investigated Trump-Russia Collusion Has Been Arrested For Colluding With Russia.

essentialsaltes said:

I'm tickled pink that bad guys in the FBi are being ferreted out, but let's also keep an eye on the bigger picture of Russian billionaires trying to influence American politics.

"McGonigal and Shestakov “both previously worked with Deripaska to attempt to have his sanctions removed"

I wonder who else was attempting to have sanctions on Deripaska's companies removed?

Oh that's right, it was the Trump Administration, in an act that caused 136 Republicans in the House to rebel and join Democrats in rebuking it.

Who else was working with Deripaska?

Oh that's right, it was Trump's 2016 campaign manager.

Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire ‘private briefings’ on 2016 campaign

Less than two weeks before Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign chairman offered to provide briefings on the race to a Russian billionaire closely aligned with the Kremlin, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Paul Manafort made the offer in an email to an overseas intermediary, asking that a message be sent to Oleg Deripaska, an aluminum magnate with whom Manafort had done business in the past, these people said.

Manafort had $10 million loan from Russian oligarch: court filing​

In an affidavit attached to the July 2017 application, an FBI agent said he had reviewed tax returns for a company controlled by Manafort and his wife that showed a $10 million loan from a Russian lender identified as Oleg Deripaska.

The application to search Manafort’s Virginia apartment was granted, providing key evidence for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictments of Manafort as part of his investigation into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.

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