More Twists Revealed in Russian Lawyer Trump Jr. Meeting
Natalia Veselnitskaya
In a meeting at Trump Tower in New York last year   Natalia Veselnitskaya  produced a memo that she had shared with one of Russia's most powerful officials  prosecutor general Yury Chaika  a close ally of President Vladimir Putin  the Times reported.
Putin repeated the charges contained in the memo last week when he addressed a conference of Western scholars. Russia's state-run television has also reported on the issue in interviews with  Veselnitskaya  and Chaika.
In her memo   Veselnitskaya  accused an American firm  Ziff Brothers Investments  of illegally buying shares of a Russian firm and avoiding tens of millions of dollars in Russian taxes.
"The company was the financial vehicle of three billionaire brothers  two of them major donors to Democratic candidates including Mrs. Clinton. By implication   Ms. Veselnitskaya   said  those political contributions were tainted by 'stolen' money '" the Times reported.
In a meeting at Trump Tower in New York last year    [TGT]   produced a memo that she had shared with one of Russia's most powerful officials  prosecutor general Yury Chaika  a close ally of President Vladimir Putin  the Times reported.
Putin repeated the charges contained in the memo last week when he addressed a conference of Western scholars. Russia's state-run television has also reported on the issue in interviews with  Veselnitskaya  and Chaika.
In her memo   Veselnitskaya  accused an American firm  Ziff Brothers Investments  of illegally buying shares of a Russian firm and avoiding tens of millions of dollars in Russian taxes.
"The company was the financial vehicle of three billionaire brothers  two of them major donors to Democratic candidates including Mrs. Clinton. By implication   Ms. Veselnitskaya   said  those political contributions were tainted by 'stolen' money '" the Times reported.