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Escalating Its Russia Probe, Senate Committee Follows The Money
Escalating Its Russia Probe, Senate Committee Follows The Money
The chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee requested suspicious activity reports on a wide array of people and businesses, indicating he was intensifying its investigation.
Jason LeopoldOctober 26, 2017, at 5:55 a.m.
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Senator Chuck Grassley.
A congressional committee investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election has stepped up its probe over the past month, requesting that an agency that combats financial crime turn over confidential banking information on nearly 40 individuals and businesses, including at least nine who are American, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network — FinCEN for short — on September 29, seeking information about any suspicious financial transactions banks may have flagged on the individuals and businesses since Jan 2015. Banks are required by law to flag such transactions for FinCEN.
The Judiciary Committee is one of three congressional committees looking into Russian interference. Its investigation only recently got off the ground after months spent negotiating the scope of its probe, two staffers told BuzzFeed News, and a rift has reportedly been developing between Grassley and Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the committee. Feinstein did not sign the letter.
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“The Senate Judiciary Committee is conducting an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, as well as the Department of Justice’s enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act,” Grassley’s letter says. “I am requesting a copy of any and all documents relating to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) that have been filed regarding the following individuals or entities.” They include:
- Rinat Akhmetshin, and Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian-American lobbyist and the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump, Jr. at Trump Tower in June 2016.
- Robert Arakelian, another lobbyist who works with Akhmetshin.
- Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation, the Washington, DC-based nonprofit headed by Veselnitskaya whose stated goal is to “restart American adoption of Russian children” but has lobbied to repeal the Magnitsky Act, the 2012 law that imposed sanctions on Russian officials.
- Glenn Simpson, Thomas Catan, Peter Fritsch and their private investigation firm Fusion GPS, which commissioned the so-called “dossier” that alleged the Russian government had been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” President Donald Trump.
- Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who collected the intelligence for the dossier; his business partner, Christopher Burrows; and their firm Orbis Business Intelligence.
- Perkins Coie, a law firm that reportedly retained and paid Fusion GPS on behalf of the Clinton campaign for research that ended up in the dossier.
- Prevezon Holdings, a Russian-owned company that was charged with money laundering and settled with the Department of Justice earlier this year, and eight of its related companies.
- The law firm Baker Hostetler, which was hired to defend Prevezon, and two of the firm’s attorneys, John Moscow and Mark Cymrot.
A spokesperson for Grassley, Michael Zona, did not respond to requests for comment about the committee’s investigation. Simpson, the Fusion GPS co-founder, declined to comment. Simpson’s business partners, Fritsch and Catan, did not respond to requests for comment. Burrows declined to comment on behalf of himself, Steele, and Orbis. Neither Cymrot nor a spokesperson for Baker Hostetler responded to requests for comment. Moscow, the other Baker Hostetler attorney, declined to comment. Akhmetshin, Arakelian, and Veselnitskaya also did not respond to requests for comment. Officials at Prevezon could not be reached. A spokeswoman for Perkins Coie did not respond to requests for comment.
Grassley’s letter set an October 13 deadline for FinCEN to turn over the financial information to his committee. But according to three sources, no suspicious activity reports have been sent to the committee.
Jason Leopold is a senior investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in LA. Recipient: IRE 2016 FOI award; Newseum Institute National Freedom of Information Hall of Fame. PGP fingerprint 46DB 0712 284B 8C6E 40FF 7A1B D3CD 5720 694B 16F0. Contact this reporter at jason.leopold@buzzfeed.com
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AZBeauty
Stop lyin' nicca.
This is unfortunate.
Russia wants chaos. I assume that maybe his angle.
Trumpset: Obummer was no Reagan!
Ron Reagan Jr: Trump is a damaged soul.
Trumpset: Reagan is a TRAITOR to the Party and his father was no TRUMP! #MAGA
Why is Grassley holding that man's arm like that
GnauzBookOfRhymes
Superstar
Trump has never fought for anything in his life. He won't start in his 70s. They will make him an offer he can't refuse and he will call it quits. Leaders stay and fight when they feel a responsibility to the people who follow them or to protect their legacy with the group/tribe etc to which they belong (this is why for instance Saddam/Qaddafi stayed knowing they would die rather than going to exile). Trump has yet to show even the smallest iota of allegiance/regard for anyone other than himself. He doesn't care about all these dead enders. He will say he's leaving because of the deep state and twist it into the notion that he's doing it for the country. And they will buy it.
We're coming up on the 1 year of the election. I feel the bombshell might coincide with the anniversary
AZBeauty
Stop lyin' nicca.
statues/heritage
I'm starting to lose hope....I don't even check this thread on the daily like I was in the Spring. This Orangutan might actually serve out his whole term.
Yeah my family keeps saying don’t get my hopes up. I’m just hoping that justice will prevail..I’m hoping that the voices of people shytting on this idiot will get stronger and stronger and Mueller will do God’s work.
I have no choice
just waiting for the DoD to officially announce the Cold War never ended.This is the head of Russia Today
:weebaynanimated::weebaynanimated::weebaynanimated:
@DonKnock @SJUGrad13 @88m3 @Menelik II @wire28 @smitty22 @Reality @fact @Hood Critic @ExodusNirvana @Blessed Is the Man @THE MACHINE @OneManGang @dtownreppin214 @JKFrazier @tmonster @blotter @BigMoneyGrip @Soymuscle Mike @Grano-Grano @.r.
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
I been gave up. Look at the options, he serves or or Pence serves the 4. Either way, we fukked. At least this piece of shyt is entertaining
