Why #ChrisWray reshapes #FBI? #Rosneft #Gazprom ties thread.
1. #McCabe said he felt pressure to leave the FBI, according to NYT and stepped down on Monday. cnbc.com/2018/01/29/fbi…
2. #Sessions communicated to #Wray, who was hand-picked by #Trump and sworn in in August, that he needed a fresh start with his senior team at the #FBI. cnn.com/2018/01/22/pol…
3. #ChrisWray worked for #KingAndSpalding, a law company, representing Gazprom, Rosneft, Sberbank and Alfa Bank on issues related to #sanctions.
06 August, 2015, Moscow. American consulting company King & Spalding LLC won a Rosneft tender to provide consulting services for integrated commercial support of prospective LNG projects, according to Rosneft. The contract value is 45 million rubles. interfax.ru/business/459424
5. King & Spalding advised Rosneft in connection with its $55 billion acquisition of TNK-BP. The corresponding page was erased: kslaw.com/practices/merg…
6. King & Spalding also represents Sberbank and Alfa Bank on the issues related to sanctions.
7. King and Spalding represents Gazprom. kslaw.com/people/garry-p…
8. Moscow partner of King and Spalding is Andrew (Drew) Hruska, Wray’s partner and friend since childhood.
9. Moscow partner of King and Spalding, Andrew Hruska.
10. In its 2015–2017 edition, Best Lawyers has recognized King & Spalding partners Jennifer Josefson and Olga Kozyr among the leading attorneys in Russia. Josefson received special recognition as the 2017 Lawyer of the Year in oil and gas law for Moscow. Her bio was changed.
11. Trump personally picked Wray for FBI director. Why? Hmmmm... Let us think here really hard. As for me, I have no idea. Lots of American lawyers work around the world!
12. Read the whole article here: medium.com/@ZarinaZabrisk…
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