As we know there was communication from Trump Tower directly to Russia, tying in Betsy DeVos & Spectrum health.
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Yulia Tymoshenko was one of the leaders of Ukraine's Orange Revolution. She was later elected Prime Minister and served from 07-10. She ran for president in 2010 against Viktor Yanukovych.
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Yanukovych won that election, with the help of Paul Manafort. A year later, Yulia Tymoshenko was charged with abuse of office arising from certain natural gas deals with Russia
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The charges and her imprisonment were seen as politically motivated (duh).
the Ukrainian gov't commissioned a report from international law firm Skadden Arps, which concluded that politics weren't involved.
5/ For whatever reason, Gates and 'Person A' wanted some information about that report. They discussed it with van der Zwann (who was a Skadden attorney & evidently helped prepare the report), and he recorded that phone call
Then lied to investigators about it - hence indictment
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So brings me to the question:
why was Gates seeking info about the 2012 trial of Tymoshenko while serving on the Trump campaign in September 2016? 😉
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Might it be the money Manafort/Gates owed Oleg Deripaska perhaps?
IMHO - this could be #Muller' signal to lawyers involved with the probe. If you lie, or lie for your clients, or destroy evidence - we have you, we WILL take you down.
It's laundry day for many of these lawyers today, I bet.
12/ here's another fun timeline to consider
In May 2016 - Alfa bank sues Buzzfeed for publishing the dossier
In June, President Trump nominated Brian Benczkowski, the bank's former attorney, to be United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
Yes, really
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“We’ll discuss it with the majority and ask whether they’ll join us in a referral, or, if we think one is warranted, then we reserve the right to make a referral even if they don’t.” - @RepAdamSchiff
BOOM
If Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a senior Judiciary Committee member are able (and had the balls) to refer Christopher Steele.