Russian tied to Trump Tower meet indicted in separate US case 0 SHARES Share it! The charge was, at least on the surface, unrelated to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election. In Tuesday’s indictment, the Justice Department said that, in the Prevezon case, Veselnitskaya had submitted ostensibly independent investigative findings that cleared Prevezon and its clients. In 2012, the US Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which aimed to punish Russian officials involved in Magnitsky’s imprisonment and death and the coverup around it. Veselnitskaya has always maintained that her reason for pursuing the Trump Tower meeting with campaign officials was to discuss the adoption issue.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 09, 2019 02:20 UTC