Mr. Browder said the charges were concocted to discredit him and to undermine the Magnitsky Act sanctions. While investigating Mr. Browder and his investors, Ms. Veselnitskaya unearthed what she considered evidence of a financial and tax fraud scheme. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyPrecisely how Ms. Veselnitskaya ended up at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting to present her findings remains in dispute. She may have told Mr. Agalarov that she had previously conveyed the same information to Mr. Chaika, Mr. Balber said. By all accounts, the Trump campaign officials were unimpressed — even baffled — by her 20-minute presentation.

Source: New York Times October 27, 2017 16:58 UTC