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EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Trump AG Raked In Campaign Donations From An Oil Tycoon With Ties To Putin
The Daily Caller ^ | 08/19/2017 | Chris White

Posted on 08/19/2017 2:42:45 PM PDT by ForYourChildren

One of the attorneys general who has sought probes against the Trump administration has accepted large individual campaign donations from an energy tycoon with connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has accepted more than $60,000 in small donations from Leonard Blavatnik, a Ukrainian-born energy billionaire with ties to Russian oligarchs, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation examination of the Democrat’s financial disclosure reports .

Blavatnik plowed $25,000 into Schneiderman’s political war chest in January of 2017 – his generous contribution was one of the largest individual donations given to the New York Democrat this year. Blavatnik had previously donated $38,000 to the anti-Trump lawman from 2011 to 2014.

Schneiderman’s office has not responded to TheDCNF’s request for comment in time for the publication of this article.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blavatnik; demsrussia; ericschneiderman; leonardblavatnik; mcmaster; oil; preetbharara; russia; schneiderman; trumprussia; ukrainian

1 posted on 08/19/2017 2:42:46 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
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To: ForYourChildren

Another Russian connection.

And it isn’t Trump, again, and again, and again...


2 posted on 08/19/2017 2:43:26 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

“Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s Conservative Solutions PAC received about $1.5 million through Blavatnik’s two holding companies, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich pulled in about $250,000 through Blavatnik ventures. His contributions to the New York AG could complicate Schneiderman’s campaign against Trump.”


3 posted on 08/19/2017 2:44:13 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren; Liz; HarleyLady27

Does Schneiderman have real estate investments in New York?

How were those investments funded?

Who are the tenants on those properties?

Has Schneiderman made all (ALL) of the appropriate disclosures and made them in a TIMELY manner?


4 posted on 08/19/2017 2:49:26 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: ForYourChildren; LS; Liz

ls, liz fyi!

One of the attorneys general who has sought probes against the Trump administration has accepted large individual campaign donations from an energy tycoon with connections to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has accepted more than $60,000 in small donations from Leonard Blavatnik, a Ukrainian-born energy billionaire with ties to Russian oligarchs, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation examination of the Democrat’s financial disclosure reports .

Blavatnik plowed $25,000 into Schneiderman’s political war chest in January of 2017 – his generous contribution was one of the largest individual donations given to the New York Democrat this year. Blavatnik had previously donated $38,000 to the anti-Trump lawman from 2011 to 2014.

Then add this to Rubio’s file of the wrong side supporting him.

“Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s Conservative Solutions PAC received about $1.5 million through Blavatnik’s two holding companies, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich pulled in about $250,000 through Blavatnik ventures. His contributions to the New York AG could complicate Schneiderman’s campaign against Trump.”


5 posted on 08/19/2017 2:53:05 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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To: ptsal

Great questions for one of Trump’s legal mercs.

“Does Schneiderman have real estate investments in New York?

How were those investments funded?

Who are the tenants on those properties?

Has Schneiderman made all (ALL) of the appropriate disclosures and made them in a TIMELY manner?


6 posted on 08/19/2017 2:54:51 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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To: ForYourChildren

Democrats can do this because it’s perfectly legal.
Republicans can’t do this because it’s perfectly legal.

If the media and democrats didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all.

5.56mm


7 posted on 08/19/2017 2:55:59 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: ForYourChildren

bttt


8 posted on 08/19/2017 2:57:31 PM PDT by timestax
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To: ForYourChildren

He’s a rat its ok


9 posted on 08/19/2017 3:15:42 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: ForYourChildren

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

https://www.forbes.com/profile/len-blavatnik/

http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/about/len-blavatnik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Blavatnik


10 posted on 08/19/2017 3:54:03 PM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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To: ForYourChildren

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3536488/posts

NY Attorney General Hires Prosecutor To Target Trump: Report
The Huffington Post ^ | March 20, 2017 | Mary Papenfuss

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reportedly hired a prosecutor to examine the activities of the Trump administration. Schneiderman has tapped public-corruption expert Howard McMaster from the office of former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, ...


11 posted on 08/19/2017 4:36:22 PM PDT by piasa
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Ok,...

Very very good.

Thanks for the links between these two stories.. Very good.

I repost it your linkage.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3536488/posts

NY Attorney General Hires Prosecutor To Target Trump: Report
The Huffington Post ^ | March 20, 2017 | Mary Papenfuss

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has reportedly hired a prosecutor to examine the activities of the Trump administration. Schneiderman has tapped public-corruption expert Howard McMaster from the office of former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, ...


12 posted on 08/19/2017 4:38:12 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: ForYourChildren

Looks like the Russians got their monies worth.


13 posted on 08/19/2017 6:17:16 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: ForYourChildren

bump!


14 posted on 08/19/2017 6:26:22 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: Corporate Law

ping


15 posted on 08/19/2017 6:28:11 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Grampa Dave

Looks like Bannon ain’t takin’ the weekend off before he digs in!!


16 posted on 08/19/2017 6:30:43 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: txhurl

“Looks like Bannon ain’t takin’ the weekend off before he digs in!!”

BREAKING NEWS: Bannon says he’s going to war for Trump against media, Capitol Hill, Corporate America
twitter ^

Posted on 8/18/2017, 2:30:57 PM by springwater13

Joshua Green;Verified account @JoshuaGreen

Just got off the phone w/ Bannon: “If there’s any confusion out there, let me clear it up: I’m leaving the White House and going to war” ½

Joshua Green&;Verified account @JoshuaGreen 8m8 minutes ago Replying to @JoshuaGreen
“...for Trump against his opponents — on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America.” 2/2

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com .

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3578629/posts


17 posted on 08/19/2017 8:14:56 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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To: txhurl
The mediots, rioting liberals and liberal mayors, who allowed the rioting are in for some fun times from Bannon.

There will be zero mercy on the mediots and Never Trumpsters in Congress, left wing CEO's and Rino's in Bannon land.

Bannon has now entered a Free Fire Zone and will take Zero Prisoners!


18 posted on 08/19/2017 8:41:18 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Colluders, MAGA!!!)
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To: ForYourChildren

If it wasn’t for DOUBLE standards, the Democrats would have NONE!!!


19 posted on 08/20/2017 5:59:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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