ussians the FBI asked for help when it began investigating the now-infamous Fusion GPS “Steele Dossier.” Waldman, his American lawyer until the sanctions hit, gave me a detailed account, some of which U.S. officials confirm separately.
Two months before Trump was elected president, Deripaska was in New York as part of Russia’s United Nations delegation when three FBI agents awakened him in his home; at least one agent had worked with Deripaska on the aborted effort to rescue Levinson. During an hour-long visit, the agents posited a theory that Trump’s campaign was secretly colluding with Russia to hijack the U.S. election.
“Deripaska laughed but realized, despite the joviality, that they were serious,” the lawyer said. “So he told them in his informed opinion the idea they were proposing was false. ‘You are trying to create something out of nothing,’ he told them.” The agents left though the FBI sought more information in 2017 from the Russian, sources tell me. Waldman declined to say if Deripaska has been in contact with the FBI since Sept, 2016.
So why care about some banished Russian oligarch’s account now?
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“Very closely linked to Manafort”
Collusion media strikes again
—Deripaska hated Manafort due to a long time business dispute
—Deripaska’s lawyer was employing CHRIS STEELE at the same time the DNC was
—It was Obama that let Deripaska back into the country
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The U.S. assets of Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch very closely linked to Manafort, have been frozen (link: https://thebea.st/2OJQ4fs) thebea.st/2OJQ4fs