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(71,984 posts) Tue May 8, 2018, 05:21 PM May 2018

Daily Beast Confirms-Cohen received 100s of 1000s of $ from Co controlled by Putin &Russian Oligarch

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The Daily Beast says it can confirm that Michael Cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company controlled by Putin-aligned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.

The Daily Beast can confirm that Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company controlled by Putin-aligned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. The allegations were initially made by Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer. According to a dossier published by Avenatti on Tuesday evening, “Vekselberg and his cousin Mr. Andrew Intrater routed eight payments to Mr. Cohen through a company named Columbus Nova LLC beginning in January 2017 and continuing until at least August 2017.” The funds, Avenatti suggested, may have been used to reimburse Cohen for the $130,000 hush payment made to Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump. Vekselberg was sanctioned by the U.S. government in April. And according to The New York Times, he was recently questioned by federal agents working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. —Noah Shachtman

https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-cohen-took-cash-from-russian-oligarch-after-election

@MichaelAvenatti

After significant investigation, we have discovered that Mr. Trump’s atty Mr. Cohen received approximately $500,000 in the mos. after the election from a company controlled by a Russian Oligarc with close ties to Mr. Putin. These monies may have reimbursed the $130k payment.

BREAKING: Michael Cohen accused of taking $500,000 from a *sanctioned* Russian Oligarch *while Trump was President* and misleading the bank about it.

This allegation comes from @MichaelAvenatti & involves the company Cohen created to pay Stormy Daniels

Implicates Bank Fraud Act

Avenatti alleges: "...within approximately 75 days of the payment to Ms. Clifford, Mr. Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian Oligarch with close ties to... Putin, caused substantial funds to be deposited into the bank account from which Cohen made the payment."

Link to tweet

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Avenatti has told at least two people something big was coming this week, guessing this was it. Here is the executive summary he posted that he says backs up his claim below along with other claims about the money Cohen was routing through his account:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pskgpwr15r48tx5/Executive%20Summary.pdf?dl=0