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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeripaska's plane: Aug 2016 meeting btwn Manafort & Russian ex mil intell officer (2018 report)
https://www.businessinsider.com/oleg-deripaska-jet-arrived-in-us-after-manafort-kilimnik-meeting-2018-3A Putin ally's jet arrived in the US within hours of a meeting between Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and a Russian operative
According to the report, the jet linked to Deripaska landed in New Jersey in August 2016, within hours of the meeting between then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and the former Russian military intelligence officer Konstantin Kilimnik. Weeks earlier, Manafort had emailed Kilimnik offering to give Deripaska "private briefings" about the campaign.
Though there was no evidence at the time that Deripaska received Manafort's request or that the briefings took place, investigators believed Manafort's offer created an opening that Russia could exploit to gain a foothold in the US election.
Though there was no evidence at the time that Deripaska received Manafort's request or that the briefings took place, investigators believed Manafort's offer created an opening that Russia could exploit to gain a foothold in the US election.
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Deripaska's plane: Aug 2016 meeting btwn Manafort & Russian ex mil intell officer (2018 report) (Original Post)
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2021
OP
Kid Berwyn
(14,897 posts)1. How Russia helped "elect" Putindent Dumpie
US says Russia was given Trump campaign polling data in 2016
By ERIC TUCKER
AP, April 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) It was one of the more tantalizing, yet unresolved, questions of the investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign: Why was a business associate of campaign chairman Paul Manafort given internal polling data and what did he do with it?
A Treasury Department statement Thursday offered a potentially significant clue, asserting that Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian and Ukrainian political consultant, had shared sensitive campaign and polling information with Russian intelligence services.
Kilimnik has long been alleged by U.S. officials to have ties to Russian intelligence. But the statement in a broader Treasury Department sanctions announcement was the first time the U.S. government had so directly drawn a connection from the Trump campaign to the Kremlins intelligence services. The revelation was all the more startling because it went beyond any allegation made in either special counsel Robert Muellers 2019 report or in an even more damning and detailed document released last year by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Kilimnik was a key but mysterious figure in Muellers investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. A business associate of Manaforts who worked closely with him, even managing his firms office in Kyiv, Kilimnik is mentioned by name 156 times in the Mueller report. He was also indicted alongside Manafort on witness tampering allegations, but has not appeared in the U.S. to face those charges. The FBI has issued a $250,000 award for information leading to his arrest.
A key episode examined by Mueller involved Manaforts decision to share campaign polling data with Kilimnik something prosecutors say Manafort lied about when questioned. Investigators scrutinized a series of secretive encounters between the men, including one in August 2016 at the Grand Havana Club in New York.
There, according to statements provided by Mueller, Manafort briefed Kilimnik on internal campaign data and messaging and they discussed battleground states.
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https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-paul-manafort-russia-campaigns-konstantin-kilimnik-d2fdefdb37077e28eba135e21fce6ebf
Trump cheating with Russian help in 2016 gave him an edge in Michigan by suppressing Clinton voters in Detroit.
By ERIC TUCKER
AP, April 16, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) It was one of the more tantalizing, yet unresolved, questions of the investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trumps 2016 presidential campaign: Why was a business associate of campaign chairman Paul Manafort given internal polling data and what did he do with it?
A Treasury Department statement Thursday offered a potentially significant clue, asserting that Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian and Ukrainian political consultant, had shared sensitive campaign and polling information with Russian intelligence services.
Kilimnik has long been alleged by U.S. officials to have ties to Russian intelligence. But the statement in a broader Treasury Department sanctions announcement was the first time the U.S. government had so directly drawn a connection from the Trump campaign to the Kremlins intelligence services. The revelation was all the more startling because it went beyond any allegation made in either special counsel Robert Muellers 2019 report or in an even more damning and detailed document released last year by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Kilimnik was a key but mysterious figure in Muellers investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. A business associate of Manaforts who worked closely with him, even managing his firms office in Kyiv, Kilimnik is mentioned by name 156 times in the Mueller report. He was also indicted alongside Manafort on witness tampering allegations, but has not appeared in the U.S. to face those charges. The FBI has issued a $250,000 award for information leading to his arrest.
A key episode examined by Mueller involved Manaforts decision to share campaign polling data with Kilimnik something prosecutors say Manafort lied about when questioned. Investigators scrutinized a series of secretive encounters between the men, including one in August 2016 at the Grand Havana Club in New York.
There, according to statements provided by Mueller, Manafort briefed Kilimnik on internal campaign data and messaging and they discussed battleground states.
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https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-paul-manafort-russia-campaigns-konstantin-kilimnik-d2fdefdb37077e28eba135e21fce6ebf
Trump cheating with Russian help in 2016 gave him an edge in Michigan by suppressing Clinton voters in Detroit.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2. These must be some of the questions the raid is meant to answer.