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BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)or the collusion bucket? I Don't know how Mueller keeps it all straight. I heard that Putin's son in law (another oligarch...what a surprise) is also under scrutiny and possible sanctions now. I don't know if it is tied to the moron or not.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Talent's to speak truth about Trump. Comcast Media and his protege,Lack is kicking his ratings ass.
Botany
(70,504 posts)Foreign nationals are prohibited under campaign finance laws from donating to US political campaigns.
The sources did not share the names of the oligarchs but did describe the details of their interactions
with the special counsel's team.
One area under scrutiny, sources say, is investments Russians made in companies or think tanks that have political action committees that donated to the campaign.
Another theory Mueller's office is pursuing, sources said, is whether wealthy Russians used straw
donors -- Americans with citizenship -- as a vessel through which they could pump money into the
campaign and inauguration fund.