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Mueller investigation: Konstantin Kilimnik, Manafort aide, indicted
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/mueller-investigation-konstantin-kilimnik-manafort-right-hand-man-indicted/xa4VG6B9alqsO4uPpJWquI/
The Astonishing Tale of the Man Mueller Calls Person A
When Manafort first began to contemplate doing business on a grand scale in Russia and Ukraine, he faced a basic logistic challenge. He intended to operate in countries where mastery of English was not a prerequisite for the acquisition of wealth and power. Manafort hardly understood a word of his prospective clients languages. Paul is the smartest political guy I know, but he couldnt order a glass of water, one of his former staffers told me. So he grew reliant on Konstantin Kilimnik, a Soviet-born native who could render idiomatic English and translate the cultural nuances of the region that might elude outsiders. Manafort would describe him to others in his office as my Russian brain. For a decade, Kilimnik was a fixture in Manaforts meetings with the regions leading politicians and oligarchs.
After so much time spent in close quarters, the relationship between the two became trusting and deep. By 2011, Kilimnik had taken over Manaforts office in Kiev. This made Kilimnik the primary interface for Manaforts lone client, a corrupt clique of former gangsters that ruled Ukraine under the banner of their political organization, the Party of Regions. When they werent in each others presence, the mentor and protégé exchanged millions of emailsat least in Kilimniks estimate. We discussed a lot of issues, from Putin to women, he once texted a reporter.
For more than two decades, Konstantin Kilimnik, known familiarly as Kostya and K.K., has worked for Americans, the bulk of his time with Manafort. During that entire period, he has been dogged by suspicions. There were always hints that he might be serving another master, providing a set of surveilling eyes for Russian intelligence. One of his former colleagues, Michael Getto, told me, From my standpoint, I kept my distance from Kostya, because I knew there was a better-than-even chance that he was connected to people I didnt want to be. These insinuations were never backed by more than a smattering of circumstantial evidence. They were never enough to deter State Department officials from grabbing the occasional gossipy drink with himalthough one diplomat, casting a backwards glance over the course of his dealings with Kilimnik, told me, He has excellent tradecraft.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/the-astonishing-tale-of-the-man-mueller-calls-person-a/562217/
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)Does it, does it, does it?
Please tell me it does.
spanone
(135,844 posts)CatWoman
(79,302 posts)Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday filed a new, superseding indictment against former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort that also charged Russian citizen Konstantin Kilimnik.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/08/special-counsel-robert-mueller-files-new-indictment-against-paul-manafort-nbc-news.html
mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)K.K is the guy Manafort contacted to help him in his witness tampering.
IOW he contacted a Russian intelligence asset/spy to intimidate witnesses against his USA crimes.
If only there was a word for that...
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)I'm reading that.
Interesting.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republicans climb into bed with total scuzzballs in their betrayal of America
Exotica
(1,461 posts)https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/19348/foto/260502/
I used Google image search
some blogs mistakenly used Gatsalov' pic, for some reason
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)when it comes to the republicans and their russian cronies, there is lot of bullshit afloat
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)Trek4Truth
(515 posts)Thank you all so very much.
spanone
(135,844 posts)Special counsel Robert Mueller files witness tampering indictment against Paul Manafort and Russian citizen Konstantin Kilimink
The superseding indictment lodged by a grand jury sitting in federal court in Washington, DC, came days after Mueller asked the judge in Manafort's case to revoke his bail and jail him because of an alleged effort to tamper with witnesses.
Manafort and Kilimnik were both hit with new charges accusing them of using intimidation or force against a witness to obstruct justice, and also with tampering with a witness, victim or informant.
Lawyers for Manafort did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/08/special-counsel-robert-mueller-files-new-indictment-against-paul-manafort-nbc-news.html
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)Rec