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https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/secret-finding-60-russian-payments-to-finance-election?utm_term=.rhyEGp3Ax#.cfMgDM9adOn Aug. 3 of last year, just as the US presidential election was entering its final, heated phase, the Russian foreign ministry sent nearly $30,000 to its embassy in Washington. The wire transfer, which came from a Kremlin-backed Russian bank, landed in one of the embassys Citibank accounts and contained a remarkable memo line: to finance election campaign of 2016.
That wire transfer is one of more than 60 now being scrutinized by the FBI and other federal agencies investigating Russian involvement in the US election. The transactions, which moved through Citibank accounts and totaled more than $380,000, each came from the Russian foreign ministry and most contained a memo line referencing the financing of the 2016 election.
The money wound up at Russian embassies in almost 60 countries from Afghanistan to Nigeria between Aug. 3 and Sept. 20, 2016. It is not clear how the funds were used. At least one transaction that came into the US originated with VTB Bank, a financial institution that is majority-owned by the Kremlin.
The US Treasury Department placed VTB Bank under sanctions in 2014, following Russias annexation of Crimea. The sanctions prohibit VTB Bank from raising capital or accepting loans from American individuals or companies. A wire transfer to the embassys US bank account is permitted, however, and Citibank has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)interesting.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)I knew you could.
iluvtennis
(19,871 posts)disalitervisum
(470 posts)to dot every "i" and cross every "t" so this festering pus-bucket of maggots can be completely destroyed, and we can be rid of it forever.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)terms or more. Plus, their decisions will be with us for centuries, possibly.
Godspeed, Mueller. Im sure he is working as fast as humanly possible, plus trying to set things up, so that if he is taken out, NY State can go forward.
calimary
(81,461 posts)I get that. It must be rock-solid.
But at the same time, how long will this take? So far he's still got plenty of time to start World War III with North Korean and get us all killed. And so far, nobody who could actually do anything about it on that side of the aisle seems the least bit interested. They're a lot more interested in dragging their feet long enough to make sure their rich benefactors get their promised tax cuts.
spanone
(135,873 posts)dembotoz
(16,832 posts)thats better than the old kmart blue light specials
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)dembotoz
(16,832 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)A half million is about 1 / 10,000 of total campaign spending for the election. Or 0.01%. Or 100 parts per million.
dembotoz
(16,832 posts)crosinski
(412 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)aeromanKC
(3,327 posts)Mueller knew this 2 months ago
TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)Since the "money wound up at Russian embassies in almost 60 countries from Afghanistan to Nigeria between Aug. 3 and Sept. 20, 2016", and Russia held its State Duma elections on Sept 18, 2016. Not all Russia does is foreign election meddling - they also need time and money for meddling their own elections, and a couple of millions Russians votes abroad.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I was going along with the way we were supposed to see this, but you have a great point. We are US-centric to think it is always about us.
TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)I was happy to see that some of the US media later also got that point.
calimary
(81,461 posts)First post here! Welcome to the club!
Stories like this one make me want to scream - "okay, have we seen enough yet?????"
ewagner
(18,964 posts)Clumsy memo on the transfer "...to finance election campaign of 2016"
Sort of reinforces my suspicion that the plan is to destabilize the United States government AND SOCIETY ITSELF...by creating chaos and fomenting enough dissent to trigger a civil war...
lark
(23,155 posts)Notice how it was Russia media that outted drumpf for telling Russia's ambassador Israeli top secret findings. Putin is also the 1 that keeps contradicting things drumpf says. Hair Furor is just a useful tool for Putin that he will totally savage if he doesn't get what he wants, or if he does, he'll still tell all on him aat the worst time to sow dissension and confusion here. Imagine if he proves how Russia funded RNC through Ukrainian plants and hacked the vote for drumpf in WI, MI, P & probably OH & FL too. OMG!
Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)Amounts are too small and they were sent from a place the kremlin wouldnt use. Per nance. He said probably for Duma elections
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Lock up republican TreasonWeasels for betraying America.
* per ronald reagan
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Our elections are not free anymore.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...but I'm gonna stay a little skeptical for a while.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)always follow the money.
Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)Probably for duma elections . The amounts are very small and theyre sent from a place that the kremlin wouldnt use ... heard on stephanie miller show today
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)seems like the sh*t is eye high.