Exclusive: Mueller's team questioning Russian oligarchs
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN) Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has taken the unusual step of questioning Russian oligarchs who traveled into the US, stopping at least one and searching his electronic devices when his private jet landed at a New York area airport, according to multiple sources familiar with the inquiry.
A second Russian oligarch was stopped during a recent trip to the US, although it is not clear if he was searched, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Mueller's team has also made an informal voluntary document and interview request to a third Russian oligarch who has not traveled to the US recently.
The situations have one thing in common: Investigators are asking whether wealthy Russians illegally funneled cash donations directly or indirectly into Donald Trump's presidential campaign and inauguration.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/04/politics/mueller-special-counsel-investigation-russian-oligarchs/index.html?sr=twCNN040418mueller-special-counsel-investigation-russian-oligarchs0502PMStory
Botany
(70,516 posts)Washington (CNN) Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has taken the unusual step of questioning Russian oligarchs who traveled into the US, stopping at least one and searching his electronic devices when his private jet landed at a New York area airport, according to multiple sources familiar with the inquiry.
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The situations have one thing in common: Investigators are asking whether wealthy Russians illegally funneled cash donations directly or indirectly into Donald Trump's presidential campaign and inauguration.
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I see a twitter storm coming.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)erronis
(15,303 posts)Either by encrypting the hell out of them with plausible deniability or by making sure there is no incriminating evidence within the oligarchs' possession.
After all, it is simple enough to set up a secure channel to the Kremlin once you are in Mer-de-Lardo.
BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)uncle ray
(3,156 posts)that is, up to about a year ago. we are now seeing how careless they were in their treasonous activities. i suspect the russian oligarchs were just as careless.
paleotn
(17,931 posts)Over confidence has a way of making people sloppy. And that's when they get caught.
erronis
(15,303 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Thank you for your service, Mr. Mueller & Co.!!!
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)It may seem that this investigation is taking forever, but that's only because we're understandably anxious for people to pay the price for betraying our country. Mueller and his team are moving systematically and inexorably toward a conclusion, or several conclusions. When he strikes, it won't be a scratch; it'll be a killing blow. (Metaphorically, of course)
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)HuskyOffset
(889 posts)It has a sense of weight behind it, an implacable, relentless, unstoppable inevitability. I like to think of this Mueller Trump investigation like being in a stadium sized garbage compactor. There is no way out and the far wall of the stadium moves towards the other wall, but only an inch per day. It doesn't seem so bad at first, after all, the wall is very far away. Day by day the space grows smaller. It might be weeks before you really notice that the wall has even moved, but eventually you're going to start to feel trapped, and the panic is going to set it.
Stock up on depends, Mr. Trump . . . Mueller is coming for you.
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Mueller doesn't take kindly to New Thinking and Alternative Truths. He's looking for facts.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)So they also contributed to the pomp and ceremony of the emperor being crowned?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)They don't have to tell him anything. So that's pretty interesting. I wonder what he was asking about. Hmmmm.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Russian money was sent to the NRA during the campaign, and it's not too hard to figure out where that money was headed. Right into the coffers of the Trump campaign, no doubt.