Judge denies request to return to U.S. by Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr.

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#POLITICS NOVEMBER 3, 2017 / 7:01 PM / A DAY AGO

Judge denies request to return to U.S. by Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr.

Brendan Pierson
3 MIN READ

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday denied a request for Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, to return to the United States to attend a hearing over an unpaid $6 million settlement in an international money laundering case.

In an order filed in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge William Pauley said Veselnitskaya’s immigration status was “squarely within the purview of the executive branch.”

Veselnitskaya represented Prevezon Holdings Ltd, a Russian-controlled company, which in May agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle a U.S. government lawsuit accusing it of laundering proceeds of a $230 million tax fraud. Her temporary permission from the U.S. Department of Justice to enter the United States while working on the case has expired.

Following Pauley’s order on Monday, a U.S. lawyer for Prevezon filed a letter asking that Veselnitskaya be allowed to appear by telephone at the hearing, which is scheduled for Nov. 9.

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[MaryMagdaline]

1. Browder is fighting Russian corruption

Single handedly

[Leghorn21]

2. He sure is, MaryM. One of the greatest heroes of our time, as cliche as that sounds.

He is just - relentless. I stand in awe of his courage and HEART.

[riversedge]

3. If her immigration status does fall within the EXCuctive branch, I do not think Trump wants her

within a godzillions miles of Trump Junior!



.....In an order filed in Manhattan federal court, U.S. District Judge William Pauley said Veselnitskaya’s immigration status was “squarely within the purview of the executive branch.”