Friday, 22 September 2017

Trump's Russia probe legal defense is funded in part by at least one guy with Russian oligarch ties

Who's paying for the attorneys representing President Donald Trump in the federal probe of Russian election interference? His legal defense is in part funded through a Republican Party account with a number of rich donors. Among them are a “billionaire investor, a property developer seeking U.S. government visas and a Ukrainian-born American who has made billions of dollars doing business with Russian oligarchs,” reports the WSJ.

The wealthy donor with Russia ties is linked to Rosneft, the petroleum giant in Russia mentioned in a much-circulated intel dossier about Trump's reported business ties to Putin.

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