Oct 04, 2018 · Russian official with ties to lawyer in Trump Tower meeting dies in helicopter crash. A Russian deputy attorney general, who is thought to have directed Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya in ...
16 hours ago · Gov. Lee confirms Tennessee does not have ties to Russian investments. Gov. Bill Lee holding a press conference from the state capitol on August 16, 2021. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — As the ...
Mar 02, 2022 · The Arizona Senate on Tuesday censured state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R) after she spoke at a white nationalist gathering and said her opponents should face a "newly built set of gallows."The censure was approved with a 24-3 vote as Rogers sat listening, and at times smiling, while her colleagues criticized her conduct, according to The Associated ...
Jan 25, 2022 · A Russian businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin who is accused of being involved in an insider trading and hacking scheme will be detained pending trial, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Monday morning. The man, Vladislav Klyushin, 41, had sought to be released pending his federal trial in Boston.
Many officials are continuing to call for his resignation. Rex Tillerson: Tillerson, President Trump’s former Secretary of State, worked on energy projects in Russia for two decades during his career at Exxon.
Jeff Sessions: Sessions, President Trump’s Attorney General, had two conversations with Ambassador Kislyak during the 2016 presidential election. However, during later confirmation hearings, he claimed that he “ did not have communications with the Russians ” when prompted by Senator Al Franken.
Jared Kushner: Kushner is President Trump's son-in-law and current Senior Advisor.
Paul Manafort: Manafort, who has business connections to Russia and Ukraine, was hired as Trump’s campaign manager in March 2016. He then resigned in August of the same year, after reports surfaced that suggested he had received $12.7 million from Victor Yanukovych, Ukraine’s pro-Russia former president.
However, President Trump’s staff now claims that “Carter Page is an individual who the [then] president-elect does not know.”.
Alex Shnaider: Born in Russia, Shnaider co-financed a real estate project with Trump. Shnaider’s father-in-law, Boris J. Birshtein, was a close business associate of Sergei Mikhaylov, the head of one of the largest branches of the Russian mob.
Wilbur Ross: Ross, President Trump’s Secretary of Commerce, was the top shareholder in the Bank of Cyprus, an institution with deep Russian ties and investors who made fortunes under Russian President Vladimir Putin.