October 12, 2019
IT'S A RICO CASE:
Exclusive: Giuliani associate linked to Yanukovych's stolen cash (Will Jordan, 10/12/19, Al Jazeera)
Semyon Kislin, a business associate of Donald Trump who is due to give evidence at the US president's impeachment inquiry on October 14, tried to obtain millions of dollars that Ukrainian prosecutors deemed stolen, Al Jazeera can reveal.Kislin is a long-time friend of Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. The Ukraine-born businessman donated to Giuliani's political campaigns in the 1990s.In January last year, Kislin lobbied the former US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, to help him unlock millions of dollars that had in fact been seized in a major criminal inquiry.
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 12, 2019 4:57 PM