Trump DOJ nominee used to represent Russian bank with ties to Putin
Source: The Hill
President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Justice's criminal division used to represent a major Russian bank whose owners have ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Brian Benczkowski, who Trump nominated for the position in June and will have his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, disclosed to lawmakers that he used to represent Alfa Bank, one of Russia's largest financial institutions, The New York Times reported Monday.
Benczkowski told Congress in a July 19 letter obtained by The Times that he was at first unable to reveal his former work for the bank because of a confidentiality agreement he signed with the institution, but that he received a waiver to share the information.
"Your staff has indicated that the committee may wish to question me at my hearing regarding the fact and scope of my work for Alfa Bank," Benczkowski wrote in the letter, saying he would be able "to discuss the fact and scope of the representation at the hearing."
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343489-trump-doj-nominee-used-to-represent-russian-bank-with-ties-to-putin?amp
Pachamama
(16,875 posts)Seriously?
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)And the Republicans are OK with all of it...
TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)Alfa Bank again.
ToxMarz
(2,154 posts)The secret server in Trump Tower during the election (which has never been explianed).
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)orangecrush
(19,237 posts)And the rest of Putins gang.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)They'll be wrong, but that's what they'll say.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)This is getting into the realm of some serious, serious SHIT right now.
The sheer brazenness of this cabal of money-laundering Russian thugs, is really something to behold ...