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factfinder_77's JournalMOSCOW LINKS Shadowy company tied to Russia meeting linked to Trump Jr. troubles
Source: Fox News
Attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with Trump Jr. in June 2016, was working for a Cyprus-based real estate holdings company called Prevezon, run by Denis Katsyv, son of Pyotr Katsyv, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest advisers. She was given “unlimited resources” by the Kremlin-connected group to run a campaign to get the Magnitsky Act repealed, Browder told Fox News.
The Magnitsky Act is named after Browder’s former attorney Sergei Magnitsky, who was beaten to death in a Moscow prison after accusing Russian authorities of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars through tax refunds and then laundering the money through New York banks. The scheme was allegedly run by Prevezon Holdings, whose attorney Veselnitskaya was working to get the sanctions reversed.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/12/shadowy-company-tied-to-russia-meeting-linked-to-trump-jr-troubles.html
How Congress is taking back power from Trump on national security
Source: CNN
In ways big and small, Congress is taking back power from President Donald Trump on national security matters.
From Russia to the Pentagon budget, Republicans in Congress are proposing new checks to curb the White House's power and in some cases simply ignoring the Trump administration's desires on national security and foreign policy
"I think it's sinking in, especially with Republican members of Congress, that they are not getting the kind of adult leadership out of the White house that would allow you to give deference to the White House," said Mieke Eoyang, a national security analyst at Third Way and former congressional aide. "So you see Congress stepping up to take a much more aggressive role on national security for the first time in a very long time."
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/01/politics/congress-trump-war-power/index.html
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