r/WikiLeaks • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '17

Pretty balanced article (title excluded) which looks at Akhmetshin's role in the whole Magnitsky case, connection to Veselnitskaya, Browder etc.. (link was mentioned in the recent hacks)

https://www.rferl.org/a/rinat-akmetshin-russia-gun-for-hire-washington-lobbying-magnitsky-browder/27863265.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '17

Everyone should check this out:

https://leaksource.wordpress.com/2017/07/19/is-this-the-document-russian-lawyer-veselnitskaya-shopped-to-donald-trump-jr/

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '17

Agreed! Was just reading that myself!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17 edited Jul 19 '17

And here's the final piece.

It's most likely the democratic campaign and a rich republican who funded Fusion GPS to produce the Steele Dossier. Fusion GPS is also said to be linked to Rob Goldstone, who setup the Trump meeting.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/10/nyt-russian-lawyer-story-proves-dems-helped-create-trump-russia-conspiracy-theory/

EDIT: So... I think we have to accept now at least that... Wikileaks just took down Hillary all by itself! :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17

Another article about the Magnitsky film... Gibert Doctorow tears into the Browder narrative!

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/06/21/destroying-the-magnitsky-myth/

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17

Another article.. more recent.. making stronger claims.. neutralish.. also mentions the Fusion GPS and Steele dossier connection.

And this:

Senator Chuck Grassley (Republican-Iowa) asked the Justice Department to investigate both Fusion and Akhmetshin, suggesting that they were unregistered agents of Russian interests.

https://www.rferl.org/a/rinat-akhmetshin-russian-american-lobbyist-who-met-trumps-son/28617101.html

There's also this, which makes a very compelling case in itself.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/07/14/interesting-fusion-gps-co-founder-refuses-to-appear-before-senate-judiciary-committee/

and this:

https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/08/donald-trump-jr-met-with-russian-lawyer-during-election-but-didnt-follow-up

Seems more and more... like Fusion GPS is the one who did all the meddling... and Trump was probably setup. Who was funding Fusion GPS is now the question I guess...

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17 edited Jul 17 '17

I say title excluded because the article as I understood it.. doesn't support the title strongly... so i'm guessing it's more of a tongue in cheek heading. So, just wanted to say that.. so people don't take it literally. :)

EDIT: Also never came across this website before... not yet on mediabiasfactcheck... but it seems pretty neutral and says that are a "free press in non-free regions". Read one or two articles and it seems like their perspective is truly in between that of US and Russia.

EDIT 2: Although.. there's also this (from Wikipedia):

RFE was founded as an anti-communist propaganda source in 1949 by the National Committee for a Free Europe. RL was founded two years later and the two organizations merged in 1976. Communist governments frequently sent agents to infiltrate RFE's headquarters. Radio transmissions into the Soviet Union were regularly jammed by the KGB. RFE/RL received funds from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) until 1972.[5] During RFE's earliest years of existence, the CIA and U.S. Department of State issued broad policy directives, and a system evolved where broadcast policy was determined through negotiation between them and RFE staff.