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US indicts Russian lawyer who joined 2016 Trump Tower meeting
NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – New York prosecutors unveiled an
indictment Tuesday of the Russian lawyer whose participation in a June 2016
meeting with top officials of President Donald Trump’s election campaign has
given rise to allegations of collusion.
Natalya Veselnitskaya was charged with fabricating evidence in a separate
2013 money laundering case the US filed against a Russian company, Prevezon
Holdings, which was allegedly involved in a $230 million tax fraud scheme in
Moscow.
Veselnitskaya “is now a wanted person in the United States for
intentionally misleading US investigators,” said Homeland Security
investigator Angel Melendez.
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