luchtschip schreef op 19 januari 2020 00:36:
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In 2014, just after a revolution (Maydan Revolution) chased Yanukovych from power, the FBI issued an arrest warrant for Firtash.
Austrian authorities detained Firtash near his Vienna mansion.
The indictment alleged that he had bribed Indian officials on behalf of Boeing, which desperately wanted to acquire rare materials (titanium) for the construction of its 787 Dreamliner. (McKinsey & Company, the now-vilified consulting firm, apparently vetted Boeing’s decision to work with Firtash and didn’t recommend against it.
When Firtash needed someone to pay his bail (borgtocht)—which the Austrians set at $155 million, the highest in the nation’s history—the oligarch Vasily Anisimov, a member of Putin’s inner circle, supplied the cash.
Over the past five years, Firtash has successfully battled the Justice Department’s attempts to extradite him to the US.
He’s hired an army of American lawyers, lobbyists, and consultants, including the notorious Jack Abramoff and the longtime Bill and Hillary Clinton friend Lanny Davis (die ook de advocaat is van Michael Cohen), as well as the Donald Trump–supporting lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing.
His spokesman is Mark Corallo, who worked for Trump’s legal team during the Mueller investigation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/202...