A former top FBI counterintelligence official – in fact, the guy who received the tip that supposedly kicked off the Trump-Russia investigation – has been arrested and charged with violating US sanctions on Russia by taking secret payments from a Russian oligarch in order to investigate another oligarch.
Top FBI ‘Russiagate’ Official Arrested For Colluding With Russian Oligarch: DOJ
Tag: Oleg Deripaska
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[2018] Agents Tried to Flip Russian Oligarchs. The Fallout Spread to Trump.
American officials hoped they could persuade some of Russia’s wealthiest men to help with U.S. investigations. It didn’t work.
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