Porn star Stormy Daniels' lawyer says Russian billionaire transferred $500000 to Trump's lawyer post 2016 elections
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels claimed that Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen has received $500,000 from a Ukrainian-born Russian businessman Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg post-Trump's 2016 election victory.
On Tuesday he posted a series of tweets where he mentioned that a company controlled by Viktor Vekselberg, which has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid Cohen.
After significant investigation, we have discovered that Mr. Trump’s atty Mr. Cohen received approximately $500,000 in the mos. after the election from a company controlled by a Russian Oligarc with close ties to Mr. Putin. These monies may have reimbursed the $130k payment.
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 8, 2018
Stormy's lawyer claimed that Vekselberg and his cousin Andrew Intrater, who is the Managing Director of Nova Technology Partners transferred funds to Trump's lawyer Cohen through eight transactions between Jan-August 2017.
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It is to be noted that the company owned by Andrew Intrater Columbus Nova is a conglomerate controlled by Vekselberg. Last month both the companies were suspected of meddling in 2016 US elections.
While Vekselberg could not be immediately be reached for comment. But last week Vekselberg was questioned by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
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First published: 9 May 2018, 13:40 IST
