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First off, what is the Magnitsky Act and why should we care?
Why did the Kremlin-linked Lawyer care enough, to bring it up in the Meeting she took with the three Campaign principles?
There's a very specific reason why the Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr. wanted to talk about adopting babies
by Natasha Bertrand, businessinsider.com -- Jul 10, 2017
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The Magnitsky Act was passed to punish those suspected of being involved in the death of Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who uncovered a $230 million tax fraud scheme in 2008 that implicated high-level Kremlin officials and allies of President Vladimir Putin. The scheme quickly snowballed into one of the biggest corruption scandals of Putin's tenure.
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Magnitsky died in custody after being held for 358 days, and an independent human-rights commission found he had been illegally arrested and beaten. The Kremlin maintains that Magnitsky died of a heart attack.
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Then in 2012, Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which authorizes the president to deny visas to, and freeze the assets of, Russians believed to have been complicit in Magnitsky's death. The list, also known as the Cardin List because it was sponsored by Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, has been expanded several times since then to include more Russians suspected of human-rights abuses and corruption.
"Putin’s top officials were apoplectic," [...]
So why do a “Bait and Switch” with the Trump crew, if your are truly interested in getting the Magnitsky Act watered-down or even repealed?
The simple answer is you wouldn’t. If you want the “goods” — you’re going to bring “The Dirt” ...
What's the Magnitsky Act, the obscure law discussed in Trump Jr. meeting?
by Luis Gomez, Contact Reporter, sandiegouniontribune.com -- Jul 10, 2017
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Why do Russians hate it so much?
Under the law’s sanctions, 18 Russians were barred from entering the U.S. and their assets were frozen in American banks. At the time, Vladimir Putin called the law a “purely politically and unfriendly act,” The Moscow Times reported, and the action triggered a strong reaction from Russia. Days later, lawmakers there passed a law that barred Americans from adopting Russian-born babies.
Why was the Magnitsky Act brought up during Trump Jr.’s meeting?
The Russian contact who met with Trump Jr. in that meeting was Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer who, as reported by The Times, has participated in a campaign to attack the Magnitsky Act and discredit Magnitsky himself.
Veselnitskaya reportedly called for the meeting with Trump Jr. promising “compromising information about Mrs. Clinton,” as The Times reported, but it remains unclear whether such information was provided. Trump Jr. denies participating in the meeting with that intent, and said Veselnitskaya turned the discussion toward the Magnitsky Act.
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Alibis are cheap and often not well thought out. And that’s what Donald Jr’s claims are — about “being duped” by this Lawyer, who suddenly wanted to “talk about Adoption”.
So, he says.
What’s to say, the Hillary Dirt wasn’t pro-offered as some sort of “down payment”, in exchange for a weakening of the Magnitsky Act, and the freeing-up of those frozen assets, so dear to the Russian Oligarchs (aka. The Friends of Putin) ?
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Donald Jr says. And were just supposed to “take his word” on the subject?
NO. If your a skilled lawyer on a Vendetta and a Mission — you’re gonna bring “the Dirt”.
There’s no Quid-pro-Quo, without both sides being willing to give something up. Any 3rd year law student knows that.
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I submit that the pro-offer was made (the Wikileaks DNC dump), and the Trump crew asked:
What do you want for this?
And the answer diverged into the “ins and outs” of banning Russian Adoptions in America, and how it must end. Chances are Junior had no idea, what the Magnitsky Act was, and why he should care.
But I bet he knows what it is NOW … (especially after Manafort and Kushner explained it to him).