Law firm that represented Russian interests part of mystery Mueller subpoena case
Source: CNN
Law firm that represented Russian interests part of mystery Mueller subpoena case
CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Katelyn Polantz
By Katelyn Polantz and Laura Robinson, CNN
Updated 1:23 PM ET, Wed January 9, 2019
Washington (CNN) -- One law firm involved in a foreign government-owned company's challenge of a mysterious grand jury subpoena related to the Robert Mueller investigation is Alston & Bird, CNN has learned, a firm that has previously represented Russian interests, including working for a Russian oligarch and a contractor of the Russian government.
CNN's reporting of the law firm's identity is among the first details revealed about a case that's progressed to the Supreme Court under extreme secrecy.
The identity of the foreign government and the company has been a closely held secret, and after several setbacks in court, the company may be forced to give the special counsel's office information or face a steep financial penalty.
Attorneys involved in the case include DC-based white-collar lawyer Ted Kang and Brian Boone, a North Carolina-based appellate attorney. It is not clear whether they represent the company, the country's regulators or another interested party.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/09/politics/russian-interests-law-firm-mueller/index.html
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herding cats
(19,558 posts)They were in the news a little over a year ago.
Trump lawyer denies Deutsche Bank got subpoena on Trump accounts
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-deutsche-bank/trump-lawyer-denies-deutsche-bank-got-subpoena-on-trump-accounts-idUSKBN1DZ0XN
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)...so it's out in terms of this subpoena, as is Deutsche Bank, which is publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
However, VEB (Vnesheconombank) is owned by the Russian Government. That's the bank whose head met with Kushner during the Trump transition. An employee of theirs in their NYC offices, Evgeny Buryakov, was charged/pled guilty to being a spy, and was imprisoned and eventually deported. According to the Wikipedia article, Carter Page had some kind of relationship to him.
Now that SCOTUS has refused to block the contempt charge and the law firm's name has come out, someone will probably leak more particulars.