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Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Is Defending Russia’s Biggest Bank
Marc E. Kasowitz, who has represented Donald Trump for more than 15 years, was recently named a lead attorney in a federal civil lawsuit against Sberbank, which is majority-owned by the Russian government.
Posted on March 23, 2017, at 12:28 p.m.
By Anthony Cormier (BuzzFeed News Reporter) Jeremy Singer-Vine (BuzzFeed News Reporter) John Templon (BuzzFeed News Reporter)
One of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys was just named a lead attorney to defend Russia’s largest state-run bank against claims that it helped a granite-mining company raid and kill off its main competitor in the Russian market.
Marc E. Kasowitz is representing OJSC Sberbank of Russia, which is accused in US federal court of conspiring with granite company executives — including Russia’s former minister of economy and trade — in what the plaintiffs say amounts to a “textbook case of Russian corporate raiding.”
Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Is Defending Russia’s Biggest Bank
Just one big happy family. Wouldn't this be known as a conflict of interest?
Marc E. Kasowitz, who has represented Donald Trump for more than 15 years, was recently named a lead attorney in a federal civil lawsuit against Sberbank, which is majority-owned by the Russian government.
Posted on March 23, 2017, at 12:28 p.m.
By Anthony Cormier (BuzzFeed News Reporter) Jeremy Singer-Vine (BuzzFeed News Reporter) John Templon (BuzzFeed News Reporter)
One of President Donald Trump’s personal attorneys was just named a lead attorney to defend Russia’s largest state-run bank against claims that it helped a granite-mining company raid and kill off its main competitor in the Russian market.
Marc E. Kasowitz is representing OJSC Sberbank of Russia, which is accused in US federal court of conspiring with granite company executives — including Russia’s former minister of economy and trade — in what the plaintiffs say amounts to a “textbook case of Russian corporate raiding.”
Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Is Defending Russia’s Biggest Bank
Just one big happy family. Wouldn't this be known as a conflict of interest?