The Plain Truth
7/2017
Obama's Justice Department gave Russian lawyer special permission to enter the US without a Visa
The Russian attorney now at the center of suspicions of the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Kremlin was allowed into the country by the Justice Department under former President Barack Obama, it was reported on Thursday.Natalia Veselnitskaya was allowed into the United States in late 2015 under 'extraordinary circumstances' even though she did not have a visa, according to
The Hill.
The news site is reporting that Veselnitskaya was permitted to enter the country by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who granted her a 'special immigration parole' so that she could adequately defend a client under criminal investigation. At the time, Veselnitskaya was representing a Russian businessman, Denis Katsyv, who was being investigated by the Justice Department for alleged money laundering.
The US charged Katsyv's company Prevezon Holdings as part of a $230 million tax fraud case. That case was settled for $6 million in May.
Katsyv has also faced financial difficulties due to the Magnistky Act, a 2012 US law that placed financial sanctions on Russian officials and businesses.