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DCCC calls on Rohrabacher to Fully Disclose his Russia Ties

WASHINGTON – In response to this morning’s breaking news that former Russian counter-intelligence official and lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin also attended the June 2016 meeting between Kremlin-linked attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya and Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, and Donald Trump, Jr., the DCCC is calling on Dana Rohrabacher to fully disclose the extent of his relationship with the two Russians.

Rohrabacher’s relationship with Akhmetshin runs deep – the two met multiple times to discuss the federal money-laundering case involving Prevezon, the firm that Russian prosecutor Sergei Magnitsky was investigating before he was arrested by Russian authorities and died in prison under mysterious circumstances: the first when Akhmetshin lobbied Rohrabacher in his congressional office, and was subsequently led around the capitol by Rohrabacher’s own staff (a move considered highly unusual); and the second when Rohrabacher and Akhmetshin clandestinely met in Berlin to again talk about the case.

Recently, it was revealed that Natalia Veselnitskaya and Dana Rohrabacher met last year at a dinner at the Capitol Hill Club to talk about the Magnitsky Act, among other things that Rohrabacher conveniently can’t recall. And, just days after Veselnitskaya met with Trump, Jr., she sat in the front row of Rohrabacher’s committee hearing on U.S. policy toward Putin’s Russia.

DCCC spokesperson Drew Godinich released the following statement:

“Representative Dana Rohrabacher has long been known as a cheerleader for Vladimir Putin – even as the Russian leader has worked to hamstring democracy in his country, invaded neighboring countries, and imprisoned political opponents and journalists. After multiple American intelligence agencies agreed that Russia conspired to undermine the election last November, Dana Rohrabacher preferred to parrot the Kremlin party line – dismissing stories around their interference as ‘fake news.’ As evidence continues to mount that the Trump campaign may have colluded with Russia last year, Dana Rohrabacher should fully disclose his connections to these shadowy Russian figures and come clean to his constituents.”

These new revelations only add to the shadiness of Rohrabacher’s connections to the Kremlin, which are detailed below:





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