The team working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russia's influence over the 2016 election is reportedly inspecting "suspicious" transactions involving Russian diplomatic personnel, BuzzFeed News writes. Among the transactions flagged by the Russian embassy's bank and reported, as is legally required, to the U.S. Treasury's financial crimes unit is a payment of $120,000 to then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak just days after the presidential election and an attempt to withdraw $150,000 from the embassy's account less than a week after President Trump's inauguration. In particular, Kislyak's payout raised eyebrows because it was marked as "payroll," although it didn't fit into his normal pay routine.
Robert Mueller's Team Is Looking At Fishy Transactions Involving Russian Diplomatic Personnel
OnlineEditor@theweek.com (Jeva Lange), The Week
Wed, 01/17/2018 - 9:25am
Topics: special counsel robert mueller u.s treasury sergey kislyak president trump kislyak crimea ukraine russia buzzfeed treasury department senate intelligence committee washington d.c mueller russia russian buzzfeed news team embassy suspicious bank election writes raised flagged financial payments employees received
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