Mueller III, sele wasukela abo obstruct yakhe inquiry
Alex van der Zwane eshiya Federal Wesithili Inkundla kwi comment ingxwaba ngolwesibini emva admitting ukuze abe lied ukuba abatshutshisi malunga a incoko kunye Rick Amasango, owayesakuba ixilongo layo phulo aideComment ingxwaba unyana umthetho i-Russia esekelwe billionaire ungeniswe ngolwesibini ukuya lwazi ukuba investigators malunga yakhe uthungelwano kunye umntu owayelilungu ixilongo layo phulo aide. I-benetyala plea yi-defendant, owayesakuba lawyer e obugorha Enew York esekelwe umthetho ifemi, broadened i umda we-ezikhethekileyo ingcebiso ke inquiry kwi-Russia ke unyulo kokuphazamiseka. I-lawyer, Alex van der Zwaan, -yeminyaka ubudala isidutch ummi, acknowledged kwi-federal inkundla kwi comment ingxwaba ukuze abe lied ukuba abatshutshisi malunga a kweyomsintsi yowama- incoko kunye Rick Amasango, owokuqala ixilongo layo aide, phezu umsebenzi baye kunye kuba i-ukrainian lezopolitiko lungelelanisa ne-Russia. Kanjalo ungeniswe ukuze abe ecinyiweyo iimbali ye-imeyili exchanges ukuba abatshutshisi kokuba nifune. Yena ajongene phezulu ukuya kwiminyaka emihlanu entolongweni kodwa wathi ngaphakathi enkundleni ukuze abe kulindeleke ukuba ukukhonza ezintandathu okanye ngaphantsi. Umnu van der Zwaan ke isigqibo ukuba ndibongoze benetyala ukuya felony kwentlawulo ayikwazi ukuqinisa uxinzelelo olukhulu kunye Umnu Amasango kwaye ngomhla Upawulos Manafort, Umnu Amasango ke longtime ishishini iqabane lakho kwaye umongameli u-yangaphambili phulo-sihlalo. kwi-kuwa kunye laundering imali nezinye yolwaphulo-mthetho enxulumene kokubonisana umsebenzi baye kuba i-ukrainian lezopolitiko namakhaya yi-owayesakuba Ngumongameli Viktor F. Yanukovych. Kanjalo focused ingqalelo kwi Umnu van der Zwaan ke yangaphambili umthetho ifemi, Skadden, Arps, Indlela, Meagher Flom, apho lowo basebenza a i-ukrainian projekthi steered yi-Umnu Amasango kwaye Umnu Manafort. Kwi-ingxelo, Skadden, obugorha ngamazwe corporate umthetho ifemi, wathi kuyo abalawuli Umnu van der Zwaan kulo nyaka uphelileyo kwaye waba cooperating kunye uphando. Umnu van der Zwaan ke plea kanjalo kubonisa njani aggressively akhethekileyo ingcebiso, Robert S. U-yangaphambili ixilongo layo aides, Baya kuba kusaya kuba sentenced kwaye kufuneka uzinikele ukuba cooperating kunye ezikhethekileyo ingcebiso.
Kwaba unclear ngolwesibini ntoni kangakanani Umnu van der Zwaan ngu cooperating, kodwa yakhe plea isivumelwano akusebenzi compel kuye ukwenza njalo.
Umnu van der Zwaan ke gilt-edged ubomi kwaba ezisekelwe elondon, apho lowo isebenza kuba Skadden kwaye wahlala kunye nomkakhe emva babetshata yokugqibela ehlotyeni kwi lavish isixhosa emaphandleni wedding uyise mthetho, isijamani Khan, othe wazalwa ngowe-Ukraine, i-ngumnini-Alfa Iqela, i-Russia ke, oyena-mali kwaye mveliso-mali iqela. Waba kwi nje ulwesibini ke, inkundla kokuva ekhohlo ezininzi imibuzo unanswered malunga Umnu van der Zwaan, kuquka kutheni wasilela ukuba abe forthcoming ukuba federal investigators malunga yakhe uthungelwano kunye Umnu Amasango kwaye umntu owaye yafumanisa ukuba yi-abatshutshisi kuphela njengoko"longtime ishishini associate ka-Manafort kwaye Amasango kwi-Ukraine"Umnu van der Zwaan ke lies obandakanyekayo a nokulungiselela ingxelo nge-Skadden kwaye isetyenziswa ukuba ikhusele Umnu Yanukovych, ngoko ke, i-Russia-lungelelanisa umongameli wenkundla Ukraine, ukususela ngamazwe criticism phezu prosecution kwaye incarceration omnye yakhe ezopolitiko rivals, owayesakuba Prime Umphathiswa Yulia V. Tymoshenko Urhulumente Isebe amagosa criticized ingxelo, apho purported ukuba ibe ngenxa umthetho ifemi ke elizimeleyo uphando, njengoko elahlekisayo i-akhawunti ye-eshishini Umnu Yanukovych ke urhulumente. Umnu Mueller ke iqela scrutinized ingxelo njengenxalenye yalo njalo kwishishini dealings ka-Umnu Manafort kwaye Umnu Amasango kwi-Ukraine, apho Umnu Manafort isebenza kuba malunga ne-a-decade njengokuba ezopolitiko consultant phambi kokuba bazimanya ixilongo layo phulo. Phakathi kwezinye imirhumo, kunye amadoda zithe umtyholwa"usebenzisa omnye wabo offshore akhawunti funnel dollazi ezine zeerandi ukuhlawula secretly"kuba le ngxelo.
Kubalulekile unclear kangakanani, ukuba ikhona, ukuba imali waya Skadden okanye ezinye firms kunye oko isebenza.
I-i-ukrainian abasemagunyeni kokuba iqalile kwezabo uphando kwi uhlawulo ingxelo emva Umnu Yanukovych wasabela Ukraine kuba Us phakathi a ethandwa kakhulu uprising ngo. Umnu van der Zwaan wamxelela ezikhethekileyo ingcebiso kwi-Nov. ezintathu ukuba ebengenguye kuthethwa ukuba Umnu Amasango ukusukela mid-kweyethupha ngowama, nkqu nokuba Umnu Amasango kokuba bambiza zilandelayo inyanga eyalela ukuba kuye get kwi-qhagamshelana ne-i-unidentified mutual acquaintance, kanjalo wathi, abatshutshisi ukuba ebengenguye wathetha ukuba efanayo acquaintance ukusukela ngowama, nkqu nokuba wabiza ukuba umntu kwi-kweyomsintsi yowama- ukuxoxa kunokwenzeka nezimangalo ngokuchasene Umnu Manafort, umthetho ifemi kwaye umntu owayelilungu i-ukrainian ubulungisa umphathiswa. Ifowuni incoko, lwenziwa ngowe-Russian, wayeyindoda ebalulekileyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba Umnu van der Zwaan wabhala ngayo, ngokunxulumene inkundla namaphepha angama. Umnu van der Zwaan abalandela phezulu yi-ubizo Umnu Amasango, ukushicilela ukuba incoko ngokunjalo. Umnu van der Zwaan kanjalo acknowledged ukuze abe lied xa yena wathi, investigators ukuba kokuba kuphela"egqithileyo indima ebalulekileyo rollout le ngxelo"ngokunxulumene inkundla namaphepha angama. Eneneni, abatshutshisi, wathi, kokuba lixoxiwe kunye Umnu Amasango nabanye njani publicize ingxelo ukwenza oko kubonakala ngaphantsi damning ukuba Umnu Yanukovych ke karhulumente, kuquka echaza na mishandling ka-Bw Tymoshenko ke prosecution njengoko akukho ngaphezu"procedural"iimpazamo. Yinxalenye yesicwangciso-buchule, Umnu Weissmann wathi kwi-inkundla, wayeza kunikela i-phambili ukhuphelo ingxelo Enew York phinda-Phinda.
Umthetho ifemi ke umsebenzi waba ekubeni investigated yi-Ukraine ke phezulu prosecutor, apho wabuza Department of Justice kuba uncedo questioning isibhozo abaqondisi-mthetho ekuthiwa njengoko ababhali le ngxelo, kuquka Umnu van der Zwaan, ngokunxulumene amaxwebhu wahlaziya yi-Phinda. Phakathi abanye baba Gregory B Craig, abo wakhonza njengomongameli Barack Obama ke Mhlophe Indlu ingcebiso, kwaye Clifford M. Sloan, abaye kanjalo isebenza kwi-Obama nolawulo Zombini Umnu Craig kwaye Umnu Sloan kwehla ukuba izimvo.
I-i-ukrainian amagosa thathwa ukuba Umnu Yanukovych ke urhulumente circumvented iqumrhu imigaqo yi-xa kuqaliswayo agreeing ukuhlawula Skadden a imali ukuze kwaba ngaphantsi kune umda kuba competitive bidding kulo nyaka uphelileyo, umthetho ifemi refunded dollazi, kwi-i-ukrainian urhulumente.
Ifemi yathi refund represented"ungqinelwano ka-Ukraine ke intlawulo, apho bebe igcine kwi-escrow zexesha elizayo umsebenzi"imirhumo ngokuchasene naye baba wesixhenxe, ulwaphulo-mthetho kunjalo ukuba Umnu Mueller ke iqela sele azisa ukususela ngo-oktobha. Iveki yokugqibela, kwi imirhumo ye interfering kwi United States unyulo nge sophisticated impembelelo phulo kwi ethandwa kakhulu loluntu media imigangatho.
I-i-american, Santa Paula, Calif, kanjalo pleaded benetyala ukuba uchazo ubuqhetseba malunga ezinye ii-akhawunti yebhanki esetyenziswa yi-Russians zabo impembelelo phulo.
