Lynch distances herself from Russian lawyer after Trump attack – IOTW Report

Lynch distances herself from Russian lawyer after Trump attack

The Hill: 

Former attorney general Loretta Lynch on Thursday distanced herself from the Russian lawyer that gained passage into the U.S. before landing a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 campaign.

At a press conference in France earlier Thursday, President Trump blamed the Obama administration and Lynch’s Justice Department for allowing Natalia Veselnitskaya into the country.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Lynch said the former attorney general “does not have any personal knowledge of Ms. Veselnitskaya’s travel.”

In his remarks in France, Trump appeared to cite a report in The Hill that the Justice Department issued Veselnitskaya a special immigration waiver so that she could defend her client, a Russian firm, in an asset forfeiture case in New York.

The U.S. Attorney’s office in New York told The Hill that it let Veselnitskaya into the country on a grant of immigration parole from October 2015 to early January 2016 after her initial request for a visa had been denied.

Court records show that when Veselnitskaya sought permission to extend her stay, the U.S. attorney at the hearing told the judge that the special visa the Russian lawyer received was part of a “discretionary act that the statute allows the attorney general to do in extraordinary circumstances.”

The U.S. attorney described the grant of parole immigration as extremely rare.  more

8 Comments on Lynch distances herself from Russian lawyer after Trump attack

  1. @Plantsman; You mean Martin Sheen? Charlie’s the brain toasted, drug swilling, AIDS totting fun bag of a son of Martin but not a lefty dickwad like his Dad.
    Hell, I’m still waiting for Sessions to step in and end this farce.

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