Eighth man at Russia meeting once investigated for money laundering
New York/Newark — He once helped Russians and other Eastern Europeans move $1.4bn through US banks and, federal authorities claimed, set up more than 2,000 shell companies for anonymous Russian brokers. And when congressional investigators then suggested money laundering might be involved, he issued a blunt retort in 2000 that rings familiar in Washington today: it was, he said at the time, a "Russian witch hunt". Now Ike Kaveladze finds himself enmeshed in another inquiry involving Russian activity in the US: on Tuesday, he was revealed to be the eighth person at a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016 between Donald Trump Jr and a Russian lawyer that was set up on the pretext of providing incriminating information about then presidential candidate Donald Trump’s political opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton. Scott Balber, a lawyer who represents Kaveladze, said that a representative of SC Robert Mueller called him over the weekend to request an interview with his client. Mueller is o...
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