How did Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya get into U.S. for Trump Tower meeting?Veselnitskaya, however, wasn’t admitted into the U.S. in June 2016 because of her role in the Prevezon case. In fact, then U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of Manhattan specifically refused Veselnitskaya’s request that the Justice Department authorize her trip via a mechanism known as immigration parole, which allows the attorney general to temporarily suspend immigration requirements on a case-by-case basis.
Bharara’s office has recommended immigration paroles for Veselnitskaya on three occasions,
Nevertheless, three months later, Veselnitskaya not only attended oral arguments in the Prevezon case but also traveled uptown to meet with Trump campaign officials.
Veselnitskaya obtained a visa from the State Department to enter the country in June 2016, according to a government filing last week.
A State Department spokesman declined to comment in response to my email request for comment on whether it approved a visa for Veselnitskaya in June 2016. John Moscow of Baker Hostetler, who was Prevezon’s lawyer when the Justice Department denied Veselnitskaya’s 2016 request for immigration parole, was subsequently disqualified from the case by the 2nd Circuit because of a client conflict. He did not respond to my phone message asking about Veselnitskaya’s visa.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/legal-us ... KKBN1D62Q2Hmm, who was in power at the time the previously barred Natalia Veselnitskaya suddenly got a visa and entered the US?
Fusion GPS' Glenn Simpson met with her before Trump meeting and again afterwards.