Now Trump tries to drag Clinton into a Russia scandal as he highlights link between her campaign chief John Podesta, his brother, and shadowy lobbying claims

Monday, April 3, 2017
By Paul Martin

President Donald Trump tweeted about Tony Podesta, the brother of former Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta
Tony Podesta is a major lobbyist in D.C.
His firm got paid $170,000 over six months to lobby for Sberbank USA, the subsidiary of a firm under U.S. sanctions
‘Was the brother of John Podesta paid big money to get the sanctions on Russia lifted?’
The FBI and congressional Intelligence panels are investigating alleged ties between Trump associates and Russia during the elections
Former White House national security advisor Mike Flynn failed to initially disclose payments from Kremlin-backed TV station when he joined the Trump administration
The Podesta Group called the tweet an ‘attempt to distract’

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor
DailyMail.com
3 April 2017

President Donald Trump tried to shift the swirling Russia story over toward Hillary Clinton, asking online whether the brother for her former campaign chair got paid ‘big money’ to get Russia sanctions lifted.

Tony Podesta, a prominent lobbyist in D.C., did work on behalf of Sberbank USA, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest bank, on sanctions issues in 2016 while the presidential campaign was underway.

Senate lobbying disclosure reports reveal that The Podesta Group did $170,000 of work for the bank in 2016.

‘Was the brother of John Podesta paid big money to get the sanctions on Russia lifted? Did Hillary know?’ Trump asked.

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