07-19-2018, 08:25 AM
What's going on?
In Helsinki, Putin proposed giving the US access to interviewing the Russians accused of hacking if Russia was given access to a number of people associated with the Magnitsky Act, which prompted Trump to call it "an incredible offer".
Sarah Huckabee Sanders went so far as to say that Trump is considering it.
What's the background?
The Magnitsky Act punishes Russians who violate human rights by freezing their assets and barring them from entering certain countries. It was in response to the jailing and murder of Sergei Magnitsky who, after discovering massive government fraud in Russia, was accused of being the one responsible for the fraud, jailed, denied medical treatment, and beaten to death.
Bill Browder, a former American investor (now British), employed Magnitsky as his accountant and became a human rights champion after he was killed. Since then, he has been accused by Putin of evading taxes, being a serial killer, and stealing from the IMF.
He, along with some American citizens (including a congressional aide, some State Dept staffers, and a former ambassador), are wanted by Putin because of their work to write and help pass the Magnitsky Act.
Why is this so important?
Putin's response to the act was to limit adoptions to the US and has accused Browder of funneling $400,000,000 into Hillary Clinton's campaign (later lowered to only $400,000). The Magnitsky Act was at the center of the infamous Don Jr-Trump Tower meeting with Russians the summer before the election, in which Russians with connections to the Kremlin offered Don Jr "dirt" on Hillary and brought up the issue of Russian adoptions.
Beyond that, the idea that an American President would compliment and entertain letting Russians have access to government employees for their role in advancing our nation's goal of promoting and protecting human rights is disgusting, especially when the justification is a series of outlandish and baseless accusations.
In Helsinki, Putin proposed giving the US access to interviewing the Russians accused of hacking if Russia was given access to a number of people associated with the Magnitsky Act, which prompted Trump to call it "an incredible offer".
Sarah Huckabee Sanders went so far as to say that Trump is considering it.
What's the background?
The Magnitsky Act punishes Russians who violate human rights by freezing their assets and barring them from entering certain countries. It was in response to the jailing and murder of Sergei Magnitsky who, after discovering massive government fraud in Russia, was accused of being the one responsible for the fraud, jailed, denied medical treatment, and beaten to death.
Bill Browder, a former American investor (now British), employed Magnitsky as his accountant and became a human rights champion after he was killed. Since then, he has been accused by Putin of evading taxes, being a serial killer, and stealing from the IMF.
He, along with some American citizens (including a congressional aide, some State Dept staffers, and a former ambassador), are wanted by Putin because of their work to write and help pass the Magnitsky Act.
Why is this so important?
Putin's response to the act was to limit adoptions to the US and has accused Browder of funneling $400,000,000 into Hillary Clinton's campaign (later lowered to only $400,000). The Magnitsky Act was at the center of the infamous Don Jr-Trump Tower meeting with Russians the summer before the election, in which Russians with connections to the Kremlin offered Don Jr "dirt" on Hillary and brought up the issue of Russian adoptions.
Beyond that, the idea that an American President would compliment and entertain letting Russians have access to government employees for their role in advancing our nation's goal of promoting and protecting human rights is disgusting, especially when the justification is a series of outlandish and baseless accusations.
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