Russian tycoon who tried to funnel illegal donations to Rep. Pete Sessions, a Trump PAC and others in the 2018 elections was secretly indicted 18 months ago,...
“This was during the campaign, early in the campaign, and they did come by my office and I did meet them and I did meet them off the Hill and they did become contributors,”on KXAS-TV . “That is not unusual for you to meet people who then become contributors.”
“We talked about the ability for oil business,” Sessions said. “They’re very interested in oil business. I’m from Texas, and I’m interested in it also.” Parnas and Fruman dangled the prospect that they would donate or round up $20,000 for Sessions, but never came through.
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