This is related to Pizzagate because of the Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya's organization, called the HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOUNDATION, which she founded allegedly to restart Russian adoptions in the U.S. after being baned by the law which Putin signed n December, 2012, called the Dima Yakovlev Law (named after a Russian orphan who died after being left in a locked car for several hours by his adopted father in Virginia).
Russian adoptions in the U.S. were banned by the Russian govt. in 2013 because of concerns over numerous cases of documented abuse and deaths of Russian orphans in the U.S. and because the European Adoption Consultants agency in Strongsville, OH, which was one of three U.S. agencies specifically banned from conducting Russian adoptions in 2008, was raided by the FBI on Feb.14, 2017, as part of a criminal probe into child trafficking.
Widespread headlines throughout conservative/independent media is making various claims that Natalia is an "Obama plant," a Deep State operative, a "honey pot" trying to entrap Donald Trump, Jr., etc., based mostly on the fact that a picture has surfaced of her sitting at a hearing on Russia behind Obama's Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul at a foreign affairs meeting eight days after meeting with Donald Trump, Jr. in the Trump tower. Gateway Pundit claims she "was given a privileged seat in the front row."
Furthermore, based on pictures of anti-Trump rallies on Natalia's FB profile page, Jack Posobiec claims she is anti-Trump and anti-Putin.
However, I still maintain my theory that Natalia used her organization and other activities to create the impression that she is anti-Trump and anti-Putin in order to gain entrance into liberal elite circles and use her influence to lobby for changes to the Magnistsky Act. A Daily Beast reporter was onto her act last year, and was suspicious that her organization was a front and part of a scheme and that she was not to be trusted:
"disadvantaged Russian children are being dangled as bait, with a wink-and-a-nudge promise to have the Russian law (Magnitsky Act) rescinded if the American law is taken off the books.
Furthermore, Bill Browder, the American businessman, who was the leading force behind the passage of the Magnitsky Act, is not buying Natalia's act either, no doubt because she was heavily involved in the prosecution of his case in Russia.
Josh Rogin of the Washington Post, reports today that Bill Browder told him he believes Natalia is working on behalf of the Russian govt:
Browder told me the he will testify that the fact Veselnitskaya was trying to convince Trump campaign officials and family members to change U.S. policy on Russia clearly shows she was acting as an agent of the Russian government.
This is the same fact that has kept me from jumping on the "Natalia Veselintskaya Is a Deep-State, Soros Agent" bandwagon. How can someone who wants to overturn the Maginstsky Act be apparently on such friendly terms with huge pro-Magnitsky Act lawmakers like John McCain and Michael McFaul?
Speaking of Michael McFaul, he tweeted today that he did not invite Natalia and her anti-Magnitsky allies to the Russian hearing at which this picture was taken. He tweets:
https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/885146485049835522
I've been told that COngressman Rohrabacher invited her to the hearing. Someone should confirm with his office. He also is anti-sanctions.
CNN investigative reporter Michael Weiss also tweeted confirmation that Natalia is an anti-Magintsky Act agent:
She was in DC to promote an anti-Magnitsky film and to troll the US government, including Amb. McFaul. Stupidity like this can't be faked.
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/885137283334246401
The liberal elite have disavowed any affiliation with her, and the pro-Trump people claim she is Soros-paid operative and set Donald Trump, Jr up to give the Obama Administration the rationale to spy on the Trump campaign.
I, for my part, see nothing in the continuing developments that change my theory that Natalia Veselnitskaya is a pro-Putin ally who is using a crusade to restart Russian adoptions in the U.S as a false front to gain access into liberal elite circles and use her influence to modify the Magnitsky Act. Pretending to be anti-Trump and cultivating relationships with never-Trumpers certainly aids her in that objective.
She may also have as her aim, though I'm not able to prove it yet, using her organization to ferret out pedos and traffickers who want to restart the Russian adoption program.
Just my opinion, but Bill Browder, Michael McFaul and CNN today have all beautifully confirmed the Daily Beast's contention that Natalia V. is a pro-Putin troll and not to be trusted by the liberal elite. Whether this means she is actually working for the best interests of Putin (and Trump, by extension) I just can't say, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least if in the end we find out that Natalia is actually our ally in the war against child trafficking.
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Commoner ago
So what is she pretending to be today?
Only a deep investigation into her ties with everyone in D.C. will sort this out.