Natalia Veselnitskaya

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovna and the family name is Veselnitskaya.
Natalia Veselnitskaya
Veselnitskaya attends a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Russia in 2016.
Born
Natalia Vladimirovna Veselnitskaya

(1975-02-22) 22 February 1975 (age 49)
Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR (nowadays Ukraine)
Alma materMoscow State Legal Academy
OccupationLawyer
Known for
Spouse
Aleksandr Mitusov
​
(divorced)​
Websiteveselnitskaya.info

Natalia Vladimirovna Veselnitskaya (Russian: Ната́лья Влади́мировна Весельни́цкая, IPA: [nɐˈtalʲjə vʲɪsʲɪlʲˈnʲitskəjə]; born 22 February 1975 Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian lawyer. Her clients include Pyotr Katsyv, an official in the state-owned Russian Railways, and his son Denis Katsyv, whom she defended against a money laundering charge in New York.[1][2] On 8 January 2019, Veselnitskaya was indicted in the United States with obstruction of justice charges for allegedly having attempted to thwart the Justice Department investigation into the money laundering charges against Katsyv.[3]

Her June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort in Trump Tower attracted attention in connection with the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,[4][5][6][7] as well as to the role of her business contacts at the research firm Fusion GPS in investigating the interference.[8]

  1. ^ Motlagh, Jason (31 December 2015). "Fighting Putin Doesn't Make You a Saint". The New Republic. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $5.9 Million Settlement Of Civil Money Laundering And Forfeiture Claims Against Real Estate Corporations Alleged To Have Laundered Proceeds Of Russian Tax Fraud". United States Department of Justice. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ^ Weiser, Benjamin (8 January 2019). "Veselnitskaya, Russian in Trump Tower Meeting, Is Charged in Case That Shows Kremlin Ties". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Becker, Jo; Apuzzo, Matt; Goldman, Adam (8 July 2017). "Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ^ Hofmann, James (11 July 2017). "The Daily 202: Email to Donald Trump Jr. could be a smoking gun, as Russia connections deepen". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ "Donald Trump Jr met Russian lawyer after promise of information on Hillary Clinton". The Guardian. 9 July 2017.
  7. ^ Simmons, Kier; Elbaum, Rachel; Rafferty, Andrew (11 July 2017). "Russian Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr.: I Didn't Have Clinton Info They Wanted". NBC News.
  8. ^ Flegenheimer, Matt (8 January 2018). "Fusion GPS Founder Hauled From the Shadows for the Russia Election Investigation". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 January 2018.