Revealed: Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow runs the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) which has donated $3.3 million to a Russian evangelical org with close Kremlin ties, an @openDemocracy and @MotherJones investigation reveals, by @tahovhannisyan https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-trump-lawyer-funds-putin-linked-religious-lobbyists-russia/">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/r...
Revealed: Trump’s top lawyer funds Putin-linked religious lobbyists in Russia

Jay Sekulow’s group has donated $3.3 million to a Russian evangelical organisation with close ties to the Kremlin, an openDemocracy and Mother Jones investigation reveals.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-trump-lawyer-funds-putin-linked-religious-lobbyists-russia/
ACLJ filings show it has sent hundreds of thousands $ a year to Moscow-based Slavic Center of Law and Justice (SCLJ), founded by ACLJ in the 1990s & led by Vladimir Ryakhovsky, a Russian lawyer who serves on Putin’s controversial human rights council https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-trump-lawyer-funds-putin-linked-religious-lobbyists-russia/">https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/r...
Revealed: Trump’s top lawyer funds Putin-linked religious lobbyists in Russia

Jay Sekulow’s group has donated $3.3 million to a Russian evangelical organisation with close ties to the Kremlin, an openDemocracy and Mother Jones investigation reveals.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/revealed-trump-lawyer-funds-putin-linked-religious-lobbyists-russia/
This 2017 WaPo story revealed that Sekulow’s charities raised nearly $230 million in donations from 2011 to 2015 and of that $28.5 million went to Sekulow’s family or their companies https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-attorney-jay-sekulows-family-has-been-paid-millions-from-charities-they-control/2017/06/27/6428d988-5852-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/investiga...
Trump attorney Jay Sekulow’s family has been paid millions from charities they control

Sekulow, the most visible member of the legal team defending Trump in the investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, is poised to capitalize on his new role in ways that...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/trump-attorney-jay-sekulows-family-has-been-paid-millions-from-charities-they-control/2017/06/27/6428d988-5852-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html
It& #39;s so on brand that Trump has asked Giuliani and Sekulow to oversee post election-related legal issues https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-taps-rudy-giuliani-and-jay-sekulow-to-oversee-post-election-legal-battles">https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tap...
Trump Taps Rudy Giuliani and Jay Sekulow to Oversee Post-Election Legal Battles

The fate of his presidency on the line, Trump is turning to familiar faces.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-taps-rudy-giuliani-and-jay-sekulow-to-oversee-post-election-legal-battles
I wouldn& #39;t discount Giuliani - he may be incompetent as a lawyer, but he& #39;s well networked with shady characters who know how to fight dirty, not to mention having a direct line to known Russian agents...
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