“Podesta, who, by the way, has a company with his brother, as I understand it, in Russia, I mean those are the ones they should be checking.”
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Jul 25, 2017
Topic: Russia
Source: Interview
Tony Podesta co-founded the Podesta Group, a lobbying firm, with his brother John. But it's a U.S.-based company, not a company in Russia. Trump likely is referring to the Podesta Group being paid $170,000 over six months to represent Sberbank, a Russian bank. The Podesta Group said its work for Sberbank USA was "never about getting sanctions lifted," and "was simply about helping to clarify to what extent our client, the U.S. subsidiary [of Sberbank], was subject to sanctions. We confirmed they were not."