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Lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with Trump's son before the election, has become a defendant in a new criminal case in the US
Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya has been formally charged in New York with attempting to obstruct an investigation into money laundering by Prevezon Holding .
As stated in the indictment, during the investigation of the case, the US Department of Justice requested assistance from the Russian authorities, but was refused. The response received contained statements about the innocence of the accused and that in fact William Browder himself, who accused Prevezon of crimes, was involved in money laundering. The American investigation believes that Veselnitskaya secretly helped the Russian prosecutor's office prepare the text of the document - this violated the law, since in this case she was a lawyer for Prevezon Holding.
The case is not directly related to the meeting at Trump Tower, but the indictment could be seen as evidence that Veselnitskaya has ties to high-ranking Russian officials.