browder. mr. browder: thank you. grassley: sometime, if you ask me, senator whitehurst, if you ask me i will tell you why i call you that. there is a famous whistleblower that was an fbi agent that exposed a lot of wrong going on at the fbi, i protected him and he got fired as every whistleblower does. he sued the fbi and got a million dollars for his work. we got a new $40,000 lab down at the marine station to do the right work that the fbi was supposed to do. >> i offer to represent senator whitehouse. >> i am glad to hear it is a positive association. >> i wanted to say a couple quick things before i ask my questions. first, i believe corruption is a world plague, not a local phenomenon. you may have done more to fight corruption worldwide than any other individual and i appreciate it. senator grassley and i have a piece of legislation that would require corporation transparency so that the united states does not become the sanctuary for international criminals and kleptocrats. we welcome the support of any other

browder. it is my understanding that in july 2016 he filed a complaint alleging that a number of individuals failed to register their russian backed lobbying efforts against the magnitski act. among those named in mr. browder's campaign is the russian lawyer. as we all know she met with the trump campaign on june 9, 2016 with the understanding that she would offer incriminating information on hillary clinton, the campaign's opponent in the president's election. it is my understanding mr. browder is very familiar with her and another person -- while he does not have firsthand knowledge of what happened on june 9 his experience with these specific individuals and his broader understanding of how the russian government operates may well advance the committee's understanding of what motivated that meeting. with that i yield back . >> thank you. in 2007 russian government officials an members of organized crime engage until corporate identity theft, stole the corporate identity of three hermitage a

browder: yes. the russian government has made a number of threats against my life, they have threatened me with death, kidnapping. the russian government has tried and failed three times to have me put on interpol's most wanted list so i could get arrested while traveling. they tried to extradite me from the u.k., where i live. they have sued me for libel, they have made movies about me. there are people working inside the security systems on the bill browder story full time, trying to destroy me in whatever way they can. sen. hirono: we learned this morning it is not just the , ital of the magnitsky act is highly unlikely that would happen, but there would be efforts to weaken the act and try to figure out ways to get people off the treasury office of foreign asset control. are there things we can do to make sure that kind of loophole is not created under the magnitsky act? mr. browder: i like senator whitehouse's idea of making it -- like when a person is added ofthe list, make it an act congress

has been gathering information about me so who is william browder maybe not a familiar name for most but for thirty's in russia he's a wanted man quite literally he's wanted for tax fraud on top of this leaked us state department e-mails reveal that browder was actively gathering information about wrestling at sky ahead of when the scandal broke and that included personal details such as where she lives so given this information in beslan it's seems quite convinced that browder has harbored a personal vendetta against her perhaps something to do with the facts that he once lost a case in court now this was a two thousand and thirteen case in which beslan it scarred represented the cyberspace company presence on holding which is owned by a russian businessman wrote to have accused the company of money laundering. the case was finally settled in may this year with no admission of guilt by a preface on you or mr browder and his team have been gathering information about my family they try to find out whether i'm married or not whether i have children or not they found photos of my house

again you this hedge fund investor william browder who lobbied for the first set of russian sanctions known as the magnitsky act has been testifying in the us congress it's part of the investigation and moscow's alleged meddling in the us presidential election and he's given his account of the infamous meeting between team trump and the russian boy i tell you it's guy and that's cos life to ati's calabar across this force what's been said of the hearing. well we've just heard bill browder speaking before the senate judiciary committee in washington d.c. now his testimony it really kind of focused on the foreign registration act of the foreign agents registration act law in the united states which monitors the activities of people directly working for foreign governments he argued that he felt that this law was not broad enough was not sweeping enough it is important to note that bill browder is one of the main people who pushed for the magnitsky act was the primary imposition of sanctions on russia now in his testimony he certainly used some rather inflammatory rhetoric and talked abo

congress as hedge fund investor bill browder testifies as part of the investigation into. the russian last year. there thursday evening seven o'clock here in moscow. and this is an international law to update you on this hour to first of all that response we got. to go now the russian president vladimir putin's given his reaction to the latest round of possible u.s. sanctions on russia saying they are illegal and cynical. so in the news of coolness these sanctions are completely illegal they go against international law and the rules of the world trade organization we're being very patient and very reserved but at some point we will have to respond you can't always put up with such an attitude toward your country. or that is all after u.s. lawmakers passed a new round of anti russia sanctions in response to moscow's alleged meddling in the us presidential election bill still needs president trumps approval and if it's implemented it will target russia's energy sector as well as mining and metal industries president putin says ties between moscow and washington are falling

has been gathering information about me so who is william browder maybe not a familiar name for most but for thirty's in russia he's a wanted man quite literally he's wanted for tax fraud on top of this leaked us state department e-mails reveal that brown i was actively gathering information about the vessel and its guy ahead of when this scandal broke and that included personal details such as where she lives so given this information in beslan it's seems quite convinced that browder has harbored a personal vendetta against her perhaps something to do with the facts that he once lost a case in court to her now this was a two thousand and thirteen case in which a vessel in its guard represented the cyberspace company previn's on holding which is owned by a russian businessman wrote a had accused the company of money laundering. the case was finally settled in may this year with no admission of guilt by a preface on you or mr browder and his team have been gathering information about my family to try to find out whether i'm married or not whether i have children or not they found phot

congress hedge fund investor bill browder testifies as part of the investigation into team meeting with a russian lawyer last year. flock back to a holy site in. security measures are lifted by its really authorities. between palestinian worshippers and the i.d.f. the temple mount. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself welcome to the program our top story germany's economy minister say there is a possibility you will use country measures against them. the proposed restrictions are aimed at punishing companies with ties to russia's energy sector. raised fears of the struction to a major russia e.u. joint project the nord stream gas pipeline. it is bad that the u.s. has left the common line it had was europe for sanctions against russia there is a possibility of counter sanctions against the guinness we've heard from the german minister of economy and energy there. but she's not alone in those that have been critical of this latest round of sanctions that's been proposed by the united states we've also heard from the austrian chancellor

here now is bill browder with his side of the story. good evening to you and thank you for joining us tonigh tonight. you worked extensively in russia, had huge business and investments there at one point and all of that went south when you feel corruption was uncovered by you and then by your friend magnitsky, who was subsequently murdered in a jail cell, correct? >> that's right. i uncovered corruption, they got angry with me for uncovering corruption, expelled me from the country, my offices were rated, they seize my documents, they use the documents to steal $231 million of taxes we paid. my lawyer magnitsky exposed it. he was taken into custody, tortured for 358 days and killed seven years ago at the age of 37 and i've been on a mission to get justice for him ever since. >> martha: how does all of that lead to the meeting that was recently uncovered in this email chain between natalia veselnitskaya and donald trump junior? >> it became clearer that i wasn't going to get any justice in russia because it's such a corrupt country, so

browder. what this video represents is a pretty cute operation, the foreign agents also published propaganda to news outlets trying to get bogus stories published by respectable organizations, as we learned after this hearing was scheduled, they apparently lobbied the trump campaign and the trump family. yet the justice department didn't require any of them to register as foreign agents. one individual identified as mr. browder's complaint is glen simpson, founder of fusion gps. since march 2017 i've been asking about the russians who were working with fusion gps to smear mr. browder and undermine the magnitsky act. mr. simpson's company, fusion gps, is the same firm that oversaw the creation of the unverified trump dossier. around the same time, fusion also helped orchestrate a campaign to repeal the magnitsky act for the benefit of russian governments. there are public reports that the fbi used the dossier to kickstart its russian investigation. did the fbi know that fusion pitched propagand

congress says hedge fund investor bill browder testifies as part of the investigation into a meeting of russian lawyers last year. plus fresh clashes in jerusalem after a palestinian flag is installed over one of the buildings on the temple mount and is then removed by the israeli police. just after eight pm here in moscow on thursday july twenty seventh this is r.t. international i'm you know neal good to have your company our top story russian president vladimir putin has given his reaction to the latest round of possible u.s. sanctions on russia. so the news of these sanctions are completely illegal they go against international law and the rules of the world trade organization with being very patient and very reserved but at some point we will have to respond you can't always put up with such an attitude toward your country. that statement coming after a u.s. lawmakers passed a new round of sanctions in response to moscow's alleged meddling in the us presidential election the bill still needs president trumps approval and if implemented will target russia's energy sector as well

then of course cal yves browder relate brought it to light. >> at age 16 caliph browder was sent to rikers a backpack. his $3,000 bail was way too much for his family to pay. >> i didn't rob nobody. >> you didn't? >> no. >> reporter: browder turned down a plea bargain on principle. >> you're not going to make me say i did something just so i could go home. >> reporter: he was an exception. more than 90% of defendants who wait in jail without posting bail will plead guilty, even if they didn't commit the crime. browder was never convicted and eventually he was released. but the brutality of rikers stayed with him. just two years after he got out he hanged himself at his home in the bronx. >> some of the most violent, dangerous institutions in the country are actually jails, like rikers island. people will plead guilty to things they didn't do. >> reporter: because of stories like caliphs flom helped create the bronx freedom fund, the first charitable bail fund for new yorkers charged with low-level offenses. >> 97% of our clients have shown up for every court date. which totally destroys th

browder will be testifying before congress. he believes people such as veselnitskaya working in america to overturn the magnitsky act are not registered as foreign agents or lobbyists and therefore should be subject to prosecution. among those lobbyists browder claims his fusion gps, the firm believed to have order the original "dodgy dossier" on president trump. >> bret: thank you. as you saw in john's report, the confirmation hearing for the residents pick to run the fbi wasn't dominated by questions tied to the russian investigations in one way or another. over and over, senators from both parties pressed christopher wray to declare his independence from president trump. wray won support from even the biggest administration critics. here is catherine herridge. >> the fbi director nominee christopher wray told the senate judiciary committee there is no room for political interference. >> what's your view on the independence of the fbi generally but more importantly as u.s. director? >> i believe to my core that there's only o

for american born investor bill browder, it all comes down to three words. >> greed, money and murdere people are so obsessed with money that they're ready to kill anyone who gets in the way. >> sounds like a mafia. >> it's a mafia that's running a sovereign state with nuclear weapons. >> browder didn't start out as a campaigner for clean government. quite the opposite. the hedge fund manager first went to russia more than two decades ago in the free-for-all days after the fall of the soviet union >> here in moscow, the fight for now is an economic fight as this country struggles to rebuild after the fall of communism. >> the nation's entire economy was being privatized on the cheap. >> the stuff was being effectively given away for free. all you had to do was show up. >> when vladimir putin took off, he promised to stop the gold rush. >> he came in at a time of total chaos. the oligarchies had taken over ssia. 150 million people eating dirt. putin said we're going to get rid of these 22 guys and we're going to clean up russia. >> and you believed it? >> i clapped along with everybody

on investor william browder has been testifying in congress years ago he lobbied for the first set of anti russian think chance as testimony of part of the investigation into moscow's alleging meddling in the us he loved and he has given you a version of the emperor myth meeting between team trump and a russian lawyer articulate moppin has the story if we were to believe everything we heard from bill browder in his testimony before congress we would think that russia and vladimir putin in particular were almost the source of all evil in the world let's take a listen to what was said before the senate judiciary committee it turned out that in putin's russia there are no good guys no empathy and no morals to threaten me with death they threaten me with kidnapping in the face of evil i don't think there's any other way to characterize black mirror putin the russians will do anything they can get away with and even stuff they can't get away with to arrest kidnap torture and kill just to take people's properties away the russians are liars so who is bill browder and why is he being conside

for american born investor bill browder, it all comes down to three words. >> greed, money and murderobsessed with money that they're ready to kill anyone who gets in the way. >> sounds like a mafia. >> it's a mafia that's running a sovereign state with nuclear weapons. >> browder didn't start out as a campaigner for clean government. quite the opposite. the hedge fund manager first went to russia more than two decades ago in the free forall days after the fall of the soviet union >> here in moscow, the fight for now is an economic fight as this country struggles to rebuild after the fall of communism. >> the nation's entire economy was being privatized on the cheap. >> the stuff was being effect e effectiveeffectiv effectively given away for free. all you had to do was show up. >> when vladimir putin took off, he promised to stop the gold rush. >> he came in at a time of total chaos. the allah garices had taken over russia. 150 million people eating dirt. putin said we're going to get rid of these 22 guys and we're going to clean up russia. >> and you believed it? >> i clapped along

details such as where she lives so given this information vessel it's seems quite convinced that browder has harbored a personal vendetta against her perhaps something to do with the facts that he once lost a case in court to her now this was a two thousand and thirteen case in which a vessel in its guard represented the cyberspace company previn's on holding which is owned by a russian businessman wrote a had accused the company of money laundering. the case was finally settled in may this year with no admission of guilt by a preface on you or mr browder and his team have been gathering information about my family to try to find out whether i'm married or not whether i have children or not they found photos of my house and sent them to car park or he's a famous man in the house of representatives they shared all these details with people from the state department i don't know why he's doing this i can only make assumptions here i see today's situation has been heating up for ten days or so as a very well orchestrated story concocted by one particular manipulator and that is mr brown. an

browder. it is my understanding that in july 2016 he filed a complaint alleging that a number of individuals failed to register their russian backed lobbying efforts against the magnitski act. among those named in mr. browder's campaign is the russian lawyer. as we all know she met with the trump campaign on june 9, 2016 with the understanding that she would offer incriminating information on hillary clinton, the campaign's opponent in the president's election. it is my understanding mr. browder is very familiar with her and another person -- while he does not have firsthand knowledge of what happened on june 9 his experience with these specific individuals and his broader understanding of how the russian government operates may well advance the committee's understanding of what motivated that meeting. with that i yield back glchlt thank you. . >> thank you. in 2007 russian government officials an members of organized crime engage until corporate identity theft, stole the corporate identity of

browder, an investment firm based in london. members of organized crime stalled corporate identity of somebody and use them fraudulently. they filed a criminal complaint with russian law enforcement. in response russian government assigned the case to the very russian officials involved in the crime. >> >> with of vladimir putin campaign i'm the founder and ceo of permitted capital management my firm was once the largest foreign investment adviser of russia and in the capacity we discovered massive corruption and companies that we invested in and to fight that corruption we started to research how the oligarchs went about doing the stealing and then share their research with the international media. the naming and shaming campaign had some positive effect on the share price of the company's and made russia a better place as you can exposing millions of dollars of malfeasance upset those who are benefiting from that and they had very close connections with the putin regime. november 2005 i was expelled from the country and declar

he found the fraud while working for my next guest william browder.e the biggest foreign investor in russia but he was expelled from russia. he has much light to shed on trump junior's meeting and the players in on it. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> it seems as though this approach and this meeting was all about repealing or undermining the act. what i want you to explain is we thought the reason the russian government liked donald trump more than hillary clinton was they thought trump would be better for russia, softer in some ways, more cooperative but now we see a specific ask which is they wanted the end to the magnisky act. that specifically targets individuals and not the russian committ economy. >> we figured out there's probably 10,000 people in russia that commit very grave human rights abuses and crimes for money. they take that money and keep it in american banks and british banks and swiss wabanks. they sent their kids to boarding schools and girlfriends to milan on shopping trips. the one thing we figured is not to let them ke

as hearing was hedge fund head bill browder the military has been following the story and she joins us for more this seems more than interesting testimony oh at the focus today of the meeting was supposed to be oversight of the foreign agents registration act and on the alleged russian election meddling and while bill browder gave his testimony before the senate he really offered no concrete evidence to support any of those claims. turned out that in putin's russia there are no good guys no empathy and no morals to threaten me with death they threaten me with kidnapping in the face of evil i don't think there's any other way to characterize mir putin the russians will do anything they can get away with or even stuff they can't get away with to arrest kidnap torture and kill just to take people's properties away the russians are liars browder shot down his operations in russia just a few years ago and is now wanted by the kremlin for tax evasion but since then has been lobbying for say against russia and worked on the magnitsky act and this is where he brings up the russian attorney nat

after browder's testimony.er saying that with 100% certainty in his view that the intelligence services in russia were aware of that june 2016 meeting before it happened, jake. and also, browder saying that it was a, quote, big ask for the people in that meeting, russians in the meeting to ask the trump campaign to move and try to get rid of the act, sanctions act against russia, the united states enacted in 2012. now when i had caught up with lindsey graham after the pretty dramatic remarks by william browder, he said, very clearly, that perhaps this was not the only time that the russians met with the trump campaign and it pushed dirt and also to ask for something in exchange. and he said this is something congress needs to look into further. here's what he said. >> it's also hard for me to believe that once the trump campaign expressed a desire to get help, yeah, love it, maybe later in the summer it'd be better, but that meaning it was one and done. that contact came from a person that mr. browder said shou

and they're specifically looking for the stamps, seals and certificates. >> a lawyer for browder wasth finding out why. he quickly figured it out. someone was using those stamps, seals and certificates to defraud the russian treasury out of $230 million in tax refunds. and it worked? >> it worked remarkably. it was the largest tax refund in the history of russia and approved the next day and paid out one day later. >> he sent the evidence he was gathering back to london where browder was building a case against the judges, tax officials and police officers who he says were in on the heist. they retaliated by going after magnitsky charging him with fraud and locking him up in one of moscow's most notorious prisons. >> they wanted to break him down, wanted him to withdraw his testimony against the police officers and wanted him to sign a false confession that he stole the $230 million and he did so on my instruction. and sergey refused to buckle. >> he detailed torturous conditions. the cells smaller, the treatment harsher, his health fading. but according to browder, that wasn't enoug