On Tuesday, the FBI raided “two properties linked to a Russian billionaire.” The wealthy and controversial Oleg Deripaska isn’t happy about it. He has several choice things to say about the bureau, starting with a denial that the homes are even his. That, he insists, would be illegal.
FBI zeros in
The FBI can’t seem to investigate anything at all, other than non-existent collusion between Donald Trump and Russia. On Tuesday, October 19, they continued the persecution by zeroing in on two homes allegedly owned by Oleg Deripaska’s relatives.
He’s a central figure in their manufactured case against Trump, through Paul Manafort. One property is located in Washington, D.C., and the other in New York.
The FBI claims that the raids on the properties “are being carried out on the basis of two court orders, connected to US sanctions.” What Deripaska said back was a lot more colorful and needs to be heavily censored.
“One has to ask,” Deripaska wrote in a statement, “was a sh*tload of Putin’s money found yesterday in these abandoned houses?” Or, he speculates, “Did they manage to snack on the sour jam from the pantries and a couple of bottles of vodka stolen in the best traditions of the Bolsheviks during the search?” He’s “fed up with the unfunny a**holes.”
A spokesunit for the FBI confirms that agents are conducting “court-authorized law enforcement activity.” They want to make the public think they’re doing something to earn their paychecks.
Deripaska sees things just a touch differently. “I cannot help but marvel at the utter stupidity of a part of the American establishment,” he scolds, “they persist in spinning this story about the supposedly colossal role of Russians in the 2016 US presidential election.” Give it a rest already.
They don’t belong to him
The Washington search warrants are supposedly the result “of a federal investigation stemming from New York City,” two insiders leaked to the press.
Through a spokesperson, Deripaska countered that “the houses do not belong to him, since he is not technically allowed to own property in the U.S. due to sanctions against him.” Instead, the “houses belong to Deripaska’s relatives.” That doesn’t seem to matter to the FBI.
Because he’s accused of “having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a senior official of the Government of the Russian Federation,” the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control slapped sanctions against him.
They note “Deripaska has been investigated for money laundering, threatening the lives of business rivals, illegally wiretapping a government official, and taking part in extortion and racketeering.” Just another normal business day in Moscow. The FBI decided to find out what they might find in the way of evidence so they swooped down on the two addresses with a bunch of cardboard boxes.
Basically, what the whole thing boils down to is another witch hunt. “For the sake of obscurantists from the American military-industrial complex and a couple of crazy analysts (who are to blame that the US debt has reached astronomical figures), the absurd show is on,” he wrote.
He’s expecting Christopher Wray and the FBI to charge him with the January 6 insurrection next.