Madison Cawthorn Receives 1,000 Donation From Cousin Of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch

madison cawthorn receives a $1,000 donation from sanctioned russian oligarch’s cousin: representative republican. hit by a new scandal before their main battle

new york financier andrew intrater’s donation occurred on may 6
intrater’s cousin, russian billionaire viktor vekselberg, was sanctioned twice by us authorities for its close ties to the kremlin
intrater was caught up in those sanctions because vekselberg was the largest investor in his former company, columbus nova, and sued the government for it
has also donated to trump and other republican lawmakers like rep. Michael Waltz, Senators Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham, and Republican candidate Dr. oz
cawthorn landed in hot water for calling ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky a ‘thug’ and for his comments about the war on russian state television

by elizabeth elkind, political reporter for dailymail.com

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