>“With that background in mind, let’s review what’s going on in Danchenko’s criminal case.
He was originally represented by Chris Schafbuch and Mark Schamel.
Schafbuch in the DoS FOIA reading room - oogatz
Schamel has two 'hits' in the DoS FOIA reading room- both in FOIA logs
2020
According to a Dept. of State FOIA log, in October 2020 Jennifer Wiggins of Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz & Gilday, LLC requested very specific information about Turkey, Edrogen, the DC police and 'Mark Schamel.
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whether the Republic of Turkey, or any of its governmental instrumentalities has requested
the arrest, detention, extradition, deportation, expatriation, and/or rendition of anyone reside
within the U.S. from May 16, 2017 through the present;
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whether the Republic of Turkey has filed any allegations, complaints, protests, or
otherwise noted to the DOS relating to events occurring in or around the Turkish Embassy or
the Chief of Mission Residence located in Washington, D.C. on May 16, 2017;
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whether any U.S. or District of Columbia law enforcement official has filed any official or unofficial
complaint, grievance, protest, or otherwise reported on the conduct of officials or agents of
the Republic of Turkey during the visit to the U.S. by the President of the Republic of Turkey,
Recep Tayyip Edrogan, the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and/or any
other Turkish official present during the visit of the Turkish delegation, from May 15-17, 2017;
and,
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any and all requests filed by the Republic of Turkey, Saltzman & Evinch, PLLC or its
employees, or '''Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP or its employees, including David Saltzman,
Gunay Evinch, Cathy A. Hinger, Victoria A. Bruno, and Mark E. Schamel''', and all records and
responses issued by DOS
2009 The Requester was Mark Schamel requesting information about [redacted]
Funny/Not funny that the next FOIA log request was about Chelsea Clinton and a 1999 visa. (cap related)
https://foia.state.gov/search/Results.aspx?searchText=Schamel&beginDate=&endDate=&publishedBeginDate=&publishedEndDate=&caseNumber=