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So they are going to try and claim Bob Dole was the link between Deripska, Trump, and Manafort?
Dig on Alston & Bird, Bob Dole connection to russian oligarch
https://www.alston.com/en/offices/washington/
https://www.alston.com/en/insights/news/2018/06/alston-named-top-workplace-the-washington-post
Bob Dole joins firm in 2003:
https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2003/02/10/daily25.html
Bob Dole’s final mission:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bob-doles-final-mission/2018/06/18/93962908-6fff-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.
Hmmm… Elizabeth Dole foundation
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbying-contracts/333099-congo-adds-heavy-hitters-to-us-lobbying-campaign
Bob Dole acted as a lobbyist for Congo and Taiwan also
Dole's clients include Kosovo, Taiwan and Slovenia , among other countries. He has also been registered to lobby on behalf of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Earlier, he represented Tyco and the Chocolate Industry Coalition.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/02/12/dole-to-join-law-firm-based-in-atlanta/ed69d160-6218-46f9-93b3-00c40d13b5f0/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3c85dc75210a
Does not appear to be that Bob Dole lobbied for this Russia Oligarch. Just the firm that he worked for, so it appears that they are trying to smear him through connections to Trump and his firm.
Interesting nonetheless.