Overview of the Rinat Akhmetshin interview:
Factual summary:
Born in USSR. Served 2 years in the army. Studied Chemistry. Came to USA and got a PhD in Physical Chemistry. Ends up lobbying for Central Asian firms and Russians. Gets involved in the Browder lawsuit doing research against Browder. 2 hours before Trump Tower meeting gets call from Natalia V. inviting him to attend. His expertise is PR pushing the Russian adoption deal. Attends meeting. "Dirt on Hillary" turns out to be evidence that (((Ziff Brothers))) laundered Browder money from Russia, through Cyprus, then to New York. They are also big contributors to the DNC. Don Jr. asks how this involves Hillary and no evidence is presented. Meeting breaks downs shortly after. Of note, Fusion was on the same case Browder case with Natalia V. and Rinat.
Analysis (speculation):
I see 2 possibilities, answering the question of why in the heck was Rinat invited to the meeting.
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Natalia V. was the patsy for Fusion. She got suspicious and brought Rinat along as a third party witness.
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Rinat was the patsy for Fusion GPS and Natalia V. was in on setting him up.