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Veselnitskaya was initially denied entry into the United States, only to be granted special immigration parole  status under "extraordinary circumstances" by Obama's [[Homeland Security Department]] and approved by former AG [[Loretta Lynch]] so that Veselnitskaya could represent FusionGPS client Denis Katsyv's company, Prevezon Holdings. Veselnitskaya overstayed her immigration parole status so that she could attend the meeting arranged by Fusion GPS associate Rob Goldstone at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr.

Veselnitskaya was initially denied entry into the United States, only to be granted special immigration parole  status under "extraordinary circumstances" by Obama's [[Homeland Security Department]] and approved by former AG [[Loretta Lynch]] so that Veselnitskaya could represent FusionGPS client Denis Katsyv's company, Prevezon Holdings. Veselnitskaya overstayed her immigration parole status so that she could attend the meeting arranged by Fusion GPS associate Rob Goldstone at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr.

The clients Veselnitskaya represented are on the Russia sanctions list.<!--Repeal of the Magnitsky Act. "the Russian government reportedly lobbied against the legislation acting through a public relations company led by Kenneth Duberstein," former Reagan Chief of staff. Preet Bharara is also named on a list of 18 Americans barred from entry to Russia in retaliation for "alleged human rights violations." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act#Russian_government_reaction </ref> --> Veselnitskaya was hired by FusionGPS and engaged in illegal lobbying for repeal of the Magnitsky Act. Neither Veselnitskaya, nor FusionGPS, registered as Russian agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).  

The clients Veselnitskaya represented are on the Russia sanctions list.<!--Repeal of the Magnitsky Act. "the Russian government reportedly lobbied against the legislation acting through a public relations company led by Kenneth Duberstein," former Reagan Chief of staff. Preet Bharara is also named on a list of 18 Americans barred from entry to Russia in retaliation for "alleged human rights violations." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act#Russian_government_reaction </ref> --> Veselnitskaya and FusionGPS engaged in illegal lobbying for repeal of the Magnitsky Act. Neither Veselnitskaya, nor FusionGPS, registered as Russian agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).  

The Russians had stolen about $350 million from Bill Browder, a [[London]] banker, and some of the stolen assets ended with Veselnitskaya's clients at Prevezon Holdings. Browder filed a complaint with the FBI over FusionGPS's illegal, unregistered foreign lobbying on behalf of Russia.<!--Bill Browder's Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation and others file formal complaint with the [[US Justice Department]] against FusionGPS alleging that Fusion GPS was working as a [[lobbyist]] for Russian interests and failed to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.--><ref>http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2016/12/fara-complaint-alleges-pro-russian-lobbying-217776</ref><ref>http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/13/exclusive-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier-is-linked-to-pro-kremlin-lobbying-effort/</ref> FusionGPS lobbied to remove the name “Magnitsky” from the Global Magnitsky Act, delay the bills passage, and cast doubt on the Obama Justice Dept.’s version of events prior to the passage of the Magnitsky Act. Browder referred to Simpson as {{Quotebox|"a professional smear campaigner....Glenn Simpson knowingly spread false information on behalf of people connected to the Russian government to try to protect Russian torturers and murderers from consequences....Glenn Simpson’s job was to knowingly and dishonestly change the narrative of how Sergei Magnitsky came to die from murder to natural causes, and to change the narrative that Sergei Magnitsky was a criminal and not a [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]]."<ref>... Magnitsky, who helped Browder investigate many of the corrupt Russian firms, was arrested in Nov. 2008 and accused of engaging in fraud and tax evasion.

The Russians had stolen about $350 million from Bill Browder, a [[London]] banker, and some of the stolen assets ended with Veselnitskaya's clients at Prevezon Holdings. Browder filed a complaint with the FBI over FusionGPS's illegal, unregistered foreign lobbying on behalf of Russia.<!--Bill Browder's Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation and others file formal complaint with the [[US Justice Department]] against FusionGPS alleging that Fusion GPS was working as a [[lobbyist]] for Russian interests and failed to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.--><ref>http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/politico-influence/2016/12/fara-complaint-alleges-pro-russian-lobbying-217776</ref><ref>http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/13/exclusive-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier-is-linked-to-pro-kremlin-lobbying-effort/</ref> FusionGPS lobbied to remove the name “Magnitsky” from the Global Magnitsky Act, delay the bills passage, and cast doubt on the Obama Justice Dept.’s version of events prior to the passage of the Magnitsky Act. Browder referred to Simpson as {{Quotebox|"a professional smear campaigner....Glenn Simpson knowingly spread false information on behalf of people connected to the Russian government to try to protect Russian torturers and murderers from consequences....Glenn Simpson’s job was to knowingly and dishonestly change the narrative of how Sergei Magnitsky came to die from murder to natural causes, and to change the narrative that Sergei Magnitsky was a criminal and not a [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]]."<ref>... Magnitsky, who helped Browder investigate many of the corrupt Russian firms, was arrested in Nov. 2008 and accused of engaging in fraud and tax evasion.