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it sold for $50 million. it was one of the most expensive home sales in the history of washington. at the time of the sale it s sort of a d.c. mystery, who bought this house. now we know. it was purchased by an llc, a limited liability corporation in delaware. but the man behind that llc we can now reveal is oleg deripaska a russian billionaire. reporter breaking the news in 2017, that mansion right in the heart of the less than half a mile from the vice presidents residence, was tied to oleg deripaska, one of the oligarchs most closely linked to russian president vladimir putin. he suspected by the u.s. of having ties to organized crime. that was enough to deny him a visit to visit this country for visa years. he was sanctioned by the treasury department a couple years ago. he was a key figure in the russian investigation. because of his ties to both putin, and trump campaign chairman paul manafort. today, his mansion in d.c. was
he heads towards trouble literally personally himself sitting in a jail cell as we speak. it s a traumatic take down of a man who changed long standing motions about lobbying and political consultantcy, becoming one of the most influential figures inside the beltway. paul manafort is an incredibly important figure in the history of washington. he s changed the definition of what is acceptable behavior in washington, and donald trump is the guy who likes to talk about the swamp. well, paul manafort is the guy who invented the swamp. long before he worked on the trump campaign, manafort consulted and organized delegates for a generation of republican presidential candidates. among them, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. paul s had great success with reagan and with bush and with ford and, you know, just great
politically. yet he hits towards trouble himself. sitting in a jail cell as we speak. it s a dramatic take down of a man who changed long standing notions about lobbying and political consultant si. becoming one of the most influential figures inside the belt way. manafort is an incredibly important figure in the history of washington. he s changed the definition of what s acceptable behavior in washington. and donald trump is a guy who likes to talk about the swamp. paul manafort is the guy who invented the swamp. you think we don t have control of this convention. long before the trump campaign. he consulted and organized delegates for a generation of republican presidential candidates. among them ronald reagan and george hw bush. paul had great success are reagan and bush. and ford.
an interview and we ve been doing it. i mean, we have a team now, not only with jay but with jan and she s taking the load really of doing the negotiating with the mueller people. but the reality is that we ve all become convinced even though we began with the hope that it could be done in good faith that there s too much. now, some of it is mueller s fault, some isn t. the whole thing with this investigation that was going on which we consider spying was done before mueller got involved, but it completely changed his investigation. entirely you believe? yeah. i mean, you have to ask what s the basis of the investigation? that and how about leaked comey report that turns out to come from a guy that, i think, he s one of the biggest liars in the history of washington. let me get back to what you re referring to.