Trump’s lawyers who wrote the recent letter exonerating him from financial ties with Russia are from the firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius, who were named Russia Law Firm of the Year in 2016.
Snopes says that this assertion is “partially true.” Morgan Lewis has multiple offices throughout the world (”The firm has 29 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.”), with one office in Russia that apparently did particularly well.
For starters, the award applied only to the Moscow office of a U.S.-based firm that has dozens of offices in the U.S. and around the world. Additionally, this award was not handed out by any Russian governmental or business organization; it was bestowed by Chambers and Partners, a group that reviews law firms around the globe.
Chambers and Partners recognized the firm for their work in energy, telecom, media, tech, mergers and acquisitions, international investment… All things that would make the firm a very appropriate one for Trump to use, but also means that the Russia office would have been dealing with very high level Russian oligarchs and other Putin associates.
Trump Lawyers Say He Had No Russian Income or Debt, With Some Exceptions
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