a Russian prison after uncovering a $230 million tax theft. Magnitsky worked for Browder, and his name was used for a U.S. law containing sanctions that was passed by Congress and is a sore spot between the U.S. government and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Browder said the smear campaign was run by Fusion GPS with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and Russian-American lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin. You might remember them from the meeting with Donald Trump Jr. that took place in June 2016. Veselnitskaya was the Russian lawyer with alleged Kremlin ties who arranged the meeting.

As The Post reported in July of Browder's accusations:

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They were all allegedly working with the law firm Baker Hostetler to defend the Russian company Prevezon from charges it laundered funds stolen in the fraud Magnitsky uncovered.We reach no conclusion on the amount owed.
From the dissolution through trial in this matter D.E.E. Sr. had not maintained steady or well-paying employment and had been unsuccessful in his business ventures. He left his garnished local job to go to Colorado. He was unemployed and lived with his mother for almost a year before finding a minimum wage job at a car wash. D.E.E. Sr. was licensed as a stockbroker and started a brokerage firm with another person. He drew only his commissions to a maximum of $825 per month, but he made so little income in the first year that he owed no taxes. In the second year of this corporation, he paid "very little" in taxes. At the time of trial, the corporation was undergoing