The FBI earlier this week raided the house of Dimitri Simes, a Russian-born coverage analyst who suggested Trump in 2016.
Dimitri Simes, who has been residing and dealing in Russia since October 2022, stated his Virginia dwelling was raided as a result of he spoke out towards the Deep State and criticized Biden’s Ukraine coverage.
The raid “clearly is an try and intimidate, not solely any person from Russia, however simply anybody who goes towards official insurance policies and notably towards the deep state,” Simes informed Sputnik News.
“My suspicion is that as a substitute of making an attempt to get me to return to america and to interrogate me — and even to arrest me — their actual objective is to ensure that I’d not come again,” stated Simes.
The checking account Simes makes use of to pay the mortgage on the house was additionally frozen.
‘They don’t need me again in america’: Dimitri Okay. Simes speaks out about FBI raid
“My suspicion is that as a substitute of making an attempt to get me to return to america and to interrogate me and even to arrest me, their actual objective is to ensure that I’d not come again… pic.twitter.com/AP91x1ySpZ
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) August 16, 2024
The New York Put up reported:
A former advisor to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claims his Virginia dwelling was raided by FBI brokers this week.
Dimitri Simes, whose identify got here up over 130 occasions in former particular counsel Robert Mueller’s 2019 report into Russian interference within the presidential election, informed the Rappahannock Information he was out of the U.S. and wasn’t notified forward of Tuesday’s search.
He additionally insisted he’s not conscious of being the main focus of any law-enforcement investigation.
The Russian-born coverage analyst suggested Trump’s 2016 marketing campaign.
My father speaks out in regards to the FBI raid on his dwelling in Virginia.
There isn’t any logical purpose for this search from an data gathering standpoint.
The probably motive is to intimidate him and forestall him from ever returning to america. https://t.co/4MHcEUFIaW
— Dimitri Simes Jr. (@DimitriASimes) August 16, 2024
Dimitri Simes was smeared by Robert Mueller and Deep State hacks through the Trump-Russia collusion probe.
Recall that Robert Mueller’s investigation of Trump “collusion” with Russia previous to the 2016 Presidential election focused on eight cases:
Proposed Trump Tower Mission in Moscow—
George Papadopolous—
Carter Web page—
Dimitri Simes—
Veselnetskya Assembly at Trump Tower (June 16, 2016)
Occasions on the Republican Conference
Put up-Conference Contacts with Russian Ambassador Kislyak
Paul Manafort