Irakly Kaveladze, who met with Trump Jr. and Kushner, is linked to a Kremlin-friendly Russian oligarch through a network of shell companies.
‘The eighth named attendee at a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between top Trump associates and a politically-connected Russian lawyer is a business associate of a top Moscow oligarch and was once identified as a key figure in a Congressional money laundering probe.
Irakly Kaveladze, until now the mysterious “eighth man” in the room, attended the meeting on behalf of Aras Agalarov, a billionaire real estate magnate with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and who befriended the Trump family. A lawyer for Agalarov has confirmed Kaveladze’s attendance to other news outlets, though he did not respond to requests for comment from POLITICO.
On a personal website, Kaveladze describes himself as the vice president of Agalarov’s Moscow-based real estate company, Crocus Group. According to his LinkedIn account, he lives in the Russian Federation, although public records show that he is affiliated with businesses in New Jersey.
Kaveladze “provides oversight to numerous projects throughout the region and is responsible for the financial structuring of international investment projects,” according to his online biography.
Business filings list Kaveladze as the founder of a company called IBC Group, which shares a New Jersey address with several shell companies connected to Aras Agalarov.
One of those firms is Saffron Property Management, which Agalarov reportedly used to purchase an $11 million condo in Florida last year.
The others include CI Publishing, PB Consulting, Russian Art Mall and a company called RJI Properties, whose Instagram account links to a real estate profile of Emin Agalarov’s sister.
Kaveladze’s identity is among many facts about the 2016 meeting that Trump Jr. has failed to disclose in multiple public statements. And his background may add to the questions members of Congress and investigators have about the meeting, which Trump officials say was brief and inconsequential but which Democrats call evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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Eighth man in Trump Tower meeting was linked to money laundering https://t.co/uSv2xHiUDn pic.twitter.com/nVw9sAClW7
— POLITICO (@politico) July 18, 2017
I thought he was just a translator and an American citizen? Hmmm…I’m shocked and surprised at the new revelation.
Tell me if you've heard this one before: 3 Russians walk into Trump Tower: a lawyer, a hacker, and a money launderer https://t.co/M2R9B8xHc3
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 18, 2017
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