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 house 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 someone from Russia, however simply anybody who goes towards official insurance policies and significantly towards the deep state,” Simes advised Sputnik News.
“My suspicion is that as an alternative of attempting to get me to come back to the USA and to interrogate me — and even to arrest me — their actual goal 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 the USA’: Dimitri Ok. Simes speaks out about FBI raid
“My suspicion is that as an alternative of attempting to get me to come back to the USA and to interrogate me and even to arrest me, their actual goal 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 house was raided by FBI brokers this week.
Dimitri Simes, whose title got here up over 130 occasions in former particular counsel Robert Mueller’s 2019 report into Russian interference within the presidential election, advised 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 target of any law-enforcement investigation.
The Russian-born coverage analyst suggested Trump’s 2016 marketing campaign.
My father speaks out concerning the FBI raid on his house in Virginia.
There is no such thing as a logical purpose for this search from an data gathering standpoint.
The doubtless motive is to intimidate him and stop him from ever returning to the USA. 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 Undertaking 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