zur US-Administration bestätigt (unklar ob ggf schon unter Obama...)
German media reported that in April 2016, Akhavan made contact with former CIA official Gary Berntsen in order to potentially provide assistance to Akhavan and Marsalek after Wirecard’s offices were raided at the behest of the US Department of Justice.
Contacted by phone, Bernsten confirmed that he had discussions with Akhavan and Marsalek. “Ray made contact with me,” he said, “and asked to set up a meeting between Ray, Jan, and the US government.”
When asked to provide more information on his relationship with Akhavan, Bernsten declined, citing a Non-Disclosure-Agreement.
He did, however, confirm to Forensic News that a meeting took place between Akhavan, Marsalek, and DOJ officials. Berntsen also suggested that other agencies also had meetings with the two businessmen. The ex-CIA official stressed that he never attended any meetings, but simply used his contacts to facilitate discussions between Marsalek, Akhavan, and U.S. government officials.
The meetings, according to Berntsen, took place “many months” after the April 2016 emails. It is unclear if these meetings happened under the Obama Administration or the Trump Administration, though Marsalek and Berntsen both supported Trump and, at one point, Berntsen was labeled a surrogate for the Trump campaign. “I’m a surrogate for the campaign on this, and I’m working with their policy shop,” he said in July 2016.
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