“The Trump administration is releasing Alexander Vinnik, a cybercriminal who last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering, to Russia as the ‘exchange’ for retrieving the American schoolteacher Marc Fogel,” the New York Times reports.
“Vinnik is a nonviolent offender and is forfeiting tens of millions of dollars in assets in the exchange.”
ABC News: U.S. to swap Marc Fogel for Russian cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.