Source: The Realist Review
by Lucy Komisar
“The Magnitsky Act claims to punish those responsible for or benefiting from the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky. In fact, the Act provided no evidence that his detention was unjustified (see, for example, The European Human Rights Commission report), that he was abused or killed, or that he uncovered a conspiracy. Jonathan M. Winer, a State Department aide to Hillary Clinton who later played a critical role in passing on the Steele disinformation dossier around Washington, acknowledges that he authored the Magnitsky Act. The plan was to get a U.S. law on the books that would in effect block the Russian government from using international law enforcement, particularly Interpol, from going after certain individuals of other countries who had cheated on their taxes.” (07/10/25)
https://therealistreview.substack.com/p/the-myths-behind-the-magnitsky-act