Trump-Friendly Lawyers Join Legal Team of Ukraine’s Firtash
- Toensing, diGenova are frequent legal commentators on Fox News
- Former Manafort partner is fighting extradition from Austria
Dmitry Firtash in 2016
Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Dmitry Firtash, a wealthy Ukrainian and onetime business partner of Paul Manafort who is facing extradition to the U.S. on corruption charges, has hired a legal team with close ties to President Donald Trump.
The lawyers retained by Firtash are Victoria Toensing and Joseph diGenova, according to representatives for Firtash and for the attorneys.