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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 — Dmitry Firtash in 2016
Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

By

Irina Reznik and

Boris Groendahl

September 23, 2019, 4:27 PM UTCUpdated onSeptember 23, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

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.