On Saturday morning, I spoke with Bill Browder, the driving force behind the Magnitsky Act, which President Biden has used to sanction Vladimir Putin and several of the oligarchs who hold his wealth in trust. In Browder’s essential book Red Notice, Browder tells a compelling tale of how he and Sergei Magnitsky uncovered a $230 million tax fraud perpetrated by Putin’s cronies, and how Magnitsky's murder in a Russian prison at the hands of Putin's thugs prompted Browder to become the force behind the Magnitsky Act.
Patrick Frey is a deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County and has been the proprietor of patterico.com since 2003. His opinions are offered in his personal capacity and not on behalf of his office.
