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Huma’s Cousin Convicted of Fraud, Deleted Emails; Partnered With Russian Businessman

Ryan Saavedra

A judge ordered Huma Abedin’s cousin, Omar Amanat, to be jailed immediately after he was convicted on Tuesday of fraud and was said to have a had a “disdain for the courts and legal process.”

Amanat, who invested millions with a Russian businessman, also supposedly tried to destroy emails that contained potential evidence, telling his brother to delete all his Yahoo emails because he was worried about Yahoo receiving a subpoena.

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