The guy who no one previously mentioned was at the meeting is Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian who was a counterintelligence officer there before immigrating to the United States. He is a registered lobbyist who has worked on behalf of the Russian government on the Magnitsky Act repeal effort. Previously, before the June 9 meeting was in the news, Senator Chuck Grassley (Republican Iowa) had written a letter to John Kelly, the secretary of Homeland Security, describing Akhmetshin as "a Russian immigrant to the United States who has been accused of acting as an unregistered agent for Russian interests and apparently has ties to Russian intelligence." Grassley was requesting "all information" on Akhmetshin's immigration history.
Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who has been lobbied by Akhmetshin, told CNN earlier this year that the lobbyist is someone with "an ulterior motive" who is "involved with people who've got an agenda" and has "international connections to different groups in Russia." When asked if he thought Akhmetshin was connected to the Russian security services, Rohrabacher said: "I would certainly not rule that out."