Old connections between Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's husband and Ukrainian oligarch resurface
The business relationship between Senate candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell’s husband and a Ukrainian oligarch is drawing renewed attacks from Republicans as she mounts another political campaign.
Lawyer Robert Powell, the former Congresswoman’s spouse, worked as an attorney for several firms owned at least in part by billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky, one of the richest people in Ukraine. The Daily Beast reported in 2018 that Powell earned almost $700,000 over two years from a firm connected to the oligarch.
National Republicans highlighted that relationship in ads thrashing Mucarsel-Powell both in 2018, as Mucarsel-Powell ran successfully and unseated GOP U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo in a South Florid...
