I saw a fascinating, well-researched post on Reddit the other day, and I am going to repost it here in its entirety because it is too good not to share. Hopefully this doesn't earn me a ban-hammer for cross-posting... I think all of this is worthy of discussion. The opinion of a random guy on a message board is something you can take or leave, but something this well-researched and well-sourced deserves some discussion. All credit to "PoppinKREAM", whoever he or she might be:
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/84ofao/mueller_subpoenas_trump_organization_demanding/dvr510x/President Trump said the red line would be drawn at Special Counsel Mueller looking into the Trump Empire's finances. Why you may ask? The entire family is involved in laundering money. Christopher Steele has stated that Trump's hotel and land deals with Russians need to be examined.[1] Steve Bannon's comments all but confirmed our suspicions that Trump is being investigated for laundering money.[2]
[Bannon] “You realise where this is going,” he is quoted as saying. “This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy.
We recently found out that Trump's first international venture in Panama City is a hub for laundering money.[3] He handed the business dealings over to Ivanka Trump and although many properties were bought the entire area is almost a ghost town.[4] The tower stands dark as very few people live in the properties. Turns out the owners hail from colourful backgrounds including Russian gangsters, drug cartels, and people smugglers.[5]
Rachel Maddow did a piece about a Trump Tower project in Azerbaijan.[6]
In it Ivanka Trump takes a video promoting her family's building, but it turns out she wasn't filming at the Trump property as it was built in a rundown location.
The Trump organization has been laundering money for a long time. Here are a few examples The New Yorker touches upon including his Taj Mahal Casino, projects in India, Uruguay, Georgia, Indonesia, the Philipines, and China.[7] Listen to this short NPR podcast interview where Adam Davidson explains what he uncovered while investigating Baku.[8]
Today we found out that the President of the United States did business with a sanctioned Russian bank during the 2016 campaign.[9]
In 2017 President Trump tweeted that "I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!"[10]
He lied. Read what Felix Sater, a Russian bussiness associate of the President, offered President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen in 2015. Felix Sater wanted to work with the Russians to help get Trump elected by showcasing Trump's negotiation skills. To do this he wanted to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. The New York Times[11] story is corroborated by the Washington Post.[12] President Trump signed a letter of intent to build the Moscow Trump Tower during the campaign.[13]
The associate, Felix Sater, wrote a series of emails to Mr. Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, in which he boasted about his ties to Mr. Putin. He predicted that building a Trump Tower in Moscow would highlight Mr. Trump’s savvy negotiating skills and be a political boon to his candidacy.
“Our boy can become president of the USA and we can engineer it,” Mr. Sater wrote in an email. “I will get all of Putins team to buy in on this, I will manage this process.”
“I will get Putin on this program and we will get Donald elected,” Mr. Sater wrote.
New information on the relationship between Felix Sater and Trump has come to light recently, including much more money laundering. Rachel Maddow explains how billionaires from Kazakhstan, who are embroiled in court cases involving money laundering, had their money laundered through Trump properties via Felix Sater.[14] There is video/photographic evidence of President Trump promoting a new project in Georgia to build a Trump Tower, but they never did end up building the Trump tower. The project was used to launder money. Felix Sater attended Trump's invite-only victory party to celebrate his presidential victory.[15] In July of 2016 we know he attended a secret meeting at Trump Tower.[16]
Months ago it was reported that Felix Sater was ready and willing to cooperate with Special Counsel Mueller.[17] Paul Wood, World Affairs correspondent for the BBC, wrote the original article for The Spectator.[18] Back in the 90's Felix Sater was caught up in a massive stock scam and flipped on mob families in New York. Guess who flipped him? He's on Special Counsel Mueller's team - Andrew Weissmann.[19]
1) Business Insider - 'Dossier' author Christopher Steele: Trump's hotel and land deals with Russians need to be examined
http://www.businessinsider.com/christopher-steele-trump-hotel-land-deals-russia-dossier-2017-112) The Guardian - Trump Tower meeting with Russians 'treasonous', Bannon says in explosive book
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-russia-steve-bannon-michael-wolff3) NBC - A Panama tower carries Trump’s name and ties to organized crime
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/panama-tower-carries-trump-s-name-ties-organized-crime-n8217064) Global Witness - Narco-A-Lago: Money Laundering At The Trump Ocean Club Panama
https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/narco-a-lago-panama/#chapter-0/section-05) The Guardian - Trump's Panama tower used for money laundering by condo owners, reports say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/17/trump-ocean-club-panama-money-laundering-reports6) Sketchy Donald Trump Deal Eyed For Ties To Iran | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
https://youtu.be/dy9Qtf3P6Nw7) The New Yorker - Donald Trump’s Worst Deal: The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal8) NPR - 'The New Yorker' Uncovers Trump Hotel's Ties To Corrupt Oligarch Family
https://www.npr.org/2017/03/07/519063946/the-new-yorker-uncovers-trump-hotels-ties-to-corrupt-oligarch-family9) The Guardian - Trump Organization 'negotiated with sanctioned Russian bank in 2016'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/15/trump-organization-negotiated-with-sanctioned-russian-bank-in-201610) Trump January 2017 Tweet
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/819159806489591809?lang=en11) New York Times - Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/politics/trump-tower-putin-felix-sater.html?_r=012) The Washington Post - Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-company-had-more-contact-with-russia-during-campaign-according-to-documents-turned-over-to-investigators/2017/10/02/2091fe5e-a6c0-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?utm_term=.f61662df465213) ABC News - Trump signed letter of intent for Russian tower during campaign, lawyer says
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-knew-moscow-tower-proposal-campaign-lawyer/story?id=4947234214) MSNBC Rachel Maddow - Sketchy money finds its way into Trump deals
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/sketchy-kazakh-money-finds-its-way-into-trump-dealings-1137745475847?playlist=associated15) GQ - Inside Donald Trump's Election Night War Room
https://www.gq.com/story/inside-donald-trumps-election-night-war-room16) Politico - Trump’s mob-linked ex-associate gives $5,400 to campaign
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-russia-felix-sater-22743417) Raw Story - Longtime Trump business partner ‘told family he knows he and POTUS are going to prison’: report
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/longtime-trump-business-partner-told-family-he-knows-he-and-potus-are-going-to-prison-report/18) The Spectator - Forget Charlottesville - Russia Is Still The True Trump's True Scandal
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/forget-charlottesville-russia-is-still-the-true-trump-scandal/19) Slate - An Intriguing Link Between the Mueller Investigation, Trump, and Alleged Money Laundering
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/06/21/felix_sater_donald_trump_robert_mueller_and_andrew_weissmann.html -k
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