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Undated: President Donald Trump has attempted to distance himself from allegations of collusion by asserting that he has no business interests in Russia. That’s not for lack of trying: Trump’s efforts to establish a hotel in Moscow go back at least to 1987, when, according to his book The Art of the Deal, he discussed the possibility with the Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin. But the questions regarding the Trump campaign’s collusion with the Russian government go beyond whether Trump has business dealings with Russia. It is just as important, if not more, to understand the many ways that Russia has business with Donald Trump.
https://themoscowproject.org/collusion-chapter/chapter-1/
December: Trump should worry that Felix Sater is cooperating with federal investigators.
Sater, the Russian-born wheeler-dealer who once served time for stabbing the face of a fellow businessman with broken glass, sits at the crossroads that connect the president’s business dealings with Russia and the former Soviet Union. Over the years, Sater has helped channel millions of dollars from Eastern bloc oligarchs into Trump-branded real estate deals.
The Financial Times reports Sater is cooperating with an international investigation into money-laundering by Kazakh oligarchs
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/143736/trump-worry-felix-sater-cooperating-federal-investigators
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May 22: Trump casino was cited by the IRS 106 times in only 18 months for breaking money-laundering rules
The casino [Taj Mahal] repeatedly failed to properly report gamblers who cashed out $10,000 or more in a single day, the government said.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/22/1664896/-Trump-casino-was-cited-by-the-IRS-106-times-in-only-18-months-for-breaking-money-laundering-rules
June 1: Donald Trump’s white nationalist campaign attracted anti-immigrant, pro-Russia politicians from across Europe. In particular “Brexit” leader Nigel Farage, the proudly racist and sexist former head of the nationalist UK Independence Party, made an unprecedented trans-Atlantic push for Trump. Farage attended the Republican convention, did media appearances to support Trump, joined in raising the rabble at Trump rallies, and even defended Trump’s ugly Access Hollywood statements as just the bragging of an “alpha male.” Farage is also an admirer of Trump adviser Steve Bannon, with a Breitbart-friendly relationship that extends back at least three years. And now Trump and Farage have something else in common:
Nigel Farage is a “person of interest” in the US counter-intelligence investigation that is looking into possible collusion between the Kremlin and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Guardian has been told.
Farage says he’s never even been to Russia … though he refuses to say if he’s received payment from RT or other Russian state media. Farage has met with Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, with Assange-friendly whackadoodle Roger Stone, and seems to have just incidentally been involved with a lot of people whose names keep showing up on the FBI radar.
“He’s right in the middle of these relationships. He turns up over and over again. There’s a lot of attention being paid to him.”
Farage has some recent FBI experience. In July, the FBI nabbed Farage’s top aide, for laundering drug money through the dark net.
The aide, George Cottrell, previously ran the UKIP offices as well as Farage’s personal blog. He was arrested by the FBI when Farage and Cottrell came to the US for the Republican Convention. Cottrell was later found guilty of wire fraud for offering to help criminals launder funds.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/1/1667871/-Nigel-Farage-joins-other-Trump-associates-as-person-of-interest-in-FBI-investigation
July 13: Trump’s Russian Laundromat
How to use Trump Tower and other luxury high-rises to clean dirty money, run an international crime syndicate, and propel a failed real estate developer into the White House.
https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate
August 21: Trump’s Business of Corruption ... What secrets will Mueller find when he investigates the President’s foreign deals?
Several news accounts have confirmed that Mueller has indeed begun to examine Trump’s real-estate deals and other business dealings, including some that have no obvious link to Russia. But this is hardly wayward. It would be impossible to gain a full understanding of the various points of contact between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign without scrutinizing many of the deals that Trump has made in the past decade. Trump-branded buildings in Toronto and the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan were developed in association with people who have connections to the Kremlin.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/21/trumps-business-of-corruption
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Undated: Money Laundering at the Trump Ocean Club Panama
In the early 2000s, a series of bankruptcies meant Donald J. Trump was shunned by most lenders. Struggling for credit, he started selling his name to high-end real estate projects. This report examines in detail the criminal connections that propelled one such project – the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama – and how this case bears some of the same disturbing hallmarks as other Trump developments.
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/narco-a-lago-panama/#chapter-0/section-1
January 17: As the investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election now carries into 2018, Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller is keeping quiet on details.
But one thing does seem clear: A year after President Trump took office, the crime of foreign money laundering looks as though it has become an important focus.
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/17/577624204/as-trump-enters-year-two-in-office-mueller-looking-at-money-laundering
January 18: Testimony to the U.S. Congress by the head of a political research firm indicates that the Trump Organization’s sales of properties to Russian nationals may have involved money-laundering, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said on Thursday.
The panel released the transcript of a Nov. 14 closed-door interview with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson, whose firm hired a former British spy to research then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign ties to Russians and produced a dossier.
http://time.com/5109253/trump-organization-money-laundering-russians-russia/
January 18: A Russian gangster operated an illegal gambling ring out of a Trump Tower apartment. President Trump had a "pattern" of making real estate deals with Russians indicative of money laundering. Eric Trump bragged about having unlimited access to Russian money for his golf course developments, and Trump associates crossed paths with a number of Kremlin-connected oligarchs during the campaign.
Those are just some of the explosive revelations from the newly released testimony that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson gave to a House intelligence committee investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-pattern-russian-money-laundering-testimony-article-1.3764964
January 18: In more than 150 pages of testimony released by the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the firm behind the so-called “Steele dossier,” alleged a constellation of business deals that he said suggested the Russians could be laundering money through then-candidate Donald Trump.
Simpson stopped short of saying the firm had found definitive proof of such dealings, telling investigators that, “evidence, I think, is a strong word.”
Some of Trump’s dealings, Simpson told lawmakers, showed “patterns of buying and selling that we thought were suggestive of money laundering.”
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/369654-steele-dossier-firm-suspected-trump-russia-money-laundering
January 19: California Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, is making the accusation that past Trump Organization real estate deals show evidence of money laundering.
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/politics/jackie-speier-money-laundering-accusations/index.html
January 19: So far, the release of transcripts of Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson’s interviews with the House Intelligence and Senate Judiciary committees have provided rich detail to obsessives but few major headlines for the average reader. The interviews give some more clarity on how Fusion came to investigate Donald Trump, who was paying the company, and how it gathered information, but they offer much help in assessing the Trump dossier.
Perhaps the most interesting thread is Simpson’s suggestion that the Trump Organization could have been used by Russians to launder money—an arrangement that would have both allowed Kremlin-linked figures to scrub cash and would have created possible blackmail material over the now-president, since the Russian government would be aware that a crime had been committed.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/theres-a-potential-for-russian-leverage-here/551024/
January 18: Testimony to the U.S. Congress by the head of a political research firm indicates that the Trump Organization’s sales of properties to Russian nationals may have involved money-laundering, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said on Thursday.
The panel released the transcript of a Nov. 14 closed-door interview with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson, whose firm hired a former British spy to research then-presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign ties to Russians and produced a dossier.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-fusion/sales-of-trump-properties-suggestive-of-money-laundering-researcher-idUSKBN1F727X
January 19: The panel released the transcript of a Nov. 14 closed-door interview with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson, whose firm hired a former British spy to research then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign ties to Russians and produced a dossier.
"Those transcripts reveal serious allegations that the Trump Organization may have engaged in money laundering with Russian nationals," Representative Adam Schiff said.
The Trump Organization dismissed the allegations as unsubstantiated.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/01/19/sales-of-trump-properties-suggestive-of-money-laundering-researcher-says/23338104/
February 15: NRA, Russia and Trump: How 'dark money' is poisoning American democracy
As American communities continue to be victimized by gun violence — including the mass shooting yesterday, in Parkland, Florida — the National Rifle Association continues to wield immense influence over American legislators, primarily through enormous campaign contributions.
But when it comes to funding, the NRA may have finally gone too far: the FBI recently launched an investigation to determine whether a Russian central banker, and Putin ally, illegally funneled money through the organization to help the Trump campaign.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/nra-russia-and-trump-money-laundering-poisoning-us-democracy-commentary.html
February 22: Mueller's Russia investigation: What to know... For the inquiry into the 2016 election, Mueller has the authority to prosecute any crimes uncovered during this investigation, and he was given wide authority to investigate whether Trump or his associates colluded with the Kremlin to win the White House.
The president ... warned Mueller to stay within certain boundaries [to stay away from Trump family finances] as he investigates.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/22/muellers-russia-investigation-what-to-know.html
February 22: Paul Manafort, Rick Gates laundered more than $30 million, according to new Mueller indictment
Dramatically escalating the pressure and stakes, special counsel Robert Mueller filed additional criminal charges Thursday against President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and his business associate.
The filing adds allegations of tax evasion and bank fraud and significantly increases the legal jeopardy facing Paul Manafort, who managed Trump’s campaign for several months in 2016, and longtime associate Rick Gates. Both had already faced the prospect of at least a decade in prison if convicted at trial.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/former-trump-campaign-chair-paul-manafort-faces-new-tax-charges-in-mueller-probe
February 23: How Paul Manafort is connected to the Trump, Russia investigation
Manafort and Rick Gates, his business associate, were originally indicted in October on multiple counts that included conspiracy against the U.S., conspiracy to launder money and making false statements.
Nearly four months later, on Feb. 22, the pair was hit with additional tax evasion and bank fraud charges. The additional charges involve much of the same conduct Manafort and Gates were initially charged with, but it increases the amount of money Manafort, 68, is accused of laundering to $30 million.
The charges against Manafort and Gates don’t relate to any allegations of misconduct during Trump’s campaign.
But Mueller has incorporated that investigation into his own probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with Trump associates.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/23/how-paul-manafort-is-connected-to-trump-russia-investigation.html
May 11: If Trump Is Laundering Russian Money, Here’s How It Works
https://www.wired.com/story/if-trump-is-laundering-russian-money-heres-how-it-works/
June 6: How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#213ef09c6b4a
June 16: Leading Brexit Campaigner Apparently Passed Documents on U.S. Probe into George Cottrell to the Russians
A top Brexit campaigner, who met repeatedly with Russian officials, appeared to share details of the indictment of George Cottrell, a dark web operator working for the campaign.
One of the Brexit campaign chiefs appeared to pass documents detailing an American law enforcement investigation to a Russian official, according to a cache of leaked emails.
The papers, which detailed a probe into dark web money laundering, were apparently shared with the Russian embassy in London by Leave.EU executive Andy Wigmore. They concerned the arrest of Brexit financier George Cottrell, who was seized at an airport on the way home from the Republican convention in 2016 where Donald Trump had just been nominated as the presidential candidate.
Cottrell had been at the convention in Cleveland with his boss Nigel Farage, who dined with Roger Stone and met a string of other Republican operatives and elected officials.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/leading-brexit-campaigner-passed-documents-on-us-probe-into-george-cottrell-to-the-russians
July 11: Tower of secrets: the Russian money behind a Donald Trump skyscraper
https://www.ft.com/trumptoronto
July 26: Every administration offers the country a crash course in something. The George W. Bush administration made terrorism experts of us all. The Obama administration forced us to become knowledgeable about economic recovery, sequestration and economic recovery plans. And now, to understand the rise and (inevitable) fall of Donald J. Trump, it’s imperative to learn the ins and outs of money laundering.
https://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/donald-trump-russia-money-laundering-mueller-investigation-us-politics-news-91721/
August 3: What Did Trump and Kushner Know About Russian Money Laundering, and When Did They Know It?
And why did the Justice Department abruptly settle a criminal case handled by the same Russian attorney who met with Trump officials last year?
https://www.thenation.com/article/what-did-trump-and-kushner-know-about-russian-money-laundering-and-when-did-they-know-it/
August 16: Untold Story Of Trump, Soviet/Russia Partnership; Russian Mafia Laundered Money Via Real Estate
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/08/16/craig_unger_untold_story_of_trump_russia_partnership_laundered_money_via_his_real_estate.html
October 9: Felix Sater on money laundering at Trump properties: “I think he just didn’t care”
“I would show him a deal and he'd say 'let's go'”
https://therealdeal.com/2018/10/09/felix-sater-on-money-laundering-at-trump-properties-i-think-he-just-didnt-care/
October 31: Human Rights Group Calls for Investigation of Giuliani, Trump Money-Laundering Scheme
Prosecutors Asked to Probe Dutch Middlemen Washing Billions in Dirty Kazakh Cash for Real Estate Deals in US and Europe
https://www.dcreport.org/2018/10/31/group-calls-investigation-of-guiliani-trump-money-laundering-scheme/
November 19: Maxine Waters wants to investigate Trump, but her party may resist
More moderate Democrats fear that oversight investigations will be a distraction or cause political blowback for the party.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/19/maxine-waters-investigate-trump-1000430
November 21: House Intelligence to hire money-laundering experts to chase Trump financial trail
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-intelligence-to-hire-money-laundering-experts-to-chase-trump-financial-trail
November 26: Is Trump Compromised by Saudi Money?
The incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee wants to know, saying the president hasn’t been honest in accepting Saudi denials in the Khashoggi murder.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/schiff-will-probe-trump-business-ties-saudi-arabia/576601/
November 29: Deutsche Bank ... Raided by Police on Suspicion of Money Laundering
The German lender, who Trump owes $300 million, is not having a great morning.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/deutsche-bank-raided-money-laundering
November 30: Trump Fund-Raiser Received Laundered Foreign Money, Prosecutors Say
Federal prosecutors cited the involvement of a onetime top fund-raiser to President Trump on Friday in a scheme to launder millions of dollars into the country to help a flamboyant Malaysian financier end a Justice Department investigation.
Elliott Broidy, a Los Angeles-based businessman who was a finance vice chairman of Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign and inauguration committees, was paid to lobby the Trump administration to try to end an investigation related to the embezzlement of billions of dollars from a Malaysian state-owned fund, according to court filings made public on Friday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/politics/broidy-trump-foreign-money.html
November 30: The German Government Goes After Trump’s German Banker for Alleged Money Laundering
Thursday’s raids on its Frankfurt headquarters are likely to be just the beginning of Deutsche Bank’s troubles with Berlin, but the ripple effects can be felt as far as Washington.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-german-goverment-goes-after-trumps-german-banker-for-alleged-money-laundering
December 16: Mueller Exposes Putin's Hold Over Trump
Just over a week ago, on Friday December 7, the Special Counsel’s Office headed by Robert Mueller for the first time outlined in a court filing the grand narrative of the Russia Probe. The court filing revealed what many had long suspected, that Trump and his family had used, or tried to use, his presidential candidacy, and then his presidency, to enhance their own wealth.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/12/16/mueller-exposes-putins-hold-over-trump/#1ce1576648f6
December 16: Schiff previews new line of attack against Trump: Deutsche Bank 'laundered Russian money'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schiff-previews-new-line-of-attack-against-trump-deutsche-bank-laundered-russian-money
December 16: Schiff explains why he wants to obtain Trump's Deutsche Bank records
"The concern about Deutsche Bank is they have a history of laundering Russian money," Schiff said
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/schiff-said-he-wants-obtain-trump-s-deutsche-bank-records-n948541
December 17: Following the Money: Trump and Russia-Linked Transactions From the Campaign to the Presidential Inauguration
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2018/12/17/464235/following-the-money/
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