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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/
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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 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 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
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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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 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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