MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Guest op-ed By Peter Fritsch and Glenn R. Simpson @ NYTimes.com, April 21
Mr. Fritsch and Mr. Simpson are the founders of the research firm Fusion GPS.
Home page lede: Forget Stormy Daniels. The business records subpoenaed by Robert Mueller might be Donald Trump’s greatest legal headache.
Put aside Russian collusion for a moment. Press pause on possible presidential obstruction of justice. Forget Stormy Daniels. The most significant recent development involving the president may be that the special counsel, Robert Mueller, has subpoenaed Trump Organization business records as part of his inquiry into Russian interference in the presidential election.
Those documents — and records recently seized by the F.B.I. from the president’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen — might answer a question raised by the president’s critics: Have certain real estate investors used Trump-branded properties to launder the proceeds of criminal activity around the world?
We pored over Donald Trump’s business records for well over a year, at least those records you can get without a badge or a subpoena. We also hired a former British intelligence official, Christopher Steele [....]
Comments
Not much we don't already know. The bigger question is "how much is enough to take on Trump direct?" What with his mafia ties and GOP backing, he's not as vulnerable as typical mere mortals.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 11:34am
by Peter (not verified) on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 2:30pm
You seem to be clueless that the laundered money is stolen in a variety of ways in Russia, or the profit from illegal drug-running in Colombia, et al. To date, few people have been held responsible, but these aren't "borrowers" or "victims" - they're co-conspirators and enablers helping to find legit-looking places in the legal West to park the money. It's like a fence whose job is to get rid of stolen goods, at a heave proit, where the discount is perfectly acceptable for the original thieves.
So tell me, oh Swami, who specifically do you think we'll be apologizing to? Manafort? Cohen? Giuliani? Jared? Roger Stone? Go ahead, list them, and we'll review in 3-4 months.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 2:43pm
by Peter (not verified) on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 7:18pm
No, he was *not* a borrower in all these incidents - he was a landlord or real estate agent, typically the latter when Russians overpaid to offshore assets in hard currency ($) rather than rubles under sanction. Again, tell me who you think is being abused by Mueller, and let's talk in 3-4 months when the indictments and guilty pleas come through.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 7:33pm
by Peter (not verified) on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 12:27am
Hmmm.Sounds like how daddy the commercial real estate developer would explain to his first grader about what he does for a living.If I understood as little as you do, I certainly wouldn't be commenting on topic, just sayin'.
by artappraiser on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 12:50am
When Donald took the oath he threw all that tainted Russian oligarch money away......wrapped up in the pee pee sheets.......because Melania, Ivana, Ivanka, Stormy and Tiffany would never touch the [small - PP] hands that touched those shameful ill gotten gains!!
by NCD on Mon, 04/23/2018 - 1:41am
Now, Peter, you know how it works. The people with the money that they need to launder contact people who would very much like their dirty money, then the two sides find an overtly legitimate way to make that happen. Sell something that's purchased at a ridiculous profit? Yeah! Lend money at a ridiculously low rate with lots of smiles attached? Yeah! You are very well aware that money is never laundered by, for or among victims.
Snowflakes trying to take on Trump should be funny but I think most of their time will be apologising for and excusing all the criminal charges against their colluders recommended in the last few days.
If you're not a bot, which I don't think you are, then stop using the language. Step up.
by barefooted on Sun, 04/22/2018 - 8:22pm