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bathroommonkey76

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Thu Jan 18, 2018, 08:57 PM Jan 2018

Russia researcher testifies that President Trump had pattern of Kremlin-connected money laundering

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 testimonythat Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson gave to a House intelligence committee investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Simpson's organization is first and foremost known for tasking ex-British spy Christopher Steele with digging into Trump's Russian entanglements. Steele made international headlines after it was revealed that he compiled the "Trump-Russia dossier" — an infamous cache of documents that claims the Russian government has blackmailed Trump to do its bidding after obtaining damaging information about him, including a video tape allegedly showing him engaging in "perverted sexual acts."

During his testimony before the House select intelligence committee on Nov. 14, Simpson told investigators that none of the information Steele obtained about Trump stood out as improbable.


Read more:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-pattern-russian-money-laundering-testimony-article-1.3764964

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Russia researcher testifies that President Trump had pattern of Kremlin-connected money laundering (Original Post) bathroommonkey76 Jan 2018 OP
Isnt it common for unprofitable businesses like his golf courses to be kept for laundering money? bettyellen Jan 2018 #1
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