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David Frum's latest. Is this about the Sater story? (Original Post)
Kingofalldems
Feb 2017
OP
What is the Sater story? I went out and tried to have a life for a while today. n/t
rzemanfl
Feb 2017
#2
Zero mention so far on Fox, Drudge, Cons.Treehouse, RimJob's FReak site, .... . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#8
WomanWhoRoars
(175 posts)1. Looks like it
But, it's not enough to flip any Trumpster
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)2. What is the Sater story? I went out and tried to have a life for a while today. n/t
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)4. Probably the NYT article today
There are a couple folks who made threads. Here is one - http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141707681
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)7. Thanks. n/t
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)5. A Big Shoe Just Dropped
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)6. Thanks. n/t
pat_k
(9,313 posts)9. WaPo May 2016 (Sater's history, relationship with Trump)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-mafia-linked-figure-describes-association-with-trump/2016/05/17/cec6c2c6-16d3-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html?utm_term=.00376f7fa6f4
In a deposition in 2013 (and apparently on several occasions since), Trump claimed he barely remembered the guy.
On the 24th floor of Trump Tower, in an office two floors below Donald Trump, Felix Sater was trying to revive his career. The Russian-born businessman had already done a stint in prison for stabbing a man in the face with the stem of a margarita glass, and he was now awaiting sentencing for his role in a Mafia-orchestrated stock fraud scheme all the while serving as a government informant on the mob and mysterious matters of national security....
Trump and his lawyers have said that he was not aware of Saters criminal past when he first signed on to do business with Saters firm, Bayrock Group. Saters involvement in the stock fraud was kept secret for years by federal prosecutors because of his role as an informant.
But even after elements of Saters background were disclosed in a 2007 New York Times article, he remained in close proximity to Trump at one point using Trump Organization office space and business cards.
Trump and his lawyers have said that he was not aware of Saters criminal past when he first signed on to do business with Saters firm, Bayrock Group. Saters involvement in the stock fraud was kept secret for years by federal prosecutors because of his role as an informant.
But even after elements of Saters background were disclosed in a 2007 New York Times article, he remained in close proximity to Trump at one point using Trump Organization office space and business cards.
In a deposition in 2013 (and apparently on several occasions since), Trump claimed he barely remembered the guy.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)10. NYTimeS says 45's personal attorney delivered a
Plan to Flynn on how to ease sanctions on Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)3. Correct - there are too many moving parts
so they won't be able to digest it.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)8. Zero mention so far on Fox, Drudge, Cons.Treehouse, RimJob's FReak site, .... . . . nt
triron
(22,020 posts)11. knr
Hekate
(90,793 posts)12. Here's to Frum
winstars
(4,220 posts)13. Fitzmas again? nt
Cha
(297,651 posts)14. Rob Reiner tweet on Sater..