Trump Rented Space to Outlawed Iranian Bank Linked to Terrorism
Source: The Daily Beast
Donald Trumps company did business with an Iranian bank that has been linked to terrorist groups, according to a report from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Public records obtains by the ICIJ show the Trump Organization rented Bank Melli several floors of New York office space from 1998 to 2003. The bank remained a tenant of Trumps for years after the U.S. Treasury Department declared it to be controlled by the Iranian government in 1999. Bank Melli has been accused of obtaining materials for Irans nuclear program and funneling money to a unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that has allegedly sponsored terrorist attacks. Those reported activities came as the Bank Melli rented office space in Fifth Avenues GM Building from Trump as well as the U.S. governments embargo, which forbade Americans from doing business with Iran. Some organizations were given exemption licenses, but its not clear if that was the case in Trumps case.
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truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)tonyt53
(5,737 posts)VWolf
(3,944 posts)Palling around with terrorists again?
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)even after he loses the election. Put that man in prison.