BuzzFeed: Trump Organization Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower

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The Trump Organization Planned To Give Vladimir Putin The $50 Million Penthouse In Trump Tower

Anthony Cormier BuzzFeed News Reporter
Jason Leopold BuzzFeed News Reporter

Posted on November 29, 2018, at 5:53 p.m. ET


President Donald Trump’s company planned to give a $50 million penthouse at Trump Tower Moscow to Russian President Vladimir Putin as the company negotiated the luxury real estate development during the 2016 campaign, according to four people, one of them the originator of the plan.

Two US law enforcement officials told BuzzFeed News that Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer at the time, discussed the idea with a representative of Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary.

The Trump Tower Moscow plan is at the heart of a new plea agreement by Cohen, who led the negotiations to bring a gleaming, 100-story building to the Russian capital. Cohen acknowledged in court that he lied to Congress about the plan in order to protect Trump and his presidential campaign.

The revelation that representatives of the Trump Organization planned to forge direct financial links with the leader of a hostile nation at the height of the campaign raises fresh questions about President Trump's relationship with the Kremlin. The plan never went anywhere because the tower deal ultimately fizzled, and it is not clear whether Trump knew of the intention to give away the penthouse. But Cohen said in court documents that he regularly briefed Trump and his family on the Moscow negotiations.

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. one pile doesn't land before the next hits the fan

What a day!

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2. Yeah - sortof an avalanche today!

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3. my browser may collapse from tab overload

I can't read 'em as fast as they're coming in.

Not that I'm complaining!

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4. I have gotten breaking banners all day

and this came from Ari's show on MSNBC.

[OnDoutside]

5. This could be Guiliani getting ahead of the story again.

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6. Often the head gansters

only keep info like this "in the family" and Ghouliani is only a more recent addition to the gang and probably didn't know all the details of the crap that Cohen was doing (although he has known Drumpf for years in NYC).

[Celerity]

7. this makes sense

[OnDoutside]

12. Guiliani only in terms of him being the mouthpiece. Didn't Cohen have a joint defence agreement with

Trump ? They know what he has.

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14. Remember these guys lie continually

and will lie from "within" because only the strongest survive.

Agreement? Shmagreement!

[OnDoutside]

16. They could call it the Art of the Snake Deal !

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19. Or this

[OnDoutside]

23. Amen to that.

[Cha]

8. Not too surprising

from these idiotic, greed-mongering traitors. Too bad it fizzled.

Mahalo, BRDS

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9. Hey Cha!

Seems the word "bribe" (that penthouse) was getting thrown around by pundits in regards to this story.

[Cha]

10. Good!

[Jarqui]

11. A PR enema

The texts between Michael Cohen and Felix Sater plus the storyline Putin was getting a $50 mil penthouse ...

No wonder there are reports of Trump looking ill ... on top of everything else that happened today

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13. Plus

Ivanka was in the mix too...

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15. Ivanka's emails? Lock her UP!

I want the hypocrisy of Birther Barbie on the front page of all the big newspapers.

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17. ...

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21. blame Cha

I stole "Birther Barbie" from Cha.

As for Ivanka's role in the $50 million penthouse, I hope the emails lead to her on the hot seat.

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22. Hee hee

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25. what did she know, when did she know it

It says that Cohen "regularly briefed Trump and his family on the Moscow negotiations". It may have been Sater's grand idea, but Ivanka's s'posed to be the business brains in the crime family.

Many people are saying that. I'm not saying it, but many people are. Lock her up!

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35. She was apparently measuring the drapes.

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27. Right up to her botoxed Chinnie chin chin.

Yikes

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29. Yup.

[Jarqui]

28. Plus ... his sons and son-in-law ... nt

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30. Erin Burnett on CNN has someone talking about this now

[Jarqui]

31. ...

Link to tweet

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34. So Jr. is whining about an analysis of a cartoon that came out before he was born

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18. Hmmm! Wonder what the Apricot Hellbeast is up to right now?

I would love to be a fly on the wall on the room he is in.

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20. Last I heard

he (or someone using his account) was tweeting about books that called him a genius.

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24. Edit to add - he is still in the air but will be landing soon

per CNN (Erin Burnett).

[smirkymonkey]

26. Man, I would hate to be cooped up in a plane with him right now.

He must be losing it "bigly".

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32. Someone seems to be keeping him distracted

his last tweet was about asking Romney's daughter to continue as RNC chair for 2020.

[Cha]

33. A pic from Maddow Blog..

Link to tweet

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36. Mahalo Cha!

I know she is going to be on this tonight assuming more doesn't come out before she comes on the air.

[SunSeeker]

42. Offering Vlad the penthouse is a felony under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

As Rosentein said:

Link to tweet

[Cha]

43. Good to Know!

Mahalo, SunSeeker~

[Corgigal]

37. It's a nice gesture for Putin.

I doubt he likes to live up to high in the sky.

I remember an article years back about all those apts being blown up. Hmmm, wonder if they caught the perp on that one?

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38. It seemed the goal

was more to get other oligarchs in there at 5 times that cost, with the expectation that they would buy in so they could be "closer to Putin".

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39. A condo in exchange for a golden shower show

What a deal!

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40. LOL!

It just keeps getting better and better. And we're to believe Drumpf wouldn't have been informed by his personal attorney that they were giving away a 50 MILLION PENTHOUSE. Right-o!

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41. DUzy!