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BY KEVIN G. HALL, ADAM BELL, RICK ROTHACKER AND GREG GORDON
McClatchy Washington Bureau
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Five days before the November election, a Russian billionaires jet wheeled to a stop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Less than 90 minutes later, Donald Trumps campaign jet arrived on the same tarmac for an afternoon campaign rally in nearby Concord.
Who was aboard Dmitry Rybolovlevs luxurious jet and whether the planes near-simultaneous arrival facilitated another previously undisclosed Russian contact with Trump, his family or campaign associates remain unanswered questions.
The White House dismisses the matter as conspiratorial. A spokesman for Rybolovlev declined to say why he was in Charlotte. But their jets shared the tarmac at Charlotte for several hours before Trump left for a 7 p.m. rally near Raleigh on the same day.
Trump and Rybolovlev, however, agree on this: They say they have never met, although Trump sold a Palm Beach mansion to the Russian fertilizer magnate for $95 million eight years earlier. Rybolovlev recently bulldozed the mansion and is selling the oceanfront property.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article136939868.html#storylink=cpy
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Depending on the needs of the narrative, it's either Hitler times Stalin squared or just a meaningless coincidence. Trump doesn't need more evidence of his playing footsie with the Russians, so this is just one of those things.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)It's funny watching other news organizations trying to catch up to her reporting. lol
drm604
(16,230 posts)Is no coincidence.
leftstreet
(36,081 posts)fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)Easily $100m or $200m yacht.
I wonder if it going to Mar Lago next stop?
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)and that is what their story sounds like.