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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOlbermann VIDEO: Comey may have confirmed - VA Grand Jury is impaneled on Trump/Russia
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Comey is moving towards declaring indictments. Grand Juries are there. Impeachment.
RKP5637
(67,104 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I follow several of them daily, and so far their info beats the MSM by a matter of months, and people like Keith by a matter of weeks. Notice the time stamp on the Tweet pages he shows.
dmr
(28,347 posts)At times it's quite a chore.
Nitram
(22,791 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Nitram
(22,791 posts)I wonder if the Russians bailed him out form under his debt with the mob.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Wayne Barrett, in his book about Trump, reported at length on Trump's dad, Fred, who had mob connections back in teh 50's on up.
When Trump went bankrupt over the casinos in Atlantic City, it was Wilbur Ross who bailed Trump out by interceding with the banks, Trump ended up with ...this is true...$450,000 a MONTH to live on.The rest of the deal was that he stay away from casino deals.
The banks refused to loan him any money after that, so he apparently hooked up with Russia/Ukraine banks and people, building hotels instead of casinos.
So the RICO charge is about the money laundering.
Interesting fact: His business partners in the Toronto hotel and in Baku appear to be to be tied to money laundering.
I strongly believe those are not the only 2.
malaise
(268,949 posts)This is great
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)They seem to be putting the sweat on the perps to get more lower level people to cut deals and squeal on the orange guy. Plus, the news coming from Netherlands indicates their massive investigation into Russian mob money laundering and racketeering led straight to Trump Tower.
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malaise
(268,949 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,137 posts)ask yourself, what businesses are the Russians in domestically and
globally?
triron
(21,999 posts)health care legislation so blindly?
bucolic_frolic
(43,137 posts)it's a money trail and money is not usually handled by the higher-ups
but by unofficial underlings - agents without portfolio so to speak
They do what they are told, everyone knows it, but there are no
fingerprints on the paper trail that authorized them to do so
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)I'd like to know about the openness of intel sharing between between us and other countries (Netherlands in particular) as pertains to what is automatically accepted (not vetted) and what percentage of intel is shared. I ask because of the scrutiny the Steele Dossier was put under. Or maybe the Steele Dossier really came under scrutiny only in the media?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Most of these are agreements between countries, and the amount of sharing has risen with international terrorism threats. It also is a matter of need arising. Evidence of crimes can result in sharing of the intel.
In the case of Trump and Russia, much more relevant is criminal investigations of the Russian mob and how it moves money outside of Russia. This isn't intelligence sharing so much, rather law enforcement cooperation.
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bucolic_frolic
(43,137 posts)they may catch the money launderers, and the foreign collusion perps,
but proving it's influencing policy or proving the elections were rigged?
Doesn't sound like they're going there.