From Rachel Maddow about ***money laundering***

[MelissaB]

Link to tweet

Inside Trump’s Coming War with the F.B.I.

“Agents are pissed off at the way he was fired, the total disrespect with which it was handled. It was a slap in the face to the F.B.I., to everybody in the F.B.I.”

by Chris Smith

May 11, 2017 2:55 pm

... snip

Another F.B.I. insider points out that while the media has focused on the investigation of possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s campaign, there are actually multiple inquiries in progress. “There’s also a cyber investigation, about the hacking and whether crimes were committed,” he says. “And then there’s the business side: Was there money laundering going on? Money from these Russian plutocrats that’s been washed through Trump’s real estate and businesses? That’s gotten overlooked, but Preet Bharara and the Southern District were supposedly looking into that.” They were until April anyway, when Trump and Sessions canned Bharara along with 45 other U.S. attorneys.

Whole article here: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/trumps-coming-war-with-the-fbi

[burnbaby]

1. interesting

I hope they passed their information along to someone. At least give it to Julian Assange

[MelissaB]

3. Speculation is that Preet Bharara took the extra time he had before firing to clean out office

and gave to appropriate sources to continue.

[burnbaby]

4. Then it will all come out

I just don't know why it has not come out yet. Are we waiting on something?

[MelissaB]

7. They are building a case. My understanding is RICO.

[sarah FAILIN]

5. Probably why Comey was fired on a trip

He didn't get to clean out his office and square everything away

[Ilsa]

8. He probably has been in walk-away posture since

he had dinner with drump. I suspect he has made certain his files were shared. The Obama Adm did something similar, sharing intel among 17 agencies so it wouldn't get boxed up and forgotten.

[sarah FAILIN]

9. I expected him to be ready every day

No matter who won the election, he was a short timer imo and I bet he knew that.

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R for exposure.

[randr]

6. They will find laundered money in most Repub

campaigns

[Vinca]

10. As I recall, David Cay Johnston's book covered his casinos and money laundering.

Trump is a criminal petri dish and now he's running the greatest con of all.

[MelissaB]

11. I really need to buy and read his book.

I already have trouble sleeping and this might keep me up even more, though.

[MelissaB]

12. Kicking this back up because Rachel is discussing it now.