Claude Taylor has gone off the deep end

[brettdale]

Claude Taylor‏ @TrueFactsStated 8h8 hours ago

Claude Taylor Retweeted Tara

That's because Trump hasn't been in the hotel/casino business for last 15 years. He's been in the Russian Mob money laundering business.

[Kingofalldems]

1. How is that off the deep end?

[L. Coyote]

15. The alt-right trolls say it is, so it must be.

Can you believe the likes of the people attacking Mensch and Taylor on Twitter, they must be framing those tweets, badgers of honor, Greenwald, Assange, Prosebitch, ...

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[L. Coyote]

18. OMG ... Tara retweeted Claude Taylor:

Link to tweet

OMG .... and the WA POST:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[ElementaryPenguin]

31. That particular tweet sounds pretty damn accurate to me!!!

[PsychoBabble]

2. STOP.

[Madam45for2923]

3. That sounds about right. I agree with him - CT

[Vinca]

4. Trump was fined $10 million by NJ for not complying with anti-money laundering regs.

I think it was David Cay Johnston who said there are 3 businesses that are favored by money launderers: casinos, hotels and real estate. Fits Don like a glove.

[brettdale]

5. woke up this morning

[Vinca]

8. Except Tony was a whole lot smarter. LOL.

(Thanks for posting - I love that theme song and didn't realize it was on youtube.)

[brettdale]

9. yep

way smarter.

[scarletlib]

32. Bingo!

[Me.]

6. Really

If C. Taylor & L. Mensch bother you so much, why don't you just ignore them?

[LenaBaby61]

29. If C. Taylor & L. Mensch bother you so much, why don't you just ignore them?

PROBLEM SOLVED

That was easy

[anneboleyn]

41. Exactly. These "concern" posts re:Taylor and Mensch are just ridiculous.

[bigtree]

7. these posts are getting more desperate

...I think Taylor is on the right track here.

[Me.]

12. And You Know

That if the Morning Joe crowd is starting to quote FBI sourcing that it's not just collusion but criminal as well, things are hotting up for sure. I always thought Ricco would come into this somehow and that fits right in with C. Taylor's tweet.

[L. Coyote]

16. I've been watching craigslist for troll job openings.

None in my city yet, better check Moscow.

[trof]

10. From Daily Kos, just FYI...

Taylor touts himself as a “former Clinton administration staffer.” He worked in the volunteer office in 1993 at a salary of $35,000. In the volunteer office. One would think, the way he and his band of promoters talk, that he was some national security insider.
Taylor’s circle jerk of retweeters includes something called Palmer Report which appears to be a left-leaning version of Infowars or Breitbart complete with promotion of unfounded rumors and wacky conspiracy theories, and the ever-present Louise Mensch, an off-the-rails British conservative prone to conspiracy theories.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/5/5/1659292/-No-Claude-Taylor-and-company-are-not-reputable-sources-on-Trump-Russia

[Madam45for2923]

11. From Keith Olbermann, just FYI (same link as yours)

Keith Olbermann May 06 · 09:47:45 PM

BTW in 1993 when Claude Taylor was apparently disqualifying himself as a source of raw information per this diarist’s odd priorities because he only made $35,000 a year in the Clinton Administration, I was only making $125,000 as a sportscaster at ESPN.

As always there’s a lot of stuff online and all of it should be taken with a grain of salt. Mr. Taylor would even agree with that. But if he says there are two grand juries including one in the DC area, and five days later the FBI Director matter-of-factly confirms the bureau is “cooperating” with two prosecutors including the one for the Eastern District of Virginia, and John Dean — who knows more about grand juries and presidents than everybody else in this country combined — thinks there’s nothing else they could be cooperating about in Virginia except a Grand Jury, I think it contributes to Taylor’s credibility on this story, and I’ll disseminate it as I did.

I would point out that one of the stories I was proudest of during my years at Countdown was “The Nexus of Politics And Terror” about the odd coincidences of timing among Bush terror warnings and stories, and Bush political vulnerabilities. Without checking my files I’m not sure exactly where I got the raw timeline data for that one — which was met by abuse and doubt from the Bushies (until Tom Ridge later confirmed its essential point). I think the site was called Daily Close or something like that.

Lastly if anybody knows why your salary from 24 years ago is relevant, please post below. I’ll check back in a couple of days. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/5/5/1659292/-No-Claude-Taylor-and-company-are-not-reputable-sources-on-Trump-Russia

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. His "circle jerk of retweeters" (YOUR wording) include Newsweek. I don't know why you have a problem

I don't know why you have a problem with Newsweek as a media outlet. They've been doing solid reporting on TrumpRussia for nearly a year.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029065451

[mhw]

13. Taylor is correct as he states it.

I'm betting the C Taylor has already posted a heads up to the WaPo scoop about to hit.

He doesn't wait for the normal chain of command as his sources are global "others."

I am anxious to see what WaPo has to expose on Trump.
As far as I'm concerned, anyone working to keep Trump's organized criminal dealings exposed is worth a listen.

I'll listen to them all & take the best of what they all have to say. The world needs to know.

#NoCensorship

[panader0]

14. How is that "off the deep end"?

It's accurate.

[WinkyDink]

17. Seriously? Taylor is SPOT-ON WITH THE BARE NAKED TRUTH. It's WHY Trump is POTUS.

[Comrade Donald]

19. Nothing but shade

Caution, you are blowing your cover.

[Flaleftist]

20. You're funny.

[Jarqui]

21. I think Taylor has some back up for his position

Democracy Now:
"The Making of Donald Trump": David Cay Johnston on Trump's Ties to the Mob & Drug Traffickers
https://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/5/the_making_of_donald_trump_david

CNN: Donald Trump and the mob
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/trump-mob-mafia/

Trump's alleged mob ties | MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-s-alleged-mob-ties-849856067969

WSJ: Donald Trump and the Mob
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-dealt-with-a-series-of-people-who-had-mob-ties-1472736922

Mother Jones: The Many Times Donald Trump Has Lied About His Mob Connections
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/donald-trump-lies-about-dealings-mafia-figures

etc - lots on Trump and the Mob

Donald Trump closely tied to Russian mob, could face racketeering charges, Dutch TV doc claims
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2017/05/donald_trump_closely_tied_to_r.html

to answer that question, the documentary's producers turned to James Henry, a lawyer, tax-evasion expert and "economic investigator."

Henry says that because of Trump's 1990s bankruptcies, which were mostly related to his involvement in the casino business, "none of the major New York banks would lend to him. Trump was pretty much unfinance-able."

He continues:

"The only way he was able to finance his resurrection after 2000 was the torrent of money flowing out of Russia and former Soviet Union countries like Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan. The investors he got, at that point, were looking for safe havens or opportunities to launder money -- proceeds from, basically, criminal enterprises."

Adds D'Antonio:

"It's likely there is Russian money that has flowed into Trump Organization entities in one way or another, and that some of this money may have sources that are scandalous and would pose a big problem for a president. And if the Russians have that information it could be what they're holding over him."

Trump Taj Mahal Settles Over Anti-Money-Laundering Violations
Casino To Give $10 Million Unsecured Claim To Treasury Department
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-taj-mahal-settles-over-anti-money-laundering-violations-1423669834

New Yorker: DONALD TRUMP’S WORST DEAL
The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal

The Trump Taj Mahal casino, which opened in Atlantic City in 1990, was repeatedly fined for violating anti-money-laundering laws, up until its collapse, late last year. According to ProPublica, Trump projects in India, Uruguay, Georgia, Indonesia, and the Philippines have involved government officials or people with close ties to powerful political figures. A few years ago, the Trump Organization abandoned a project in Beijing after its Chinese partner became embroiled in a corruption scandal. In December, the Trump Organization withdrew from a hotel project in Rio de Janeiro after it was revealed to be part of a major bribery investigation. Ricardo Ayres, a Brazilian state legislator, told Bloomberg, “It’s curious that the Trumps didn’t seem to know that their biggest deal in Brazil was bankrolled by shady investors.” But, given the Trump Organization’s track record, it seems reasonable to ask whether one of the things it was selling to foreign partners was a willingness to ignore signs of corruption.

Mensch FOIA Complaint done with lawyers working with her.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3674770/DC-1-2016cv02531-docket.pdf
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3249783/DC-1-2016cv02531-complaint.pdf
http://foiaproject.org/dc_view/?id=3249783-DC-1-2016cv02531-complaint

If you look at the body of work Mensch & Taylor have been doing, it's extensive and it has their real names on it.

[pnwmom]

23. Thank you for putting this all together.

[Jarqui]

24. You are welcome but I whipped it up to respond

It is very incomplete. For those who have followed this story, there is a lot more.

I just grabbed what came up quick in google - mostly with credible media names.

Mensch & Taylor seem to be working hard trying to expose what is going on. Given what is in the White House, who is heading up the Department of Justice, that Comey has been fired for getting close, how the media helped Trump win the White House, etc, I'm glad these two are at least trying to speak truth to power. And for that, I'm cheering them on because a bunch of the media ought to have done some of the work they've done long before Nov 2016. With the GOP controlling congress and the Supreme Court, we're in a real pickle and can use all the help we can get to get this criminal out of the Oval Office.

[pnwmom]

22. Only someone ignorant of his business losses in the casino business would say this.

In a time when all other casinos were thriving, DT managed to LOSE money in his casinos -- a real trick since the House always wins.

[Ninsianna]

25. Someone certainly has, but it isn't Claude. Wonder why the desperate attacks.

[Me.]

34. My ? 2

Thread upon thread

[C_U_L8R]

26. Trump and the Russian Mob

It's really no secret. But it's about time something was done about it.

[CentralMass]

27. "Don't read thus crap rhat i keep bringing to your attention". :-)

[Warpy]

28. He's right.

Trump Taj Mahal Casino was fined $10 million in 2015 for money laundering.

[GliderGuider]

30. Taylor has been right on the mark almost as long as

Louise Mensch!

Seriously, if there are two people in this whole clusterfuck I pay attention to, it's Louise and Claude. You may hate their methods, attitudes and background, but you gotta love their facts and their common goal.

[JonAndKatePlusABird]

33. Taj Mahal, or...?

Just leaving this here...

[Madam45for2923]

35. International CNN? Comedy gold or deep end? rumour or fake news? or RW?

International CNN? https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029068499

[DefenseLawyer]

37. You don't think money is laundered in casinos?

Bless your heart.

[emulatorloo]

38. Turn on Rachel, she's reporting that NY's US Attorney was investigating Trump's money laundering

and that's probably why Trump fired him. She's describing how several of the investigations are moving into the financials.

Sorry, Taylor's hasn't gone off the deep end.

[emulatorloo]

39. "Russia probe: Senate requests Trump documents from agency that monitors money laundering"

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/10/russia-probe-senate-requests-documents-from-money-laundering-watchdog-agency.html

Russia probe: Senate requests Trump documents from agency that monitors money laundering

The Senate Intelligence Committee has requested information about President Donald Trump and his top aides from a financial intelligence unit in the Treasury Department.

The agency, known as FinCEN, imposed a $10 million civil penalty on Trump Taj Mahal in 2015 for multiple violations of money-laundering laws.

The Senate panel has requested information about President Donald Trump and his top aides from a financial intelligence unit in the Treasury Department that imposed a $10 million civil penalty on Trump Taj Mahal in 2015 for multiple violations of money-laundering laws.

The Senate Intelligence Committee wants to see any information relevant to its Russia investigation the Treasury agency has gathered, including evidence that might include possible money laundering, according to a committee aide who spoke on condition of anonymity. Also at issue: to what extent, if at all, people close to Vladimir Putin have invested in Trump's real estate empire.

The request, made in recent weeks, comes as part of the Senate's investigation into whether Trump associates colluded with Russian meddling in the U.S. election. The FBI is also investigating that issue, but that probe is now under a cloud after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

<snip>

Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has assisted in the ongoing FBI counterintelligence investigation into Trump administration ties with Russia, multiple U.S. officials have said. A former senior Treasury official said that agency would have the authority to demand from any bank with a U.S. branch, including foreign banks, relevant records of transactions by Trump, his family members or his associates. FinCEN also maintains databases of reports of suspicious and cash transactions.

<MUCH MORE AT LINK>

[emulatorloo]

40. NPR: "Looking Into Trump Campaign's Russia Ties, Investigators Follow The Money"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141775704