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dalton99a

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14. And somebody ought to look at the Paradise Papers again
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 05:34 PM
Mar 18
https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/paradise-papers-exposes-donald-trump-russia-links-and-piggy-banks-of-the-wealthiest-1-percent/

Offshore Trove Exposes Trump-Russia links and Piggy Banks of the Wealthiest 1 Percent
A new leak of confidential records reveals the financial hideaways of iconic brands and power brokers across the political spectrum.
By ICIJ
November 5, 2017

A trove of 13.4 million records exposes ties between Russia and U.S. President Donald Trump’s billionaire commerce secretary, the secret dealings of the chief fundraiser for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the offshore interests of the queen of England and more than 120 politicians around the world.

The leaked documents, dubbed the Paradise Papers, show how deeply the offshore financial system is entangled with the overlapping worlds of political players, private wealth and corporate giants, including Apple, Nike, Uber and other global companies that avoid taxes through increasingly imaginative bookkeeping maneuvers.

One offshore web leads to Trump’s commerce secretary, private equity tycoon Wilbur Ross, who has a stake in a shipping company that has received more than $68 million in revenue since 2014 from a Russian energy company co-owned by the son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In all, the offshore ties of more than a dozen Trump advisers, Cabinet members and major donors appear in the leaked data.

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Hasn't the court appointed a business monitor... Think. Again. Mar 18 #1
Trump lies and manipulates all the time. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #2
I agree he's lying about, well, everything... Think. Again. Mar 18 #5
See response #4 below by Dalton. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #10
I see, well... Think. Again. Mar 18 #15
Who is going to insist Trump cooperate with the monitor? Irish_Dem Mar 18 #19
I'm not a lawyer, but wouldn't that fall under "contempt of court"? Think. Again. Mar 18 #20
Trump is in contempt of court the minute he gets out of bed in the morning. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #29
I think we need to stop accepting that. Think. Again. Mar 18 #30
It is what it is. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #31
One appointed business monitor? bluestarone Mar 18 #3
Yes. How does a one monitor watch over a ruthless sociopath and his money? Irish_Dem Mar 18 #6
Exactly! bluestarone Mar 18 #9
I don't see whay the monitor couldn't have staff. Think. Again. Mar 18 #7
Well, i do NOT know how its set up. (maybe they got it covered, but i don't know) bluestarone Mar 18 #12
See #4 reply below. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #13
The monitor wouldn't have staff to help out? LiberalFighter Mar 18 #23
How does a large staff deal with a sociopath lying to them all day long? Irish_Dem Mar 18 #27
Bank transactions could be monitored easy enough. LiberalFighter Mar 18 #39
The monitor can only work on NY assets. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #41
There would still be records. LiberalFighter Mar 18 #52
Unless Weisselberg and Cohen were the ones keeping the records. :( Irish_Dem Mar 18 #53
Every NY Trump entity had to be filed in the state. LiberalFighter Mar 18 #55
I would think Ms. James knows to the penny what each property is worth. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #57
As well as which are only partially owned, or mortgaged, or other financial details. LiberalFighter Mar 18 #60
Exactly. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #61
Donald Trump has 521 corporate entities dalton99a Mar 18 #4
Exactly my point. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #8
I don't know... Think. Again. Mar 18 #11
Doesn't matter how big the staff is. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #16
Jack Smith is doing great... Think. Again. Mar 18 #17
Jack Smith is being played by Trump and his MAGA friends. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #21
Well, that's true. Think. Again. Mar 18 #22
Yes it would be nice if we had government agencies Irish_Dem Mar 18 #25
And somebody ought to look at the Paradise Papers again dalton99a Mar 18 #14
Yes exactly. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #24
What money do you imagine he's moving around? brooklynite Mar 18 #18
fraudulent conveyance bucolic_frolic Mar 18 #26
So someone sues Trump to get their money? Irish_Dem Mar 18 #28
It's great all these laws are on the books CanonRay Mar 18 #62
Delay, delay, delay. Its his go to gambit.... getagrip_already Mar 18 #32
Yes it is the wear everyone down strategy. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #34
Is trump playing games FHRRK Mar 18 #33
Or he can delay for years. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #35
In this case he can just try, correct? FHRRK Mar 18 #37
Our hope is that someday he will be treated like we are treated. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #38
The monitor is only responsible for Trump's NY assets ripcord Mar 18 #36
Yes excellent point. He probably moved everything he could out of NY. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #40
One attempt was caught limbicnuminousity Mar 18 #42
Yes some months back. Not the only illegal incident I am sure. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #43
I don't remember where I read it gab13by13 Mar 18 #44
Interesting. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #46
His main problem is that most of "his" money is actually OPM... Wounded Bear Mar 18 #45
The problem is that now Other People want their money. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #47
Of course. Lying and cheating is winning. nt wiggs Mar 18 #48
Trump really enjoys all the lying and cheating. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #50
Axos Bank in San Diego loaned Trump 100 million in 2022 gab13by13 Mar 18 #49
Very interesting. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #51
...and Jared Kushner was just gifted 2 billion dollars from Prince Bone Saw, gab13by13 Mar 18 #58
Yes he is working with the Albanian government. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #59
The answer is simpler than that. Aussie105 Mar 18 #54
Yes indeed, that is a possibility. Irish_Dem Mar 18 #56
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