Maddow: The Russia scandal that surrounds this president, it has a Russian org crime element to it.

[MelissaB]

No kidding...

Semion Mogilevich’s name and who he is was told by Rachel Maddow tonight on MSNBC tonight.

It's the mob. It's all about the mob. Everybody say it out loud. It's the Russian mob.

I've been waiting for this to be said out loud on TV. It just was.

The Russia scandal that surrounds this president, it has a Russian organized crime element to it.

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[MelissaB]

1. Want to know more about Semion Mogilevich?

Poke the Bear http://www.citjourno.org/page-1

[Leith]

2. And rethugs and trumpanzees Are Doing Their Damnedest

to eliminate the best and most effective law enforcement personnel. Strzok, Comey, Mueller, and now Ohr. All of these officers worked to rid the world of organized crime, much of it Russian.

Rachel scared me tonight. I have dislike presidents in my lifetime, but this is the first time that one seems to be a violently dangerous threat to innocent people in the US. And his criteria for attack is not limited to where one is born - it is also based on one's political beliefs.

[Leghorn21]

17. Yes, and Andrew McCabe as well, Leith - he spent ten years, beginning in 1997, tracking down

the Russian mob on the streets of NYC, ffs - yeah, he sure as hell knew all about trump, and obviously, trump sure as hell knew of McCabe, and targeted him from the get-go.

Yeah, last week’s elation has given way to a grey, foul dread now, but - ( ) tomorrow is another day, dammit!!!!!!!!

[MelissaB]

3. They are going after Ohr because he went after Trump's boss, Semion Mogilevich.

"Finally, the F.B.I. agent spoke. No deal, he said; Mr. Mogilevich must surrender. Mr. Ohr said little, but his unwillingness to negotiate was signal enough: The Justice Department would not compromise with the Russian mafia."

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From Craig Unger - Craig Unger, a longtime contributor to Vanity Fair and many other magazines, is the author of the New York Times bestseller, House of Bush, House of Saud.

Why did @realDonaldTrump want to punish Bruce Ohr? He investigated #SemionMogilevich & wld know abt RU Mafia laundering $$ thru Trump condos, RU Mafia ties w Kremlin, & Mafia operations run from Trump Tower. For details, see House of Trump, House of Putin

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[triron]

7. You got it. The pukes are in deep.

[uponit7771]

10. Yep anyone who went after Russia are an enemy of the Republicans

[lastlib]

23. I've said from early on that the tRumpPutin bunch was an organized crime ring.

Still believe the Rosneft stock deal last December was some kind of payoff to the tRumpskyites.

[shanny]

4. Sorry but "duh."

The entire Russian government is a criminal organization, aimed at enriching the folk what run it...and one in particular.

[MelissaB]

6. Here's the thing... most of America doesn't know who Semion Mogilevich is.

Do your family and friends know who he is? I think it's a BFD Rachel talked about him tonight in relation to the sitting president of the United States.

[shanny]

11. I get that.

I just take it as a given that Russia = oligarchy = mafia and that it has been so for years if not decades. In fact, I see what is and has been going on as a corrupt global elite that has just been doing what they do--laundering money, evading taxes, influencing policy and politics--finally beginning to be exposed. I think at least part of the reason Dump rants about unfairness and witch hunts is that This is What They All Do, and Have Been Doing...and now, suddenly, at least some people in power are objecting. In public. I even think it is fair to call it the Deep State...if you think of the Deep State as having been asleep at the switch for quite a while, and then suddenly waking up (a not-very-omniscient / omnipotent Deep State, but a Deep State nonetheless).

That's just me. I do think that Mueller was an inspired and inspiring choice to head this investigation and I hope it/he dives deep into the swamp. It/he may save us...along with voting all these mofos out.

[triron]

12. Question is: how deep and widespread is this fucking corruption?

[triron]

5. This is why the repukes and Trump are after Bruce Ohr.

Wished Mueller would stop this shit.

[UTUSN]

8. Have our dear Repukes *HEARD* about this (hyper-sarcasm here)?!1

[BigmanPigman]

9. Is anyone surprised by this...Hell no.

It is the moron's MO. Get richer via organized crime, the country of origin does not matter. Putin is the biggest Godfather on Earth.

[triron]

13. Read "House of Putin, House of Trump".

[MelissaB]

14. From John Schindler last year

[ffr]

26. From 18 months ago, no less.

[dalton99a]

15. Kick

[moondust]

16. Of course it does.

3/23/18
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The gangs that prosper in modern Russia tend to do so by working with rather than against the state. In other words: do well by the Kremlin, and the Kremlin will turn a blind eye. If not, you will be reminded that the state is the biggest gang in town.
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...Mogilevich has been indicted on money-laundering and fraud charges but is living comfortably and openly in Moscow.
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Gangster’s paradise: how organised crime took over Russia

[triron]

19. When will Trump pardon him and invite him to the WH?

Or can he pardon someone who is just indicted?

[moondust]

20. Good question.

Good ol' boy Semi would fit right in with today's Republicon Party, maybe even get a cabinet position.

[Leghorn21]

18. K&R, hell yeah!!

[orangecrush]

21. Kick

[wiggs]

22. Felix Sater. nt

[C Moon]

24. Which could mean mysterious deaths are on the horizon.

[ffr]

25. Яepublicans and Fox Entertainment are the rot of this country.

They are at war in their battle to make America more Яussia-like.

[global1]

27. I Keep Asking Why The Repugs Always Circle Their Wagons Around Trump.....

and it must be because they are afraid of the Russian Mafia and the consequences of not protecting Trump. I think they fear harm to themselves or their families if they abandon Trump.

[Scurrilous]

28. K&R

[Amaryllis]

29. Duh. Is anyone surprised? Of course. So Glad Rachel is covering this for those who had not yet

connected the dots. Rachel is the best dot connector in the world.