Trump Is Freaking Because Adam Schiff Is Investigating Him For Russian Money Laundering

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/03/adam-schiff-trump-money-laiundering.html


Posted on Sun, Mar 3rd, 2019 by Jason Easley
Trump Is Freaking Because Adam Schiff Is Investigating Him For Russian Money Laundering


House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) revealed that he is investigating Trump Russian money laundering, which explains why the president is freaking out.

Schiff said on CBS’s Face The Nation, “We are certainly looking deep into the set of issues surrounding Moscow Trump Tower. We’re also looking at persistent allegations that the Russians have been laundering money through the Trump Organization. I don’t know if that’s true, but if it is again, it’s a profound compromise of this president.”

Video @ link:

Adam Schiff Has Jurisdiction to Look At Trump’s Finances Because He May Be Compromised By Russia

Trump’s rant about Schiff at CPAC takes on a whole different context when reviewed after what Rep. Schiff said on Sunday.

At CPAC Trump said, “I saw little shifty Schiff yesterday. It’s the first time he went into a meeting and he said we’re going to look into his finances. I said where did that come from? He always talked about Russia, collusion with Russia, the collusion delusion. Now we have people that lost and unfortunately, you put the wrong people in a couple of positions. And they leave people for a long time that shouldn’t be there. And all of a sudden, they’re trying to take you out with bullshit, okay?”

Link to tweet

Trump doesn’t want investigators to follow the money, because the heart of his relationship with Russia is cold hard cash. There has long been speculation that Trump got the money for his projects by laundering cash in violation of US sanctions for Russia.

Adam Schiff has the jurisdiction to investigate Trump’s finances because he is probing to see if Trump has been compromised by a foreign power. Rep. Schiff knows where to look, and he is about to expose the potential financial crimes that Trump committed with Russia.

[empedocles]

1. 'We are certainly looking deep' . . .

[dalton99a]

2. Trump's red line is his net worth and his Russian laundromat.

They must be kept secret at all costs

[malaise]

3. The heart of all his relationships

is cold hard cash
Lock him up

[Farmer-Rick]

34. Yup, just about every illegal thing Traitor Trump has done, he did for money

It's the capitalist way. I'm sure they all approve from the Rockefellers to the Waltons.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. investigate those Trump Russian Laundromats

It is reasonable to assume that every property with the Trump name on it is a Russian laundromat.

[dalton99a]

5. +1. Even his lawsuits

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211765258

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. thanks! I missed that one

[fierywoman]

18. OMG! I missed this, too -- thanks for putting it up.

[Leghorn21]

6. I like to call them "Russian Washaterias", Hermit!

Yeah, I’m old!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

10. they're just not labelled correctly

"Trump" is not yet universally known as synonymous with "toxic". Every building with that name on it should carry a warning label.

[Leghorn21]

11. People are "unlabling" as fast as they can, H!!

From Feb. 23:

All six New York buildings that held the name of “Trump Place” have decided to remove the President’s name—the final two buildings voted to take down the signs this week.

[BigmanPigman]

38. Ironic...Cohen said he only ran to advertise his "brand".

He didn't expect to win and didn't want to...too much work for his lazy, fat ass.

[happybird]

7. Yay! I've been waiting for this

he's been doing it for decades.

A great piece that lays it all out:
Trump's Russian Laundromat
https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate

[dalton99a]

9. Great article

[FakeNoose]

13. Thanks for this!

I remembered seeing this a couple years ago, but I lost the link. This article is by Craig Unger, it's very well researched, and has the complete history of Chump's contacts with Russian oligarchs and mob bosses.

[happybird]

15. You're so welcome!

It literally dropped my jaw when I read it a few years ago, and it went right into my bookmarks.

I bookmarked many articles on my iPad during the run up to the election and have some real gems in there. Saw this oldie but goodie while scrolling for the New Republic link:

Trump's War With Palm Beach
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/trumps-war-with-palm-beach-213122

He's such an unbelievable douchebag! And always has been.

[empedocles]

16. The author, C. Unger, has a book out, Aug 2018, House of Putin

also excellent, well sourced.

[BlueMTexpat]

52. Here is one link

to that book: https://www.amazon.com/House-Trump-Putin-Untold-Russian/dp/152474350X

Here is another: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576474/house-of-trump-house-of-putin-by-craig-unger/9781524743505/

Here is one review: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/20/house-of-trump-house-of-putin-by-craig-unger-review

The closing paras of that review:

Expecting any author to come up with the definitive story on Trump and Russia at this stage is therefore unrealistic. This is a highly competent collation of what we already know. But that only serves as a reminder of just how numerous and troubling those links are.

My main problem with the book is the subtitle’s promise to deliver the “untold story” of Trump and Putin. Given the non-disclosure agreement I had to sign to see the text for review, and the leaks of the book’s “bombshell” revelations to tabloid newspapers, it now feels like an exaggeration worthy of Trump himself.

[empedocles]

54. Thank you for the Guardian link. A good review, however, I own the book and think the book and it

deserves a little more credit, and less dismissal, imo.

It covers a lot of ground, and, it also goes deeper in areas. The footnotes are extensive and show depth.

A specific interest of mine is trump and Jones Day giant law firm and lobbyist arm - and having JD lawyers right on WH staff [over a dozen at one point - [all presumably granted no conflict worries courtesey of trump]. Unger book lists JD clients by name and industry [which I noted in a DU post]. JD footnote dated April 2018 - that is diligent. [disclosure; oh, well, I did not check out the cite]

Thank you again for your followup reply. It helps.

[BlueMTexpat]

56. Thanks for your comments.

I haven't read read the book, but hope to.

[empedocles]

57. Good reference book. Covers the trump gamut, with some depth, good footnotes.

Author knows his way around. Good communicating with you - hope to do some more sometime.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. "little shifty Schiff" may be our savior................

It may be him, not Special Counsel Robert Mueller that finally brings down this mis-administration.

Let's look at a couple of IQ45's recent denials:

"Now we have people that lost and unfortunately, you put the wrong people in a couple of positions."
What are you talking about here? I thought you were the "hire only the best" guy. How well do you think they are feeling today after you've said this about your own "outstanding" staff and cabinet?

"And they leave people for a long time that shouldn’t be there. And all of a sudden, they’re trying to take you out with bullshit, okay?”
Excuse me, did you just swear? Is it just Democrats that aren't allowed to do that? And besides, just who is it that has been there for a long time that shouldn't be there? Is it you?

Keep talking, Dumbo - you're making the work of so many so much easier...

[FakeNoose]

14. K & R bookmarking

Another nail in Chump's coffin ... or maybe several nails.

Thanks babylonsister!

[erronis]

17. Deutches Bank has already agreed to cooperate. Now let's get the Bank of Cyprus (Wilbur Ross)

to open its books.

Both of these have been major ways for the russkis and others to transfer huge sums of money without oversight. Wilbur Ross (supposed Commerce Sec. for dump) was on the BoD for Cyprus. Guessing that little gnome got some of his trolling money from assisting transfers.

While we all anticipate some big name administration and perhaps other gov't functionaries being caught in the net, it would seem likely that much of Big Corp and especially their C-suite execs will be gill-netted.

Can the US justice system, including the SCOTUS, handle this level of corruption? The pecuniary payoffs (bribes and threats) will be intense.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. Lock him up!!!!

[Scurrilous]

20. K&R

[pangaia]

21. REPUBLICANS are fully responsible for this horror!!!

it is THEY, not trump, who should be blamed every minute of every day.

Partially becauese, if we Do get rid of trump pence is nexcct.. and ion his own way, he is even more dangerous...



tpyos not withstanding

[certainot]

30. and hopefully investigations will show limbauhg and hannity have been getting russian money too,

to set this all up.

there's circumstantial evidence to suggest russians have been using limbaugh and talk radio since at least 2008, palin, tea party, 'climategate', debt default, benghazi propaganda, and so on.

and why wouldn't trump have offered to pay his friend and neighbor limbaugh? he's been a total supporter.

getting rid of trump will go alot easier if rw talk radio is exposed as a russian tool first - otherwise they're all going to be calling for civil war

[lindysalsagal]

41. The gop leadership took the money.

Google Dallas newspaper top Russian money

[certainot]

43. that's small potatoes. limbaugh has sold trillions in glob warming denial, war, deregulation, tax

breaks, supremes, etc.

and the con reps need talk radio to repeat and establish the alternate reality so they can say something other than duh for their money

[DirtEdonE]

22. I guaranty trump's tax returns

Read like a Mueller indictment.

Why else would he go to such lengths to hide them? The IRS has trump's tax returns IN A VAULT for fuck's sake!

What are you hiding donald? Something even worse than a peepee tape. LOFL

[Eyeball_Kid]

28. The tax records may be in a vault, but is doesn't matter to the FBI.

There's about a 95% chance that the FBI had already retrieved Trumpy's tax records well before Comey was fired. Comey knew, just like any investigator, that he should follow the money. So the FIRST thing he'd set out to do is gather up Trumpy's tax records. You can't follow the money without them.

[lindysalsagal]

42. I've heard Mueller already has 45's returns.

[DirtEdonE]

50. I hope you and lindysalsagal are right

I just have to wonder what's taking this long? If they've uncovered some international criminal conspiracy to take over governments around the world I can understand. But how far along is this going to go before it's too late? We'll always have criminals but they're more organized than ever now.

Back when the USSR collapsed and that profligate liar reagan and the rest of the gop liars tried to take credit for its collapse, I often wondered what these supposed victors were doing to mitigate the effects of their handiwork but they did nothing because they had nothing to do with any of it.

If they were so powerful and clever enough to bring down the USSR why did they allow it to devolve into an autocratic international crime syndicate?

The only constant you can rely on from the gop is the lie.

[calimary]

23. Well, shit, was it Junior or Eric who stated, flat-out, in an interview

a few years ago that they had loads of Russian money flowing in? That most of their money was coming from the Russians? That was well before daddy started running for president. One of ‘em said it, but I forget whether it was Uday or Qusay.

[ouija]

24. It looks like Trump is shiffing his pants

[Leghorn21]

27. HA, well done, ouija!!!

[HuskyOffset]

44. No doubt he has consulted the top expert...

...of shitting one’s pants: Ted Nugent

[Leghorn21]

26. They both said words to that effect, cal, but I can only find the Jr quote...2008:

“In terms of high-end product influx into the US, Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets," Donald Trump Jr. said at a New York real-estate conference that year. "Say, in Dubai, and certainly with our project in SoHo, and anywhere in New York. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia."

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-said-money-pouring-in-from-russia-2018-2

[keithbvadu2]

25. Trump calls Congressman Adam Schiff "Little Adam Schitt"

Trump calls Congressman Adam Schiff "Little Adam Schitt"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211446937

Link to tweet

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[Eyeball_Kid]

29. Mr. Schiff is a bull dog.

Trumpy did the foolish thing. You don't piss off a bulldog. Trumpy will pay.

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. Got something to hide, Spanky?

[Wounded Bear]

32. Trump's finances are his weak point...

Trump knows it. Schiff knows it. Shit, everybody knows it.

Gonna be an ugly summer in Trump world.

[dlk]

33. The Walls are Closing in...

[pdsimdars]

35. I don't know why he's freaking out, an orange jump suit would match his skin color.

[luvtheGWN]

36. Put him in an orange jumpsuit and

his head would disappear.

And that would be a good thing.

[procon]

37. Trump is saying Dem voters don't have the right

to elect their own reps. Trump has packed the courts, and now he doesn't want to allow any opposition in Congress.

"...you put the wrong people in a couple of positions. And they leave people for a long time that shouldn’t be there."

Another step closer to the American Dictator.

[OnDoutside]

39. MSM has not made much of the apparent belief that Rosenstein ordered Mueller to stay away from

Deutsche Bank, when that leak came out in the German press, that Mueller had requested the same documents.

[lindysalsagal]

40. IMHO: He needs to freak out much, much more.

I want him hospitalized.

[cp]

45. Collu$ion is spelled with dollar signs

Or is it rubles?

[Talitha]

46. Sweatball Donnie is definitely freaked!!!

No matter what he says or does, the Dems keep closing in.

[Grammy23]

47. tRump is accustomed to having his Fixer take care of these pesky problems.

Unfortunately his Fixer has enough problems of his own and no longer has the time or the patience to fix things for his former boss. So guess tRump is SOL.

[Stuart G]

48. k and r for exposure..nt

[cstanleytech]

49. Agreed he is going batshit over this and in fact I think it explains much over why he makes the

outrageous statements he does and does things to pander to his base because he is hoping to create a distraction and redirect the publics attention.
Best thing we all can do really is ignore the bullshit things like the flag hugging as well as ignore the fake Repugnant investigations and lend our support to the real investigations like the ones our guys are doing in the House now as well as the Mueller investigation.

[NoMoreRepugs]

51. Would not surprise me one bit if Mr Mueller hasn't already

handed off to SDNY or some other office information his team found on this very subject. Cohn has to know about the Russian money laundering. If not Weisselberg (?) certainly does.

[smb]

53. They're Giving Him An Anal Probe...

...which for him is the same as a comprehensive search.

[red dog 1]

55. Kick for exposure

Go get him, Rep. Schiff!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

58. If you're innocent there's nothing to worry about

Isn't what the right always says?