Another huge shoe dropped in the money laundering angle.

[dixiegrrrrl]

I have been tracking this from several sources, mostly on Twitter, but this short synopsis is pretty clear.

Sources for the statements are at the link.

Donald Trump cabinet member and business associate co-owned Russian money laundering bank

Deutsche Bank has mysteriously loaned more than a billion dollars to Donald Trump and his business partners over the past few years, at a time when most other banks viewed him as too big a risk. We’ve also reported that Deutsche Bank was busted for laundering Russian money for clients in places like New York, where Trump lives, raising the question of whether its willingness to float loans to Trump was really just a cover for Russia to funnel money to him.

But as it turns out, Deutsche Bank was laundering the money through Bank of Cyprus.
The two most prominent owners of Bank of Cyprus?
One is Donald Trump’s associate Dmitry Rybolovlev.
The other is Donald Trump’s new Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross
That’s the missing link established by Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show tonight. And suddenly, you realize this is all one larger scandal.

Russia was laundering money into Deutsche Bank, through another bank owned by two Donald Trump associates, at the same time it just happened to be inexplicably loaning large sums of money to Trump even though he was a poor investment risk.
Trump then rewarded one of the go-between bank’s owners by making him the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
And the other owner of the bank just happens to be the guy who does real estate business with Trump and keeps flying into whatever town Trump visits whenever he’s away from the White House.

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/russian-money-laundering-donald-trump-bank/1690/

[HoneyBadger]

1. DB once bought a large company (that I worked at) for the derivatives desk

So I have thought about them for years. They are a trillion $ company and the largest bank in Germany. 2/3 the size of Chase. The idea that DB was a money laundering arm for Trump is interesting, as Trump's wealth would be a rounding error in their books.

[SeattleVet]

12. DB bought my old company, too...

I was an Asst. VP in one of the IT departments at Bankers Trust Co. in NYC. I left the bank in October of 1992 - about 4 months before the truck bomb was set off in the parking garage of the WTC across the street.

[HoneyBadger]

19. I wonder if you knew The Count

I met him once. IT is generally known for unusual people, but though I only met him briefly, I think of him often.

[EricMaundry]

2. kick

The shit is gonna fly!

[BSdetect]

3. I'm thinking there is nowhere safe to invest

These aholes are into everything

[lindysalsagal]

5. I doubt they own my local credit union.

No. More. Mega. Banks.

[triron]

4. Hoopefully Rachel can connect more dots.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Rachel did a great segment on this connection last night...

Hit the web for her replay if you can. It'w worth a watch.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-commerce-secretary-at-nexus-of-lucrative-trump-russian-deal-886220355575

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. thank you....

I just grabbed a you Tube copy and will watch it in the am when my brain is awake.

[triron]

6. kick for visibility

[triron]

7. kick again

[yortsed snacilbuper]

8. k$R

[triron]

9. knr

[uponit7771]

10. +1

[ProudProgressiveNow]

11. K&R nt

[bdamomma]

14. K&R

[UTUSN]

16. R k

[C Moon]

17. Shoes keep dropping, but nothing happens.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. A complete picture is still in the making

and then it has to be in the hands of the right people who will do what is required.

patience, young grasshopper....tis still early days in the reign.

[randome]

20. Wouldn't it be great if we could get along with Russia?

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