Perhaps this was his greatest deception of the 2016 campaign.
Donald Trump has told many lies and falsehoods. Hes lied about the Russia scandal. Hes lied about his ties to organized crime. Perhaps hes lied so much that freshly excavated prevarications dont register greatly. Yet recent news reports revealing that Trump was pursuing a huge development deal in Moscow in late 2015 and early 2016 show that during the campaign Trump committed a tremendous act of deception.
This mammoth duplicity was encompassed in a small fib. On December 2, 2015, during an interview with an Associated Press reporter, Trump was asked about his relationship with a fellow named Felix Sater. Trump, who was then the front-runner in the GOP presidential nomination contest, replied, Felix Sater, boy, I have to even think about it. Im not that familiar with him. He referred questions to his Trump Organization. One of his lawyers, Alan Garten, subsequently told the AP that Sater once prospected for real estate deals for the Trump Organization and that the arrangement lasted for six months in 2010.
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