EXCLUSIVE: Special counsel probing donations with foreign connections to Trump inauguration

[DonViejo]

Source: ABC News




By JOHN SANTUCCI, MATTHEW MOSK, KATHERINE FAULDERS and SOO RIN KIM May 11, 2018, 11:44 AM ET

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has questioned several witnesses about millions of dollars in donations to President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee last year, including questions about donors with connections to Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, sources with direct knowledge told ABC News.

Those interviewed included longtime Trump friend and confidant Thomas Barrack, who oversaw the fundraising effort, as well as individuals familiar with the massive inaugural fund, according to sources with direct knowledge.

Barrack, a real estate investor, has long been described as a Trump “whisperer” whose close friendship with the president landed him a prime appearance during the GOP convention the night Trump accepted his party’s nomination.

The billionaire runs a fund with hundreds of millions in real estate and private equity holdings in the Middle East. Barrack oversaw the largest inaugural fundraising effort in U.S. history, bringing in $107 million – more than double what President Barack Obama raised for his first swearing-in festivities.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-special-counsel-probing-donations-foreign-connections-trump/story?id=55054482

[Achilleaze]

1. Pay-to-Play is the KGOP republican WAY

[C_U_L8R]

2. Remember

From the very start, the Trump cabal was cold-calling foreign officials seeking "donations"

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/288031-trump-campaign-solicits-illegal-foreign-donations-despite-warnings

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. I'm sure the Inauguration fund laundered some of that money. It's beyond what was needed. . . . nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. I don't know. Have you seen DJ Ravidrums?

He's worth every penny.

[lagomorph777]

6. Turd was supposedly going to donate the leftover $$ to charity.

That went the same place all of Turd's "charitable donations" go: into Turd's pocket.

[BigmanPigman]

5. FOLLOW THE MONEY!

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Kick (nt)

[laserhaas]

8. A prediction we hope isn't fiction

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