US Firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump Associates, records reveal
Source: The Guardian
Alexander Smirnov was paid $600,000 in 2020 - the same year he allegedly began lying to FBI about Bidens' role in Ukraine business.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/14/company-paying-fbi-informant-trump-connections
bucolic_frolic
(43,257 posts)Or an elbow-in-the-ribs get it joke?
peppertree
(21,651 posts)Diraven
(526 posts)Criminal pays you!
peppertree
(21,651 posts)soldierant
(6,913 posts)It's just Russia now.
DFW
(54,436 posts)A Soviet Jew who came to the USA during the Soviet era, Smirnov made a living doing comedy pretending not to understand the difference between the two countries. One of his more memorable jokes was in America, you can always find (a) party. In Soviet Union, (the) Party always finds YOU.
That became a standard joke in many parts of the States for a decade or more. THAT is what the poster was referring to. I am quite sure he knows the difference between the Soviet Union and post-1991 Russia.
soldierant
(6,913 posts)But there are many who apparently are not.
NanaCat
(1,231 posts)I'm sure you meant to do that.
Maeve
(42,287 posts)As the famous line goes: I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.
Ford_Prefect
(7,917 posts)I found the alleged $2 Billion offer to be very interesting indeed. Especially when you take into account Trump's proclivity for saying out loud outrageous things he later does.
We also can see the hidden finances driving Trump Media. I once made the remark that Dubai, among others, was a place to look for Trump's off-shore cash. I am not surprised to find that I was on the money in that statement. It may also explain why he seems so blasé about the cash he is supposed to pay in the Financial Fraud case.
BumRushDaShow
(129,370 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)Former Damac chairman Hussain Sajwani is also close to Trump and has been described as his friend in multiple news reports. Trump has called the billionaire a friend and a great man, and his family the most beautiful people.
Sajwani attended Trumps 2016 inauguration, and Trumps sons Donald Jr and Eric Trump attended the 2017 ribbon-cutting of the Trump International golf club in Dubai, licensed by Damac in 2014. Sajwani and his family also attended a party in 2017 at Mar-a-Lago. Trumps sons would go on to attend Sajwanis daughters wedding in 2018.
(Picture at the link shows the following people)
Hussain Sajwani, far right, with Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in February 2017. Photograph: AP
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)Alexander Smirnov
| Received $600,000 from:
V
ETT (Texas)
| Whose CEO is:
V
Christopher Condon
| Who is 33% shareholder in:
V
ETT Investment Holding (London)
| Along with:
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Shahal Kahn & Farooq Arjomand
| Who both have ties to:
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Donald tRump
kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,400 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,372 posts)a UK newspaper. It has almost always been more accurate than any in the US.
republianmushroom
(13,661 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)They just hate this sort of thing, and I'm sure a complete investigation of Trump's finances is already in the works.
Yeah, right. They're most likely trying to tie it to Joe and/or Hunter Biden. It's only a crime or problem if Democrats do it. The Big Orange Pig's outright bribery is of no concern. That's covered in the Constitution, and the Supreme Court agrees.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)All of it and all the way to its origins
Botany
(70,567 posts)
. on the Bidens? And help Putin @ the same time too. And didnt Trump, the GOP,
and the right wing and the mainstream media use made up Russian propaganda in
2016?
Btw did Johnson, Comer, Gym Jordan, and so on know about these Trump connected
payments when they were using Smirnov for their get Biden hearings? The payments
were in 2020 they had to have known about them.
People need to be in jail for this shit or at the very least thrown out of Congress.
Cheating mother fuckers.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)But it's only a crime if they can tie it to Joe and/or Hunter Biden.
Donald Trump and his finances are as pure as the fallen snow. Just ask him and his cult members in the House and Senate. 🙄
Johnny2X2X
(19,107 posts)Or it would be huge for anyone other than Trump.
Grins
(7,227 posts)Two jumped out at me:
- Paul Manafort, and
- Mike Pompeo.
As well as the usual suspects, Junior and Eric Trump.
Captain Zero
(6,823 posts)Dictator we will get out of Trumpism, if it isn't stopped now.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)Chickens coming home.
InstantGratification
(162 posts)pecosbob
(7,542 posts)dalton99a
(81,568 posts)HandmaidsTaleUntold
(223 posts)CNN should just be about who paid this guy. Eff Comer and Jordan. They are scum. They need more pressure than the left gives. They need to feel fear for their crimes.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)the left does not control the media. If we did, Donald Trump would already justifiably be in prison.
HandmaidsTaleUntold
(223 posts)Left only has the boots on the ground that see reality.