The fact he has been able to get away with it all is astonishing:
https://themoscowproject.org/explainers/a-timeline-of-trumps-deals-and-investments-in-eastern-europe-and-central-asia/index.html
Thanks to BuzzFeed’s in-depth reporting, we now know more than ever before about how President Donald Trump, aided by Michael Cohen and Felix Sater, sought to establish Trump Tower Moscow during the 2016 election.
But that story only scratches the surface of the Trump Organization’s dealings with individuals who are tied to Eastern Europe and questionable business practices in risk-prone jurisdictions such as Russia, Kazakhstan, and Georgia. These partnerships brought Trump and the Trump Organization in closer proximity to apparent money-laundering and reportedly corrupt operations, ultimately making him vulnerable to greater legal and reputational risk. (To date, neither Trump nor the Trump Organization has been charged with money laundering or violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in relation to real-estate developments).
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From the late 1980s through early 2000s, Russian money made its way into Trump’s properties largely by way of individual unit sales in the United States. However, beginning in the mid-2000s, Trump took a plunge abroad, pivoting to pursuing foreign licensing deals, notably in Russia and its neighboring states. The Washington Post’s report on Trump’s shift from primarily funding projects using debt to doing so through dramatically increased cash spending on assets, including golf courses, coincides with this palpable shift to foreign business deals. These foreign deals may have served not only as a source of cash resources for Trump and his organization during this time but also as the backbone of his and his campaign’s increasingly apparent collusion with the Kremlin during the 2016 election.
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* In 1984, a Russian émigré named David Bogatin purchases five condos in Trump Tower for a total of $6 million.
* In 1987, Bogatin pleads guilty to “evading millions of dollars in state fuel taxes in what [U.S.] state officials called one of the largest gasoline bootlegging operations in the nation.” He is sentenced to up to eight years in state prison and ordered to pay almost $5 million in restitution. Bogatin flees the country, but is later extradited from Poland. The five condos are seized by the government, claiming that he had used the purchase to launder money. Bogatin’s brother reportedly had previously worked with the infamous Russian mob boss Semion Mogilevich.
Much, much more
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