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Showing Original Post only (View all)CYPRUS! Trump is doomed! [View all]
12 Investment companies from Cyprus are listed in the indictment (here: https://www.justice.gov/file/1007271/download)
Why is this damning for Trump?
1. Conspiracy: Trump cannot pardon these people if he is a co-conspirator. And conspiracy is heavily used throughout the indictment.
2. Cyprus: Let's take a closer look at Trump's ties with investment companies in Cyrpus, shall we?
(keep in mind the SoHo companies listed in the indictment)
- Felix Sater, a major player in the Bayrock group that developed the Trump SoHo Hotel in New York and a twice-convicted felon who spent a year in prison for stabbing a man. Sater later scouted for Trump investments in Russia.
- Alexander Mashkevich, a Kazakh mining billionaire,was another source of funds for Bayrock financing and the SoHo project, and was accused by Belgian authorities in 2011 in a $55 million money-laundering scheme.
- Anatoly Golubchik, Vadim Trincher and Michael Sall are three owners of Trump condos in Florida and Manhattan who were accused in federal indictments of belonging to a Russian-American organized crime group and working for a major international crime boss based in Russia.
- Viktor Khrapunov, a former Kazakhstan energy minister and mayor of Almaty, owns three units in the Trump SoHo through shell companies and was accused in a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in 2014 of hiding millions of dollars looted from his city, some of which was spent on three Trump SoHo units.
- Peter Kiritchenko, a Ukrainian owner of two Trump condos in Florida, who was indicted in a money-laundering scheme involving a former prime minister of Ukraine.
- Alexander Mashkevich, a Kazakh mining billionaire,was another source of funds for Bayrock financing and the SoHo project, and was accused by Belgian authorities in 2011 in a $55 million money-laundering scheme.
- Anatoly Golubchik, Vadim Trincher and Michael Sall are three owners of Trump condos in Florida and Manhattan who were accused in federal indictments of belonging to a Russian-American organized crime group and working for a major international crime boss based in Russia.
- Viktor Khrapunov, a former Kazakhstan energy minister and mayor of Almaty, owns three units in the Trump SoHo through shell companies and was accused in a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in 2014 of hiding millions of dollars looted from his city, some of which was spent on three Trump SoHo units.
- Peter Kiritchenko, a Ukrainian owner of two Trump condos in Florida, who was indicted in a money-laundering scheme involving a former prime minister of Ukraine.
From: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-financial-ties-russia-money-laundering-banks-oligarchs-manafort/
Why is SoHo important? Because it represents Trump Properties in the SoHo Neighborhood of Manhattan. Manafort's company laundered money through MC Soho Holdings into Trump Properties. See the below link in conjunction with the indictment:
http://www.refinblog.com/tag/mc-soho-holdings-llc/
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SecComm Wilbur Ross owns Bank of Cyprus laundry w connex to Putin oligarchs. Deutsche Bank CEO.
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2017
#21
I am very surprised at the low number of views on these videos. They are LOADED with great info. nt
GreenEyedLefty
Oct 2017
#40
Trump could be an indicted co-conspirator, and unable to pardon his co-conspirators
L. Coyote
Oct 2017
#33
If a pardon constitutes obstruction of justice on his own behalf, I think he's screwed.
L. Coyote
Oct 2017
#63
Screwed, yes, but not prohibited from taking action to screw himself. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2017
#65
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding
ffr
Oct 2017
#24
"Unindicted coconspirators" means indictments on others is pending or already done, under seal.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2017
#15
Trump would essentially be admitting to violating the Logan Act as well as Treason
berni_mccoy
Oct 2017
#20
But again, that's only if he's actually a co-conspirator in one of the unfiled indictments
TlalocW
Oct 2017
#30
What would happen if it can be shown they were promised the pardon in advance as part of
cstanleytech
Oct 2017
#80
Trump never actually owned Trump SoHo so he couldn't have gifted it to his offspring..
Princess Turandot
Oct 2017
#72
Watch the Talking Propaganda Heads on FOX spin like those vaudeville plates on poles!
WinkyDink
Oct 2017
#71
Wow. A web of money laundering through shell companies and eventually into the pockets
Fred Sanders
Oct 2017
#17
I read that one of the journalists associated the the Panama papers was murdered in Malta
malaise
Oct 2017
#19
"This is what happens when the institutions of the state are incapacitated"
superpatriotman
Oct 2017
#22
Corruption: "last person left standing is often a journalist. ...the first person left dead.
L. Coyote
Oct 2017
#44
Agreed. I felt the other connections were more of a revelation with direct connection
berni_mccoy
Oct 2017
#14