Beren wrote:Collusion with Russia would be a national embarrassment, but Trump caught with laundering money for Russians would only be his own.
Apparently, it's not a national embarrassment. We know that Hillary Clinton colluded with a British spy to gather information damaging to Donald Trump from the Russians, and hid the operation through the DNC, Perkins Coie and Fusion GPS. We also know that the DoJ provided an immigration parole to Nataliya Veselnitskaya after her visa application was denied by the State Department, and that a Hillary Clinton donor suggested a meeting between Trump Jr. and Veselnitskaya; and, that Veselnitskaya met with Fusion GPS' Glenn Simpson before and after the meeting with Trump Jr. We know that Nellie Ohr, Bruce Ohr's wife, was one of the conduits for getting the dossier into the FBI--another was John McCain. Mueller made it clear that Russian government agents did interfere in the election. We also know that some Russians were trafficking "Kompromat" to Adam Schiff, who was more than willing to listen. There does not seem to be any "national" embarrassment on the part of the Democrats colluding with the Russians, nor any balanced sentiment directed toward the Democrats by the media. Of course, we know why: collusion is not a crime, and that was not the objective of the investigation.
It appears that they used a counter-intelligence approach, because legally they didn't have probable cause for a criminal investigation. The entire exercise was to harass Trump from the outset. It's quite transparent now thanks to Devin Nunes.
jimjam wrote:Trump went behind Epstein’s back to buy the foreclosed property for around $40m through an entity called Trump Properties LLC, which was entirely financed by Deutsche Bank.
Trump made only minor improvements and put the house on the market for $125m. It was purchased for $96m by Dmitry Rybolovlev, part of a circle of government-aligned industrialists in Russia.
You cannot go behind someone's back to buy a foreclosed property. You should know. You are a real estate investor. Additionally, foreclosed properties have to be paid for up front. Maybe Trump Properties, LLC had that kind of a line of credit with Deutsche Bank. However, Dimitry Rybolovlev could have purchased the property on his own accord. He did not need Trump to buy it, renovate it, and then sell it to him at a profit. What Trump did is called "flipping" in the industry. Again, I have no doubt you know this already.
Additionally, if Trump purchased the property for $40M and sold it for $96M, he netted $56M dollars, which is more than your post involving Bannon claimed he was worth. I know you're getting up there in age, but your math can't be that rusty.
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