Hello Daily Kos’ers. I have lurked on here since 2004, joined in 2006 and only written 2 diaries/articles. I am here to tell you that I am making the rounds today on the Internets and phones calling my two U.S. Senators from New Your State to ask them to write down and contemplate what I consider to be a newly exposed universal truth. I asked Senator Schumer’s staffer to write this down and give it to he chief of staff to let the Senator know we out here have their backs.
“Due to the current reporting it has become clear that the President of the United States is the head of an International Conspiracy to Launder money through the World Banking Systems”. He does this via his private business interests, many of which are focused around the well known shaky footing of the Real Estate industry, particularly using sales and high end Rentals as a method to accept payments of Cash, securities, or foreign currencies.
Obviously, he has many individuals who have assisted in this conspiracy along the way as Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress pointed out. I mentioned to the staffer that I understand the Senator cannot actually SAY these things out loud as they have to be circumspect with their words and of course cannot state such a clear and concise take on the impact of the current events, but I can do so. Anyone who feels the same way I do please contact YOUR U.S. Senators today and just read the quoted words above. They all have to be careful with their words but I DO NOT.
www.theguardian.com/…
A tour of the president’s business career exposes his double-dealing and mob connections but also the complicity of big finance
If a single story emerges, it is the complicity of financial institutions in every stage of the rise and the resurrection of Trump. For a reader who before 2016 knew him only as a sketchy figure in the world of real estate, fake wrestling and reality TV, the extent of the connivance is shocking.
www.newsweek.com/…
A Democratic senator wants the Treasury Department to hand over records relating to President Donald Trump's sale of a Palm Beach estate that he bought for $41 million to a Russian oligarch for $95 million only four years later.
"It is imperative that Congress follow the money and conduct a thorough investigation into any potential money laundering or other illicit financial dealings between the president, his associates and Russia," wrote Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat,
Wyden has requested Treasury Department Suspicious Activity Reports on the transaction, which are filed when officials suspect money laundering, and information on who purchased the estate when it was sold off in separate lots by Rybolovlev to buyers operating through offshore companies.
UPDATE: Title was changed due to reader angst. the fourth word WAS “head” it is now “part”. In my estimation there is very little difference. And, to be clear, initially, I was writing about my call to Senator Schumer’s office and not offering citations in my early draft of this diary. Citations now added. Key words: Firtash, Torshin, Deutschebank, NRA, Butina.