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Ivanka Trump Was In Contact With A Russian Who Offered A Trump-Putin Meeting
Her contact, a Russian Olympic weightlifter, said a meeting between Trump and Putin could expedite a Trump tower in Moscow.
Posted on June 6, 2018, at 12:20 p.m.
By Anthony Cormier (BuzzFeed News Reporter) Jason Leopold (BuzzFeed News Reporter) Emma Loop (BuzzFeed News Reporter)
Amid intense scrutiny of contacts between Donald Trump's inner circle and representatives of Vladimir Putin, Ivanka Trump's name has barely come up. But during the campaign, she connected her fathers personal lawyer with a Russian athlete who offered to introduce Donald Trump to Putin to facilitate a 100-story Trump tower in Moscow, according to emails reviewed by BuzzFeed News and four sources with knowledge of the matter.
There is no evidence that Ivanka Trumps contact with the athlete the former Olympic weightlifter Dmitry Klokov was illegal or that it had anything to do with the election. Nor is it clear that Klokov could even have introduced Trump to the Russian president. But congressional investigators have reviewed emails and questioned witnesses about the interaction, according to two of the sources, and so has special counsel Robert Muellers team, according to the other two.
The contacts reveal that even as her father was campaigning to become president of the United States, Ivanka Trump connected Michael Cohen with a Russian who offered to arrange a meeting with one of Americas adversaries in order to help close a business deal that could have made the Trump family millions.
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Ivanka Trump, who now works in her fathers administration, did not respond to questions sent to her personal email, chief of staff, and the White House. A spokesperson for her attorney wrote that Ivanka Trump did not know about the Trump Moscow project until after a nonbinding letter of intent had been signed, never talked to anyone outside the Organization about the proposal, and, even internally, was only minimally involved. Her only role was limited to reminding Mr. Cohen that, should an actual deal come to fruition (which it did not) the project, like any other with the Trump name, conform with the highest design and architectural standards.
More: https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/ivanka-trump-putin-moscow-meeting-michael-cohen-tower?utm_term=.byYkL5eDr#.nroBrxVPA
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I hope she'll get to model it soon.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)made in China, no doubt.....with appropriate trademarks and celebrity endorsements.
Available in all colors except blue.
..............
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)a racecar driver, patches from every business endorsing her. Once her bottle blonde hair fades to her REAL mousy brown, and her Botox injections no longer are available, she will look like a frumpy housewife. She kinda resembles a lamp post, with fake boobs tacked on her. Melanie has as many curves as a telephone pole.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)triron
(22,007 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)I believe he would eventually throw her under the bus, too, but he would at least throw her last.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Potentially risking impeachment.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Maybe she can architect herself some designer handcuffs
samnsara
(17,623 posts)...foster care for the kids cuz mommy daddy and grandpa are in jail. grandma melania ( that has a nice ring to it) is MIA
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)samir.g
(835 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Rudy is going to have a sad
Tanuki
(14,919 posts)who came to DC "with stars in their eyes" only to have their lives ruined by the "phony Russian collusion witch hunt."
https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-says-young-and-beautiful-peoples-lives-are-being-ruined-russia-946076%3famp=1
..."Whos going to give back the young and beautiful lives (and others) that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony Russia Collusion Witch Hunt? Trump wrote, although he did not go into details about which beautiful people had been affected by the probe.
They journeyed down to Washington, D.C., with stars in their eyes and wanting to help our nation...They went back home in tatters! the tweet added."
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)to be referring to Hope Hicks, the WH "comfort keeper" Seems she had relationships with everyone, Lewendowski, Rob the wife beater and even Orange Ass. The donors to the RNC are paying legal fees for her and Donald Jr. Ivanka will jump on that gravy train, too. tRumps do not spend their own money, not when they can grift it from other people.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)(and others!)
docgee
(870 posts)Putin: You need to pay up.
Trump: I don't have that much money.
Putin: Run for US president for us.
Trump: I'll never win.
Putin: That's ok, Donny, do it anyway.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Nothing will happen to Ivanka. She and Melanie are the republican darling. She's too precious to ever be in trouble.
Cosmocat
(14,566 posts)nm
duforsure
(11,885 posts)to flip
Cosmocat
(14,566 posts)if the investigation progressed toward her in that manner, he would pardon her without the first thought.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Last month Buzzfeed released an in depth article about the Trump Moscow Tower project.[1] We learned that Michael Cohen lied to lawmakers in Congress when he claimed to have ended the venture in early 2016. Mr. Cohen had continued to work on the Trump Moscow Tower project up until at least May, when then candidate Trump was close to securing the GOP presidential nomination.[2] Candidate Trump promoted Paul Manafort to Campaign Chairman around this time to corral delegates at the GOP convention, it was at this stage of the campaign where Trump began to publicly change his policy towards Ukraine and Russia.[3] Felix Sater, a long time business associate of the President that was working on this project with his childhood friend Michael Cohen, was in contact with a former GRU officer during the duration of the venture.[4]
Expanded explanation:
President Trump has made innumerable denials about doing any business with Russia. Yet he signed a letter of intent to build a Moscow Trump Tower in 2015.[5] Moreover, President Trump tried to do business with a sanctioned Russian bank in 2016.[6]
Read what Felix Sater offered President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, Felix Sater wanted to work with the Russians to help get Trump elected by showcasing Trump's negotiation skills. To do this he wanted to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. The New York Times[7] story is corroborated by the Washington Post.[8] President Trump signed a letter of intent to build the Moscow Trump Tower during the campaign.[9]
New information on the relationship between Felix Sater and Trump has come to light, including money laundering. Rachel Maddow explains how billionaires from Kazakhstan, who are embroiled in court cases involving money laundering, had their money laundered through Trump properties via Felix Sater.[10] Felix Sater attended Trump's invite-only victory party to celebrate his presidential victory.[11] Although Trump has tried to distance himself from Sater due to his colourful past, I find it very peculiar that he was allowed into an invite-only event at the Midtown Hilton. Moreover, in July of 2016 we know he attended a secret meeting at Trump Tower.[12]
Months ago there it was reported that Felix Sater was ready and willing to cooperate with Special Counsel Mueller.[13] Paul Wood, World Affairs correspondent for the BBC, wrote the original article for The Spectator.[14] Back in the 90's Felix Sater was caught up in a massive stock scam and flipped on mob families in New York. Guess who flipped him? He's on Special Counsel Mueller's team - Andrew Weissmann.[15] Felix Sater has spoken out against the bad publicity he has been receiving, in his numerous TV appearances he made it clear that he has worked as an informant for American intelligence services.[16]
Christopher Steele has stated that Trump's hotel and land deals with Russians need to be examined.[17] President Trump has repeatedly denied doing business with Russia, taking a quick look at his Twitter feed we can find innumerable examples of his denials. Let's take an example from 2017 - The President tweeted "I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!"[18] He's done business with Russians for decades.[19] Donald Trump Jr. has stated in an interview that Russians make up a disproportionate cross-section of a lot of the Trump Organization's assets.[20] This article by TIME summarizes some of the extensive ties.[21]
1) Buzzfeed - The crazy story of Trump Moscow
2) Yahoo - Michael Cohen's efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow went on longer than he has previously acknowledged
3) Politico - Trump changed views on Ukraine after hiring Manafort
4) Buzzfeed - A Former Russian Spy Worked On A Trump Moscow Deal During The Presidential Campaign
5) Business Insider - 'Help world peace and make a lot of money': Here's the letter of intent to build a Trump Tower Moscow
6) The Guardian - Trump Organization 'negotiated with sanctioned Russian bank in 2016'
7) New York Times - Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal Will Get Donald Elected
8) The Washington Post - Trumps company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators
9) ABC News - Trump signed letter of intent for Russian tower during campaign, lawyer says
10) MSNBC Rachel Maddow - Sketchy money finds its way into Trump deals
11) GQ - Inside Donald Trump's Election Night War Room
12) Politico - Trumps mob-linked ex-associate gives $5,400 to campaign
13) Raw Story - Longtime Trump business partner told family he knows he and POTUS are going to prison: report
14) The Spectator - Forget Charlottesville - Russia Is Still The True Trump's True Scandal
15) Slate - An Intriguing Link Between the Mueller Investigation, Trump, and Alleged Money Laundering
16) Bloomberg - Ex-Trump Associate Outlines Decades of Spy Work for U.S.
17) Business Insider - 'Dossier' author Christopher Steele: Trump's hotel and land deals with Russians need to be examined
18) Trump January 2017 Tweet
19) New York Times - For Trump, Three Decades of Chasing Deals in Russia
20) Business Insider - Trump's oldest son said a decade ago that a lot of the family's assets came from Russia
21) TIME - Donald Trump's Many, Many, Many, Many Ties to Russia
above courtesy of Poppins work keeping track of this mess in Americas White House, one post at a time.
wcollar
(176 posts)Does this make her a feckless Con spirator?
Javaman
(62,531 posts)...between Ivanka Trump and the Olympian.
I can make a wild guess.
jared's pencil neck sexiness is just to much for her. She needed someone more low key like a hot russian weightlifter to watch netflix and chill LOL