Felix Sater's Testimony Postponed After Lawsuit Alleges Trump Tower Moscow Money Laundering Plot

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https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/felix-saters-testimony-postponed-after-lawsuit-alleges-trump-tower-moscow-money-laundering-plot/
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The House Intelligence Committee has postponed Felix Sater‘s planned testimony on the heels of a lawsuit accusing Sater of planning to launder money with the help of a Trump Tower Moscow deal. Sater, a Trump-connected businessman whose Russian mafia ties and criminal past have been explored extensively, has been named in a lawsuit that alleges he “participated in an international criminal conspiracy to launder and conceal at least $440 million that was stolen from the Plaintiffs.”

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan and BTA Bank JSC filed suit against Sater, Sater’s former business associate Daniel Ridloff, companies Bayrock Group Inc, Global Habitat Solutions Inc., RRMI-DR LLC, Ferrari Holdings LLC and MEM Energy Partners LLC on Monday. Sater was named in each of the six causes of action, unlike other defendants.

He’s accused of unjust enrichment, punitive damages, conversion (“wrongfully exercised dominion and control over funds rightfully belonging to the City of Almaty and BTA Bank”), unlawful means conspiracy, fraud, and money had and received (“Each of the Defendants received and benefitted from the Stolen Funds rightfully belonging to Plaintiffs”). You can read the rest of the lawsuit below.

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1. They have a lot on their plates

I can understand why they have postponed Sater. It's not extravagent to say that Schiff, Nadler, Cummings, Pelosi and a couple of others hold the fate of the US in their hands. Sater is a piss-ant. He'll wait until they're ready for him.

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3. That and Slater would be pleading the fifth amendment to the majority of the questions.

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2. Politico's take on the postponement

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/25/house-intel-postpones-interview-with-felix-sater-after-mueller-findings-1235844

House Intel postpones interview with Felix Sater after Mueller findings

The House Intelligence Committee postponed its scheduled public interview with Felix Sater, the chief negotiator for the Trump Tower Moscow project, a spokesman for the panel said, citing lingering questions from Attorney General Bill Barr’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings.

“In light of the cursory letter from the Attorney General, and our need to understand Special Counsel Mueller’s areas of inquiry and evidence his office uncovered, we are working in parallel with other committees to bring in senior officials from the DOJ, FBI and SCO to ensure that our committee is fully and currently informed about the SCO’s investigation, including all counterintelligence information,” the spokesman said. “With the focus on those efforts this week, we are postponing Mr. Sater’s open interview.”
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Sater was named in a lawsuit earlier in the day, according to news reports, alleging in part that he intended to support financing a deal for Trump Tower Moscow with stolen funds.