Palmer: FBI arrests ten people in New York City with alleged ties to Donald Trump and Russian mafia

[flamingdem]

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/fbi-arrests-ten-people-in-new-york-city-with-alleged-ties-to-donald-trump-and-russian-mafia/2090/



The FBI and NYPD Joint Organized Crime Task Force have arrested ten men in New York City today on charges of running a racketeering conspiracy as part of an organized crime effort. What’s notable is that these men and their crime family have alleged ties to the Russian mafia and to Donald Trump – raising the question of whether this move was made as part of the FBI’s ongoing investigation into Trump and Russia.

The ten men arrested today are associates of the Bonanno organized crime family (source: NBC New York). But a bit of digging by the Democratic Coalition Against Trump has revealed that a lawsuit alleges that same crime family is partnered with Russian businessman Felix Sater (link). Sater has a long history of financial ties to both Donald Trump and the Russian mafia, and in fact has done prison time for his Russian mafia ties (source: Esquire). So it’s not difficult to draw a straight line from today’s arrests to Trump and Russia. But what is the FBI suddenly up to?

If today’s ten FBI-NYPD arrests are indeed related to the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation, as the connections suggest, it may be an instance of rounding up the lower level mafia associates in order to see which of them is willing to cut a deal by selling out their bosses. This could also be a sign that the FBI is further along in its Trump-Russia investigation than had been believed, having completed its phase of gathering information externally, in favor of a phase of actively prompting little fish to flip on bigger fish, presumably leading all the way up to Trump and his direct associates.

[moondust]

1. Oh boy.

[Tess49]

2. Need to put popcorn on my shopping list........ n/t

[flamingdem]

3. Time to learn Russian Mafia lingo

Here's lingo from Russian gangsters:

Blatnoi/blatnye: a catch-all term used by hoodlums to refer to themselves and their ('blatnoi' way of life (via)

Bratki: brothers

Brodyagi: a criminal caste below vor, vagabonds

Derbanit: to racket, to destroy property (via)

Grokhnut: to shoot; literally to bang (sound); one of several slang words for killing; others below.

Mafyia: mafia

Mussor: cop (literally garbage)

Nayekhat: raid/apply gang pressure, extort

Obut: to deceive, to cheat

Pakhan: crime boss

Ponitka: unwritten law, code of thieves

Posadit na pika: to stab to death, to cut with with a knife (literally, "to put on a pike&quot (via)

Prishli mne kaputsu: literally, "send me a cabbage," this term means you are owed a favor

Razboiniki: gang warriors

Razborka: to use force to settle a conflict

Roskrychivat': to scheme, commit fraud, etc.

Shalit: make mischief

Strelka: a sitdown between two or more mob groups

Suka (sing.) / suki (plural): Literally bitch, it refers to a member of the mafiya who snitches to the government.

Torpedo: contract killer (via)

Vor v zakonye: Thief in law, like a "wiseguy"

Vorovskoi mir: Thieves' world

vzyat: to harass/rob; literally take, as in vzyat lariok (hit up a kiosk). Also means in slang, to take bribes.

Zakazat: to order a hit

[moondust]

5. Yikes.

[Hekate]

65. That's how I feel

[Orrex]

45. Years ago I saw a documentary about Russian lingo

We should all brush up!

[Lucky Luciano]

60. Haha indeed. nt

[Volaris]

63. Yep. That the future of Our Democracy now rests in the paws of the Sukis is damn scary.

Go slow, FBI and IC community, and get this one right for us. I want EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE of these racist traitors behind bars or barred from Public Service for the rest of their lives (and don't kid yourself, this happened because they're pissed that a black man beat them at their own game for 8 years. They SOLD OUT THEIR OWN COUNTRY, just to Make America White Again.).

Fuck em. We DESERVE heads on spikes for this.

[Cha]

4. WOW!

[flamingdem]

6. Palmer is adding a bit of excitement to the story

but it sure looks promising

[sheshe2]

7. Holy Shite!

The dark side comes to light.

[flamingdem]

8. Rounding up the Blatnoi

This is going to be movie fodder for decades!

[sheshe2]

9. Yep.

Take them down!

[democrank]

10. If there is a Trump connection here

let's hope at least one of these birds start singing.

[flamingdem]

11. Alwight I'll tawk I tell ya!!

[Warpy]

26. There is a strong one with Sater

but I doubt if they'll get a peep out of that buzzard. The only way they'll get the small fish to talk is to convince at least one of them that one of the big fish gave them up. Even then, it's unlikely, the Russian mob is a scary bunch.

I'm afraid they'll have to build their case without dramatic confessions.

[pecosbob]

12. I have to concur with the above poster

Wow!

[Jonny Appleseed]

13. FBI's NY office is Trumplandia

They're the ones that conspired with Giuliani and Flynn to prompt Comey to send that letter to congress. The investigation is still ongoing into certain agents and the illegal back and forth of information between them and Giuliani last November.

So not to rain on anyone's parade, but yeah...

[SleeplessinSoCal]

24. I think it was Giuliani and Erik Prince.

I agree. And if this turns out to be nothing, can we please stop taking Palmerreport seriously?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. According to Malcolm Nance, the spy hunters are a different breed.

but this seems more like organized crime agents.

And it seems hyped.

So we shall see.

[KittyWampus]

43. Counter intelligence is a different department

[Jonny Appleseed]

50. But this wasn't counter intelligence

[uponit7771]

64. +1

[ecstatic]

14. Or it could be trump rounding up his enemies?

Incredibly, Trump still has access to (and control of?) the FBI via his lap dog/boy, Sessions.

[flamingdem]

15. That is a terrifying thought

Can't find anything else on this story, should be something tomorrow.

[jmg257]

16. Why do Palmer's links to 'supporting 'facts' rarely state what he says?

Man he does like to stretch stuff from others opinions of reports...so annoying!

[Kablooie]

17. Wonder if they are rounding them up to prevent murders of Trump witnesses.

Since Putin is killing everyone connected with Trump over there, maybe these are the guys that Trump would use over here.

[flamingdem]

19. True, another one down today

in Russia. It's crazy and would happen to these guys if they're involved and likely to sing.

[Blue_Roses]

28. Another one today?

Haven't heard this news yet...good grief...

[bdamomma]

35. is there a link to this story?

[BumRushDaShow]

38. Here

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-volkov-interior-ministry-offical-shot-dead/28395580.html

(Radio Free Europe website)

[flamingdem]

56. thanks

[bathroommonkey76]

18. Serious questions

Is this Palmer guy ever right?

Why should I believe some guy who asks me to donate to his website at the end of his news articles? lol

Sounds more like clickbait to me-- Let's write up a snazzy headline so all the anti-Trump people will share my story.

[flamingdem]

20. In this case he's reporting on an event

We'll see tomorrow if there are other reports, in this case he can be faster than news sources but always read him w plenty of salt

[ButSeeYa]

23. Looks like NBC News-NY has reported story

Trying to figure out how to correctly add link. Hopefully, the below works.

[link:https://www.google.com/amp/www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/NYC-Feds-FBI-Arrest-10-Bonanno-Crime-Family-Ronald-Giallanzo-417367823.html%3Famp%3Dy|

[drm604]

30. That article only talks about the arrests of members and associates of the Bonanno crime family.

The crimes mentioned are typical Mafia fare; loansharking, illegal gambling, robbery, and extortion.

It does not mention Trump, Russia, or Russians.

The Palmer Report may be adding unsubstantiated spin to the story.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

51. I agree.

I'm tired of fake news sites.

[DFW]

21. This story is more full of Russian slang than "A Clockwork Orange"

Well, not quite, but definitely on the way!

[murielm99]

22. How credible is this source?

Are there other sources reporting this?

[mythology]

37. Other sources are reporting it accurately, it's a crime family

Palmer is the one connecting it to Trump and Palmer has absolutely no credibility.

[ATL Ebony]

27. Googled for other sources -- only found Palmer report for recent FBI related activity

Palmer Report seems desperate for relevancy -- maybe they should contact MSM about this as well.

[ATL Ebony]

41. Well, at least according to Palmer

This is the referenced FBI mob snag, Palmer just seems to connect the dots to Trump.

"Feds Arrest 10 Bonanno Organized Crime Family Members and Associates"

[HoneyBadger]

29. You can generally tie the mob to any union business

For instance, the iron workers are generally the construction guys that build skyscrapers. There is a someone with the right last name on their payroll. Trump builds skyscrapers.

https://www.unionfacts.com/employee/Iron_Workers/JAMES/BONANNO

[mopinko]

33. unions and the mob. the untold part of the story of union decline in this country.

i was a union carpenter in my youth, and it was apparent to all that the union dues were way to high. to allow for some skimming, we all assumed.

especially in construction, they were built w thuggery. it wasnt just the teamsters. we were regaled by stories from our instructors in the classroom half of the program about how they policed strikes. some thought they were funny. some of us wondered just who were hitched to.

[LanternWaste]

46. You can support your premise with objective rather than anecdotal evidence, yes?

You can support your premise with objective rather than anecdotal evidence, yes?

[HoneyBadger]

47. In a court of law, which is more valid?

Specifically a RICO case

[Alice11111]

31. Even USAToday is reporting on the connections between DT

and the Russian mob.
http://usat.ly/2nJOUCJ

Geez, I wish this were out there 5 months ago.
At least Comey probably knew it, but he was so busy with those damned duplicate emails.
As far as rhe Russian interference in our elections even Dick Cheney called it , as "act of war."
Comey didn't tell us about that either...just tbose pesky emails.

Comey for jail.

[Johni Imtiaz]

32. flamingdem

This is very nice and decent post you rocked posting it thanks a lot for posting it....!!

[uppityperson]

49. Welcome to du. How is posting about mafia/trump arrests "nice and decent post"?

I'm confused about what you mean.

[randome]

34. More than enough cause for the FBI to subpoena the tax returns, if they haven't already.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[flamingdem]

48. That should make for some fascinating reading

The only truth you'll get from Trump is in the returns, and even that is 70% fiction

[Achilleaze]

36. republicans in mourning today

FBI pissing in the KGOpee's anti-American gravy train...

[tallahasseedem]

39. Well, that explains the Twitter rants...

Please let this run up the chain soon so he can just go already...

[lpbk2713]

40. Don't drink the tea.

...

[L. Coyote]

42. There are more trusted media sources than Palmer's hype and donate domain.

He is hyper-partisan, to be sure, and uses clickbait writing to draw in readers to his donate button. There is nothing wrong with getting paid to be an investigative reporter, but it is also important to recognize who is in the genre and who is not. At least the people with donate buttons are not hiding their partisan political income sources.

Here is a better place to donate:

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More on these good fellas:

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[kentuck]

44. I could not find this story on Google?

When did it happen?

[jmg257]

52. Slater also has a long history of working WITH the FBI, and US Attorneys like Loretta Lynch..

]http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-the-cia-and-fbi-knew-about-trump-before-2016/

Sater began his professional life as a New York City stock broker; spent 15 months in prison for stabbing a man in the face with a broken wine glass in a bar fight; and then became involved in a pump and dump penny stock scheme in association with the Gambino and Genovese crime families. When he and his associates were arrested in the securities fraud scheme in 1998, Sater tried to make a deal to save himself.
...
The federal government also kept Sater on as a cooperating witness for fully 11 years before finally sentencing him in 2009 for the plea deal in 1998. In a $42 million securities fraud case, Sater received no jail time, was not forced to pay restitution and was fined a mere $25,000. In other words, he walked away from the crime with close to no punishment. The controversy over the government's secrecy in the Sater case, as well as his minimal punishment, got enough attention that it eventually bubbled up from the criminal courts to the governmental and political realm. During her 2015 confirmation hearings, Attorney General Loretta Lynch was asked about the propriety of the government's cooperation with Sater, in part because she had been the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, where Sater's case was adjudicated.

In response to questions from Sen. Orin Hatch, Lynch wrote (emphasis added):
The defendant in question, Felix Sater, provided valuable and sensitive information to the government during the course of his cooperation, which began in or about December 1998. For more than 10 years, he worked with prosecutors from my Office, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies, providing information crucial to national security and the conviction of over 20 individuals, including those responsible for committing massive financial fraud and members of La Cosa Nostra. For that reason, his case was initially sealed.
...
The federal government knew who Sater was, his ties to the criminal underworld, business ties into that world in the former Soviet Union, etc. They also had to know of his deep and longstanding association with Donald Trump, his key role in numerous Trump projects during the first decade of this century and his role arranging financing for these projects. We don't know if the federal government had specific knowledge of the details of these business transactions or whether or how deeply Donald Trump was reliant on capital from Russia and more generally the murky world of oligarchs and underworlds that Sater is clearly immersed in and from which he appeared to draw investment capital. But they likely would have suspected as much, at least that Trump had uncomfortably close ties to someone like Sater.

He is a real winner that Slater guy. He could definitely have some good stuff on trump, and he's played all sides before to get off easy.

[Turbineguy]

53. I like mine without

too much butter.



Yum!

[Zambero]

54. Get Nunes up there right away

A long Uber ride gets him there, and the driver can just let Nunes off at some undisclosed location where he can proceed to "enter the grounds" and then conduct a ludicrous news conference thereafter. What the heck, he cleared his schedule. No hearings, and no committee meetings on top. Does he have anything better to do than act like the usual (useful?) idiot that he is ?

[ghostsinthemachine]

55. The noose tightens

Treason. Hang them by the neck until dead.

[jodymarie aimee]

57. Palmer again

we got rid of you during the recounts...go bye bye....not a good source, just a blogger like us.

[FSogol]

58. Agreed. Bad source. n/t

[George II]

59. It's not easy to be in real estate in NYC and not have some connection to organized crime.

[NewRedDawn]

61. Sopranos

Right out of the Sopranos when Paulie & Christopher tried to kill a Russian mobster & got lost in the woods. The Russian got away & the 2 morons lost their car was winter, & the Russian they had in the trunk & thought was dead, clobbered them . Funny episode.

[triron]

62. kick for visibility