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Tanuki

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25. I don't see how she can get a security clearance, given her involvement
Tue Mar 21, 2017, 12:43 PM
Mar 2017

in the Azerbaijani "Trump Luxury Hotel" in a seedy section of Baku that never opened and appears to be a cesspool of money-laundering and payoffs. The cast of characters includes a notorious family of Azerbaijani kleptocrats and under the table payments to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. And Ivanka was right in the thick it.


https://www.google.com/amp/www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/10/ivanka-trump-played-key-role-in-her-fathers-failed-and-potentially-corrupt-azerbaijan-hotel-deal-report-says/amp/

"A lengthy new investigative story in the New Yorker reveals that Donald Trump and his Trump Organization helped build a hotel in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, a project that the magazine says appears to be a corrupt operation, Trump’s “worst deal” ever and possibly a conduit for illegal activity by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

The U.S. government has regularly accused the Guard of criminal activity, including drug trafficking, sponsoring terrorism abroad, and money laundering, Davidson added.

And while an attorney for the Trump Organization said that the president only played a “passive role” in the development of the property — merely a “licensor” who would allow his famous named to be slapped onto it — Davidson found, among other things, that daughter Ivanka Trump was a key player in moving the hotel project along. In fact, in her own words, she “oversaw” the project “since its inception.”.....(More at link)

Agreed! I have jrthin Mar 2017 #1
She handles the tough chores for her Dad. kentuck Mar 2017 #2
The committee needs to ask the IC to add her to the long list to be investigated. NT Ilsa Mar 2017 #3
I know a lot of posters complain about Tweety spiderpig Mar 2017 #4
At least he and Joy Reid are calling this shit out. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #7
Meanwhile, our sorry excuse for a MSM blows it all off. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #5
Imagine the outcry if this was Chelsea.. HipChick Mar 2017 #10
HAHA. They would be screaming for blood. rivegauche Mar 2017 #23
Exactly! Rebl2 Mar 2017 #24
They must have missed SNL pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #11
Ironically, I was watching NBC's "Toady Show" this morning when I saw it. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #12
I know!!! llmart Mar 2017 #29
Trump's wife is from that part of the world. nycbos Mar 2017 #6
Maleria's Scarsdale Mar 2017 #19
Melania's parent's living at Trump Tower is almost believably benign jmowreader Mar 2017 #33
the condo was part of the sales package Mr. Knaus brokered sarah FAILIN Mar 2017 #34
She's right in the thick of it. VOX Mar 2017 #8
Yes. She is neck deep in the Trump corruption, nt fun n serious Mar 2017 #9
Evita PeroNo. Baitball Blogger Mar 2017 #13
The entire administration and family are over their head in collusion with Russia. democratisphere Mar 2017 #14
Perhaps she fancies herself the next Catherine the Great... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #15
You're partially wrong though sweetroxie Mar 2017 #16
I would love to see Ivanka roughly marched out of the WH in leg irons... Still In Wisconsin Mar 2017 #17
The only Trump I might ask to keep an eye on my luggage for a minute would be Tiffany world wide wally Mar 2017 #18
Tiffany was not at Apsen riverwalker Mar 2017 #41
Not too many Americans plan vacations to Croatia... Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2017 #20
With a name like "Ivanka" she'll fit right in with our Russian overlords. Kablooie Mar 2017 #21
Remember the scene from the wonderful movie Right Stuff? spiderpig Mar 2017 #31
Her husband seems beholden to neohippie Mar 2017 #22
I don't see how she can get a security clearance, given her involvement Tanuki Mar 2017 #25
yes, but too late-- she did Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #27
and now she will be working in the WH with access to classified info! Madness! Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #26
There is a very real possibility that right now there is at least one Russian Enoki33 Mar 2017 #28
Remember how friendly she is with Chelsea Clinton. SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2017 #30
We're through through the looking-glass, friends. spiderpig Mar 2017 #32
It's pure torture. What the hell are kids taking from this? n/t SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2017 #35
She knows MFM008 Mar 2017 #36
Ivanka on a multi-day Russian vacation in Feb 2014 DangerousRhythm Mar 2017 #37
Yes, I see the resemblance milestogo Mar 2017 #38
what exactly do these people vacation FROM Skittles Mar 2017 #39
Rybolovlev's Jet & Yacht were in Dubrovnik the same time as Ivanka and Jarred Kushner? tanyev Mar 2017 #40
Ivanka DonJr & Eric spent summers riverwalker Mar 2017 #42
Ivanka on Holiday with Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife and Putin's girlfriend. Mars and Minerva Mar 2017 #43
Wendi Deng + Ivanka, eqauls Putin. sarcasmo Mar 2017 #44
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