Comey likens trump to a "mob boss"

[westwall]

Trump Had Ties to Russian Mob Figures: Testimony

Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson testified that the real estate mogul built relationships with Russian gangsters, who were themselves tied to the Russian government.

https://www.usnews.com/news/nationa...sian-mob-figures-fusion-gps-founder-testifies

So does podesta, you know the shrilary's fink. ANYONE doing business in Russia deals with mobsters. They are part and parcel of every aspect of life in that corrupt country. What's funny is you give a pass to an asshole like comey and mueller, who together railroaded four innocent men to prison for life (and where two of them died) and you claim that trump is the mobster. You're an idiot.

 

[Dragonlady]

Comey's a dirty cop who going to get what's coming to him

A multi-million dollar book deal and the respect of all decent and moral people. You’re right. He is getting what’s coming to him.

 

[westwall]

Comey's a dirty cop who going to get what's coming to him

A multi-million dollar book deal and the respect of all decent and moral people. You’re right. He is getting what’s coming to him.

The bigger they are, the harder the fall. Remember that.

 

[Valerie]

Trump’s Russian Laundromat

How to use Trump Tower and other luxury high-rises to clean dirty money, run an international crime syndicate, and propel a failed real estate developer into the White House.

Trump’s Russian Laundromat

 

[Valerie]

Congressional Republicans who stick by Trump and protect him will be remembered as the villains of Washington’s unfolding drama. They are the ones enabling an epic White House end run around the constitution.

Instead of holding Trump to account, Republicans are joining him in a cynical attempt to tarnish the FBI and undermine the criminal investigation into Russian election meddling.

Trump's attack on the FBI is an attack on the US constitution itself



Paul Ryan won't seek re-election


Trey Gowdy not seeking re-election

 

[Valerie]

Secret Money: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers

SECRET MONEY: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers

 

[Valerie]

NRA, Russia and Trump: How 'dark money' is poisoning American democracy

The Trump-Russia-NRA Connection: Here’s What You Need to Know

 

[Astrostar]

Axios: James Comey compared Trump to a 'mob boss' in ABC interview - CNNPolitics

And Putin laughs

Not really an accurate characterization. Anyone studying the Mafia to any degree quickly learns that mob bosses were very intelligent, street and people savvy. Trump has none of those characteristics. He does not understand the Constitution, has no conception of the law and his hiring practices are a disaster. He has fired nearly every person he appointed to a cabinet post or position of importance in his so called administration.He treats the Presidency like one big reality show, with "your fired" being his entire skill set.

 

[westwall]

Secret Money: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers

SECRET MONEY: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers

I love this little jump...

"A BuzzFeed News review of every sale of a Trump-branded condominium in the United States provides the first comprehensive look at how many went to unidentified buyers who paid cash, an indication of possible money laundering."

More likely is rich people pay cash for things because THEY CAN. Why carry a mortgage when you don't have to.

 

[Valerie]

Dark Money

In the age of Citizens United and unlimited campaign donations, the NRA has emerged as an important "dark money" hub in Republican politics. Under its tax code designation, the NRA is a "social welfare" organization, largely exempt from disclosing its donors. To skirt disclosure, other big-dollar political players – including a SuperPAC linked to Karl Rove and a "chamber of commerce" controlled by the Koch Brothers – have routinely steered money into the NRA, confident that the gun group's spending will advance the GOP cause.

It is illegal, however, for foreign money to be used to influence U.S. elections. According to McClatchy, the heart of the FBI investigation is whether the NRA became a conduit for Russian cash, linked to the Kremlin, that bolstered Trump.

The Banker and "Godfather"

The key figure in the NRA/Russia investigation, McClatchy reports, is Alexander Torshin. Torshin is a longtime Putin ally who previously served as a top Russian senator. He is now a deputy governor of Russia's central bank, where his purview includes cracking down on the outflow of dirty money.

That's ironic, because Torshin has been linked to money laundering. Bloomberg reported

 

[Valerie]

The Trump-Russia-NRA Connection: Here’s What You Need to Know


NRA Connections

Torshin helped establish a Russian gun group called Right to Bear Arms, whose president calls Torshin "a great gun lover." Torshin is also a life member of the NRA – and forged ties to its leadership after attending the NRA's national convention in 2013. McClatchy reports that, in 2015, Toshin hosted "a high-level NRA delegation" during a week-long Moscow trip "that included meetings with influential Russian government and business figures." An attendee describes a debauched week: "They were killing us with vodka and the best Russian food," he told McClatchy. "The trip exceeded my expectations by logarithmic levels."

Trump Connections

At the May 2016 NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky, where Donald Trump accepted the group's endorsement, Torshin shared a table at dinner with the candidate's son Donald Jr. According to Bloomberg, Torshin claimed to also have met now-president Trump at the convention, and that: "He keeps photos of the event on his computer tablet."

The 2016 NRA convention came off just as Russians were actively seeking contact with the Trump campaign – just weeks earlier, a Russian conduit told Trump staffer George Papadopoulos that Russia had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton, including thousands of her emails. – and hoping to set up a meeting with Trump and Putin.

According to the New York Times, Torshin tried to set up a dinner meeting in Louisville at the time of the NRA convention with then-candidate Trump – with the aim of connecting Trump with Putin. The request was conveyed through a Trump ally in the Christian conservative world, who reportedly sent the campaign an email with the subject line: "Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite." (Trump did not attend that dinner.)

Separately, an NRA member, Paul Erickson – who had been part of the 2015 NRA delegation to Moscow – wrote an email titled, "Kremlin Connection," to Trump campaign adviser Rick Dearborn, according to the New York Times. Erickson reportedly told the campaign that Russia was "quietly but actively seeking a dialogue with the U.S." and would be seeking "first contact" at the NRA convention.

Weeks later, in early June 2016, the trio of Donald Trump Jr., then-campaign manager Paul Manafort, and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner took a meeting with a Putin-connected lawyer who had offered incriminating material on Hillary Clinton. Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon has dubbed that meeting "treasonous."

A Potential Game Changer

The allegation that Russia funneled money into the NRA – to directly support Trump's presidential bid – is staggering. Until now, we've understood the Russian support of Trump to have been oblique, delivered by a cadre of Facebook and Twitter trolls, and by the release of hacked DNC and Clinton campaign emails through Wikileaks.

The notion that the Kremlin was supporting Trump's presidential bid financially – and through an organization that holds itself up as a paragon of American patriotism – is almost unreal.

 

[JimH52]

Coney...like Mueller is am American Hero. He fell prey to an orange weasel who didn't have the balls to stand before him and fire him. trump is a smelly dog turd on the bottom of my boot.

He will be gone next year. Pence is not that much better...but he isn't batshit crazy like the Liar in Chief....

 

[bodecea]

Mob bosses could take lessons from Hillary. She's probably had more people whacked than any mobster in the US right now. (Excluding Cartel douches)

They found a body in Clairemont Mesa yesterday....chalk up another H. Clinton hit.

 

[Valerie]

"all-cash shell-company real-estate purchases"


subpoena necessary to identify buyers



"all-cash transactions that enable buyers to avoid legal scrutiny by shielding their finances and identities"

 

[Lakhota]

Axios: James Comey compared Trump to a 'mob boss' in ABC interview - CNNPolitics

And Putin laughs

Trump is very much like a mob boss. He's trying to run our government the same way.

 

[Valerie]

A Brief History of Michael Cohen's Criminal Ties


“You realise where this is going,” he is quoted as saying. “This is all about money laundering. Mueller chose [senior prosecutor Andrew] Weissmann first and he is a money-laundering guy. Their path to fucking Trump goes right through Paul Manafort, Don Jr and Jared Kushner … It’s as plain as a hair on your face.”

Trump Tower meeting with Russians 'treasonous', Bannon says in explosive book

 

[L.K.Eder]

Axios: James Comey compared Trump to a 'mob boss' in ABC interview - CNNPolitics

And Putin laughs

Comey, like most Libs, are having one of those, "look, is that a rabbit?" moments.

I forgive him. Just doing what Libs do.

Comey are having..

 

[Pop23]

Axios: James Comey compared Trump to a 'mob boss' in ABC interview - CNNPolitics

And Putin laughs

Comey, like most Libs, are having one of those, "look, is that a rabbit?" moments.

I forgive him. Just doing what Libs do.

Comey are having..

Oops, just the excuse you wanted to raid my office!

 

[L.K.Eder]

Axios: James Comey compared Trump to a 'mob boss' in ABC interview - CNNPolitics

And Putin laughs

Comey, like most Libs, are having one of those, "look, is that a rabbit?" moments.

I forgive him. Just doing what Libs do.

Comey are having..

Oops, just the excuse you wanted to raid my office!

It was warranted.

 

[Dragonlady]

Comey's a dirty cop who going to get what's coming to him

A multi-million dollar book deal and the respect of all decent and moral people. You’re right. He is getting what’s coming to him.

The bigger they are, the harder the fall. Remember that.

You mean like Donald J. Trump? There are few men bigger that Fat Ass Donnie.