New Article of Impeachment
18 U.S. Code § 872 - Extortion by officers or employees of the United States
Donald Trump berated Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism. Then Cohen demanded payment for it to stop... and it did.
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18 U.S. Code § 872 - Extortion by officers or employees of the United States
Donald Trump berated Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism. Then Cohen demanded payment for it to stop... and it did.
alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2…
During the campaign and after the campaign, Donald Trump continued berating Mexico.
Trump Ocean Resort Baja Mexico was a failed luxury condominium-hotel resort to be located at Punta Bandera. It was initially announced in 2006 as a joint venture between the Trump Organization and Los Angeles-based real estate development company Irongate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Oce… 
In late 2008, with the project experiencing delays and cost overruns, Trump removed his name from the development. In early 2009, the project had collapsed financially; investors who had put down deposits on the project condos faced a total loss of their down payments.
In the litigation that ensued in a California court, Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., his daughter Ivanka Trump and the Trump Organization were named as defendants citing violation of Federal and State law.
"After 4 1⁄2 years of litigation, Trump settled the lawsuit against him in November 2013, for an undisclosed amount. Trump's developer partners, Jason Grosfeld, Adam Fisher and Irongate Developers had earlier settled with the buyers for $7.25 million."
On October 29, 2016, Jaime Martínez Veloz filed a criminal complaint against Trump for fraud involved in this development as well as tax evasion on Trump's mercantile business in Mexico.
If Donald Trump is attempting to extort an end to the tax evasion investigation out of Mexico in return for ending public criticism, we could have a continued pattern of extortion as seen with China as well. aristeguinoticias.com/1104/mexico/tr…
2009: "It's not clear where the money went. The Trump Organizations now says it was never the developer. It designed a product and simply lent its name to the product."
2015:
In 2007, Trump signed an agreement with Pedro Rodriguez and Rodolfo Rosas Moya to bring the Miss Universe pageant to Mexico. Trump claimed that he was not fully paid according to the agreement, believing he was owed $12 million. americanprogress.org/issues/securit…
"Trump reportedly sued Rosas Moya and won but was unable to recoup the lost cash, which has been a source of considerable anger for him." Hence the 2015 tweet.
It appears Trump's lawsuit against the developers was theater. He dropped the suit after the defendants did not respond. Trump maintained his claim of innocence in the press by suing the developers, but then quietly dropped it. Where's the money?
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Donald Trump demanding payment from Mexico
"The following year, Donald Jr. and Ivanka Trump reportedly met with the mayor and representatives from a company called Mayaland just outside Cancun, to discuss the proposed development surrounding 7.5 miles of virgin beaches."
thedailybeast.com/the-man-who-ma…
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"According to investigative magazine Proceso, the Trump family interest in the pristine property ended that day, when the mayor allegedly requested a $20 million bribe to change the designation of the protected site for commercial usage"
Mexico OKed Trump trademarks for hotels and tourism industry
Records show the last three were approved February 21, 2017, just over a month after Trump took office, and a fourth was granted October 6, 2016, about a month before the U.S. election. news.com.au/finance/busine…
Records show the last three were approved February 21, 2017, just over a month after Trump took office, and a fourth was granted October 6, 2016, about a month before the U.S. election. news.com.au/finance/busine…
Trump giving Japan's Abe a hard time on trade despite close ties reut.rs/2ISZrr5
Ivanka Trump was reportedly closing a business deal with a Japanese clothing company (the country’s government is a large stake holder) as she sat in on a meeting between her father, President-elect Donald Trump, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
independent.co.uk/news/people/iv…
independent.co.uk/news/people/iv…
Kushner Deal With Japan-owned Firm Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns
An ownership stake in 175 Pearl Street was sold for $103 million in March 2017 to a company effectively owned by the Japanese government
haaretz.com/us-news/kushne…
An ownership stake in 175 Pearl Street was sold for $103 million in March 2017 to a company effectively owned by the Japanese government
haaretz.com/us-news/kushne…
Donald Trump berates California, especially on taxes.
Donald Trump's California golf course is worth 'tens of million dollars'... until it's tax time. Then, suddenly, it's only worth up to $10 million dollars.
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"He sued the local public school district and the city government and publicly insulted an opposing lawyer, who now happens to be on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has been crucial to legal battles over Trump's policies as president." npr.org/2017/10/12/557…
9th Circuit
Trump slams Canada on Twitter, suggests replacing NAFTA with separate deals
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How every investor lost money on Trump Tower Toronto (but Donald Trump made millions anyway) thestar.com/news/world/201…
"As early as 2001, Donald Trump claimed that he had made a “substantial” investment in Toronto’s Trump Tower, but in reality he only had a contract to licence out his name and manage the hotel. "
"The parallels between Trump’s tower in New York’s SoHo neighbourhood and the Toronto development, are striking. In the New York case, Trump’s children, Donald Jr. and Ivanka, were investigated for potential felony fraud charges for their role in misrepresenting sales figures."
"In the end, the financing for the tower’s construction came from an Austrian bank, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich, which had little experience in the North American market."
"Raiffeisen, which invests heavily in the former Soviet republics and had financed several of Shnaider’s previous ventures, faced scrutiny about a decade ago when a deputy central banker in Moscow accused it of acting as a conduit for wealthy Russians to launder money abroad."
March: FBI Investigating Vancouver Trump Tower
Ivanka Trump's involvement in the $360-million development is at the heart of the FBI's probe. huffingtonpost.ca/2018/03/02/fbi…
Ivanka Trump's involvement in the $360-million development is at the heart of the FBI's probe. huffingtonpost.ca/2018/03/02/fbi…
