THREAD: Trump, Russia, and Deutsche Bank: What We Know So Far (1/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
Some key points of Trump’s relationship with Deutsche Bank after last night’s report that Trump invoked his former business relationship with Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s son Justin as part of an effort to urge his father to retire: (2/13) nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/…
As the Trump Organization limped through the 1990s and 2000s, Deutsche Bank was one of the few financial institutions willing to lend to him. (3/13) themoscowproject.org/collusion-chap…
The relationship continued even after Trump, struggling to repay loans after the 2008 financial crash, sued a group of lenders led by Deutsche Bank for $3 billion for their roles in the collapse. (4/13) businessinsider.com/trump-deutsche…
Deutsche Bank countersued, the cases were settled—and Trump, who still owes the bank hundreds of millions of dollars, went right back to getting loans from the bank. (5/13) cnn.com/2018/05/16/pol…
During this stretch, Justin Kennedy not only held a senior executive position but reportedly worked closely with Trump before departing the company in 2009. (6/13) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/say-hel…
Others in Trump’s orbit also have major relationships with Deutsche Bank, including Jared Kushner, who got a $285 million loan a month before the election. (7/13) washingtonpost.com/national/kushn…
And there appears to be something about his relationship with Deutsche Bank Trump desperately wants to hide: He almost fired Mueller in December when he thought Mueller had subpoenaed Deutsche Bank. (8/13) nytimes.com/2018/04/10/us/…
What could he be concealing? A US official suggested Mueller may be investigating whether Deutsche Bank sold the Trump Organization’s debt to sanctioned, state-run Russian banks. (9/13) reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank’s relationship with Russia has generated its own scandals. (10/13) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/trump…
In 2015, the bank’s Russian arm was implicated in a massive money-laundering scheme, eventually paying fines of more than $600 million. (11/13) newyorker.com/business/curre…
There’s also reportedly an internal investigation into whether the bank tried to curry favor with Russian officials by hiring their children. (12/13) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
As Mueller “follows the money,” Deutsche Bank may soon take center stage—whether due to the Trump Organization’s questionable practices or because it may turn out to be a nexus between Trump and the Kremlin. (13/13) nytimes.com/2018/03/16/opi…
