THREAD: The New ProPublica/WNYC Bombshell and Trump’s International Corruption (1/8) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/the-n…
Another week, another bombshell on Trump’s decades of financial malfeasance—this time from ProPublica and WNYC, with a report on how the Trump Organization allegedly defrauded investors while artificially limiting their liability. (2/8)
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The Trumps spent years misleading investors, claiming they were far more involved in projects than they were—until those projects failed or investigators turned up illegal activity, at which point they effectively claimed they were just licensors. (3/8) features.propublica.org/trump-inc-podc…
Their favorite tool: licensing agreements, which, as we detailed in February, became “a license to look away,” turning a blind eye to their partners’ ties to nefarious and even illegal activity—and, of course, to the Kremlin. (4/8) americanprogress.org/issues/democra…
In other words, Trump’s business model was plausible deniability, much as his approach to the Russia investigation is to angrily declaim any knowledge of the many, many Russia-related crimes of those in his inner circle. (5/8) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/inter…
ProPublica and WNYC show why that excuse doesn’t hold up. He was way more involved in those shady projects than he says, and may have worked far more closely with Kremlin-linked partners than previously known. (6/8) features.propublica.org/trump-inc-podc…
This kind of behavior forms the backbone of Trump and his campaign’s collusion with the Kremlin. The president is deeply compromised by his decades of corruption and willing to use any deceptive means necessary to advance his own fortunes. (7/8) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/the-n…
The only remaining question is whether Trump will face accountability for his actions—or succeed in declaring himself and his inner circle above the law. (8/8)
