A key historical point many may miss amidst the talk of what Cohen and Sater were doing in 2015 and 2016. Sater began trying to get Trump a tower in Moscow in 2005—at the latest—and met with no success UNTIL Trump became a presidential candidate. You think that was lost on Trump?
Another point many may miss as we speak of the relationship between Cohen and Sater and Trump and Cohen, but not about the relationship between Trump and Sater: Trump committed PERJURY denying he knew Sater the same year he began telling people he was running for president—2013.
What this means is that, AFTER he decided to run for president, Trump KNEW he had to deny his association with Sater—and it was in THIS context that Sater SECRETLY approached Trump's attorney and (without either man telling *anyone* but the Trumps) began dealing with the Kremlin.
The idea that the Trump-Rozov Trump Tower Moscow deal (2015 to 2016) was "business as usual" for the Trump Organization is belied by the COUNTLESS lies Trump and his family told about EVERY aspect of the deal. If there were nothing to hide, there'd be nothing to hide—that simple.
