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Russia's VTB Bank? A former Russian GRU officer helped Cohen & Sater arrange financing for Trump Tower Moscow with VTB. Bank CEO Kostin [whose son was former Deputy Chairman of Deutsche Bank's Russian Management Board] denied involvement Trump's project.
"Trump’s private company was 'actively negotiating' in 2016 with sanctioned Russian bank VTB," say House Intel Cmte Dems – who have had access to internal Trump Org documents & have interviewed key witnesses.
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Despite VTB CEO Andrey Kostin's denials, Felix Sater confirms claims he made in his emails about trying to secure funding for Trump Tower Moscow from sanctioned Russian bank VTB.
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Might also be the Qatar Investment Authority/QIA, from whom the Kushners sought a $500M loan in 2017 AND who are the main investors in Apollo [loaned Jared $184M after meeting with him in the WH] and Brookfield [bailed out Jared's 666 building].
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Kuwaiti govt official: "Michael Cohen told Al-Rumaihi [head of Qatar Investment Authority from whom Kushners sought a $500M loan] to send millions to various Trump family members. Al-Rumaihi did not do so." The Trump family members were not named.
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For a period of months, Apollo's founder met regularly with Jared in the White House then loaned Kushner Cos $184M on NOV 1, 2017. Apollo's largest investor is the Qatar Investment Authority [which invested $2.6B in the Dec 10, 2016 Rosneft deal].
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Mueller is scrutinizing whether Jared Kushner's business ties influenced White House policy => SEC dropped its inquiry into Qatari-backed Apollo a month after the firm gave Trump senior advisor Jared Kushner's company a $184M loan.
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Brookfield, whose 2nd-largest shareholder is the Qatar Investment Authority [the main investor in Apollo, who loaned Jared $184M in Nov 2017] bailed out Jared Kushner's 666 building.
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