Thread by @SethAbramson

(THREAD) BREAKING: Singer Emin Agalarov, son of Putin property developer—and Trump ex-business partner—Aras Agalarov, has cancelled a US tour to avoid questions from Congress/Mueller. Here are ten questions he's avoiding. I hope you'll read on and retweet. cnn.com/2019/01/21/pol…

QUESTION 1: When you came to America in mid-2013 to woo Trump and the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow, you were accompanied by persons connected to the Kremlin. What conversations did you (or anyone on the trip, to your knowledge) have with Kremlin agents about Trump pre-trip?

QUESTION 2: You are now suspected of being—or of being an associate of—the person who offered, in 2013, to have prostitutes go up to Trump's room at the Ritz Moscow with the intention of having whatever they did in his room be taped. Was it you? If not, what do you know about it?

QUESTION 3: Trump spent his time in Moscow talking politics; after he left, those he was with seemed to know for certain he was running for POTUS. To what extent did he entangle conversation about the White House with discussion of his business interests while in Moscow in 2013?

QUESTION 4: While in Russia, Trump signed a Letter of Intent to build a multibillion-tower Moscow tower with your dad. He and your dad had financing, a site, architectural plans, and more. You told Forbes about it in 2017—then called them back to retract. Who told you to do that?

QUESTION 5: Your dad very clearly told Russian media his Letter of Intent for a multibillion-dollar Moscow tower with Trump (with financing, a site, architectural plans, and more) was active through—for Christ's sake, pay attention, U.S. media!—February 2017. Was your dad lying?

QUESTION 6: Just as Trump put Don and Ivanka in charge of the (2015) "Trump-Rozov" tower deal post-Letter of Intent, after Trump signed an LOI with your dad in 2013 you spent lots of time with him, Don, and Ivanka in 2014 and 2015. What conversations did you have about the tower?

QUESTION 7: In 2016, the Kremlin asked you/your dad to set a meeting at Trump Tower with Trump or Don at which Kremlin agents would secretly—and illegally—get stolen docs to Trump to help him win as part of the "Kremlin's support for Trump." How much did you know about this plot?

QUESTION 8: You had emails and calls with Don (Donald Trump Jr.) in early June 2016 as you—legally speaking, a Kremlin agent (while *also* being a Trump business partner)—were setting up a meeting for the Kremlin. Who did Don say he'd told about this meeting? Did he tell his dad?

QUESTION 9: You had calls with *Trump Sr.* during his presidential run, as well as appearing at his properties (sometimes with him) after he had made the decision to run. What statements did he make to you about any of: sanctions; his Moscow tower; Vladimir Putin; foreign policy?

QUESTION 10: At various points before and after Trump announced his run you represented to the Trumps you could arrange a personal meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin—and were interested in doing so. Who gave you that authority? When? Why? Who did you discuss this idea with?

BONUS QUESTION: Your friends Artem Klyushin and Konstantin Rykov have both either stated or intimated on social media that—beginning years before the 2016 election—they were working behind the scenes to get Trump elected. What do you know of their plans and online "confessions"?

BONUS QUESTION: According to the Forbes interview you gave in mid-2017, you, Don, and Eric continued discussing the Trump-Agalarov tower after Trump's inauguration—and have kept the deal entirely open and active. (Please pay some damn attention to this fact, U.S. media!) Explain.

BONUS QUESTION: Has any person you knew at the time (or subsequently learned) was a Kremlin agent *ever* promised to you *any* benefit—including, but not limited to, money, access to media, or various forms of assistance to your musical career—in exchange for aiding the Kremlin?

BONUS QUESTION: Your father has stated that he does the Kremlin's bidding when asked—whether it involves building a structure or anything else. To your knowledge, what are all the tasks (*Trump-related or not*) the Kremlin has directly asked of your dad, a Trump business partner?

BONUS QUESTION: Your ex-wife's sister has told media your ex-wife broke up with you because you're a "Russian spy." Is this true—are you a Kremlin agent in a constant and studied (rather than merely, as we already know, intermittent) way? And if not, why would she lie about that?

CONCLUSION: As you can see from these questions, while Agalarov and his attorney may have wanted to give the impression that they tried their best to work with Mueller and Congress to make Emin available for questioning under oath, the chances Emin wanted that are virtually zero.