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Wendy Siegelman
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Acting AG Whitaker confirms today what his spokesperson (checks notes)... what Marci Whitaker (his wife, and not his spokesperson) announced earlier this month - that Mueller investigation is wrapping up
cnn.com/2019/01/17/pol…
Here's the clip of Whitaker saying Mueller "investigation is, I think, close to being completed"
Agree 👇🏼 and my top tweet 👆🏼 was meant to capture that it seemed like Whitaker was trying to cover for the fact that his wife had written to a reporter earlier this month that Mueller was wrapping up (not that Whitaker's statement is clear and credible).
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After the story on Don Jr placing a call to Howard Lorber broke there's been a lot of reporting on Lorber's connections to Trump

Lorber also has ties to Kushner

Lorber's Vector Group has a subsidiary New Valley Realty which has a 7% stake in Jared Kushner's Maryland property
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Wendy Siegelman
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Trump sought a loan during the 2016 campaign & in an unusual move - Deutsche Bank said no

Among their concerns was that if Trump won and defaulted, Deutsche would have to choose between not collecting on the debt or seizing the assets of the US president
nytimes.com/2019/02/02/bus…
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nytimes.com/2019/02/02/bus…
The funding of Trump’s golf empire has been something of a mystery.

A prominent golf journalist, James Dodson, said Trump’s son Eric had told him in 2013 that the company’s golf properties were funded by Russians. Eric Trump has denied making the comment.
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