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THREAD: Four “Follow the Money” Questions We’re Closer To Answering This Week (1/14) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/four-…
This last week’s news has highlighted the financial aspect of Trump’s relationship with Russia—something we’ve been tracking for a long time. Here are four big questions in the news this week: (2/14) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/four-…
This last week’s news has highlighted the financial aspect of Trump’s relationship with Russia—something we’ve been tracking for a long time. Here are four big questions in the news this week: (2/14) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/four-…
1. Where did Trump get the money to finance his campaign? (3/14) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/four-…
Trump reportedly spent $66 million of his own money his campaign. Now, though, we know he was seeking—but didn’t get—a loan from Deutsche Bank to bail out his failing golf courses. (4/14) nytimes.com/2019/02/02/bus…
If his businesses were so underwater that he couldn’t even get a loan, how did he have so much to spend on his campaign? (5/14) nytimes.com/2019/02/02/bus…
2. How involved was Trump in the negotiations over Trump Tower Moscow? (6/14) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/four-…
BuzzFeed’s big document dump showed how closely Trump’s pro-Putin rhetoric mirrored his company’s efforts to develop Trump Tower Moscow. (7/14) buzzfeednews.com/article/azeeng…
Meanwhile, never-before-seen footage from the 1990s shows how invested he’s been in the project, and for how long. So what did he know about the project in 2016? (8/14) independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
3. Why did so much money change hands surrounding the June 9 meeting in Trump Tower? (9/14) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/four-…
Rinat Akhmetshin reportedly received roughly half a million dollars just before and after the meeting. That adds to more than $20 million in suspicious transactions surrounding the meeting. (10/14) buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
Why did some of that money pass through a company owned by the husband of Trump’s Florida campaign chairwoman? (11/14) buzzfeednews.com/article/emmalo…
4. Where did the inauguration money go—and where did it come from? (12/14) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/four-…
Federal and New York investigators have reportedly subpoenaed a whole host of documents related to the inauguration. (13/14) nytimes.com/2019/02/04/us/…
Meanwhile, we learned about attempts from both Sergei Millian and Tom Barrack to profit from their connections to Trump’s team. To whom were they selling access—and did either of them succeed? (14/14) wnycstudios.org/story/confiden…
