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Eric, all America can't wait for you to be deposed
First up is the GOLF magazine article in which you bragged to a journalist that Russia gives you and your dad "all the money you need" to build as many golf courses as you want anywhere in the world
First up is the GOLF magazine article in which you bragged to a journalist that Russia gives you and your dad "all the money you need" to build as many golf courses as you want anywhere in the world
Oh, *there* it is... vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/e…
PS/ In researching Proof of Conspiracy I went down the rabbit hole of financing for Trump's golf courses. It's the most fetid, Moscow-scented hole you've ever been down *inasmuch as* a) none of the numbers make sense, b) *Eric Trump* told GOLF magazine the cash comes from Russia.
PS2/ So *this* is the sort of thing you find right away: what this news report terms possible criminal fraud. huffpost.com/entry/trump-sc…
PS3/ The New Yorker found *none of the numbers add up* in Trump's golf empire—the one Eric Trump said the Russians were funding. You have to wonder whether Trump Org could survive a brutally complete forensic accounting. All signs point to "definitely no." newyorker.com/news/swamp-chr…
PS4/ *Anyone* who's done a deep dive on Trump's finances—or his kids' statements about Russian funding (see below) for Trump Org enterprises—heard the MSNBC report on Russian oligarchs allegedly co-signing Trump's loans and thought, "Oh, almost certainly." businessinsider.com/donald-trump-j…
PS5/ When I was a public defender, I represented many men who'd spent years a step ahead of the law—until the courts assigned them to me after an arrest. Don't think for a moment a family like the Trumps can't live a step ahead of the law for decades and make it seem normal(ish).
PS6/ I learned as a public defender that the guy who tomorrow will be indicted on thirty counts of fraud *in most cases* seems, the day before, like just a normal Joe without a care in the world. Eric can skip and prance all he likes but the law always comes calling eventually.
PS7/ For instance it'd be nice if America forgot that "Ivanka and Don Jr. were close to being charged with felony fraud" (ProPublica) as it'd give the impression anyone who's done a deep dive on Trump Org finances has no cause to suspect criminal activity. propublica.org/article/ivanka…
PS8/ So let me put it to everyone quite plainly: Eric and his family's supposed righteous indignation at the implication their business isn't on the up and up and may have undisclosed Russian connections is *infinitely* more *farcical* than *anything* O'Donnell said on MSNBC.
MEDIA/ If you think MSNBC was coming out of left field, do yourself the favor of spending 45 minutes watching this 2017 Dutch documentary from the well-respected Zembla program. U.S. media missed it completely. I tried to draw attention to it, but failed.
MEDIA2/ And here's Part 2 of the Zembla (Dutch) documentary. If you have just 35 minutes more, it's well worth your time, especially in light of the recent MSNBC report by Lawrence O'Donnell.
