👉Barr/Trump “going easy” on biggest sanctions evasion scheme in modern history involving …. IRAN.
THREAD
THREAD
1. Trump has pushed DOJ to ease pressure on Reza Zarrab, the Turkish-Iranian gold trader at the center of the Halkbank scheme.
2. Erdogan runs Halkbank and Zarrab testified Erdogan had personally approved the bank’s participation in the scheme.
2. Erdogan runs Halkbank and Zarrab testified Erdogan had personally approved the bank’s participation in the scheme.
3. Trump "wants to be helpful within the limits of his power" in the "case involving the Turkish bank," according to a transcript of a call Lindsey Graham had w a Russian prankster impersonating Turkey's minister of defense in August.
NOTE: Trump has a history of acting favorably to Turkey following private convos w Erdogan.
Most recently, a phone call prior to the U.S. withdrawal from N. Syria remains shrouded in secrecy.
Most recently, a phone call prior to the U.S. withdrawal from N. Syria remains shrouded in secrecy.
"Halkbank is at the center of the ongoing scandal surrounding President Trump, Rudy Giuliani and President Erdogan," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
"They all appear to have been working toward the same goal of preventing criminal prosecution of the bank."
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"They all appear to have been working toward the same goal of preventing criminal prosecution of the bank."
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