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(7/6/20) The former president of Panama’s sons were arrested for money laundering and bribery. President Ricardo Martinelli sat on the board of the bank that #Greenlighted #TrumpOceanClubPanama. He was a VIP guest at the project’s opening in 2011... justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/t…
LOOK AT THE DATES: "between approx 8/09 and 1/14 the defendants facilitated...pymt of bribes from #Odebrecht to or for the benefit of the *PANAMA GOV OFFICAL* by taking...steps that included opening and managing SECRET bank accts [via] shell companies in FOREIGN jurisdictions."
"Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares) and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares (Ricardo Martinelli Linares), for their roles in a massive bribery and money laundering scheme involving Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate."
"These secret bank accts were used to receive, transfer and deliver the bribe payments. Many of these financial transactions were in U.S. dollars and were made through U.S. banks, some of which were located in *NEW YORK.*"

Hey DONALD, how about you come build a Tower in Panama?
US charges ex-Panama president’s sons with bribery, money laundering

nypost.com/2020/07/07/us-…
"Former President Martinelli and his successor, Juan Carlos Varela, were last week banned from leaving Panama while under investigation for money laundering in separate corruption cases."

Lindsey Graham's campaign manager worked for Varela, btw.

Trump had Varela at the White House in 2017. He's also close associates with Martinelli.

They're BOTH now being investigated by their own government. Ricardo Martinelli for the SECOND time.

Again! LOL

Panama ex-president Martinelli facing corruption charges

au.news.yahoo.com/panama-ex-pres…
LIKE TRUMP: Attacking the prosecutors, Ricardo Martinelli's tactic

prensa.com/impresa/panora…
READ the Complaint for bribery, money laundering, financial fraud, HERE:

U.S. v.

LUIS ENRIQUE MARTINELLI LINARES
and RICARDO ALBERTO MARTINELLI
LINARES, Defts

justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
This is all stems from corruption surrounding a huge Brazilian construction company, called #Odebrecht. It's one of the biggest corruption cases in history.

Brazil's Odebrecht corruption scandal explained

bbc.com/news/business-…
And lots of people connected to Trump are in there:

"Kuczynski, A FORMER WALL STREET BANKER who had a close relationship w/ TRUMP....was about to face an impeachment vote [IN PERU] on charges that two companies of his had received funds from Odebrecht"

miamiherald.com/news/local/new…
2019: "Peruvian judge orders ex-President Kuczynski to pre-trial jail for three years"

Former Wall Street Banker that is friends with TRUMP

reuters.com/article/us-per…
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Public Ministry formalizes investigation by IIRSA Norte

andina.pe/agencia/notici…
Trump had him at the White House in 2017, too:

Remarks by President Trump and President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski of Peru Before Bilateral Meeting

whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
LOL, we know Trump doesn't read. He always tells on himself.

"We’ve had great relationships — better now than ever before. And I have known him for quite a while through reading about the work that he’s done,"
#ETTD

Peruvian President Kuczynski resigns amid corruption scandal #Odebrecht

washingtonpost.com/world/the_amer…
"The...former Wall Street banker held several top... jobs in Peru before...the presidency in 2016....

His position became untenable after revelations...about #Odebrecht...[in] closed-door congressional hearing last week, he acknowledged pymt from...Odebrecht...of nearly $700K"
"*for consulting contracts over the past 10 years.*
LOLOL: "Kuczynski offered his resignation just three weeks before TRUMP is due to visit the country for the Summit of the Americas, an annual gathering of the hemisphere’s leaders. The theme of this year’s event is improving democratic governance and fighting corruption."
He's just like TRUMP: "Three days after that unsuccessful impeachment attempt, Kuczynski pardoned the siblings’ father, Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for directing death squads and overseeing massive corruption during his 1990-2000 presidency."
Just like Trump in that he's CORRUPT.

"The pardon also appears to have helped doom Kuczynski, w/ most analysts agreeing that the center-right pres was elected largely thanks to the votes of millions of Peruvians, who were aghast at the Fujimori family’s poss return to power."
You get the idea. Anyways, that's at least THREE Latin American presidents who have had friendly dealings with Trump, who are being swallowed up for their corruption in the #Odebrecht scandal. #TrumpOceanClubPanama

(Martinelli, Varela (Panama) and KKuczynski (Peru)
*Kuzczynksi
"...between 2009-2012, the defts LUIS ENRIQUE
MARTINELLI LINARES and RICARDO ALBERTO MARTINELLI LINARES opened bank accts in Switzerland for the purpose of receiving/transferring/delivering bribe
pymts from Odebrecht for the benefit of the Panama Gov."

justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
"...between 2009-2012, the Offshore Co Accts rec'vd approx $28M in bribe proceeds from #Odebrecht for the benefit of the Panama Gov Official. At least approx $19M of those bribe proceeds [transferred thru] U.S...bank accts [TWO BANKS] IN NEW YORK, into the Offshore Co Accounts."
Por ejemplo, "financial recs show that on...7/27/10, a wire
transfer of approx $350K U.S. dollars were transferred from an offshore shell co
bank account controlled by #Odebrecht and located in PORTUGAL to the Offshore Co A acct at Bank 1, through an acct Bank 1 in NEW YORK. "
"The defts LUIS ENRIQUE MARTINELLI LINARES and
RICARDO ALBERTO MARTINELLI LINARES later conducted numerous additional finc'l transactions through U.S. banks, some of which were loc'd in NEW YORK, involving the proceeds of bribe payments from #Odebrecht."

justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
"financial recs show that on or about 11/12/13, the defts LUIS ENRIQUE MARTINELLI LINARES and RICARDO ALBERTO MARTINELLI LINARES caused the transfer of approx $899.9K U.S. dollars from Offshore Co A acct at Bank 1 Offshore Co E acct at Bank 5, thru an acct at [A BANK IN NY]..."
"It is respectfully requested that this Court SEAL, until further order of the Court, all papers submitted in support of this application, including the complaint and RELATED ARREST WARRANTS. These docs discuss an ONGOING criminal investigation..."

justice.gov/usao-edny/pres…
Keep in mind THE DATES...and marinate on the question of HOW and WHY did Trump end up building a tower in Panama?

#TrumpOceanClubPanama

I probably should tag in the tweet that directly links Trump to Martinelli in a business sense. They were more than just BFFs.

THAT DUDE'S👆 SONS GOT INDICTED FOR BRIBERY AND MONEY-LAUNDERING YESTERDAY.

AND HE IS THE UNAMED OFFICIAL IN THE COMPLAINT.

Now, EOT. ✌️
Tagging in just one, proven, example of how stolen government money (in this case, Republic of Congo) was laundered via the purchase of Trump property.

Related THREAD with a TIMELINE of key events.

#Odebrecht #Martinelli #TrumpOceanClubPanama Noguera Khafif #Brazil Columbian David Murcia

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