Remember the 'mystery' state-owned bank that Mueller was investigating?
It was an Egyptian state-owned bank
Mueller team was trying to see if $ flowing through the bank backed millions Trump donated to his campaign
By @kpolantz @evanperez @jeremyherb
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It was an Egyptian state-owned bank
Mueller team was trying to see if $ flowing through the bank backed millions Trump donated to his campaign
By @kpolantz @evanperez @jeremyherb
cnn.com/2020/10/14/pol…
I have to eat crow for joining the wild guessing game
Wonder if folks on the Mueller team were amused at the twitter speculation - and how far off base everyone was
Wonder if folks on the Mueller team were amused at the twitter speculation - and how far off base everyone was
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1075175063694049282?s=20
Mueller's team tried to understand the $10 million contribution Trump gave his campaign 11 days before the 2016 election & the Trump campaign's ties to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
At a 2019 G7 summit Trump said "Where's my favorite dictator?"
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At a 2019 G7 summit Trump said "Where's my favorite dictator?"
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Mueller's team repeatedly asked witnesses about Trump foreign policy campaign adviser Walid Phares and his ties to Egypt, after intelligence pointed them toward him
Stephen Bannon also discussed his role setting up the meeting between Trump and Sisi
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Stephen Bannon also discussed his role setting up the meeting between Trump and Sisi
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A quick reminder that Trump foreign policy advisor Walid Phares made a recent appearance - Parnas/ Fruman associate David Correia used Walid Phares to set up 2018 mtg w/Okba Haftar, the son of Libyan general Khalifa Haftar re: doing business in Libya
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1209323115718815750?s=20
Walid Phares set up a company in 2018 with Libyan general Hafter's son Okba Hafter and Neil Livingstone - who was involved with William Sessions in 2007 discussions between DOJ & Semion Mogilevich
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1211422131608784896?s=20
Jessie Liu the US attorney overseeing the case was pushed out in Feb after Republican lawmakers took aim at her handling of other cases. Michael Sherwin stepped into the job in May and after meeting investigators decided to close the case this summer
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