I would think a source close to DB means there is definite paper trails and DB can turn those over with enough probable cause for a warrant for a nobody, let alone a public figure...
Lawrence O'Donnell: Source says Russian oligarchs co-signed Trump's Deutsche Bank loans
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I would think a source close to DB means there is definite paper trails and DB can turn those over with enough probable cause for a warrant for a nobody, let alone a public figure...
Actually there is nothing terribly surprising here. Although we do not have confirmation yet of this latest revelation, we have known a great deal about the Donald's Russian connections for a long, long time; starting with his forays into the girls dressing room at the Moscow pageant many years ago.
Here are some of the things we know, or are so obvious they don't require confirmation.
Deutsche Bank is the only Western Bank with offices in Russia; Trump's primary purchasers of condos in his Trump tower were, for a time, Russians and Ukrainians; Trump regularly laundered money for Russian oligarchs; no U.S. banks would loan to Trump after his major bankruptcies; his Casino was fined for Money Laundering; we can safely assume he has not properly reported his income from illegal money laundering activities to the IRS (tax evasion); he regularly inflated his assets, according to his former lawyer, when applying for loans (bank fraud); his main sources of money for his business operations, since his bankruptcies, have Russian connections.
Those who know Trump well, or are veteran Trump observers, have said that Trump has had presidential ambitions for a long time. This must not have been lost on the Putin Government. They may have seen opportunity in Trump's impecunious ambition and conspired to entrap him in a financial web of no escape; thus bending him to their own ends. Given everything we know so far, and considering especially his bizarre obsequiousness in Vladimir Putin's presence, which is completely out of character for an American President, it does appear that the Russians have succeeded.
So this current revelation, if true, would complete a picture of a man totally beholden to a foreign power -- which, frankly, I have suspected all along.. Is it any surprise then that Trump sent General Flynn as his representative to let the Russians know that the sanctions would soon be lifted and the Magnitsky act negated (or the equivalent)? Carrying out that commitment has proved difficult, however, because of Congress' less than full cooperation. Trump, before he became President, seems to have had little understanding of how the U.S. government worked. His narcissism apparently led him to believe he could bully his way through to meeting his commitments to his Russian masters. Now, with McConnell's deepsixing the House legislation to tighten up election security, apparently in exchange for a Russian-funded Aluminum plant in his home State, one has to wonder if this was part of Trump's securing the necessary cooperation of the Senate leader in meeting his own commitments to his Russian sugar daddies. The movie version is going to be so long there will have to be a popcorn intermission.
Although much of what we know of the Donald's puppet-strings connection to his Russian Puppet masters has already been confirmed and is completely reliable, caution is still needed, because when a rat such as Trump is cornered they can get very nasty. One of their most effective tricks is to arrange for false, damning information about themselves to be leaked. Then after the media falls hook line and sinker, the news is shown to be false. The news media; not the rat is the one caught in the trap. From then on, the false story is held up as an example of how "Fake" the News is. So we should maintain a degree of caution until the Court orders Deutsche Bank to cough up the relevant documents. The Court seems to be rapidly proceeding to exactly that end. Then we will know for sure if the Donald's loans were, indeed, signed by Russians.
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This is the journalistic equivalent of a lawyer approaching the bench and saying "excuse me your honor, I mispoke and would like to correct the record."
Meaning he just got caught lying through his arse.
Not yet.
Exceptin' no one will be watching