Was Trump Tower the HQs for the Russian Mafia in America?

[kentuck]

Donald Trump has worked very closely with the Russian oligarchs for several years. Some of them worked directly out of Trump Tower and were well-known for their money laundering and other criminal activities. The FBI knew about this long before Trump decided to run for the Presidency.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-pattern-russian-money-laundering-testimony-article-1.3764964

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A Russian gangster operated an illegal gambling ring out of a Trump Tower apartment. President Trump had a "pattern" of making real estate deals with Russians indicative of money laundering. Eric Trump bragged about having unlimited access to Russian money for his golf course developments, and Trump associates crossed paths with a number of Kremlin-connected oligarchs during the campaign.

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"If people who seem to be associated with the Russian mafia are buying Trump properties or arranging for other people to buy Trump properties, it does raise a question about whether they're doing it on behalf of the government," Simpson said.

[sunonmars]

1. a big fat YES, of course it was and still is.

[world wide wally]

2. When you think about whether Trump can survive this investigation, just think about the volumes of

information they must have on him between the FBI, the CIA, and even the IRS.
He is as good as a dead man walking.

[dameatball]

3. Maybe. There were certainly some of them there.

What little I know about money laundering seems to indicate that putting all your eggs in one basket is not a good idea. I'm still curious about the server that was allegedly connected to the Russian bank and the DeVos operation. Scamway? Seems like a good way to move money around to me.

[Volaris]

4. Spectrum Health, not Amway.

And other than a totally random screw up, the only reason that TTserver was pinging a healthcare database was to crossreference the possible copied voter roll information to look for associated email addresses, which were then used to micro-target russian propoganda via social media platforms (this is the hypothesis so far).

Keep in mind that each datapoint checked is a HIPPA violation, which carries up to a 5000$ fine at minimum.

[dameatball]

5. Oh okay....so the DeVos family is now divested of Amway? I just recall where their wealth started

Owned the Orlando magic at one time, back in the Shaq years if I am not mistaken

[Volaris]

6. Not divested that I'm aware,

But they are primary shareholders in Spectrum Health care (I think? it's an HMO group--it's not local to me so I'm not sure what it's structure is but yeah); Betsy and Co basicly own it.

[dameatball]

7. Okay, I did not know if the ownership had changed or not.

I just know that a lot of money passes through their various holdings. I would not really be curious except for that server deal.