Turn on CNN right now!

[pnwmom]

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Vekeselberg gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to Cohen beginning in January 2017.

Avenatti has posted documents . Vekselberg put the money in the SAME ACCOUNT that Stormy's payoff came from.

Remember when all this started and people kept saying that the Stormy case was just a distraction?



Here are the documents.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pskgpwr15r48tx5/Executive%20Summary.pdf?dl=0


Here's CNN's story now:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/robert-mueller-russian-oligarch-payments-michael-cohen/index.html

(CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, after the election, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of asset manager Renova Group, is an oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, and last month the Trump administration placed him on a list of sanctioned Russians for activities including election interference. The purpose of the payments, which predate the sanctions, and the nature of the business relationship between Vekselberg and Cohen is unclear.

The scrutiny of the payments could add to the legal troubles for Cohen, whose home and office were raided last month as part of a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. In court documents, the prosecutors said at least part of their inquiry stemmed from a referral from Mueller's office.

The questions asked of Vekselberg suggest that Mueller investigators have been examining some of Cohen's business relationships as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Vekselberg is one of two Russian oligarchs the FBI stopped earlier this year after their private jets landed in New York-area airports as part of Mueller's investigation.

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[NightWatcher]

1. MSNBC is covering the same thing now. And adding that Mueller has interviewed the oligarch in ques.

ARREST TRUMP NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Perseus]

97. I want trump to finish his term, I don't think we want pence in charge

pence is worst, all that trump does is create enormous anxiety in the country and the world, but as we have all witnessed, that guy has very little in his brain, he doesn't understand policy, he doesn't understand any of the bills he signs, he is just concerned on how he can funnel money to his accounts and how he pays the Russians.

They have to be defeated through the vote, ALL OF THEM MUST GO! - The Democrats need to be "street smart" to anticipate the cheating the republicans, and the Russians are planing for the midterm elections and 2020, but they all must go.

If trump is removed from office and pence, with his "good old boy" act takes over the presidency it will be tougher to remove them all, and maybe I have said it before, but THEY ALL MUST BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE. We need Democrats to take over the two houses and the Presidency in 2020.

[get the red out]

101. I don't know if that can be controlled

Either the evidence comes out at some point and justice is served, or the whole criminal enterprise goes free, when it all comes down has to do with circumstances.

I do think if Trump was impeached or resigns with his criminal activities proven, Pence would be completely neutered by the whole mess, and hopefully there would be a Dem Congress and at most a razor thin majority for Rs in the Senate. Not the easiest situation for a President to push his agenda through.

[lisa58]

2. Watching Ari on MSNBC - same story

[Achilleaze]

3. republicans sold out America to the freaking Evil Empire* russians

* per ronald reagan

[safeinOhio]

4. Ari and MSNBC are in it too. Nt

[awesomerwb1]

5. Everybody relax, this is just another drop,

nothing that will end the Dump nightmare yet.

[pnwmom]

9. Why? Every once in a while we CAN celebrate some good news. n/t

[Bradshaw3]

17. Yes, and it's not just celebration

This is substantative. It links a Putin-connected oligarch directly to dump and his slush fund. If anyone doubts Pee Brain is owned by Russia, this is more proof.

[Kirk Lover]

59. Celebrate away....this is BIG. nt

[enid602]

88. Coincidence?

And I don't think the timing's coincidental. TRump has been smirking and has been so full of himself all day, what with doing Pootie's bidding with regard to Iran and all. This news hits him in the face like a freight train.

[Scarsdale]

95. So, THAT is what

happened to tRump's face! I thought someone had hit him full force with a shovel. His face is flat, and square. Repulsive from EVERY angle.

[Demsrule86]

19. I disagree...this is the beginning of the end of Trump.

[bluedigger]

50. That followed closely after conception in his case.

[Demsrule86]

96. F'ing ATT who contributed money shitler through that slush fund...is my cell phone company.

This is disgusting.

[Chemisse]

36. I celebrate every baby step toward stopping Trump from his destructive spree.

And this looks like a pretty big step.

[LanternWaste]

99. Everyone is relaxed, mijo.

Everyone is relaxed, mijo. We're simply getting more and more information that instills confidence, and no one is arguing this is the Rosetta Stone as you imply they are...

[BigmanPigman]

6. Yep, I just was discussing this on a different post.

He is the oligarch that was at the moron's inauguration.

Viktor Vekselberg:
who attended that Moscow dinner in 2015 with Flynn, Stein, Putin etc, was at LOSER45’s inauguration and also had electronics seized by FBI briefly at (NYC?) airport a month or so ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/04/us/politics/viktor-vekselberg-mueller-investigation.html

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2055323

[octoberlib]

7. Avenatti posted the link to the documents on Twitter

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pskgpwr15r48tx5/Executive%20Summary.pdf?dl=0

Link to tweet

[pnwmom]

12. THANK YOU!!!!

[cynatnite]

24. You're Hulk sig just brings a smile to my face...

I never tire of watching that.

[octoberlib]

65. Thanks! I get a vicarious thrill from watching it myself.

[Cha]

74. Thank you, octoberlib!

This really is such great news after stupid trump stopped President Obama's Iran Deal.

[iluvtennis]

76. What Trump did with iran is not just stupid, it's dangerous. Done for cruel vindictiveness

[Cha]

92. Exactly, ILT.. he

never matured out of the nasty mean, little bully stage..

[WhiteTara]

89. Trump violated an international treaty

and it will turn us into pariahs on the world stage.

[Cha]

93. Yeah, trump is getting swallowed up

by his own sinkhole.. hopefully we don't go down with him.

Thank Goodness Iran is sticking with the other nations.

[orleans]

90. and now the file is gone:

"404 that file isn't here anymore
someone might've deleted the file or disabled the link"

[Lucinda]

94. new link from his twitter acct:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l7qztjakjpqcdl/Executive%20Summary.pdf?dl=0

[Different Drummer]

8. I'd be willing to bet Fox isn't talking about it. n/t

[SummerSnow]

15. I turned to fox just now , commercial. I bet they are talking about Hilary and the emails

[a kennedy]

23. Nope, talking about John Kerry's "meddling" in the Iran deal.

and I’m sorry, I KNOW I SHOULDN’T EVEN WATCH. I try not to, even in small doses........ but today I did, and they’re ripping John Kerry to shreds.

[C Moon]

73. It's hilarious how they keep picking on people who aren't even in office. nt

[get the red out]

102. A sign of desperation

Jumping the shark at every turn.

[karynnj]

81. One consequence is that both CNN and MSNBC asked Kerry about it

Here is the CNN link - https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/iran-deal-john-kerry-trump-intl/index.html

As you can see, Kerry explained that he did nothing out of the norm for former secretaries. Not to mention, he makes a strong case for the deal and seeing him reminded me of that time where I trusted the people speaking for the US.

[a kennedy]

83. Yes, yes, miss the stability, the intelligence, the human connection of John Kerry......

[karynnj]

85. and the very obvious decency and good character

I saw that one of the Boston Globe reporters tweeted this:

Link to tweet

That's who John Kerry is and why he is respected by his peers. I guess maybe Trump learned none of that in his "personal Vietnam"

[uponit7771]

86. They're most likely looping the Red Van

[R B Garr]

10. Wow, Donald gets a directly funded slush fund from the

Russian oligarchs.

Looks like all this talk about oligarchs has been fundamentally misunderstood by some. The real oligarchs are the global Russian mafia types in bed with the New York yahoos, but anything having to do with Russian interference gets a pass by some Senators...hmm.

[Scurrilous]

11. Quick...someone bomb something!!

[erronis]

49. Since the russki's know exactly where their mole is at all times?

Should be easy to take out an enemy of the state. Especially when that individual/family may rat on the other rats.

(Sorry to mix rats and moles. All non-human rodents actually serve some purpose.)

[babylonsister]

77. They're working on it.

[awesomerwb1]

13. Bet Fox entertainment is all over this!!

Please have Guiliani back!!

[trof]

22. Just checked. "News Beyond Our Borders"

[.99center]

62. They've resorted to praying for Mueller's team

To leak. Joel Osteen was leading the prayer when I tuned in.

[EffieBlack]

14. I wonder if this is what was on the disk Avennati tweeted that everyone thought was a sex video

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. I think you may be on to something, there.

[R B Garr]

20. I also think you may be on to something here!

edit: no wonder they can't keep their stories straight. First thing was that Cohen took out a second mortgage, then Guiliani with his theories about retainers. Etc.

[pnwmom]

25. Hah! Maybe so!

[spooky3]

30. I've always thought that the leverage the Russians had

On Trump had to do with his money and debt issues rather than blackmail over sex.

[Chemisse]

42. Me too. Sex scandals don't hurt Trump.

But financial crimes and treason certainly can!

[tblue37]

80. I don't doubt they have both kinds of leverage. nt

[get the red out]

103. Same here!

Sex couldn't possibly hurt Trump! Sex doesn't hurt Rs, they are on the right hand of GAWD so they are exempt.

[octoberlib]

18. What the fuck?! Essential is the LLC Cohen set up at Republic

Also included in these suspicious financial transactions are four payments in late 2017 and early 2018 totaling $399,920 made by global pharmaceutical giant Novartis directly to Essential in four separate transactions of $99,980 each (just below $100,000). Following these payments, reports surfaced that Mr. Trump took adinner meeting withthe incoming CEO of Novartisbefore Mr. Trump’s speechat the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January 2018.

https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/during-davos-trip-trump-takes-meeting-novartis-bayer-ceos-and-other-execs•

In addition, Essential received $200,000 in four separate payments of $50,000 in late 2017 and early 2018 from AT&T.

•Essential also received a $150,000 payment in November 2017 from Korea Aerospace Industries LTD. •The details of the above referenced payments and others are as follows:Monies Received from Columbus Nova LLC(controlled by Viktor Vekselberg and his cousin Andrew Intrater)

•Approximately $500,000 over eight transactions from January to August 2017Monies Received from Korea Aerospace Industries LTD

•November 27, 2017 -$150,000 Monies Received from Novartis Investments SARL(Wire Transfers originating from UBS Switzerland)•October 5, 2017 –$99,980•November 3, 2017 –$99,980•December 1, 2017 –$99,980•January 5, 2018 –$99,980

[pnwmom]

26. Wow. Thanks for this!

[octoberlib]

38. Avenatti's document is dripping with corruption. I was going to say unbelievable, but it's not.

[BobTheSubgenius]

84. In more normal times, it WOULD be unbelievable.

As things are, and have been for the last year and a half, it would be amazing if something like this wasn't discovered. What a f'ing mess.

[Squinch]

28. All of these are just under the reportable limit. It's like his little cash register to

sell out the American government to the highest bidder, no matter who they are.

[octoberlib]

39. Cohen' is Trump's bagman.

[Squinch]

40. Exactly. That is completely obvious.

[R B Garr]

51. Bingo! It's like they had the limits on hand for reference so they

could skirt them. Goes to their intentions.

[a kennedy]

21. AND THE ORANGE BLOB KNEW, AND STARTED THE FUND.......

with the help of his ruskie friends. If he don’t fry, AND SOON, i’m Moving to Ireland.......

[quartz007]

37. Ireland? Only if you like rain 8-9 months every year

Consider Australia instead.

[MrsCoffee]

45. I love the rain!

Sign me up!

[quartz007]

54. Try Seattle first!

That climate is close to Ireland's. After spending 5 years in Seattle, I had enough of drizzle, cloudy-gloomy days, and now living in sunny Florida.

[a kennedy]

55. Been there twice, and the rain is like a mist most of the time......I really enjoyed the temps there

too. Australia??? ah, not my temperature type. Have seen to many shows where it looks to warm Nd hot. I love green.....

[quartz007]

57. Plz see my post #54!

At first I loved the moderate temps and greenery from constant drizzle. After 5 years living in Seattle, I had enough of gloomy weather and had to move!

[olegramps]

104. Try Florida, green and perpetual summer.

[MontanaMama]

63. Just got back from there.

Hot weather. Big spiders and big snakes. Cool birds. I’d think about NZ if I were leaving the US. Temperate weather, happy people no snakes. Pipe dream...I can’t go anywhere.

[quartz007]

70. NZ is all that you said but...

it is harder to get resident visa in NZ than Australia. Australia is 10 times bigger than Texas, so has a variety of climates, most temperate region is southern coast.

[Boomerproud]

27. Was anything said on NBC, CBS or ABC about this?

This SHOULD be huge, but I have been disappointed way too often.

[mainstreetonce]

29. I have listened to Avenatti's guarantee

"Trump will not finish his term"

I knew he had something. He doesn't bluff. Today he put it out.

This is huge.

[ecstatic]

48. Cautiously optimistic!

I'm stunned that clown trump has been allowed to play president for this long.

[world wide wally]

91. I hope he does finish his term...

I'm talking about the one for 5-10!

[ffr]

31. $4,425,033.46.

"Mr. Cohen used his First Republic account to engage in suspicious financial transactions totaling $4,425,033.46." pg 3.

[bearsfootball516]

32. Wonder if this is why Trump chose today to pull out of the Iran deal.

He’s trying to drown this story.

[IluvPitties]

33. Wow! Keeps getting worse!

[Sanity Claws]

34. So how did Avenatti get the documents?

My guess is that he subpoenaed banks in the case he filed. However it takes time to get themand the other has the opportunity to obtain a protective order opposing the subpoena or setting terms on their release.
I can’t imagine that he got so much so soon through the normal procedures that I know of.

[spanone]

35. K&R...

[Leghorn21]

41. From cnn rptr, AT&T confirms:

Link to tweet

?s=20

AT&T confirms they paid Michael Cohen for consulting.

[C_U_L8R]

87. AT&T is in big trouble

This is bribary.

[Enoki33]

43. If tRump is conclusively proven to be protected / funded

by Russian / Putin oligarchs, isn’t it reasonable to want to know if the RNC was similarly being funded?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

47. NRA got $30million Russian money. The NRA gave money to the RNC.

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082&cycle=2016

I think there is more to the story. What is that $54,300,000 in "outside spending"?

OUTSIDE SPENDING - we're ranking all of the profiled organizations who have made independent expenditures or electioneering communications in the current election cycle.

Did they send money to Cambridge Analytica? Breitbart?

[Botany]

71. Cohen was the #2 man for finance for the RNC.

n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

44. Viktor Vekselberg is a business partner of Wilbur Ross, Дональд Трамп Secretary of Commerce.

Largest shareholder in Ross's Bank of Cyprus that he had control of until 5 minutes before he took the cabinet position.

[BumRushDaShow]

46. This

Tweeted by a CNBC WH reporter -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Christina Wilkie
?Verified account @christinawilkie

Must see: How Russian oligarchs like Viktor Vekselberg (in Avenatti's report) are connected to Trump and each other. Amazing work by @dallasnews >>>

[Bernardo de La Paz]

52. Good chart, thanks for posting. . . nt

[BumRushDaShow]

60. She just tweeted that within the past hour.

I have seen association charts posted throughout the year but not the latest.

[R B Garr]

56. That is awesome! It's going to wind up in the history books. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

61. It'll probably get bigger and more complex too. nt

[steventh]

53. Avenatti on The Last Word

Ari Melber said that Michael Avenatti is scheduled to be on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell tonight. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say about where and how he got the information.

[bluestarone]

58. The news we were waiting for???

Hoping this is the beginning of many big events in our favor!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gothmog]

64. From my twitter feed

Link to tweet

[orangecrush]

66. Holy shit!

[gademocrat7]

67. Treason weasels

Follow the money.

[mcar]

68. Mueller & Co must have huge shovels

to dig through all this crap!

[Quixote1818]

69. This is so amateurish! They didn't even try to launder the money before taking it?

They are making this too easy for Mueller.

[Volaris]

72. 2 things:

Vladimir Putin absolutely NAILED our political system, it's shortcomings, and it's vulnerable, Popular underbelly.

What he could never fathom (it seems to this point) is the integrity of our Justice System, our national sense of Fair Play, and our Justice Depts CAREER commitment to the Rule of LAW.

I'm wondering of BOTH of those things stem from the fact that he's a rich dictator, and he's never thought twice about NOT having to answer for his own political crimes against his own countrymen, in a system of justice in which he, and only he, IS THE LAW...

[byronius]

75. I agree. They analyzed our weak spots just like bin Laden did, on a much larger level.

Asymmetrical warfare by any other name. If we survive, they will have set us on a new and better path, and all the actions of the GOP will become the new third rail in politics. Fox will run chyrons identifying Trump as a Democrat, and every Republican will desperately try to bury their connections to this foul foreign-sponsored cabal.

We're not Germany 1930, nor are we modern Russia. Americans fought for this democracy over many difficult and bloody generations, and that spiritual devotion to fairness and rule of law will never die. They can intimidate and bribe and coerce and threaten and lie and cheat and steal and murder, but they can't kill us all, and that's what would be required.

Oops. Asymmetrical warfare is going to rebound into Hulk Smash Russian Oligarchs in three, two, one...

[H2O Man]

78. Oh deer!

In the headlights of investigators!

Recommended!

[tblue37]

79. You forgot "F***ing" in your subject line. nt

[Uncle Joe]

82. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, pnwmom

[onlyadream]

98. Damn, I wish I could binge watch this show.

Waiting on the weekly episode is killing me.

[Nitram]

100. Who would have expected the porn star's attorney to be the one to break the whole thing open?

This is better than a John Grisham novel.