Ivanka says she knew 'almost nothing' about Moscow Tower project

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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Updated 11:16 AM ET, Fri February 8, 2019

... She also downplayed doing business in Russia, arguing that it's "not like it's a strange thing" to have property in Russia.

"We're not talking about Iran. It was Russia," she said. "And we weren't even advanced enough that anyone had even visited the prospective project site. So it really was just a non-factor in our minds. I'm not sure that anyone would have thought of it."

Then-candidate Donald Trump signed a letter of intent in October 2015 to move forward with negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia, despite his attorney Rudy Giuliani's claims late last year that the document was never signed. The project and the length of discussions around it have been subject to a changing narrative and is a key part of the legal saga facing Michael Cohen, the President's former attorney. The project also came up in written questions that Trump answered for Mueller as a part of the broader investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump did not disclose that his company explored the business deal with Russia and instead repeatedly denied doing any business in Russia. He also spoke positively about Russian President Vladimir Putin and minimized Russia's aggressive military moves around the world ...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/08/politics/ivanka-trump-russia-investigation/index.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. That's 'something'

[mr_lebowski]

2. To be fair, I'd bet she knows very little about ... well anything, really ...

Shoes and Handbags and such, maybe a bit.

(not a knock on women, okay, JUST HER!)

[mercuryblues]

6. Even those designs

she had to steal.

[Me.]

9. Don't Kid Yourself...She A Grade A Grifter

From making videos to seel Trump U to lying to potential buyers she was going to buy a condo in a Trump building when she had no idea of doing so not to mention stealing designs for her shoe line and so on and so forth. She in this hook, line and sinker. And what she doesn't steal her husband, brothers and father will.

[COLGATE4]

3. following which she explained that she had had

virtually no contact with Donald Senior. "I rarely saw him, hardly knew him at all. He was kind of a gofer" explained Ms. Trump.

[Botany]

4. Ivanka, "And we weren't even advanced ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426498-buzzfeed-obtains-files-that-reportedly-contradict-giuliani-claims

Except for a letter of intent, massive architecture blueprints and drawings, a $50 million penthouse for
Vlad Putin, and plans for an Ivanka spa inside the building.

A local developer was going to build Trump Tower Moscow, which could have included a spa and f
itness facility dubbed “The Spa By Ivanka Trump," according to BuzzFeed.

[redstatebluegirl]

5. She realizes she doesn't look good in an orange jumpsuit.

She is doing her best to distance herself from daddyo.

[ffr]

7. Let her say that in front of Congress.

[shanny]

8. I almost believe her

since she knows almost nothing about anything

[spanone]

10. now ms trump, explain your definition of 'almost'

[CatMor]

11. She claims it's not like a strange thing to have property in Russia ..

don't we all own some property in Russia. She is as dumb as her daddy and just as phony.

[llmart]

12. They trot her out on the TV circuit every time something crooked about her family hits the news.