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NYTimes reports Deustche bank flagged suspicious payments from Jared Kushner to multiple Russians (Original Post) triron May 2019 OP
Was Justice Kennedy's Son The One Me. May 2019 #1
But what about HRC's emails? Botany May 2019 #2
So, did Mueller know about this ScratchCat May 2019 #3
the article is more wishy-washy stopdiggin May 2019 #4
Why did he and the rest of trump cabal lie about "legitimate" reasons... brush May 2019 #5
good question stopdiggin May 2019 #7
Why in the summer of 2016? No such thing as coincidence. triron May 2019 #6

ScratchCat

(1,988 posts)
3. So, did Mueller know about this
Mon May 20, 2019, 12:36 PM
May 2019

And farmed it out to SDNY?

Because if he didn't, how could he not of known?

There is no legitimate explanation for this transaction.

stopdiggin

(11,300 posts)
4. the article is more wishy-washy
Mon May 20, 2019, 01:35 PM
May 2019

I know I'm playing devil's advocate here (and am probably due to get creamed on account)
But, the NYTimes article is a lot more nuanced here than you might wish. Specifically I think they state that there ARE possible legitimate reasons and explanations. Could be construed as a favoritism or a cover-up by executive levels, but ... Also sounds like those higher ups had the right to make such decisions. Actual illegal activities? Actionable? Where does the line start?

It could and should certainly bear some scrutiny. And, as to whether Mueller ran across this info ... ???

brush

(53,771 posts)
5. Why did he and the rest of trump cabal lie about "legitimate" reasons...
Mon May 20, 2019, 02:27 PM
May 2019

for contact with Russians—some 200 plus such contacts?

stopdiggin

(11,300 posts)
7. good question
Mon May 20, 2019, 03:13 PM
May 2019

Oh, don't get me wrong. There's dirty money there no question. And Trump has flat out lied ... About so many things that it's impossible to keep track. (in fact .. with such frequency that can we even say they signify anything anymore?)

But I was just trying to point out that NYTimes hadn't really "nailed" anything here. Not in this article at least. There is however, the steady drip, drip, drip ...

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