The Trump, Republican Party, Russia connection. It's all about money laundering.

[shockey80]

Trump, who was desperate for money turned his organization into a world wide hub for money laundering by the Russians. The Russians own him. I believe Russian billionaires who had ties to deutsche bank hooked up Trump so he could get loans he needed. The news media has already proven much of this. Trumps taxes, financial records will probably show he is guilty. That's why he is doing everything he can to keep them hidden.

The Republicans and what they did is still a mystery to me. Why were they so desperate to take Russian money? Why take such a big risk? They can get all the money they need for their campaigns from rich Americans. One day the truth will come out.

[empedocles]

1. Money laundering is very key, but too soft a label. We need a term that

ties money laundering to TREASON, that will make it more effective.

[mysteryowl]

11. And the CEO of Deutsche Bank supposedly committed suicide.

Has anyone been investigating his death? He was in California at the time.

[cilla4progress]

2. You are so right on. This has been known for like

40 years! Why are we so slow to nail him...even elected him prez????

Russian mafia that powerful? Probable ties to other international crime syndicates...

What I think is that there is concrete evidence that McConnell, Graham, Ryan, McCarthy, other R leaders KNEW it was dirty money. That's what will be most incriminating.

I mean, just simple loyalty and power lust doesn't explain this degree of complicity - throwing away their very lyaoty to this country for this POS!!!

It will be delicious when this is all exposed some day. Hope I'm alive to see it!!

[Wounded Bear]

5. After Citizens United, there was a bill introduced to demand transparency of PAC money...

Republicans tabled it.

[Botany]

3. The Russians have been working the long game with Trump and the GOP for 25+ years

The money he and the GOP got from Russia/Vlad/Russian Mob/Ukrainian Mob was their way
to get their hooks into Trump and the GOP. BTW the Russians were never going to go ahead
w/a Trump Tower Moscow, because they used Trump's real estate in order to launder money
and to get their stolen funds out of Russia.

[Wounded Bear]

6. I have openly wondered if Ghouliani's "crime fighting" chops...

were nothing more than cleaning out the Irish and Italian/Sicilian mobs to make room for the Russians to take over.

Inquiring minds want to know.

[shockey80]

7. That's interesting.

Being from New York I have always known Rudy was never Mr Clean. I have to admit I never thought he would go this bat shit crazy.

[Botany]

8. Trump is very mobbed up

He has publicly asked for a Roy Cohen to be his A.G.. Roy Cohen is famous for being
a mafia lawyer.

[Wounded Bear]

9. No doubt in my military mind that you are correct...nt

[Wounded Bear]

4. As always, follow the money...

Since the invention of money, it has been a source of power, and as such, a fount of corruption.

[matt819]

10. I have no doubt that trump's real estate "business"

was a massive money laundering operation.

But campaign contributions? I don't think so. This was outright treason (yeah, yeah, I know that particular word doesn't apply specifically, but you get the idea). After all, it's not as if money came out on the other end. Money went into campaigns and PACs and came out as money spent on specific candidates. It's not as though money came out "clean" on the other end and went back to its originator. It's not really a mystery any more. Republicans wanted money, and the Russians provided it. End of story. Immoral. Criminal. Treasonous. Shameful. Maybe blackmail's involved. But it's not a mystery.

[mysteryowl]

12. Thanks for spelling it out. It was helpful to me.

But why the GOP? Greed?