mike quigley, d-5 il (chi), intel committee, money laundering a central part of investigation.

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on cnn right now after returning from a trip to cyprus and ukraine.
rough quote- i cant reveal what i was told in private, but i will say that cyprus is where the russians launder their money, and money laundering is integral to our investigation.
people launder money to evade taxes and they launder money to evade sanctions.


i have been saying for a while that the root of the criminality here is money laundering.
that sanctions is a big part of the investigation, imho, points at the rosneft deal, and a deal to lift sanctions.
and aunt maxine keeps saying- it is all about the oil.

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1. Paul Manafort got large "loans" same day he resigned from Trump campaign

Manafort's financial dealings with Cypress and Ukraine involve suspicious loans so I have been wondering if Quigley's trip was specifically to gather info on how these fake loans that are written off and never repaid are one of the methods Manafort and others got rewarded by Russian entities.

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2. and then there is wilbur ross.

as puzzling a story as tillerson at state, unless you know the back story.

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3. Of course it's money laundering, and throw in a healthy dose of tax evasion.

The Russians need a lot of money laundered because of sanctions, and what better way to do it but real estate investments? That's where SCROTUS comes in.

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4. yup.

the most expensive house in america, $50m over what cheeto paid. why is nobody asking about whether or not he kicked back any of that $50m?

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5. It's a RICO case, and

weeks after I figured that part out, Malcolm Nance said the same thing. It would give the prosecutor(s) more latitude and would serve to bring down the network rather than simply impeaching the cheato. A RICO case could get them all.

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6. agreed.

but mostly posted so i could brag on mike, hometown boy.
going all the way to cyprus, that is where the money is. and it is a bigger thing than installing that idiot.

[2naSalit]

8. Oh yeah.

God on him for making the journey. I am glad to see that this is getting some serous attention.

[WinkyDink]

7. Don't forget Rachel's report on Trump, Russia, FL mansion, and the $40M that became $100M.

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9. how much did he get kicked back to himself?