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Two grand juries-two cases. One RICO, One a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act - Claude Taylor (Original Post) Ellipsis Apr 2017 OP
I'll bet Trump is up to his eyeballs in money laundering. RDANGELO Apr 2017 #1
Not only that, but his "partners" in various hotel businesses are crooked. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #14
+ 1 GOOD POST! PearliePoo2 Apr 2017 #17
And don't forget to mention his son-in-law's dad. nikibatts Apr 2017 #22
Trump casinos hosted Russian high-rollers & lost money at a time when casino profits boomed Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #30
Please oh please cilla4progress Apr 2017 #2
There will be a breathtaking number of traitors taken down. Hallelujah! Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #3
'We'd be staggered by the numbers" womanofthehills Apr 2017 #7
Unfortunately, I won't believe it until I see the hearings being held and reported in the MSM. woodsprite Apr 2017 #31
RICO is hardcore. Really good to see this. JudyM Apr 2017 #39
Yeah BABY...NOW WE'RE TALKING!! PearliePoo2 Apr 2017 #4
Ooh! That's right! Nice little extra, that. dchill Apr 2017 #25
Why I keep saying that a RICO case would be 2naSalit Apr 2017 #37
Who is Claude Taylor, and why should we believe him? The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #5
Salient bio bit from his web site GliderGuider Apr 2017 #9
Worked on three presidential campaigns and served on President Bill Clintons White House staff Ellipsis Apr 2017 #11
NO...NO...NO AMC. I believe that's a 1970 Ford Torino! lol PearliePoo2 Apr 2017 #23
Well thats's a relief ... guess he is telling the truth then... Claude is that you ? Ellipsis Apr 2017 #26
That firebird is a beauty! JudyM Apr 2017 #40
My friend had a Torino back in the day. Adsos Letter Apr 2017 #36
Ha ha ha ha... latest tweet from Claude Taylor Ellipsis May 2017 #41
Okay, the FARA has to be about Flynn. Qutzupalotl Apr 2017 #6
Flynn and colbertforpresident Apr 2017 #19
Leaking seems to be picking up... Satch59 Apr 2017 #8
Bipartasin Report reporting on tweets - Rick Wilson has same intel as Taylor womanofthehills Apr 2017 #10
This is quite the bombshell maybe. triron Apr 2017 #16
Maybe not Ellipsis Apr 2017 #18
Putin will colbertforpresident Apr 2017 #21
DANCING IN THE STREETS! SING IT MARTHA! PearliePoo2 Apr 2017 #13
Thank you for that! I almost forgot how much I loved that song. crazylikafox Apr 2017 #15
You're welcome! Got it going through my head non-stop now! lol PearliePoo2 Apr 2017 #38
Yes, please! furtheradu Apr 2017 #12
kick for visibility triron Apr 2017 #20
to late bora13 Apr 2017 #24
... Ellipsis Apr 2017 #28
45 Administration has clearly contrived the Fake/Alternative News - Fact Don't Matter bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #27
The entire fascist party should be brought up on RICO charges, nt elmac Apr 2017 #29
Yes. Republicons can't be allowed to appoint the next President when tRump resigns Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #33
I can't count the years, Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2017 #35
Trump Organization ADMITTED ineffective anti-money laundering program Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #32
Billions of laundered dollars from sex trafficking, theft, brutality, and blackmail. NBachers Apr 2017 #34
Dolt45 resigning over Rico, hopefully soon. sarcasmo May 2017 #42

RDANGELO

(3,433 posts)
1. I'll bet Trump is up to his eyeballs in money laundering.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 12:59 PM
Apr 2017

There appears to be a period when nobody would give him a loan except Russians.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
14. Not only that, but his "partners" in various hotel businesses are crooked.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:54 PM
Apr 2017

The same types as Sater, and Stone. They are from crooked families, too. It is as if he wanted to find guys whose fathers had done time in prison for shady money dealing....like Trump's father,. and Jared's father.
That still not completed hotel in Baku, the one Ivanka goes to like clockwork every month to "inspect" but which is being built in a place where no tourist or business people would go to, the roads are half completed, etc. Trump's business partner there is a known gangster who launders money for the state mob.
Meanwhile the Toronto Hotel just went bankrupt...another shady partner,.
The one being planned in Dallas is now called off, actually as a result of Trump backlash.
But the partner that the Dallas paper interviewed is another crooked Trump man, shady dealings, shady income.

amazing how Trump finds these guys, ya know?

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
17. + 1 GOOD POST!
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:06 PM
Apr 2017

Mind-blowing, aint it?
You gotta believe the law enforcement guys in New York are licking their chops to FINALLY put this fucker away.



 

nikibatts

(2,198 posts)
22. And don't forget to mention his son-in-law's dad.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:21 PM
Apr 2017

We just are not doing a good enough job of getting and explaining this stuff to the red staters. Sure, most would shrug it off but enough of them would be aghast at the corruption and dishonesty of Trump and his surrogates. They have no way of understanding this because thy keep watching FOX and all those outlets with fake news.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,999 posts)
30. Trump casinos hosted Russian high-rollers & lost money at a time when casino profits boomed
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:57 PM
Apr 2017
CNNMoney in August published an analysis of 10 years of Trump corporate documents. The investigation showed that Trump's company, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, lost money every year from 1995 until it went bankrupt in 2004 -- more than $600 million in total losses.

The company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DJT. An investor who put $100 in DJT in 1995 would have lost 90% of that money by 2000, and been left with just $8.72.

Along the way, DJT paid Trump $39 million in salary, bonuses, options and other compensation. -- http://money.cnn.com/2016/10/02/investing/donald-trump-tax-returns-public-investors/

cilla4progress

(24,726 posts)
2. Please oh please
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:01 PM
Apr 2017

Hard to keep getting my hopes up. OTOH, these cases take time (100 days) to build and I would love to be the 1st to say I was wrong!

womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)
7. 'We'd be staggered by the numbers"
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:20 PM
Apr 2017
Claude Taylor? @TrueFactsStated

A source I talked to weeks ago said "we'd be staggered by the number of people indicted". From what I'm learning from @lauferlaw that

7:00 PM - 29 Apr 2017 from Takoma Park, MD


woodsprite

(11,911 posts)
31. Unfortunately, I won't believe it until I see the hearings being held and reported in the MSM.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:58 PM
Apr 2017

Especially with the way he's trying to ignore everything in the Constitution, and the Repubs seem to be letting him get away with it.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
4. Yeah BABY...NOW WE'RE TALKING!!
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:16 PM
Apr 2017

RICO can seize ALL assets too!!
Strip him bare of his 'gold everything' and outfit that fucker in an orange jumpsuit!






2naSalit

(86,563 posts)
37. Why I keep saying that a RICO case would be
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 05:21 PM
Apr 2017

the best for netting all of them, since they are a mob/clan.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,680 posts)
5. Who is Claude Taylor, and why should we believe him?
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:16 PM
Apr 2017

Anybody can tweet anything. It would be nice if these things were true, but who is this guy, and how does he supposedly know these things?

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
9. Salient bio bit from his web site
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:25 PM
Apr 2017
http://www.travelphotography.net/aboutclaude.asp

Born in New York City on August 28, 1963, the day Martin Luther King made his "I have a dream" speech; Taylor's road to professional travel photographer was marked by serendipitous twists and turns. Raised in Maine, Taylor graduated from Colby College with a degree in political science. He worked for the Clinton campaign in 1992 and again in 1996. In between, he had what calls "a boring staff job" in the White House. But the boring staff job, like all government jobs, came with a few perks.

"They were sending me to some very interesting places," Taylor says, "Guantanamo Bay, Japan, Albania, Argentina, Uruguay..."

His Twitter bio says three presidential campaigns, not two. So he has worked either for Obama or Hillary.

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
11. Worked on three presidential campaigns and served on President Bill Clintons White House staff
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:33 PM
Apr 2017

As to believing him.... can't tell you, Id be suspicious of anyone who decides to restore an AMC 1969 Javelin... grin.

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
23. NO...NO...NO AMC. I believe that's a 1970 Ford Torino! lol
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:23 PM
Apr 2017

Fully restored with a V8 about 25 grand!
My brother has one. All black too!


Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
26. Well thats's a relief ... guess he is telling the truth then... Claude is that you ?
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:45 PM
Apr 2017

Wasn't a ford guy back then. Here's the Javelin







67 firebird was my fav.

Ellipsis

(9,124 posts)
41. Ha ha ha ha... latest tweet from Claude Taylor
Mon May 1, 2017, 02:49 PM
May 2017





I got him beat. my Car is 78 years old and It's got a straight 8 in it... but it won't out run anything... well may an Escort.

Qutzupalotl

(14,302 posts)
6. Okay, the FARA has to be about Flynn.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:16 PM
Apr 2017

There are a couple of other candidates for that, but he is by far the most likely.

RICO could be any of the major players. Nance says this will eventually lead to Trump and take him down. It seems likely to me they would focus on smaller fish first and work their way up. That would place a lot of pressure on Trump to resign, which I expect him to fight. His ego won't let him go. That means we get to watch him stand helplessly by while his party crumbles around him.

Satch59

(1,353 posts)
8. Leaking seems to be picking up...
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:20 PM
Apr 2017

Taylor and others are saying possible weeks before this blows open, and Taylor thinks the FBI wants a giant net so no one gets away. No drip, but a tsunami of indictments...oh I can not wait and I don't care if the government blows up, this administration and family needs to go and go to prison... Forget the protest marches...there will be dancing in the streets!!

womanofthehills

(8,698 posts)
10. Bipartasin Report reporting on tweets - Rick Wilson has same intel as Taylor
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:33 PM
Apr 2017

JUST IN: Grand Juries Convene Against Trump – Republicans Confirm Rumor (TWEET)

Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated

For the record-I have had no communication with @TheRickWilson on this at all. My source is not his. His is not mine.

5:37 PM - 29 Apr 2017 · Takoma Park, MD


@TheRickWilson

All good things to those who wait

5:33 PM - 29 Apr 2017


Is there something to the tweets and the rumors? The possibility is there. Especially since U.S. federal prosecutors just let two Russian nationals go, even though they faced 25 years in prison for attempting to export technology related to radar and missile guidance systems from the U.S. to Russia. The two men plead guilty and were sentenced to time served and agreed to immediate deportation. The only way they could receive such a sentence is if they gave up something of value to the investigations into Russia’s collusion and meddling in the 2016 election. For now though, it’s a waiting game to find out where these cards will fall.

However, one thing is for sure. It’s well known that a grand jury usually offers up an indictment. There is a saying that claims a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich. If a grand jury is convened, there is a great chance that indictments could be brought against Trump and that the president of the United States would face criminal charges.


http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/04/29/just-in-grand-juries-convene-against-trump-republicans-confirm-rumor-tweet/



crazylikafox

(2,754 posts)
15. Thank you for that! I almost forgot how much I loved that song.
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:03 PM
Apr 2017

Let's hope we have a real reason to sing it this coming summer. Fingers crossed!

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
12. Yes, please!
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 01:40 PM
Apr 2017

Been patiently (!?) waiting.. have had the feeling big stuff was happening that we are not privy to~yet! ..
& it will be ugly, but goood.

bora13

(860 posts)
24. to late
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:38 PM
Apr 2017

once the rubber meets the road on this there will auto-magically be
a certain massive attack somewhere in the world. Already hinted at by his cheato-ness.

bucolic_frolic

(43,134 posts)
27. 45 Administration has clearly contrived the Fake/Alternative News - Fact Don't Matter
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:48 PM
Apr 2017

theme to combat any illegalities when they arise

This is straight crisis management, deny, obfuscate, deflect, demur, attack,
blame, project

Don't allow them to get away with it

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,999 posts)
33. Yes. Republicons can't be allowed to appoint the next President when tRump resigns
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 03:03 PM
Apr 2017

The Republicon Party stole the Electoral College.

There are only two reasonable solutions: 1) Declare the majority vote winner President Hillary Clinton; 2) Hold Presidential elections in 2018.

In any case, whatever happens, tRump must not be allowed to appoint any judges because he is in the last year of his Minority Presidency.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,999 posts)
32. Trump Organization ADMITTED ineffective anti-money laundering program
Sun Apr 30, 2017, 02:59 PM
Apr 2017
Money laundering was an issue for Trump's Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, which was fined $10 million in 2015 for failing to report suspicious transactions. Federal rules are designed to protect the U.S. financial system from being used as a safe haven for dirty money and transnational crimes, Jennifer Shasky Calvery, then-director of the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen), said at the time. It was the largest penalty the agency ever levied against a casino since reporting requirements began in 2003, according to The Wall Street Journal.

"The Trump Organization admitted that it failed to implement and maintain an effective (anti-money laundering) program; failed to report suspicious transactions; failed to properly file required currency transaction reports; and failed to keep appropriate records as required by (the Bank Secrecy Act)," FinCen said in a statement. -- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/28/trump-business-past-ties-russian-mobsters-organized-crime/98321252/
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