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In reply to the discussion: (THREAD) BREAKING - The NYT has published a bombshell report on George Papadopoulos [View all]Calista241
(5,586 posts)Especially in this case, where International laws, income, taxes, and repatriation issues are concerned. Giving his finances the once over, which is what they'd be doing with just IRS records, is simply not sufficient to build a criminal case.
Shit, even the IRS sends agents on site during an audit, and all they're doing is looking to send a tax bill. There's absolutely no way they could get the information they'd need to prove money laundering or a RICO case by half-assing it looking at IRS records.
And i've said this before, but Trump has multiple layers of insulation between him and any business decisions the Trump Organization made. Every business decision made by the Trump Organization since the 1980's has been reviewed by in-house counsel, multiple business executives, multiple accountants, as well any 3rd party banks that would have put up the financing for any project.
People need to understand the enormity (and risk) of building a case against Trump. This is not your typical drug deal, get him on video and lock him up in 6 months case. If there is a case for any of the things we think Mueller might be looking at, it's going to be years down the road before any prosecution comes up.