Russia Collusion Megathread v11: This Is It

[foxnoob]

Interesting article, the most relevant quote is in the conclusion at the bottom:

"The referral is for further investigation only, and is not intended to be an allegation of a crime," the committee's release said.

A lawyer for Fusion GPS, which was initially paid by a conservative website tied to Republicans and then later by Democrats to carry out the research into Trump, criticized the senators for the referral and also for publicizing it.

"After a year of investigations into Donald Trump's ties to Russia, the only person Republicans seek to accuse of wrongdoing is one who reported on these matters to law enforcement in the first place," said Joshua A. Levy, counsel for Fusion GPS. "Publicizing a criminal referral based on classified information raises serious questions about whether this letter is nothing more than another attempt to discredit government sources, in the midst of an ongoing criminal investigation. We should all be skeptical in the extreme."

 

[Ophydian]

Trying to find a credible source but it appears Trump extended waivers to Deutsche Bank for fines they incurred over the LIBOR scandal in 2008. Granted Obama issued the first waiver but considering one of Trumps campaign promises was to stick it to the banks this seems to be the opposite plus this could be seen as a conflict of interest.

The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank — which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his business empire, and has also been fined for its role in a Russian money laundering scheme.

The waivers were issued in a little-noticed announcement published in the Federal Register during the Christmas holiday week. They come less than two years after then-candidate Trump promised “I'm not going to let Wall Street get away with murder.”

Under laws designed to protect retirement savings, financial firms whose affiliates have been convicted of violating securities statutes are effectively barred from the lucrative business of managing those savings. However, that punishment can be avoided if the firms manage to secure a special exemption from the U.S. Department of Labor, allowing them to keep their status as “qualified professional asset managers.”

In late 2016, the Obama administration extended temporary one-year waivers to five banks — Citigroup, JPMorgan, Barclays, UBS and Deutsche Bank. Late last month, the Trump administration issued new, longer waivers for those same banks, granting Citigroup, JPMorgan, and Barclays five-year exemptions. UBS and Deutsche Bank received three-year exemptions.

 

[HomerThompson]

It is believed by some that Felix Sater has already flipped.

He doesn't even know that guy!

 

[44nutman]

Drain the Swamp has become the political equivalent of I promise I wont cum in your mouth.

Trump greasing Duestche so they don't expose his Russian Money laundering.

There is a reason Trump is ducking Mueller.

 

[MMAViewer]

Is there any doubt by anyone one either side that Trump has, is, and will be laundering money and cheating governments and investors any chance he gets?
Honest question!

 

[EZShrimpn]

is there anyone the Deep State wont use vague innuendo to spy on?

I imagine the germans will tell meuller to pound sand.

 

[bobgeese]

No.

 

[HomerThompson]

is there anyone the Deep State wont use vague innuendo to spy on?

I imagine the germans will tell meuller to pound sand.

From a month ago.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-deutsche-bank-records-subpoenaed-by-mueller-1512480154

 

[HomerThompson]

No.

 

[JDragon]

Duestche

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Remember when Trump warned everyone not to look into his or his family's finances?



Your move fat man.

 

[Quipling]

is there anyone the Deep State wont use vague innuendo to spy on?

I imagine the germans will tell meuller to pound sand.

How does one spy via innuendo?

If I say "the ol horizontal Mambo" can I see your financial records?

 

[Tekk]

I have been saying forever, Trump has been laundering Russian money.

Just in case anybody missed the link in the other thread it seems ivanka's been up to some shady crap too

http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-diamonds-caught-alleged-money-laundering-scheme-757168?amp=1

 

[AlexDB9]

Yes, in an envelope titled “This is it” in golden lucida console font

 

[Shoemaker]

Remember when Trump warned everyone not to look into his or his family's finances?



Your move fat man.

Whether or not there's anything suspicious there is irrelevant to me. Saying "don't look at this" is an express way to someone looking at it. It's like if a mom comes into a kids room and the kid just blurts out "there's no porn under my bed!"


edit: shit, kids probably don't even keep porn under their beds anymore huh? What an outdated joke.

 

[Exception]

ITT lemmings that believe Louis Mensch levels of retarded bullshit believe that trump will be impeached. I can't wait to see all of these idiots posting 7 years from now; just broken bottom-bitches (more so than they are now..... I know it's hard to imagine they can get anymore pathetic).

To the lemmings: Get your god damned GED's and find a fucking job instead of being uneducated, whinning, sniveling and pathetic ne'er-do-wells.

 

[44nutman]

Just in case anybody missed the link in the other thread it seems ivanka's been up to some shady crap too

http://www.newsweek.com/ivanka-trump-diamonds-caught-alleged-money-laundering-scheme-757168?amp=1

 

[PolishHeadlock]

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-mueller-investigation-cyber-777557

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating the Trump campaign's alleged Russia ties has added a veteran cyber prosecutor—the latest sign that the investigation is far from over, contrary to what President Donald Trump's lawyer has told him.

Ryan Dickey was re-assigned from the Justice Department's computer crime and intellectual property division to Mueller’s team in early November, Mueller spokesman Peter Carr confirmed to Newsweek on Wednesday.

 

[Limbo Pete]

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-mueller-investigation-cyber-777557

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating the Trump campaign's alleged Russia ties has added a veteran cyber prosecutor—the latest sign that the investigation is far from over, contrary to what President Donald Trump's lawyer has told him.

Ryan Dickey was re-assigned from the Justice Department's computer crime and intellectual property division to Mueller’s team in early November, Mueller spokesman Peter Carr confirmed to Newsweek on Wednesday.

 

[HomerThompson]

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-mueller-investigation-cyber-777557

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating the Trump campaign's alleged Russia ties has added a veteran cyber prosecutor—the latest sign that the investigation is far from over, contrary to what President Donald Trump's lawyer has told him.

Ryan Dickey was re-assigned from the Justice Department's computer crime and intellectual property division to Mueller’s team in early November, Mueller spokesman Peter Carr confirmed to Newsweek on Wednesday.