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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig article by Buzzfeed: The definitive story on Trump Moscow.
The Definitive Story Of How Trumps Team Worked The Trump Moscow Deal During The Campaign
On the day of the third Republican presidential debate, Trump personally signed the letter of intent.
All through the hot summer campaign of 2016, as Donald Trump and his aides dismissed talk of unseemly ties to Moscow, two of his key business partners were working furiously on a secret track: negotiations to build what would have been the tallest building in Europe and an icon of the Trump empire the Trump World Tower Moscow.
Talks to construct the 100-story building continued even as the presidential candidate alternately bragged about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and rejected suggestions of Russian influence, and as Russian agents worked to sway US public opinion on Trumps behalf.
While fragments of the Trump Moscow venture have trickled out most recently in a report last night by Yahoo News this is the definitive story of the Moscow tower, told from a trove of emails, text messages, congressional testimony, architectural renderings, and other documents obtained exclusively by BuzzFeed News, as well as interviews with key players and investigators. The documents reveal a detailed and plausible plan, well-connected Russian counterparts, and an effort that extended from spearfishing with a Russian developer on a private island to planning for a mid-campaign trip to Moscow for the presidential candidate himself.
The tower a sheer, glass-encased obelisk situated on a river would have soared above every other building in Moscow, the architectural drawings show. And the sharply angled skyscraper would have climaxed in a diamond-shaped pinnacle emblazoned with the word Trump, putting his name atop the continents tallest structure.
More: https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/trump-moscow-micheal-cohen-felix-sater-campaign?utm_term=.ryq5K6P3o#.amDEr2mGa
On the day of the third Republican presidential debate, Trump personally signed the letter of intent.
All through the hot summer campaign of 2016, as Donald Trump and his aides dismissed talk of unseemly ties to Moscow, two of his key business partners were working furiously on a secret track: negotiations to build what would have been the tallest building in Europe and an icon of the Trump empire the Trump World Tower Moscow.
Talks to construct the 100-story building continued even as the presidential candidate alternately bragged about his relationship with Vladimir Putin and rejected suggestions of Russian influence, and as Russian agents worked to sway US public opinion on Trumps behalf.
While fragments of the Trump Moscow venture have trickled out most recently in a report last night by Yahoo News this is the definitive story of the Moscow tower, told from a trove of emails, text messages, congressional testimony, architectural renderings, and other documents obtained exclusively by BuzzFeed News, as well as interviews with key players and investigators. The documents reveal a detailed and plausible plan, well-connected Russian counterparts, and an effort that extended from spearfishing with a Russian developer on a private island to planning for a mid-campaign trip to Moscow for the presidential candidate himself.
The tower a sheer, glass-encased obelisk situated on a river would have soared above every other building in Moscow, the architectural drawings show. And the sharply angled skyscraper would have climaxed in a diamond-shaped pinnacle emblazoned with the word Trump, putting his name atop the continents tallest structure.
More: https://www.buzzfeed.com/anthonycormier/trump-moscow-micheal-cohen-felix-sater-campaign?utm_term=.ryq5K6P3o#.amDEr2mGa
Benjamin Wittes
This is, assuming its true, a holy shit story: While Trump was preparing for the Republican convention in spring 2016, Michael Cohen was still negotiating Trump Tower Moscow and was working on a Trump-Putin meeting to take place after the convention to finalize the deal.
In addition, the Trump Organization was negotiating on the project with a Russian spy.
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This is, assuming its true, a holy shit story: While Trump was preparing for the Republican convention in spring 2016, Michael Cohen was still negotiating Trump Tower Moscow and was working on a Trump-Putin meeting to take place after the convention to finalize the deal.
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In addition, the Trump Organization was negotiating on the project with a Russian spy.
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Big article by Buzzfeed: The definitive story on Trump Moscow. (Original Post)
MelissaB
May 2018
OP
Cohen persuaded Sater not to contest Trump's claim in a deposition, and later to AP reporters, that
MelissaB
May 2018
#1
A monument to his ego. What better way for Putin to ensnare him than that?
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2018
#8
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)1. Cohen persuaded Sater not to contest Trump's claim in a deposition, and later to AP reporters, that
Cohen persuaded Sater not to contest Trumps claim in a deposition, and later to AP reporters, that he didnt know Sater well.
Link to tweet
manor321
(3,344 posts)2. Big Boomer!
Boom boom boom!
niyad
(113,552 posts)3. k and r
spanone
(135,873 posts)4. K&R...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)5. NO COLLUSION! NO COLLUSION!
malaise
(269,157 posts)10. Just fugging treason
bangs head
Lock him up!
AwakeAtLast
(14,133 posts)13. And Espionage
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)14. That is HARSH!!!
Wonderfully so.
It's amazing to me that this nothing burger seems to have such a lot of chew to it. It's still a shit sandwich, but it's got a lot more heft than a nothing burger.
underpants
(182,878 posts)6. 👀 reading later
spanone
(135,873 posts)7. how many times has he lied that he knows nothing about russia?
Liar-in-Chief
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)8. A monument to his ego. What better way for Putin to ensnare him than that?
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)15. And with a side of venality.
Like getting something served to you that looks delectable, but then you find out it's also got crunch!!! A total one-two punch.
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)9. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread Melissa
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)11. Kickety kick kick
kick! Get this out there.
trueblue2007
(17,238 posts)12. TRUMP THE CROOK