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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:33 AM Oct 2019

NEW: The son of a dead Deutsche Bank executive -- armed with hundreds of confidential bank files

NEW: The son of a dead @DeutscheBank
executive — armed with hundreds of confidential bank files — has been secretly helping the FBI and the House Intelligence Committee investigate the bank and @realDonaldTrump




Me and My Whistle-Blower

Deutsche Bank. North Korea. The Intelligence Committee’s investigation of the president. Again and again, one man has taken his trove of secret documents — and uncanny nose for scandal — to the center of the news.


... snip to last 4 paragraphs

Mr. Broeksmit moved to Los Angeles to drum up Hollywood interest in his life story. Early this year, a producer invited him to a dinner party. Among the guests was Moby, the electronic music legend, who told me he was impressed by Mr. Broeksmit’s exploits and existential sadness. Moby arranged an introduction to his friend Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which had recently opened an investigation into Deutsche Bank’s relationship with Mr. Trump.

Mr. Schiff’s investigators badly wanted the secret Deutsche files. Mr. Broeksmit tried to extract money from them — he pushed to be hired as a consultant to the committee — but that was a nonstarter. An investigator, Daniel Goldman, appealed to his sense of patriotism and pride. “Imagine a scenario where some of the material that you have can actually provide the seed that we can then use to blow open everything that [Trump] has been hiding,” Mr. Goldman told Mr. Broeksmit in a recorded phone call. “In some respects, you — and your father vicariously through you — will go down in American history as a hero and as the person who really broke open an incredibly corrupt president and administration.” (Mr. Broeksmit wouldn’t budge; eventually, Mr. Schiff subpoenaed him.)

It was around this time that Mr. Broeksmit had his meeting at the F.B.I.’s Los Angeles field office. Someone at the bureau had finally noticed his submission to the Justice Department’s website. After the three-hour session, Mr. Broeksmit still needed some stroking, and the F.B.I. agents obliged. They told Mr. Broeksmit he could have a special advisory title. They promised to keep him in the loop as their investigation proceeded. They let him tell the world — via this article — that he was a cooperating witness in a federal criminal investigation. They even helped procure a visa for his French girlfriend.

I had to tip my hat to Mr. Broeksmit. The man whom everyone had discounted and demeaned had managed to get his information into the hands of the Federal Reserve, Congress and the F.B.I. Even if the documents ultimately prove underwhelming to these powerful investigators, Mr. Broeksmit had accomplished one of his life’s goals: He mattered.

David Enrich is the finance editor. He is the author of “Dark Towers,” about Deutsche Bank and Donald Trump.


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NEW: The son of a dead Deutsche Bank executive -- armed with hundreds of confidential bank files (Original Post) MelissaB Oct 2019 OP
The plot thickens... dlk Oct 2019 #1
OH SNAP !!!!!!! Haggis for Breakfast Oct 2019 #53
Last 4 paragraphs: MelissaB Oct 2019 #2
Great info! Thanks!:) True Blue American Oct 2019 #18
So it was a random, chance meeting that brought him to Schiff via... Moby?? Roland99 Oct 2019 #20
I know! (Did not see that coming...) deurbano Oct 2019 #31
Well not exactly FakeNoose Oct 2019 #32
just what's posted here. Will read article later tonight Roland99 Oct 2019 #41
I've seen him on a few interviews..... SergeStorms Oct 2019 #51
Mahalo for that, Melissa and the OP! Cha Oct 2019 #54
I hope we can still trust MontanaMama Oct 2019 #3
Yeah that's what I'm thinking 🤔 nt live love laugh Oct 2019 #46
Thank goodness for whistle blowers and the like, I suspect things would be a lot different if ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2019 #4
Well oh my goodness and Leghorn21 Oct 2019 #5
Good. One more thing. pwb Oct 2019 #6
K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #7
K&R!!! nt blaze Oct 2019 #8
Americans, give thanks the FBI is still functioning bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #9
Didn't the Seinfield epiode end with them all going to prison for not reporting a crime they Maraya1969 Oct 2019 #10
David Enrich is 90% of the reason I have not yet canceled my subscription to the NYT irisblue Oct 2019 #11
i haven't had my second cup of coffee yet, and the deluge of news on UkraineGate continues onetexan Oct 2019 #12
I'll have a cup with you pandr32 Oct 2019 #23
in deed. I am both elated and shell-shocked at the same time. The level of corruption seems deeply onetexan Oct 2019 #25
Most corrupt administration ever pandr32 Oct 2019 #37
Second that - let's CLINK OUR BIG CUPS TO THE GOP's DEMISE! onetexan Oct 2019 #40
,,, flibbitygiblets Oct 2019 #44
Has MSNBC talked about this yet? triron Oct 2019 #13
Tune in for Nicolle & see if it's on her radar yet. Yesterday she had to scrap her planned... Hekate Oct 2019 #42
By cracky, will this be enough to crack the case? Duppers Oct 2019 #14
Horse hockey - that's what I call claims that a sitting pres. can't be indicted. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #27
Thank you!! Duppers Oct 2019 #33
thank you not_the_one Oct 2019 #43
Absolutely. Ligyron Oct 2019 #48
Bravo!! Duppers Oct 2019 #49
All said & done may have problem deciding where to lock him up. rickyhall Oct 2019 #15
A juicy story in The NY Times! dlk Oct 2019 #16
That is explosive! Shows Adam Schiff True Blue American Oct 2019 #17
heard about Pompeo's slowwalking on msnbc earlier. Shmuck is neck deep in this crap. onetexan Oct 2019 #26
VP Mike Penis is in trouble too. Trump has already implicated him in the call summary. lagomorph777 Oct 2019 #28
oh my goddess, i hope so too. We will then have a President Pelosi :) onetexan Oct 2019 #29
I started to post this. Glad I looked first. Incredible! nolabear Oct 2019 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author ancianita Oct 2019 #21
Schiff's district includes Hollywood who, best believe, will keep him in their care for life. ancianita Oct 2019 #22
I love this awesome story! More patriots will come forward soon FakeNoose Oct 2019 #24
Excellent Information Newest Reality Oct 2019 #30
Hahahahahaha not fooled Oct 2019 #34
I see what you did there!😂 hedda_foil Feb 2020 #58
Thread pooper Cartoonist Oct 2019 #35
To find the dirt, follow the money. MarcA Oct 2019 #36
This article makes up for all the Ken Vogel pieces and why I still subscribe to the NYT octoberlib Oct 2019 #38
Picture of Schiff and the whistleblower octoberlib Oct 2019 #39
I trust Adam Schiff, FBI mostly, DOJ not so much Baked Potato Oct 2019 #45
Going to have to add Dark Towers to my library when it's out next year Roland99 Oct 2019 #47
It's out now. The article was published last October hedda_foil Feb 2020 #59
Yeah. Just posted an npr article about it Roland99 Feb 2020 #60
K & R Duppers Oct 2019 #50
He can get a book deal and make money off that when this is over. Liberty Belle Oct 2019 #52
It's an interesting story. I'm sure they'll triple-check everything since he's so eccentric. NCLefty Oct 2019 #55
Suddenly remembered Laurence O'Donell's scoop about one source... Lock him up. Oct 2019 #56
K&R...⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ spanone Jan 2020 #57

MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
2. Last 4 paragraphs:
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:36 AM
Oct 2019
Mr. Broeksmit moved to Los Angeles to drum up Hollywood interest in his life story. Early this year, a producer invited him to a dinner party. Among the guests was Moby, the electronic music legend, who told me he was impressed by Mr. Broeksmit’s exploits and existential sadness. Moby arranged an introduction to his friend Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which had recently opened an investigation into Deutsche Bank’s relationship with Mr. Trump.

Mr. Schiff’s investigators badly wanted the secret Deutsche files. Mr. Broeksmit tried to extract money from them — he pushed to be hired as a consultant to the committee — but that was a nonstarter. An investigator, Daniel Goldman, appealed to his sense of patriotism and pride. “Imagine a scenario where some of the material that you have can actually provide the seed that we can then use to blow open everything that [Trump] has been hiding,” Mr. Goldman told Mr. Broeksmit in a recorded phone call. “In some respects, you — and your father vicariously through you — will go down in American history as a hero and as the person who really broke open an incredibly corrupt president and administration.” (Mr. Broeksmit wouldn’t budge; eventually, Mr. Schiff subpoenaed him.)

It was around this time that Mr. Broeksmit had his meeting at the F.B.I.’s Los Angeles field office. Someone at the bureau had finally noticed his submission to the Justice Department’s website. After the three-hour session, Mr. Broeksmit still needed some stroking, and the F.B.I. agents obliged. They told Mr. Broeksmit he could have a special advisory title. They promised to keep him in the loop as their investigation proceeded. They let him tell the world — via this article — that he was a cooperating witness in a federal criminal investigation. They even helped procure a visa for his French girlfriend.

I had to tip my hat to Mr. Broeksmit. The man whom everyone had discounted and demeaned had managed to get his information into the hands of the Federal Reserve, Congress and the F.B.I. Even if the documents ultimately prove underwhelming to these powerful investigators, Mr. Broeksmit had accomplished one of his life’s goals: He mattered.

David Enrich is the finance editor. He is the author of “Dark Towers,” about Deutsche Bank and Donald Trump.

FakeNoose

(32,351 posts)
32. Well not exactly
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:27 PM
Oct 2019

David Enrich the reporter who wrote this article (did you read it?) explains that he had met and communicated with Val Broeksmit ever since his father died in 2014. Enrich is even writing a book that is partially based on the private DeutscheBank docs & emails that Broeksmit's father kept under secret password. The trail of this Whistleblower goes back to BEFORE Chump was even elected.

If Chump hadn't been elected when and how he did, then this probably would have stayed under the radar.



SergeStorms

(18,898 posts)
51. I've seen him on a few interviews.....
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 08:24 PM
Oct 2019

and he seems like a very level-headed, patriotic (yes, really!) person. You could tell he wasn't enamored with Donald Trump and all of his bullshit.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
4. Thank goodness for whistle blowers and the like, I suspect things would be a lot different if ...
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:41 AM
Oct 2019

they weren't any whistle blowers.

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
9. Americans, give thanks the FBI is still functioning
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:57 AM
Oct 2019

as far as we know. Trump and Barr haven't kneecapped it yet.

Maraya1969

(22,441 posts)
10. Didn't the Seinfield epiode end with them all going to prison for not reporting a crime they
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:59 AM
Oct 2019

witnesses? I don't know if that is not really a law or not.

Nevertheless I'm glad this man held onto these files and got what he wanted. As long as he didn't hold onto them too long.

irisblue

(32,829 posts)
11. David Enrich is 90% of the reason I have not yet canceled my subscription to the NYT
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:00 AM
Oct 2019

it has been close several days though

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
12. i haven't had my second cup of coffee yet, and the deluge of news on UkraineGate continues
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:03 AM
Oct 2019
i'd better drink to that

pandr32

(11,447 posts)
23. I'll have a cup with you
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:04 PM
Oct 2019

I just got up in Hawaii and Holy Sh*t!

It feels so good to have a little hope running through my veins along with the effects of morning caffeine.

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
25. in deed. I am both elated and shell-shocked at the same time. The level of corruption seems deeply
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:08 PM
Oct 2019

entrenched and vast. Hopefully for the sake of our republic there will be more brave patriots coming forward as whistleblowers.

pandr32

(11,447 posts)
37. Most corrupt administration ever
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:43 PM
Oct 2019

I fear for those who want to come forward. It is as though they are facing the Mob as rats. We must offer them protection and assurances that the whole evil lot are going down.
We cannot blink.
Second cup of coffee--big cups!

Hekate

(90,192 posts)
42. Tune in for Nicolle & see if it's on her radar yet. Yesterday she had to scrap her planned...
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 01:26 PM
Oct 2019

...show in its entirety to deal with fast breaking news, so this might have been one of the things.

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
14. By cracky, will this be enough to crack the case?
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:22 AM
Oct 2019

They have dirt, lots and lots of dirt. A bit here, a bit there will eventually reveal most crimes of this crime syndicate running our government.

As I posted earlier, I want them, especially tRump, to die in prison.

If this is a country of laws, no man above the law, then tell me why tRump should not do time?

I do not care if "it divides the country." It's already divided. And isn't that statement just code for "we don't want to upset right wingers"?

After the way they've lied? "Buffalo bagels" to quote Col. Potter.


lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
27. Horse hockey - that's what I call claims that a sitting pres. can't be indicted.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:12 PM
Oct 2019

It's explicitly there in the Constitution that they can be. ALL officials can be. With or without impeachment. Completely separate processes.

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
33. Thank you!!
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:27 PM
Oct 2019

See post #23 in this thread:

Here it is below...
Please go over & give the guy some props: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212529060#23

Here's HIS post:

"Some of the responses to this thread are disgusting.
Let's just go ahead and give the fuck up. Some here are already putting out there that, unfortunately, nothing is going to happen, while others are saying up front that it's not worth it.

This is EXACTLY what he wants to hear.

It will happen if we insist that it happens. The man has shit on the constitution and is actively working, successfully, with a foreign adversary to tear this country apart. And we tsk, tsk, saying the price is too high.

Afraid of a little violence? The cowards need to get out of the way. The tree of liberty will die just as soon from lack of watering, as someone taking an ax to it (which is exactly what HE is doing to it)...

Sorry, but the new America lite, with fascism masquerading as a democracy, is not an acceptable option.

Ligyron

(7,592 posts)
48. Absolutely.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 06:12 PM
Oct 2019

Democratic fears of "dividing" the country has contributed to a large extent in doing exactly that and is also one of the main reasons the average citizen, D or R, is in as much angst and trouble as they are overall; financially or otherwise.

Our magnanimous, democratic nature and innate sense of fairness has allowed many crimes by the R's to go unpunished, believing unilaterally that we simply must let the country heal and besides, surely R pols have learned their lesson and won't ever do that again.

Right?

Nope, we're well intentioned suckers as far as that goes. With a lack of consequences, R politicians, being encouraged, just keep right on committing crimes on behalf of their donor class and corporate masters while greedily lining their own pockets with loot that rightly belongs to the American people.

All of which only serves to paint us as "weak" among citizen R's and Independents and has discouraged Democrats to the point that more than a few just stopped keeping up with the news, caring about "politics" or even voting. Seemed like the news for the average Joe was always depressing or downright bad and really, there was nothing one could do about it anyway. The rich always won or got away with it. Plus, there was such banality as American Idol or Dancing w the Stars for girls and all kinds of manly, manly sports for the boys and that was a whole lot more fun.

But I'm not telling anyone here anything they don't already know.

I just hope our democratic leaders finally realize and internalize this irrefutable, eternal fact about the GOP this time and will finally start holding these criminals responsible from now on. Once we are back in power (and that is far from a given) they need to pursue criminal politicians and their enablers relentlessly,yea, to the very ends of this Earth, forgive nothing and punish the bastards to the fullest extent of the law.

Because historically, that is the only thing they ever understand and fear. The only thing that even has a chance of dampening the GOP's lust for money and power. We are finally off to a good start with the perfect opening that idiot Trump provided and we simply cannot let our Dem leadership just forgive and forget again this time or we, our children, grandchildren and possibly even life on this planet may well be doomed.

Duppers

(28,094 posts)
49. Bravo!!
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 06:34 PM
Oct 2019


An earlier crude quip: No wonder they think we wear our pants under our armpits. They're authoritarian types who only respect authority and strength. And that's exactly what we need to throw back in their faces if we're to save our country.



Regarding your last statement, well, the bloody Rs and their fossil fuel fetish, that's made 'em rich, is causing our doom.

dlk

(11,435 posts)
16. A juicy story in The NY Times!
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:55 AM
Oct 2019

With its seemingly endless corruption, how does Deutsche Bank continue to operate?

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
17. That is explosive! Shows Adam Schiff
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:04 AM
Oct 2019

Is way ahead of what we know!

No wonder Nancy named Schiff to lead the investigation!

Meanwhile Pompous Pompeo announced he is not going to stand for them bullying the State Department.

Schiff subpoenaed Rudy’s files, not him. Another smart move.

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
26. heard about Pompeo's slowwalking on msnbc earlier. Shmuck is neck deep in this crap.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:11 PM
Oct 2019

His head will roll, along with LowBarr, Moscow Mitch, along with the Dumpster and his criminal kids.

Response to MelissaB (Original post)

ancianita

(35,812 posts)
22. Schiff's district includes Hollywood who, best believe, will keep him in their care for life.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 11:44 AM
Oct 2019

Thank you for posting this article.

FakeNoose

(32,351 posts)
24. I love this awesome story! More patriots will come forward soon
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:05 PM
Oct 2019

... and I believe they will be inspired by Val Broeksmit.

Thank you for having courage and doing the right thing!

Cartoonist

(7,298 posts)
35. Thread pooper
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:31 PM
Oct 2019

Even if the documents ultimately prove underwhelming to these powerful investigators
-

I don't like that talk.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
38. This article makes up for all the Ken Vogel pieces and why I still subscribe to the NYT
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 12:54 PM
Oct 2019

Exceptional journalistic storytelling.

Liberty Belle

(9,528 posts)
52. He can get a book deal and make money off that when this is over.
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 09:03 PM
Oct 2019

Glad to hear this and hope the evidence is damning.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
55. It's an interesting story. I'm sure they'll triple-check everything since he's so eccentric.
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 02:56 AM
Oct 2019

And Deutsche must have some bad shit on Trump. It seems impossible to think otherwise.

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
56. Suddenly remembered Laurence O'Donell's scoop about one source...
Thu Oct 3, 2019, 01:55 AM
Oct 2019

telling him Russian oligarchs co-signed on the orange mobster's loans.

He couldn't find a second source but what if it was from Schiff himself?? (Off the Record)

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