Donald Trump, Felix Sater and the Mob: Lawyers Push to Unseal Court Documents They Say Could Show

Source: Newsweek

Donald Trump, Felix Sater and the Mob: Lawyers Push to Unseal Court Documents They Say Could Show Fraud By President

Lawyers seeking to unseal documents related to the criminal past of a former business partner of President Donald Trump said in federal court on Monday that the documents may contain evidence that Trump committed fraud.

The sealed documents are from a federal case against Felix Sater, who Trump reportedly tapped as a senior advisor for his real-estate business in the 2000s even after Sater’s earlier role in a Mafia-linked stock scheme became public.

“A fellow named Donald Trump is now president and he had a business associate named [Sater.] The public needs to know the length of their relationship and the nature of the relationship and what kind of person [Sater] is,” attorney Richard Lerner said in Brooklyn federal court Monday afternoon. “By allowing this regime of secrecy to continue, it’s facilitating what may have been fraud by President Trump.”

It was unclear from the court proceeding what acts by Trump could possibly be construed as criminal. But after court ended, Lerner told Newsweek that if Trump knowingly did real estate with a convicted felon, that could constitute financial fraud.

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-sater-mafia-mob-bayrock-russia-court-brooklyn-fraud-behar-627408

There is a whole LOT of speculation about Flynn flipping.

From Sen. Whitehouse tells Wolf Blitzer there is a lot of evidence Flynn is a cooperating witness with the FBI. He says, "That's a conclusion from all of the evidence and some experience in dealing with this."

https://twitter.com/CNNSitRoom/status/876915731111100417

Claude Taylor reported this on May 25

1. This is what I have from a source with knowledge of the investigation. "Flynn has begun the proffer process with U.S. Atty Office.
https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated/status/867825120341106689

2. This involves him sitting down with the FBI & USAG and proferring what he could offer in a trial against his co-conspirators. If his

proffered info is deemed reliable, the government will file a 5k.1 motion, requesting a downward sentencing departure. This is absolute

4. fact. His proffer statement has begun". That's the full statement I received.

*clerical error by yours truly. It's a 5K1.1 motion. Error is mine. Sue me.


In addition to Claude, another poster I respect indicated he thought Flynn has happened as well. PostimusMaximus did/does the Trump/Russia wiki that is now hosted on Reddit that newspapers and magazines used to catch up and make their own timeline when they decided it was all a big deal.

TrumpRussia wiki: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrumpInvestigation/wiki/doc

Here is what he said today. I'll link the first tweet and if you are interested in the thread, click to read/see.

Since A senator reported it now I'll chime in...
https://twitter.com/PostimusMaximus/status/876916119885553666

I had heard from my own sources that Flynn was flipped around the time Mueller showed up. (We knew he was looking for a deal much earlier)

Don't know why they decided to take the offer finally (assuming its true based on senator's comments). Maybe firing Comey changed things.

Or maybe Mueller himself decided to flip people FBI wouldn't prior.

Didn't ask for details. Would still like 100 percent confirmation, but since it was a senator saying it I don't mind chatting.

I'd still wait on a direct statement before saying with 0 doubt Flynn has been flipped. Reporting trends indicate is plausible.

Rosenstein issued unusual statement about leaks & seems to hint that USG knows Five Eyes leaking

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein just issued an unusual statement basically telling people not to believe leaks.

https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/875527599140651009

Rosenstein also seems to hint that the USG knows of some Five Eyes officials leaking, which would not be super surprising.
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/875528072929443842

Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions

Source: The Guardian

Lobbyist for Russian interests says he attended dinners hosted by Sessions

Richard Burt contradicts Jeff Sessions’ testimony that he didn’t believe he had contacts with lobbyists working for Russian interests during Trump’s campaign


An American lobbyist for Russian interests who helped craft an important foreign policy speech for Donald Trump has confirmed that he attended two dinners hosted by Jeff Sessions during the 2016 campaign, apparently contradicting the attorney general’s sworn testimony given this week.

Sessions testified under oath on Tuesday that he did not believe he had any contacts with lobbyists working for Russian interests over the course of Trump’s campaign. But Richard Burt, a former ambassador to Germany during the Reagan administration, who has represented Russian interests in Washington, told the Guardian that he could confirm previous media reports that stated he had contacts with Sessions at the time.

“I did attend two dinners with groups of former Republican foreign policy officials and Senator Sessions,” Burt said.

Asked whether Sessions was unfamiliar with Burt’s role as a lobbyist for Russian interests – a fact that is disclosed in public records – or had any reason to be confused about the issue, Burt told the Guardian that he did not know.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/15/lobbyist-russian-interests-jeff-sessions-testimony?CMP=share_btn_tw

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.... and a perjury conviction.

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.... and a perjury conviction
https://twitter.com/DerekCressman/status/870647066468298761
Here's a picture of Kislyak and Sessions from the⚡️ “Night At The Mayflower: Crucial #TrumpRussia Campaign Meeting”
https://twitter.com/grantstern/status/870399541975031809

Finally, ***Trump*** named as involved w/ one of the undisclosed meetings w/ Kislyak.