The dubious friends of Donald Trump- the Russians
a
Dutch TV documentary alleges that President Donald Trump has extensive
connections to Russia’s ruling oligarchs and a history of illegal
racketeering.
“Donald
Trump’s business partners have included Russian oligarchs and convicted
mobsters, which could make the president guilty of criminal
racketeering charges,” wrote Steven Rosenfeld at AlterNet on Friday.
He
continued, “That’s only one of the eyebrow-raising takeaways from a
45-minute Dutch documentary that first aired last week, ‘The Dubious
Friends of Donald Trump, Part 1: The Russians.'”
The
45-minute documentary was produced by Zembla TV and examines Trump’s
alleged relationship with Russian mobster Felix Sater — which Trump
reportedly took pains to hide from regulators.
It
also looks at Trump’s arrangements with wealthy Russians that
apparently allow them to move their money outside Russia and details the
elaborate financial networks these families use as a “pyramid scheme
for money laundering,” Rosenfeld said. “The financial trail exposed
raises questions about whether Trump fired FBI Director James Comey
because the FBI’s investigation of his campaign’s collusion with Russia
was encroaching into Trump’s world of dark money and dubious business
partners.” Zembla
promoted the documentary by saying, “For months, the FBI have been
investigating Russian interference in the American presidential
elections. ZEMBLA is investigating another explosive dossier concerning
Trump’s involvement with the Russians: Trump’s business and personal
ties to oligarchs from the former Soviet Union. Powerful billionaires
suspected of money laundering and fraud, and of having contacts in
Moscow and with the mafia. What do these relationships say about Trump
and why does he deny them? How compromising are these dubious business
relationships for the 45th president of the United States? And are there
connections with the Netherlands? ZEMBLA meets with one of Trump’s
controversial cronies and speaks with a former CIA agent, fraud
investigators, attorneys, and an American senator among others.”
