{"id":26528,"date":"2017-02-28T12:49:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T20:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26528"},"modified":"2017-02-28T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T20:49:11","slug":"another-tie-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/28\/another-tie-to-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Tie to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Putin’s Pervert keeps trying to hide the intricate web of interaction between Russia, his campaign first, and now, his administration.  But no matter how much he lies and bullies, every time we turn around we see more evidence that the Fuhrer is deeply and criminally involved with the Russians.  Here’s the latest.<\/font><\/p>\n

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A study prepared exclusively for DCReport.org<\/a> by James S. Henry reveals deep financial ties between Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for Commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, and three Russian oligarchs<\/strong>, whose lives and fortunes depend on staying in the good graces of Vladimir Putin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These connections raise many new questions about Trump\u2019s reliance on the Putin regime<\/strong>, which all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies say interfered in the presidential election on Trump\u2019s behalf, but which Trump disputes.<\/p>\n

These relationships between nominee Ross and the oligarchs involve ownership and management of a European bank with a reputation for laundering Russian money and making bad loans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The study also compared flight records of Trump\u2019s campaign plane and a plane used by one of the oligarchs. During the campaign, the two planes often were at the same airports at the same time<\/strong>… [emphasis added]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <The Daily Beast<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

With a few more facts we can see that Trump’s initial involvement with the Russians was his involvement with Putin’s cronies’ money laundering.  Rachel Maddow paints that picture in three segments.  In the first, she weaves together all the loose threads until they all fall into place.<\/font><\/p>\n