philperth2010 wrote on Mar 19
th, 2023 at 9:21am:
greggerypeccary wrote on Mar 19
th, 2023 at 6:47am:
Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes in connection with the acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties.
Evidence is emerging that Trump Media accepted illegal loans from an entity tied to war criminal
Vladimir Putin???
Quote:Trump Media executives worried over murky $8m loans, emails reveal
Exclusive: financing with suspected Russian ties came at a critical time as company was running out of cash after a planned merger
The payments had come at a critical time for Trump Media – which runs the Truth Social platform – because it was running out of cash after its planned merger with a blank check company known as DWAC that would have unlocked $1.3bn in capital stalled pending an SEC investigation.
The executives had good reason to be concerned: a subsequent examination revealed that the trustee of ES Family Trust was simultaneously a director of Paxum Bank, and one of the part-owners of the bank would turn out to be the relation of an ally of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/17/trump-media-executives-worried-o... Surprises you, does it?
Putin hacks the DNC, sends Russian agents to the US to meet with Dear Leader's senior campaign staff and injects 200 mil into having Dear Leader elected, including an internet troll farm run by the Russian military. When its pointed out that Putin is a totalitarian autocrat who kills his political rivals, Dear Leader calls Putin smart and says America is just as bad.
Dear Leader issues a public call for Russia to hack his political enemies and stands by Putin in a press conference to defend him against US intelligence. He meets Putin three times over his term in office, refuses to publish minutes and destroys all notes. Putin launches a cyber-attack on the US government, including its nuclear program, costing the US billions in cyber defence, and Dear Leader says nothing. When asked about it directly at a press conference, Dear Leader just turns and walks away.
When Putin finally invades its neighbour, the first European invasion of its kind since WWII, Dear Leader calls him a genius and "very savvy" for siezing cheap real estate and getting one over America. To this day, Dear Leader has had nothing but praise for Putin, championing his autocracy, aggression and election interference, both abroad and on US soil.
Strange to discover he was receiving illegal loans from a Putin staffer and former cabinet member too, no?
How bizarre.