U.S. Politics

[Michael Capasse]

The entire Epstein affair appears to partner money wires and money laundering to both Trump & Epstein
...The Bank of Cyprus and Russia.

Among the bank’s major shareholder oligarchs is at least one with both deep ties to the Kremlin and a connection to Trump. In addition to doing time in jail on murder-related charges, Dimitry Rybolovlev, famously bought a Palm Beach, Florida house from Trump for $95 million in 2008—a $53 million markup over what Trump bought it for in 2005—and when other Palm Beach County real estate fell by an annual rate of 19.2 percent.

https://www.justsecurity.org/39409/money-russia-cyprus-trump-teams-odd-business-dealings/

and now this....

BREAKING: Journalist Michael Wolff exposes the shocking full story behind what ended Donald Trump's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein — and it involves alleged Russian money laundering, a $40 million house, and allegations that Trump "was fully acquainted" with Epstein's sex crimes.
Wolff also revealed what Epstein believed about Trump "to his dying day..."

"Now, Epstein’s explanation for why this friendship ended is as follows. In 2004, Epstein believed himself to be the high bidder on a piece of real estate in Palm Beach. A house. $36 million was his bid," Wolff said to MeidasTouch in a new interview. "He took his friend Trump around to see the house, to advise him on how to move the swimming pool," Wolff continued. "Trump thereupon went around Epstein’s back and bid $40 million for the house and got the property.

"Epstein, who was well acquainted, in fact deeply involved with Trump’s scattered finances, understood that he didn’t have $40 million to pay for this house," said Wolff. "Now, if that was the case, it was someone else’s $40 million. At the time, Epstein believed this to be the $40 million of a Russian oligarch by the name of Rybolovlev.

"Less than two years later, this same house that Trump had bought for $40 million was sold for $95 million and it was in fact sold to Mr. Rybolovlev," he went on. "This is all a red flag of money laundering. And what Epstein did, and he was furious about losing this house... I mean, there’s something about these guys, these men, that nothing rouses them so much as a real estate betrayal." "Epstein, after the sale of this house, after Trump went around his back, got this house, Epstein began to threaten him," explained Wolff. "He began to threaten him with lawsuits. He began to threaten him with going to the press and saying that Trump was a frontman for a money laundering deal."

"Trump panics at this point and Epstein believed, and he believed to his dying day, that it was Trump who went to the police — Trump who was fully acquainted with what was going on Epstein's house, fully acquainted for many years — Trump went to the police and, as Epstein said, dropped the dime on him," said Wolff. "That is to say, informed the police of what was going on and an investigation began and all of Epstein’s legal problems for the next 15 years began to unfold."

"This story about this piece of real estate and their falling out was first published in June 2019," said Wolff. "It’s published actually in my book Siege, the second book I had written about the Trump White House.  Epstein had recounted this story to me. I put it in this book. Epstein at that moment was in Paris. He read the book. He called me with some alarm, and he said he was afraid that he might have said too much."
"Three weeks later, he returned to the United States from Paris and was promptly arrested on the tarmac of Teterboro Airport in New Jersey when his plane landed," concluded Wolff.

For his part, Trump claimed this week that he ended his relationship with Epstein because the billionaire pedophile "stole" employees from him including a young girl named Virginia Giuffre. It's beyond clear at this point that we are not getting the full story. The Epstein files must be released immediately.

— Occupy Democrats.

[Lance Payette]

The entire Epstein affair appears to partner money wires and money laundering to both Trump & Epstein
...The Bank of Cyprus and Russia.

and now this....

BREAKING: Journalist Michael Wolff exposes the shocking full story behind what ended Donald Trump's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein — and it involves alleged Russian money laundering, a $40 million house, and allegations that Trump "was fully acquainted" with Epstein's sex crimes.
Wolff also revealed what Epstein believed about Trump "to his dying day..."

"Now, Epstein’s explanation for why this friendship ended is as follows. In 2004, Epstein believed himself to be the high bidder on a piece of real estate in Palm Beach. A house. $36 million was his bid," Wolff said to MeidasTouch in a new interview. "He took his friend Trump around to see the house, to advise him on how to move the swimming pool," Wolff continued. "Trump thereupon went around Epstein’s back and bid $40 million for the house and got the property.

"Epstein, who was well acquainted, in fact deeply involved with Trump’s scattered finances, understood that he didn’t have $40 million to pay for this house," said Wolff. "Now, if that was the case, it was someone else’s $40 million. At the time, Epstein believed this to be the $40 million of a Russian oligarch by the name of Rybolovlev.

"Less than two years later, this same house that Trump had bought for $40 million was sold for $95 million and it was in fact sold to Mr. Rybolovlev," he went on. "This is all a red flag of money laundering. And what Epstein did, and he was furious about losing this house... I mean, there’s something about these guys, these men, that nothing rouses them so much as a real estate betrayal." "Epstein, after the sale of this house, after Trump went around his back, got this house, Epstein began to threaten him," explained Wolff. "He began to threaten him with lawsuits. He began to threaten him with going to the press and saying that Trump was a frontman for a money laundering deal."

"Trump panics at this point and Epstein believed, and he believed to his dying day, that it was Trump who went to the police — Trump who was fully acquainted with what was going on Epstein's house, fully acquainted for many years — Trump went to the police and, as Epstein said, dropped the dime on him," said Wolff. "That is to say, informed the police of what was going on and an investigation began and all of Epstein’s legal problems for the next 15 years began to unfold."

"This story about this piece of real estate and their falling out was first published in June 2019," said Wolff. "It’s published actually in my book Siege, the second book I had written about the Trump White House.  Epstein had recounted this story to me. I put it in this book. Epstein at that moment was in Paris. He read the book. He called me with some alarm, and he said he was afraid that he might have said too much."
"Three weeks later, he returned to the United States from Paris and was promptly arrested on the tarmac of Teterboro Airport in New Jersey when his plane landed," concluded Wolff.

For his part, Trump claimed this week that he ended his relationship with Epstein because the billionaire pedophile "stole" employees from him including a young girl named Virginia Giuffre. It's beyond clear at this point that we are not getting the full story. The Epstein files must be released immediately.

— Occupy Democrats.

I really don't have a dog in the fight and had never heard of Michael Wolff (yes, I live under a rock), but the "Criticism and Controversies" section of the Wikipedia entry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wolff_(journalist), would certainly make me think twice about buying a used car from him.

What happened to Team Sock Puppet anyway? Are you the only survivor? I miss all the feisty little Sockettes nipping at my heels.

[Tom Graves]

I really don't have a dog in the fight and had never heard of Michael Wolff (yes, I live under a rock), but the "Criticism and Controversies" section of the Wikipedia entry, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wolff_(journalist), would certainly make me think twice about buying a used car from him.

He's not nearly as upstanding as The Traitorous Orange Bird (rhymes with "Xxxx"), his "pal," Jeffrey Epstein, and the female rapist of young girls, Ghislaine Maxwell (daughter of fraudster and KGB/Mossad agent, Robert Maxwell) who supplied him with young girls and even removed their panties for him.

[Lance Payette]

He's not nearly as upstanding as The Traitorous Orange Bird (rhymes with "Xxxx"), his "pal," Jeffrey Epstein, and the female rapist of young girls, Ghislaine Maxwell (daughter of fraudster and KGB/Mossad agent, Robert Maxwell) who supplied him with young girls and even removed their panties for him.

Ghislaine was simply ferreting out moles.

You really need some new material.

[Tom Graves]

Ghislaine was simply ferreting out moles.

You really need some new material.

Moles?

KGB / GRU moles?

You mean like Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, Anthony Blunt, John Cairscross, George Blake, Roger Hollis and [fill in the blank] in England?

That could never happen in Protected-By-God America!

Except, of course, for Alger Hiss, Robert Hanssen, Aldrich Ames, and [fill in the blanks].

The world-class humanitarian organization known as the KGB would never do such a thing to us!

And regardless, The Cold War is over, and We Won!!!

[Richard Smith]

The tariff negotiations have exposed who are the allies and enemies of the US.  Many countries have acknowledged that they have been ripping off the US for decades and cut a deal that rebalances trade.  The EU, UK, and Japan.  Other countries have exposed themselves as belligerents including India and Canada.  Canada is the most surprising and disappointing siding with countries like China against the US. The US effectively has paid for Canada's national defense for decades.  Allowing socialists to govern that country free of any obligation to pay for defense.  Thankfully, Trump is playing hardball with these types.

[Tom Graves]

Thankfully, Trump is playing hardball with these types.

Yes, so the American upper class will benefit disproportionally from the tax cuts and the lower and middle class will be burdened disproportionally by the increased prices on imported goods!!!

[Royell Storing]

Yes, so the American upper class will benefit disproportionally from the tax cuts and the lower and middle class will be burdened disproportionally by the increased prices on imported goods!!!

   If you think that everything is always gonna be "even-steven", you're deluding yourself. And if you have kids and you're pumping that pipe dream into their heads, you are doing them a dis-service. The World does Not work that way.