A pro-Trump Super PAC. $325,000. Florida. Rudy Giuliani.
It’s all the makings of politics-as-usual in the Trump era. But in this case, something went awry.
God damned Citizens United.
Huh. I assumed it was laundered Russian oligarch money, but appears it may instead be laundered domestic swindle money.
Ho hum, just another bribe…par for the course in Trumpworld.
The MAGAT crowd don’t care about this as long as Trump and his gang of knifemen continue to stick it the brown people and liberals.
Tovarishch United
The investigation will be impeded by Barr’s DOJ so we will never know which Eastern European oligarch is funneling the money, but you can be assured who ever it is Trump doesn’t want us to know.
“At this point attorneys examining the records and campaign finance experts have been unable to determine the ultimate origin of the $325,000.”
How much is that in rubles?
There are more questions than answers at this stage. We don’t know the ultimate donor, and we don’t know why a corporate contribution like this — an ordinary example of political giving — would have gone through what appears to be a convoluted shell game. The ultimate origin of political contributions has to be disclosed under federal campaign finance law, and it’s also unclear who — or why — someone took the risk of veiling the source of the cash.
Umm, is there another undisclosed/unindicted Manaforte associate on the loose?
David Koch sent it before he died?
What up, Roo-dee? Under oath, now!
This kind of reporting is why I live TPM. Keep up the great work!
How much money is that in the original Rubles Denomination?
A pro-Trump Super PAC. $325,000. Florida. Rudy Giuliani.
Is Rudy vying for the title of Floridah Man of 2019?
I think I am becoming numbed to these God damned Daily Corruption Alerts!!
“The person most closely tied to the $325,000 is a man named Lev Parnas, a Miami businessman and Mar-a-Lago attendee.”
Maybe Parnas just really liked the chocolate cake and wanted to show his appreciation in a creative way (a tip for the waitress or the dessert chef just didn’t seem sufficient).
“Then, $1.26 million was transferred from the client trust account of a Miami real estate attorney named Russ Jacobs into Aaron Investment’s coffers.”
Mr. Jacobs might have some splainin’ to do.
giuliani is NOT america’s mayor. why would you call him that?
he’s just another con man, like his client #45
Go check on some of the news stories that were everywhere following September 11, 2001.
This makes my head hurt.
And the simple solution to finding out is one no one, no one will use. That is freeze the $325,000 until 100% of donors are identified and verified. If they already spent the money then freeze all their accounts up to an including $325,000 even if it takes 10 years to reach that amount. Lastly if they shut down the shop then outlaw all officers of the PAC, do not allow them any political activity until the $325,000 is recovered and they come clean.
I’m so disillusioned. I’ve spent my whole life thinking people who launder money (for the mob, for the Russians, for anybody) were pretty slick about it and nobody knew how they did it. With this bunch it seems like it’s not so much a bunch of smooth operators but kids who are just playing at it, like we used to do with pointing our fingers and making bullet flying noises when we played Cops and Robbers.