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muriel_volestrangler

(104,940 posts)
33. Sberbank?
Tue Dec 18, 2018, 08:04 PM
Dec 2018
In the fall of 2013, Agalarov collaborated with Trump to bring the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow. They spent a couple of days together while hosting the event, attending parties and dinners with the Russian elite. The result was a plan to build a $3 billion complex of hotels, shopping malls and office space in Moscow, including a tower that was to bear Trump’s name. The state’s largest lender, Sberbank, even agreed to finance around 70% of the project, which would have been the biggest commercial real estate loan in its history at the time.

http://time.com/5401645/putins-oligarchs/

PJSC Sberbank is a state-owned Russian banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sberbank_of_Russia

Plus:

According to a May 23, 2017 article in Forward, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres, and Friedman has been a "go-to source" for Donald Trump for decades. He has represented Donald Trump in his divorce proceedings, bankruptcy cases, Trump University lawsuits, during the 2016 presidential campaign regarding sexual misconduct allegations, and during the Trump presidency in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

In Spring 2017, Kasowitz told associates that he had been personally responsible for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on March 11, 2017, having previously warned Trump, "This guy is going to get you".

Kasowitz departed Trump's White House legal team on July 20, 2017.

Russian clients
According to U.S. court records, Kasowitz's clients include the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close associate of Vladimir Putin and a business partner of Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort. Kasowitz also represents the Russian state-owned bank Sberbank, a bank under sanctions by the EU and the United States after Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Kasowitz#Donald_Trump

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Bank Records ? Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #1
I think you're on to something there. MontanaMama Dec 2018 #4
Deutsche Bank? wryter2000 Dec 2018 #6
Or Alfa Bank. nt kstewart33 Dec 2018 #7
Neither Alfa nor Deutsche are owned by their respective governments beastie boy Dec 2018 #46
Dang, you're good! orangecrush Dec 2018 #50
Yep, the bank with the pinging server linked to Trump Tower. nt SunSeeker Dec 2018 #47
Yeah wryter2000 Dec 2018 #58
That was my guess as well. (n/t) thesquanderer Dec 2018 #9
Oh the Popcorn Market just exploded. Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #14
I'm a survivalist. I've laid in 500 cases of wine and beer and 100# of popcorn and quiches erronis Dec 2018 #52
Remember not to keep the beer more than Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #53
That was my immediate first thought.. FarPoint Dec 2018 #20
tie this with private server at Trump Tower that Mueller already subpoenaed MiddleClass Dec 2018 #32
Most of the political pundits agree...BANKS! BigmanPigman Dec 2018 #43
That might have been the case for which they cleared one floor of the courthouse last Friday. George II Dec 2018 #2
I think they cleared the floor today also, MiddleClass Dec 2018 #34
Could this be what the great mystery was about last week? wryter2000 Dec 2018 #3
Great. Our government and country wins out over a foreign corporation. Can't wait to see which one. ancianita Dec 2018 #5
D'eutche! Drunken Irishman Dec 2018 #8
Deutsche Bank? ananda Dec 2018 #10
Or Cypress underpants Dec 2018 #51
Wouldn't be Deutsche Bank because it's a company owned by a country, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #11
The Bank of Cyprus is (was?) owned by Wilbur Ross, tRump's Commerce Secretary. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2018 #16
Yes, I double-checked that & changed it. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #18
Ok, thanks, for a minute there I thought I had misread it :) . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2018 #22
Just for some shits and giggles... sheshe2 Dec 2018 #12
VTB or Rosneft. nt greyl Dec 2018 #13
Rosneft. Wouldn't THAT be something???? pnwmom Dec 2018 #17
The Russian bank that was sanctioned that was going to lend to Trump for the Moscow tower? fierywoman Dec 2018 #27
Betcha it's Rosneft: dalton99a Dec 2018 #24
Rosneft was my first thought - our previous SOS might know something about that. Merlot Dec 2018 #49
Supposing it is Deutsche Bank. I have a question ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #15
It wouldn't be Deutsche Bank because they are looking at a bank owned by a country. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #21
But even if it isn't DB, does this decision extend to congress and state AGs? ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #26
No, this is a federal grand jury subpoena, which means that the records, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #28
Cambridge Analytica? Lonestarblue Dec 2018 #19
It's registered as a UK company but it's not owned by a country. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #23
Thanks! I missed that important piece of the information. Lonestarblue Dec 2018 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2018 #36
Good news! BlueJac Dec 2018 #29
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' (to the tune of Rawhide) BootinUp Dec 2018 #30
Deutsche Bank Botany Dec 2018 #31
Sberbank? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2018 #33
China, Russia, or Saudi bank. Maybe Turkey. watoos Dec 2018 #35
How will they be able to force another country to turn over the records? LiberalFighter Dec 2018 #37
They probably have assets in the US. mobeau69 Dec 2018 #39
What was the name of the Bank that had suspicious activity on the Trump Organization server? saljr1 Dec 2018 #38
Yep. mobeau69 Dec 2018 #40
That's the one others are speculating about - Alfa Bank. George II Dec 2018 #41
Looks like a strong possibility it's Alfa mobeau69 Dec 2018 #42
Rudy's Law Firms client JTOL Dec 2018 #44
Mueller's going for a clean sweep. Kurt V. Dec 2018 #45
IMO the top candidates are Sberbank, VEB and Rosneft The_jackalope Dec 2018 #48
Got to be . . . Roadside Attraction Dec 2018 #54
According to CNN it's a government owned entity. mobeau69 Dec 2018 #55
Trump is fit to be tied laserhaas Dec 2018 #56
What a blockbuster day! Love reading this kind of delightful news. ffr Dec 2018 #57
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